Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090108680 | REMOTE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY TAP - According to one embodiment, a power supply tap includes a first wireless reception module which receives a control request which is transmitted from a remote-control terminal by a first wireless signal, a power observation module which is activated in a case where the received control request includes a power information acquisition request, and observes a total amount of power including power supplied to an electric apparatus from a power output module and power consumed by a communication control module, a first wireless transmission module which transmits the observed total amount of power to the remote-control terminal by a second wireless signal, and a switch control module which turns off a switch in a case where the control request received by the first wireless reception module includes a power-off request, thereby shutting off power supply to the electric apparatus from the power output module. | 04-30-2009 |
20090289503 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an illumination control system controlling remotely an illumination device comprises a signal detection module configured to detect a control signal from a remote controller with a rectification circuit to which a bias voltage is applied, a switch control module configured to turn a switch of the illumination device on or off in accordance with the detected signal, an energy receiving module configured to receive energy from external environment and to convert the energy into electrical energy, an internal battery configured to store the converted electrical energy, and a power supply module configured to supply drive voltage for the signal detection module and the bias voltage from the converted electrical energy or from the electrical energy stored in the internal battery. | 11-26-2009 |
20090302935 | DEMODULATOR - According to one embodiment, a threshold adjusting apparatus for a clocked comparator, the clocked comparator comparing an input signal with a threshold in accordance with a clock, the threshold adjusting apparatus comprises an output detection module configured to detect an output from the clocked comparator with the threshold while changing the threshold and a setting module configured to set the threshold when the output detection module detects a change in the output from the clocked comparator as an adjusted threshold. | 12-10-2009 |
20110159869 | NEAR FIELD RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a near field radio communication apparatus, as described in embodiments, comprises a signal receiving unit configured to convert a radio signal into an electric signal an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information from a signal output from the signal receiving unit and an operating power supplying unit configured to supply an operating power to the information obtaining unit if a voltage level of the electric signal output from the signal receiving unit varies to he equal to or higher than a preset threshold value. | 06-30-2011 |
20110207405 | NEAR FIELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a near field wireless communication device includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver is configured to obtain data by receiving a wireless signal. The controller is configured to stop the receiving operation of the receiver in the case where the receiver receives an unwanted signal. | 08-25-2011 |
20110268005 | MOBILE WIRELESS TERMINAL AND BASE STATION SEARCH METHOD - According to one embodiment, a mobile wireless terminal, which makes a wireless communication with a base station accommodated in a network, includes a receiver, a communication module, and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive and frequency-convert a wireless signal transmitted from the base station, and to detect a beacon signal transmitted from the base station based on a reception signal obtained by the frequency conversion. The communication module is configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted from the base station, to acquire identification information of the base station by decoding a reception signal obtained from the wireless signal, and to communicate with the base station. The controller is configured to activate the communication module in accordance with a reception result of the beacon signal by the receiver, and to control the communication module to acquire identification information from the base station. | 11-03-2011 |
20110273276 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a communication device including: a CPU; a wireless communication module; a radio signal detection module; a power supply circuit. The wireless communication module includes; a receiving module configured to receive a radio signal containing identification information from another device; a storage module configured to pre-store at least one of the identification information; a verification module configured to verify the identification information of the received radio signal against the identification information stored in the storage module; and a notification module configured to notify the CPU when the identification information of the received radio signal corresponds with the identification information stored in the storage module. The radio signal detection module makes a notification to the power supply circuit if the radio signal detection module detects the radio signal. The power supply circuit supplies the operating power to the wireless communication module if the power supply circuit receives the notification. | 11-10-2011 |
20120200398 | REMOTE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY TAP - According to one embodiment, a power supply tap includes a first wireless reception module which receives a control request which is transmitted from a remote-control terminal by a first wireless signal, a power observation module which is activated in a case where the received control request includes a power information acquisition request, and observes a total amount of power including power supplied to an electric apparatus from a power output module and power consumed by a communication control module, a first wireless transmission module which transmits the observed total amount of power to the remote-control terminal by a second wireless signal, and a switch control module which turns off a switch in a case where the control request received by the first wireless reception module includes a power-off request, thereby shutting off power supply to the electric apparatus from the power output module. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202552 | WIRELESS UNIT AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH THE WIRELESS UNIT - According to one embodiment, a wireless unit includes a first wireless module, a second wireless module, and a notification module. The first wireless module is receives identification signal transmitted from the base station, and to detect whether the base station is available, the identification signal includes information associated with the base station. The second wireless module is operates with less power consumption than the first wireless module and to detect whether the identification signal arrives in predetermined period. The notification module is notify to an external module when the identification signal arrives to the second wireless module in predetermined period. | 08-09-2012 |
