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20110188398 | RADIO RELAY STATION, RADIO RELAY METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LOCATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, RADIO TERMINAL, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a radio relay station ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110211521 | REPEATER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, RADIO TERMINAL, AND MANAGEMENT SERVER - Provided is a repeater for relaying communication by achieving synchronization with a base station and a mobile station without using GPS. The repeater includes a donor unit communicating with the base station and a remote unit communicating with the mobile station. Upon receipt of a signal from the base station, the donor unit specifies a preamble of the received signal to achieve synchronization with the base station. This determines start of each frame in the communication between the base station and the repeater. After the synchronization achievement, the remote unit starts performing procedures for achieving synchronization with the mobile station. Upon notification of the start timing of each frame from the donor unit, the remote unit determines the notified timing as start timing of each frame in the communication between the repeater and the mobile station, and transmits a preamble referred to by the mobile station when it achieves synchronization. | 09-01-2011 |
20140015484 | IN-VEHICLE CHARGER - Provided is an in-vehicle charger capable of reliably obtaining charging control parameters prior to charging and capable of safe charging. In this charger, a charging unit ( | 01-16-2014 |
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20100189027 | RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD, RADIO RECEPTION METHOD, RADIO TRANSMISSION-RECEPTION METHOD, RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RADIO RECEPTION APPARATUS, RADIO TRANSMISSION-RECEPTION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A radio communication base station apparatus, a radio communication terminal, and radio transmission and reception methods for a terminal to efficiently acquire the service status of the neighbor-cell before the terminal makes a cell change are provided. A subarea ID storage section | 07-29-2010 |
20100216454 | RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RADIO RECEPTION DEVICE, CELL SWITCHING METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - It is possible to provide a radio transmission device, a radio reception device, and a radio communication system which can effectively use a resource of a unicast/MBMS cell and prevent increase of a signaling amount accompanying a cell switching. A UE measures a reception level of an MEMS-dedicated cell. When the measured reception level is below a first threshold value, the UE switches the serving MBMS cell from the MBMS-dedicated cell to the unicast/MBMS cell. Moreover, when the reception level of the MBMS-dedicated cell exceeds a second threshold value obtained by adding an offset value to the first threshold value, the serving MBMS cell is switched from the unicast/MBMS cell to the MBMS-dedicated cell. | 08-26-2010 |
20110141908 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND WIRELESS RECEIVING DEVICE - A wireless transmitting device ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110171929 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication base station ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110206011 | RADIO TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A terminal apparatus ( | 08-25-2011 |
20110300867 | TERMINAL DEVICE, HOME BASE STATION, AND HOME BASE STATION SWITCHING DEVICE - A wireless communication system comprises an MME ( | 12-08-2011 |
20110317654 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER, WIRELESS BASE STATION, WIRELESS TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system comprises: a wireless base station that uses dedicated frequencies to communicate with only connected LTE-A terminals and uses shared frequencies to communicate with LTE terminals and LTE-A terminals; and an LTE-A terminal. The wireless base station comprises: a priority information creating section for setting a priority of each of the shared frequencies for idle LTE-A terminals, setting a priority of each of the plurality of frequencies for connected LTE-A terminals, and creating priority information indicative of the set priority; a system information creating section for creating system information that includes the priority information; and a transmission section for transmitting the system information. The LTE-A terminal receives system information transmitted from the wireless base station, and selects a frequency on which the LTE-A terminal camps and a frequency at which the LTE-A terminal transmits an RACH preamble based on the priority information included in the system information. In this way, the LTE-A terminal can be connected to an appropriate carrier. | 12-29-2011 |
20120008776 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Influence on a key used between a user equipment and a base station, which will be imposed by unsecured updating of a key between the base station and a relay node when a relay node is being introduced is diminished. An HO request processing unit ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120039468 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - To make it possible for a legacy user equipment to correctly generate and use a common key between a user equipment and a base station and between the user equipment and a relay node when the relay nodes are being introduced. An HO request processing unit ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120100856 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND BASE STATION - In a mobile communication system, a handover of a terminal device (MT) from a macrocell base station (eNB) to a small cell base station (HeNB) is controlled via a host device (MME or HeNB-GW). Physical cell ID deployment map information (PCI deployment map information), which includes at least information (PCI/CGI map information) indicating the correspondences between physical cell IDs and unique cell IDs of CSG cells for which access is granted, is generated in the host device (MME or HeNB-GW). When the terminal device measures the reception quality for surrounding CSG cells for handover control to any of the CSG cells, the terminal device uses the PCI deployment map information to generate a measurement result report. Thus, a service interruption caused by handover control to an inaccessible small cell can be avoided, and the wait time for handover control can be reduced. | 04-26-2012 |
