Abstract: A mobile station for mobile communication includes a receiver operable to receive data from a base station. The receiver includes a first receiving unit operable to receive identifying information for multicast data from a base station and a second receiving unit operable to receive the data on a shared channel from the base station by the information received.

Abstract: A method of mobile communication at a base station includes transmitting to a mobile station, identifying information for multicast data to be transmitted to the mobile station and transmitting the multicast data on a shared channel to the mobile station, wherein the data is identified by the information.

Abstract: A system for mobile communication includes a base station and a mobile station. The base station includes a first transmitting unit operable to transmit to a mobile station, identifying information for multicast data to be to the mobile station, and a second transmitting unit operable to transmit the data on a shared channel to the mobile station, wherein the data is identified by the information transmitted. The mobile station includes a first receiving unit operable to receive from the base station identifying information for the multicast data, and a second receiving unit operable to receive the data on the shared channel from the base station, by the information received.

Abstract: Presented is a virtually lead additive-free but highly reliable and practical anode active material with improved process-ability and corrosion resistance and a manganese dry battery made from that material. And, disclosed is a variation of manufacturing method of the material aforementioned in material composition of bismuth and others to add to zinc instead of lead together with engineering matters involved, and a manufacturing method of a manganese dry batteries with use of the proposed material.

Abstract: Presented is a virtually lead additive-free but highly reliable and practical anode zinc can for battery with improved process-ability and corrosion resistance, and a manganese dry battery made by using such a zinc can. Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a proposed zinc can and a battery along with engineering clues for material evaluation and processing with regard to metallographic aspect.

Abstract: A radio communication terminal including first transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving first communication data which can be communicated by a first communication protocol, and communication data input/output means for inputting and outputting the first communication data, comprising second transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving second communication data which can be communicated by a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol, and protocol conversion means for converting between the first communication data and the second communication data and visa versa, in which the communication data input/output means outputs the first communication data which has been received by the second transmission/reception means as the second communication data and has been converted from the second communication data into the first communication data by the protocol conversion means, and the second transmission/reception means transmits the second commu

Abstract: A data-cache apparatus for providing a data-cache function to a radio communications system is disclosed. The data-cache apparatus includes a data distinguishing unit (310) to distinguish an attribute of data requested by a mobile station, a cache memory (340) that temporarily stores data provided to a mobile station, and a data request processing unit (320 and 330) to acquire requested data from the cache memory or an external server based on a result of distinction carried out by the data distinguishing unit. The data request processing unit performs operations of searching for the requested data in the cache memory, and storing the acquired data in the cache memory.

Abstract: Among a plurality of radio base stations, to a radio base station whose transmission delay time between a base station control device and its own station will be the longest, down data from the base station control device is transmitted to have a buffering time of zero, while to the other radio base stations, data is transmitted with a buffering time corresponding to the degree of relative shortness of a transmission delay time applied, and the buffering time is modified by monitoring a change of a difference in delay time of up data from the radio base station.

Abstract: A packet transferring/transmitting method is provided for use in a mobile communication system 50. In this packet transferring/transmitting method, an upper node 1 determines the implementation of handover (determination step), and a handover addressing node 2 transfers, of a plurality of packets, a non-transmitted residual packet to a handover addressed node 3, and the upper node 1 transmits a new packet to the handover addressed node 3 (transfer/transmission step). This enables maintaining the number of users to be accommodated while securing a wide bandwidth, sharing a line with high efficiency at soft handover, avoiding data residual in the case of the employment of variable communication rate, and preventing an increase in retransmission.

Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a radio network control apparatus having inside a function block for processing a downlink shared channel and table means for storing various setting information related to the downlink shared channel communication and the downlink shared channel multi-cast communication. According to the information, a multi-cast communication (including uni-cast communication) is realized by using the downlink shared channel for one or more mobile apparatuses. Moreover, a base station has a function to transmit the downlink shared channel data and signaling data received from a radio network control apparatus, to a mobile apparatus via a radio line. Furthermore, it is possible to multi-cast data selectively to a particular mobile apparatus being call-connected.

Abstract: A communications system having an ATM transmission line and an IP transmission line is disclosed that includes a base station capable of communicating with a mobile terminal through a radio link; and a radio network controller capable of communicating with the base station through the ATM or IP transmission line. The radio network controller includes a division part dividing transmission data into signals of a predetermined data size; a transmission part transmitting the divided signals to the base station at predetermined time intervals; a retransmission part retransmitting the signals transmitted to the base station when a response signal from the mobile terminal is not received within a predetermined period; a measuring part measuring a signal response period in a communications channel between the radio network controller and the mobile terminal through the base station; and a determination part determining the predetermined data size based on the measured response period.

Abstract: Among a plurality of radio base stations, to a radio base station whose transmission delay time between a base station control device and its own station will be the longest, down data from the base station control device is transmitted to have a buffering time of zero, while to the other radio base stations, data is transmitted with a buffering time corresponding to the degree of relative shortness of a transmission delay time applied, and the buffering time is modified by monitoring a change of a difference in delay time of up data from the radio base station.

