| Sanyo Electronic Co., Ltd. Patent applications |
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| 20120269121 | BASE STATION APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING A SIGNAL INCLUDING PREDETERMINED INFORMATION - A setting unit defines the first frame and the second frame and selects use of the first frame or the second frame. A generation unit generates control information which is defined by the same format regardless of the selection by the setting unit and which includes at least information related to the base station broadcast period. The generation unit puts information related to the ratio between the priority period and the general period into the control information and reflects the selection by the setting unit to the ratio. The modem unit and the RF unit broadcast a packet signal including the control information in the base station broadcast period. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20110019693 | ADAPTIVE NETWORK SYSTEM WITH ONLINE LEARNING AND AUTONOMOUS CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION FOR DELAY-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS - A network system providing highly reliable transmission quality for delay-sensitive applications with online learning and cross-layer optimization is disclosed. Each protocol layer is deployed to select its own optimization strategies, and cooperates with other layers to maximize the overall utility. This framework adheres to defined layered network architecture, allows layers to determine their own protocol parameters, and exchange only limited information with other layers. The network system considers heterogeneous and dynamically changing characteristics of delay-sensitive applications and the underlying time-varying network conditions, to perform cross-layer optimization. Data units (DUs), both independently decodable DUs and interdependent DUs, are considered. The optimization considers how the cross-layer strategies selected for one DU will impact its neighboring DUs and the DUs that depend on it. While attributes of future DU and network conditions may be unknown in real-time applications, the impact of current cross-layer actions on future DUs can be characterized by a state-value function in the Markov decision process (MDP) framework. Based on the dynamic programming solution to the MDP, the network system utilizes a low-complexity cross-layer optimization algorithm using online learning for each DU transmission. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019037 | Electronic Camera - An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager outputs an image signal that is based on electric charges produced on an imaging surface having an optical black area. A clamper clamps the image signal outputted from the imager by referring to a signal level of the optical black area. A processor processes the image signal outputted from the clamper by referring to a parameter setting. A restrictor restricts behavior of the clamper corresponding to a specific area allocated to the optical black area. An adjustor adjusts the parameter setting based on an output of the clamper corresponding to the restricting process of the restrictor. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100243026 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR CELL - A solar cell module includes: a translucent front surface member; a rear surface member; solar cells disposed between the front surface member and the rear surface member and electrically connected to each other; and a translucent sealing resin filled between the front surface member and the rear surface member and fixing the solar cells to the front surface member and the rear surface member. The solar cell includes: a photoelectric conversion body having a semiconductor junction to form an electric field isolating carriers; a suppression layer provided between the front surface member and the photoelectric conversion body and configured to suppress recombination of minority carriers; and an inclined surface provided at the outer edge of the suppression layer and extending in a direction non-parallel to the normal line of the solar cell. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100229937 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module comprises a solar cell having a light receiving surface and a rear surface provided on the opposite side of the light receiving surface; a light-receiving-surface-side protection member disposed on the light-receiving-surface-side of the solar cell; a rear-surface-side protection member disposed on the rear-surface-side of the solar cell and having a metal layer sandwiched between a plurality of resin layers; and a output lead configured to draw electric power from the solar cell, wherein the rear-surface-side protection member has an opening portion formed by folding back a first area in the rear-surface-side protection member, one end portion of the output lead is electrically connected to the solar cell, and the other end portion of the output lead is drawn out from the opening portion. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100156317 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING CIRCUIT - A light-emitting element driving circuit includes a PWM signal output circuit configured to output a plurality of PWM signals each having one logic level whose duty ratio corresponds to gradation data and each corresponding to each of a plurality of light-emitting elements, on the basis of the gradation data indicating brightness of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements. A driving signal output circuit is configured to change the duty ratio of each of the plurality of inputted PWM signals to output the plurality of changed PWM signals as a plurality of driving signals, on the basis of instruction data for changing the brightness of the plurality of light-emitting elements. A driving circuit is configured to drive the plurality of light-emitting elements on the basis of a duty ratio of each of the plurality of driving signals. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100118181 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided are: a determiner which determines whether or not a power-source connecting operation for transitioning to a connected state between a power source and a apparatus main body is performed; a start-up acceptor which accepts a manipulation for executing a start-up process for transitioning the apparatus main body from a non-activated state to an activated state; a non-volatile memory which holds start-up information necessary for executing the start-up process to the apparatus main body; a volatile memory; a transferer which executes a transfer operation for transferring the start-up information from the non-volatile memory to the volatile memory; a start-up processor which executes the start-up process to the apparatus main body by using the start-up information transferred, according to the start-up manipulation by the transferer, to the volatile memory; and a controller which executes the transfer operation when it is determined by the determiner that the battery mounting operation is performed. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20090245072 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical-pickup apparatus comprising: a laser diode to emit laser light forward and backward; an objective lens to focus the laser light emitted forward from the laser diode onto a signal-recording layer of an optical disc; a spherical-aberration correction element that is arranged on an optical path between the laser diode and the objective lens, and is so movable in an optical-axis direction of the laser light as to correct spherical aberration; a movement-position detection unit to detect a movement position of the spherical-aberration correction element, and output a detection signal indicating the movement position of the spherical-aberration correction element; a photodetector to receive the laser light emitted backward from the laser diode, and output a monitor signal corresponding to a light-receiving level of the laser light; and a control unit to control intensity of the laser light emitted from the laser diode based on the monitor and detection signals. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090213530 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode body, a dielectric layer placed on the surface of the anode body, a conductive polymer layer placed on the surface of the dielectric layer, and a housing accommodating at least the anode body, the dielectric layer and the conductive polymer layer, wherein a water-retaining layer having higher water absorption than that of the housing is placed between the conductive polymer layer and the housing. | 08-27-2009 |