20140087733 | RADIO TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A terminal apparatus ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140219119 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RATE CHANGE - A mobile terminal which can be connected to a plurality of base stations with different mobile communication systems, includes a handover determination section that determines a handover execution between cells provided by the plurality of base stations, a transmission rate control section that changes a transmission rate before a handover when the handover execution is determined, and a report creation section that creates a measurement report including information regarding the handover after the transmission rate is changed, and transmits the measurement report to a base station of a cell to which the mobile terminal is currently connected. | 08-07-2014 |
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20110291755 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL APPARATUS - When switching the mode of a power amplifier between compressed mode and uncompressed mode, accurate transmission power control is realized. A transmission power control method includes setting a power setting value of mode to switch to, such that an inter-mode output power error is canceled (equal to step ST | 12-01-2011 |
20120093044 | MULTIBAND WIRELESS APPARATUS - Provided is a multiband wireless apparatus that, even if the number of supported frequency bands increases, suppresses increase in the number of components, and completes cell search within a specified time. In a multiband wireless apparatus ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120105151 | TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Provided is a transmission circuit capable of compensating a variation in output power caused due to a temperature change or an individual variability when the operation mode is switched without an increase in the size of the transmission circuit which switches the operation mode between a linear operation mode and a nonlinear operation mode, and capable of suppressing the deterioration of the quality of a transmission signal. In the transmission circuit, a gain setting section ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120106402 | POLAR MODULATOR - A polar modulator of the present invention includes: a first function block which generates an amplitude signal and a phase signal; a second function block which adjusts the signal delay between the amplitude signal and the phase signal; a third function block which allows the low frequency component of the amplitude signal to pass therethrough; a fourth function block which modulates the phase of the phase signal; a fifth function block which outputs a modulation voltage, based on the amplitude signal; a sixth function block which modulates the amplitude of the phase signal, based on the modulation voltage; a seventh function block which measures the temperature of at least one function block; and an eighth function block which calculates a compensation amount for the signal delay, based on the measured temperature. The second function block adjusts the signal delay, based on the compensation amount. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106403 | TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT - A transmission circuit according to the present invention includes: an amplitude signal driving section ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120108187 | TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A transmitter circuit is provided which is capable of reducing modulation distortion even when an output power of a power amplifying section | 05-03-2012 |
20120114075 | TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT - A transmission circuit ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120140852 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A transmitter circuit includes a first synthesizer section, and a second synthesizer section which consumes less current than the first synthesizer section. The transmitter circuit performs switching such that the first synthesizer section is operated and the second synthesizer section is powered off in polar modulation, and the second synthesizer section is operated and the first synthesizer section is powered off in quadrature modulation, thereby reducing consumed power. While the first synthesizer section is operating, calibration for an oscillation frequency is performed, and when the operation is stopped, a calibration value is stored. When an operation of the first synthesizer section is restarted, the stored calibration value is corrected by using temperature change, thereby enhancing calibration accuracy and preventing degradation in quality of a transmission signal. | 06-07-2012 |
20120163500 | TRANSMITTER APPARATUS - Provided is a transmitter apparatus including: a signal conversion section for, in polar modulation, converting input data into an amplitude-component signal and a phase-component signal, and in quadrature modulation, converting input data into an in-phase component signal and a quadrature component signal; a carrier wave generation section for outputting a carrier wave; a mixer section for, in quadrature modulation, generating a quadrature modulation signal; a regulator for, in polar modulation, outputting a supply voltage control signal; and a power amplifier for, in polar modulation, amplifying the supply voltage control signal and superimposing the resultant signal onto the carrier wave, thereby generating a transmission signal, wherein in polar modulation, the carrier wave generation section outputs the carrier wave modulated with respect to phase component, and in quadrature modulation, the carrier wave generation section outputs the carrier wave that is yet to be modulated. | 06-28-2012 |
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20140140703 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a communication apparatus including a communication unit having an optical communication scheme and a different communication scheme from the optical communication scheme, a level setting unit configured to set a security level in data communication, and a communication scheme switching unit configured to switch communication schemes of the communication unit in accordance with the security level that is set by the level setting unit. | 05-22-2014 |