Abstract: An alkaline dry cell includes an anode inside a cathode. The anode includes a metal anode current collector inside an gel anode, which has zinc alloy powder as an active material. The cathode includes a cathode depolarizing mixture, which has electrolytic manganese dioxide as an active material, in a closed-end metal cathode can. Small amounts of the active materials can be used economically. A theoretical capacity ratio (NE/PE) between the anode and the cathode is in a range of 1.0 to 1.20. A contact area ratio (PA/NA) between an anode-opposed area of the cathode depolarizing mixture and a contact area of the anode current collector against the gel anode is in a range of 1.82 to 8.24. A short charge-up time makes the alkaline dry cell suitable to power the flash of a camera.

Abstract: A pressing member for a sewing machine arranged such that end portions of a pair of materials are sent into a guide path provided between a pair of presser feet extending in front of a needle drop point so that their upper hems are cut even by a lower knife and upper knife, wherein an air introduction pipe is connected to an upper surface of one presser foot, air is ejected towards a side of the other presser foot between an upper guide and lower guide being vertically overlapped rearward of the lower knife and upper knife, and air is sprayed onto one material on the same side so that this material can be securely overlapped onto the other material.

Abstract: An electrical connector having an electrical plug (102) to be plugged into an electrical receptacle (130). The electrical plug (102) includes an electrically insulative plate-like substrate and a plurality of first electrical contacts (118) formed in parallel on at least a side surface at one end of the substrate for a predetermined length from the one end. The plug further includes a shielding part (126) formed of an electrical conductor which substantially shields all of the substrate in a position nearer an end other than the one end having the electrical contacts (118). The electrical receptacle includes an electrically insulative receiving member (138) forming at least part of a recess in which the substrate of the plug is inserted. A plurality of second electrical contacts (142) are arranged in the receiving member (138) so as to contact the plurality of contacts in the plug whenever the substrate of the plug is inserted into the recess.

Abstract: An image pickup unit provided with an image pickup element is of structure capable of being detachably received in an endoscope body or a TV camera. After having been used in observation, the image pickup unit is dismounted, whereby disinfection processing and sterilization processing of the endoscope body from which the image pickup unit is dismounted, or the TV camera can be executed without inviting deterioration and the like of a characteristic of the image pickup unit by a disinfection unit, a sterilization unit or the like.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus comprising an electrical connector which is electrically connected to an electrical device such as a CCD in an organism inserting device such as an endoscope which has an inserting section inserted into a organism. The electrical connector is connected to an electrical connector receptacle such as a control unit after the organism inserting device has been disinfected and sterilized by disinfection liquid. Processing is first performed in which the liquid remaining in the vicinity of an electrical contact of the electrical connector is removed by a liquid removing mechanism and, thereafter, electrical operation occurs. Thus, generation of a short-circuiting accident is prevented.

Abstract: This endoscope system is provided with an endoscope and an image receiving apparatus to be fitted to the eyepiece part of this endoscope. The endoscope has an elongate insertable part, an objective optical system provided in the tip part of the insertable part, an eyepiece part provided on the rear end side of the insertable part and an image guide consisting of a fiber bundle transmitting the image formed by the objective optical system to the eyepiece part. The image receiving apparatus has an image receiving part of many pixels on which the image from the eyepiece part is formed. Further, the endoscope system is provided with a vibrating apparatus relatively vibrating the image formed on the image receiving part and the image receiving part. The image receiving apparatus is a television camera, co-viewing apparatus or electronic still camera.

Abstract: A video converter can be mounted on an optical endoscope which has an image guide capable of transmitting an optical image formed by an objective optical system. The video converter incorporates a solid-state imaging device having a plurality of pixels. The levels of the outputs from the pixels of the solid-state imaging device are compared with a dark current level, and the size of the imaging area of the image guide is detected from the result of the comparison. A photo-sensing/imaging area scaling signal is selected or generated in accordance with the result of detection if the imaging area of the image guide, and the intensity of the illuminating light is controlled in accordance with the actual imaging area which is determined by incorporating the photo-sensing/imaging area scaling signal.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus for inspecting an object including an insertion section insertable into the object and having a distal end and a proximal end, an image guide arranged within the insertion section and having entrance and exit ends arranged at the distal and proximal ends of insertion section, respectively, an objective lens system arranged at the distal end of insertion section for forming an optical image of the object onto the entrance end of image guide, an eyepiece lens system arranged at the proximal end of insertion section for projecting the optical image transmitted through the image guide onto an observating position, a first piezo-electric bimorph arranged at the distal end of insertion section for vibrating the entrance end of image guide in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the insertion section over a given distance, a second piezo-electric element arranged at the proximal end of insertion section for vibrating the exit end of image guide in the same direction and over the