Pon transmission system and dynamic band assignment system to be employed in the same Optical modulator and optical modulation method Microelectromechanical optical switch and method of manufacture thereof Electrochromic mirror Optical amplifier for use in optical communications equipment Infrared microscope and observation tube used for the same Optical microscope Focusing method for a decentered optical system Resin-molded optical element and method for manufacturing the same Deformable mirror, in particular for a laser beam material machining apparatus Rod integrators for light recycling Recording/reproducing apparatus Library apparatus having pressing device for correcting alignment of a leader block on a cartridge t Cartridge handling system having shaped cartridge storage configuration Thin-film magnetic head suitable for narrower tracks and method for making the same Method of measuring coefficient of friction and head slider for magnetic medium drive Insulated gate type semiconductor apparatus with a control circuit Embedded multi-layer capacitor in a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate Heat dissipation in electrical apparatus Integrated device and method for routing a signal through the device Light-emitting system Spot light-source device excited by electromagentic energy Multi-ocular light AC waveform inverter power supply apparatus for metallic member joining or reflow soldering Semiconductor integrated circuit Semiconductor integrated circuit Semiconductor device with dram and logic part integrated Semiconductor memory and method for controlling the same Associative memory for accomplishing longest coincidence data detection by two comparing operations Synchronous Semiconductor memory device Method and apparatus for forcing idle cycles to enable refresh operations in a semiconductor memory Fast accessible dynamic type semiconductor memory device Method of applying reproducible data on a data carrier Optical recording/reproducing apparatus, optical rotating recording medium, and method of designing Optical storage device having optical head and magnetic head Optical pickup device and method of manufacturing the same Multiple layer disk reproducing apparatus, and apparatus for reproducing information record medium Method of processing data of defect sector in a DVD-RAM system and the DVD-RAM system Apparatus for exposing optical disc master plate and method of exposing the same Optical disk apparatus Disk drive Information recording medium which indicates information according to the wobbling of a track and in Objective lens for optical pick-up Optical pickup apparatus, recording/reproducing apparatus provided with the optical pickup apparatus Automatic balancing mechanism for disk driver free from vibrations due to characteristic angular vel Recordable optical disc, and method of recording data on the same Dual transmission spread processing circuit system for CMDA communication apparatus Method and apparatus for maximizing the use of available capacity in a communication system Method for preparing an interfrequency handover, a network element and a mobile station Communication system using repeated data selection Method for generating and transmitting optimal cell ID codes CDMA mobile communications system and its random access control method and base station SDH test apparatus and SDH test method Method and apparatus for using queue for indefinitely long message ATM connection band control method and control system Latency handling for interconnected devices Method for mapping translation type in No.7 gateway signaling network Delay-compensated timeslot assignment method and system for point-to-multipoint communication networ SDH signal channel pointer analyzing apparatus and method SDH signal generator Optical pickup apparatus Calcium flouride crystal, optical article and exposure apparatus for photo-lithography using the sam Method of determining contact wear in a trip unit Frequency error estimating apparatus and a frequency error estimating method Picture encoding system conversion device and encoding rate conversion device Method and system for estimating motion vector Data transmission protocol for image communication apparatus Interface circuit and method for digital signals Bandpass-limiting device for a receiver Phase-locked loop circuit and radio communication apparatus using the same X-ray computer tomography apparatus Method and system for delivering messages to both live recipients and recording systems Telephonic voice message store and forward method having network address and voice authentication Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating bandwidth utilization in a packet telephony system System for controlling the distribution and use of rendered digital works through watermarking Arbitrary function generating circuit using a simple operational element and an encryption method th Directional microphone assembly Joint optimization of parameters for the detection of clustered microcalcifications in digital mammo Pattern matching coding device and method thereof Image reading device for an optical device Linear guide bearing apparatus Waveguide type optical device Integrated optic device produced by cyclically annealed proton exchange process Pin inserting tool and method for measuring endface surface topography of multi-fiber fiberoptic con Edited-list creating apparatus, editing apparatus and editing method Device and method for controlling tape travelling speed and medium for recording its control program Information reproduction apparatus and information reproduction method Audio and video reproduction apparatus, and audio and video reproduction method Card slot door locking mechanism Information recording device Film back exchangeable camera and exchangeable film back Battery accommodating device Device for adjusting a developing solution for an electrostatic wet-type electrophotographic printer Image forming apparatus Printer device Image forming apparatus Drive power transmission device, image forming apparatus and process cartridge Toner replenishing device Toner storing container and toner replenishing device therewith Full-color toner cartridge, method for supplying toner from cartridge and method for filling toner c