20150117340 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a communication device including an obtaining unit configured to obtain first state information representing a state of a first wireless communication device regarding a direct connection between devices via wireless communication and second state information representing a state of a second wireless communication device regarding the direct connection, and a control unit configured to establish a connection between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device via the wireless communication on the basis of the first state information and the second state information. At least one of the first state information and the second state information is obtained via near-field communication. | 04-30-2015 |
20150327056 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a wireless communication apparatus including: a communication unit configured to use wireless communication to transmit and receive data related to a service provided by at least one of the wireless communication apparatus and another wireless communication apparatus with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a designated range; and a control unit configured to associate service information for identifying the service with user information for identifying a user using a wireless communication apparatus that provides the service, and include and transmit the associated information in the data. | 11-12-2015 |
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20130322582 | RECEIVER, RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is a receiving device which, even when a temporary degradation occurs in the propagation path environment during an AFC tracking operation, does not require an initial lead-in operation when the propagation path environment returns to normal and which has lower power consumption and shortened time during which communication is not possible; also provided are a receiving method and a computer program. This receiving device calculates the variance of the phase rotation angle relative to a reference signal, compensating for frequency error if the rotation angle variance is less than a pre-set threshold value (TH), and stopping frequency error compensation if the rotation angle variance is greater than or equal to the threshold value (TH). | 12-05-2013 |
20140018009 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided are a receiving device, a receiving method, and a computer program capable of more reliably ascertaining the number and power of transmitting antennas so as to more accurately find a base station. A first power of a first signal transmitted from a first transmitting antenna and a second power of a second signal transmitted from a second transmitting antenna are measured, and a determination is made as to whether the ratio of the first power and the second power is larger than a predetermined threshold value. When a determination is made that the ratio of the first power and the second power is larger than the threshold value, a presumption is made that the number of transmitting antennas is two. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018025 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided are a receiving device, receiving method, and computer program such that good precision for signal received power estimation is achieved even during fast fading. The receiving device includes: a segmenting unit for segmenting the period the signal received power of a reception signal, i.e., a received signal, is measured in, according to characteristic values related to the power of the reception signal (for example, SNR); and a calculation unit for calculating the RSRP (signal received power) from the power of the channel estimate at each of the segment periods, i.e., the portions that the period was segmented into. | 01-16-2014 |
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20120248682 | PAPER TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper transport device includes a transport section that transports paper on a first transport path, and reverses a transport direction to transport the paper onto a second transport path, and a detecting section that detects that the paper has arrived at the reversal position, wherein the detecting section includes a first member that is arranged on the first transport path, and changes posture thereof among a first posture, a second posture, and a third posture, a second member that changes posture thereof between a fourth posture and a fifth posture, a detector that detects whether the second member is in the fourth posture or in the fifth posture, and a joint member that couples the first member and the second member together, allows the second member to be in the fourth posture, rotates the second member to the fifth posture, and keeps the second member in the fourth posture. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251200 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a first rotating member that rotates while pinching a sheet which holds an image on a first surface of the sheet and is transported, fixes the image to the sheet, and heats the image while coming into contact with the first surface; a second rotating member that comes into contact with a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface; a third rotating member that guides the sheet by rotating while coming into contact with the first surface of the sheet fed from a gap between the first and second rotating members; and a support member that supports the first, second, and third rotating members with a space through which the heat of the first rotating member is transferred to the third rotating member interposed between the first and third rotating members. | 10-04-2012 |
20130064585 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating rotating body that heats a developer image formed on a recording medium, a pressurizing rotating body that pressurizes the recording medium by nipping the recording medium between the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body, a pair of support plates that rotatably support both ends of one of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body, and a release member including an attachment portion attached to the support plates to hold the support plates from both sides in a thickness direction, and an operating portion. When an external force in a predetermined direction acts on the operating portion, the release member releases pressing of the one of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body against the other by moving the support plates in a direction away from the other. | 03-14-2013 |
20130077993 | UNIT MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING MECHANISM, MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING MECHANISM FOR FIXING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A unit mounting and dismounting mechanism includes a unit mountable in and dismountable from an apparatus body, an engaging portion provided in one of the apparatus body and the unit, a pressing member provided in the other of the apparatus body and the unit, the pressing member engaging with the engaging portion and pressing the unit against the apparatus body with a biasing force of a biasing member in a mounting direction of the unit when the unit is mounted in the apparatus body, and a release member provided in the unit, the release member being operated in a direction different from a dismounting direction of the unit from the apparatus body so as to move the pressing member against the biasing force of the biasing member in a direction to release pressing. | 03-28-2013 |
20130251418 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a cylindrical rotating member rotating in a circumferential direction thereof and having a slot at an end thereof and a protruding section extending along an edge of the slot at a front side in a rotational direction of the rotating member, the rotating member receiving a rotational driving force via the slot; a pressing member pressing a recording medium bearing an unfixed toner image on a surface thereof by nipping the recording medium together with the rotating member so as to fix the toner image onto the surface; a heat source heating the recording medium; and a driving member having an engagement section engaged with the slot and in contact with the protruding section at a position separated from a peripheral wall of the cylinder by a certain distance, the driving member imparting the rotational driving force to the rotating member via the engagement section. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259527 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FIXING-SECTION-HOLDING MECHANISM, AND FIXING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body in which an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material and a drive mechanism that generates a rotational driving force are provided; a fixing section that transports the recording material while receiving the rotational driving force and fixes the image on the recording material, the fixing section being held by the apparatus body at two axial ends thereof; and a transmission mechanism that is provided at one of the two axial ends of the fixing section and is connected to the drive mechanism, the transmission mechanism transmitting the rotational driving force from the drive mechanism to the fixing section. When a pulling force is applied to a recording material that is present in the fixing section, the drive mechanism and the transmission mechanism are disconnected from each other. | 10-03-2013 |
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20120300271 | LIGHT GUIDE, DOCUMENT ILLUMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light guide for guiding light from multiple point sources arranged in a first direction (Y | 11-29-2012 |
20130293932 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image capturing device includes a frame; a light source provided in the frame to irradiate a target with light; an image sensor that receives light reflected by the target to capture an image of the target; an imaging lens unit formed of a plurality of lenses configured to focus the light reflected by the target on the image sensor; and reflecting mirrors to direct the light reflected by the target to the imaging lens unit. In the image capturing device, an image capturing position is corrected by changing a posture of the reflecting mirror relative to the frame of the image capturing device and a skewed image is corrected by changing the posture of the reflecting mirror relative to the frame of the image capturing device. | 11-07-2013 |
20140071501 | DOCUMENT SCANNING MODULE, INTEGRAL SCANNING UNIT, DOCUMENT SCANNING UNIT, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARTAUS - A document scanning module includes an image sensor; and imaging lenses that focus light reflected from a document onto the image sensor to form an image. The imaging lenses include a front-group lens arranged on a document side, and a rear-group lens arranged on an image sensor side and having a width in a main-scanning direction. The rear-group lens includes an attachment portion extending toward the image sensor. The attachment portion is joined to a longitudinal side surface of the image sensor. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078560 | TILT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT DEVICE, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND COPIER - A tilt adjustment mechanism that is installed in an optical device that captures an image by using an image capturing unit part in which an image capturing sensor to capture an image and an imaging lens to image an image on the image capturing sensor are mounted on a holding member to constitute a unit part, the tilt adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust tilt of the image capturing unit part by rotating the image capturing unit part about the center of the imaging lens. | 03-20-2014 |
20140192386 | DOCUMENT READING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME, AND METHOD OF DETECTING ORIGINAL DOCUMENT USING WITH SAME - A document reading unit included in an image forming apparatus and operated with a method of detecting an original document, includes an original document table, a moving irradiation unit having multiple block light sources moving in a sub scanning direction while irradiating the original document, an image sensor receiving reflected light, and a controller that starts a length specifying operation with the moving irradiation unit located at a position facing the original document, sequentially turns on the block light sources, obtains an amount of reflected light under lighting conditions of each block light sources, and determines the length of the original document in the main scanning direction. While the moving irradiation unit is moving in the sub scanning direction, the image sensor receives the reflected light on a region of the original document in the sub scanning direction under each lighting condition during the length specifying operation. | 07-10-2014 |
20150249762 | IMAGE READER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - An image reader unit includes a platen on which to place a document; a light source including a plurality of split light sources to emit light beams toward a surface of the document; a movable exposure unit moving in a sub-scanning direction while obtaining reflected light reflected from the surface of the document; an image sensor to scan an image of the document by receiving the reflected light; and a reader processor to identify a length of the document in the main scanning direction based on a received light quantity from the image sensor obtained by activating fewer than all of the plurality of split light sources necessary for identifying the length of the document in the main scanning direction while moving the movable exposure unit in the sub-scanning direction. | 09-03-2015 |
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20100292450 | PYRAZOLE DISAZO DYE AND INK CONTAINING THE DYE - The invention provides a specific pyrazole disazo dye which is a yellow dye having excellent solubility in nonpolar solvents, in particular, hydrocarbon solvents, and having a high extinction coefficient. The dye preferably is preferably a pyrazole disazo dye represented by the following general formula (I): | 11-18-2010 |
20130188238 | INK CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC AZO DYE, AND DYE FOR USE IN SAID INK - The invention relates to an ink which comprises: a low-polarity solvent having a relative permittivity of 3 or less at a measuring frequency of 1 kHz; and a specific heterocyclic azo dye. | 07-25-2013 |
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20140078577 | AZO COMPOUND AND INK CONTAINING THE COMPOUND - An object of the present invention is to provide an ink containing an azo compound which is excellent in solubility in a solvent and has a high extinction coefficient. The present invention relates to an ink comprising a solvent having a relative permittivity of 3 or less, as measured at a frequency of 1 kHz and at 22° C. and having a solubility in water of 20 mg/L or less at 25° C. and a specific azo compound. | 03-20-2014 |
20150191601 | AZO COMPOUND, INK CONTAINING AZO COMPOUND, AND DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC PAPER CONTAINING THE INK - An azo compound excellent in solubility in solvent and having a high absorbance coefficient is disclosed, as well as an ink containing the azo compound. Such an ink contains a solvent having a relative permittivity at 22° C. and at a measurement frequency of 1 kHz of 3 or less and having a solubility in water at 25° C. of 20 mg/L or less, and an azo compound. | 07-09-2015 |
20150284581 | AZO COMPOUND, INK CONTAINING AZO COMPOUND, DISPLAY INCLUDING SAID INK AND ELECTRONIC PAPER - The present invention relates to an ink comprising: a solvent having a relative permittivity, measured at a frequency of 1 kHz and a temperature of 22° C., of 3 or less and a solubility in water at 25° C. of 20 mg/L or less; and a specific azo compound. | 10-08-2015 |
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20150371388 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes a range image acquisition unit that acquires at least two range images of an observation object, a color image acquisition unit that acquires color images of the observation object, which respectively correspond to the range images, a feature portion detection unit that detects feature portions from the acquired color images, a calibration unit that performs calibration processing that associates each pixel of the color image with each point of the range image, which corresponds to each pixel, and generates calibration information that indicates each point corresponding to each pixel, and an alignment processing unit that performs alignment of the range images so that the detected feature portions overlap with each other by using the detected feature portions and the calibration information. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373319 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A shape measurement system includes one or more lighting units located in a case that illuminate a target object located in the case, one or more image capture units located in the case that capture an image of the target object, a holding unit that holds the image capture units and the lighting units so as to form a polyhedron shape approximating a sphere, a selector that selects at least one of the image capture units and at least one of the lighting units to be operated, and a shape calculator that calculates a 3-D shape of the target object based on image data captured by the selected image capture unit under light emitted by the selected lighting unit. | 12-24-2015 |
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20140320988 | POLYMER DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LENSE MODULE, AND IMAGING UNIT - A polymer device includes: a pair of electrode layers; a polymer layer inserted between the pair of electrode layers; and an expansion-contraction suppression layer arranged between the pair of electrode layers, the expansion-contraction suppression layer being arranged away from the respective electrode layers, and the expansion-contraction suppression layer being configured to suppress expansion and contraction of the polymer layer. | 10-30-2014 |
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20080272912 | MOVIE PROJECTION SYSTEM - In a movie projection system, a switch circuit is disposed on a door of a case in which a video server is disposed. A tamper detector detects a state of the door as to whether the door is open or not and a state of the switch circuit as to whether the switch circuit has been tampered with or not, on the basis of an output signal provided by the switch circuit. A projecting operation controller controls the operation of the movie projection system such that when the door is detected to be in the open state or the switch circuit is detected to have been tampered with, the projecting operation controller stops inputting and outputting video data to or from the video server. | 11-06-2008 |
20080297736 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply. | 12-04-2008 |
20100328629 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply. | 12-30-2010 |
20100328630 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply. | 12-30-2010 |
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