20120206896 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a first display and a transparent first panel. The first display in the first housing includes a first display portion. The first panel covers the first display portion and includes a first flat surface portion and a first curved surface portion along an outer edge of the first flat surface portion. The first display portion displays images in a location corresponding to the first flat surface portion and a location corresponding to the first curved surface portion respectively at different aspect ratios from each other. | 08-16-2012 |
20120250241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a connection member, a first casing, a second casing, and a display panel. The first casing is connected to the connection member turnably around a first axis. The second casing is connected to the connection member turnably around a second axis parallel to the first axis. The display panel is provided on the first casing and configured to display an image according to both of a first turning angle of the first casing with respect to the connection member and a second turning angle of the second casing with respect to the connection member. | 10-04-2012 |
20120274426 | COUPLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave by electromagnetic coupling between the coupler and another coupler. The coupler includes a line-shaped coupling element having a first open end and a second open end, a ground plane, a feeding element connecting the coupling element and a feed point, and a short circuiting element connecting the coupling element and the ground plane. The feeding element comprises a first end connected to an intermediate portion of the coupling element between the first open end and the second open end, and a second end connected to the feed point. The short circuiting element comprises a third end connected to the intermediate portion of the coupling element, and a fourth end connected to the ground plane. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274530 | COUPLER - According to one embodiment, a coupler includes a ground plane, a feed point connected to the ground plane, and an element having a unicursal-pattern. An electrical length of the element is not less than a wavelength corresponding to a central frequency of a desired frequency band, and is double the wavelength or less. The element includes a first segment disposed on a first plane, and a second segment disposed on the first plane or on a second plane which is opposed to the first plane with a gap and is parallel to the first plane, the second segment extending in parallel to the first segment. An electrical length of each of the first segment and the second segment is ½ of the wavelength or more, and is the wavelength or less. | 11-01-2012 |
20130060830 | REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING REMOTE ACCESS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first module and a second module. The first module receives a remote command from another electronic apparatus and transmits a response to the remote command to the other electronic apparatus. The remote command includes command type information indicating a type of the local command. The second module issues one or more local commands including the local command to the storage device and transmits a first response from the storage device to the other electronic apparatus by storing the first response into a second response to the remote command, in accordance with a process specified by the command type information in the remote command. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061015 | ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS AND ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an access control apparatus includes a medium communication module configured to perform communication with a removable medium, a access module configured to perform access to the removable medium using the communication module, a wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication with a external device, and to receive access request to the removable medium, and a controller configured to assign an access right to access the removable medium to one of the access module and the external device, the control module assigning the access right in response to a request of assignment of the access right, the request being transmitted from the external device or the access module. | 03-07-2013 |
20130135526 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device including, a display, an audio output module, a transmission module, a first detection module, a second detection module, a third detection module, and a controller configured to control at least one of the timing of the transmission of the audio signal by the transmission module and the timing of the output of the first reproduction output by the audio output module in accordance with the time difference detected by the third detection module, and to switch whether or not to control the timing in accordance with the positional relationship between the electronic device and the partner device. | 05-30-2013 |
20130314605 | CONTENT TRANSMITTER AND CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD - According to one embodiment, content transmitter includes: communication module; content protector; determination module; and controller. The content protector transmits content using a first protection method on transmission path between the content receiver and the content transmitter. The determination module determines whether communication distance of the transmission path is within predetermined range. The controller causes the content protector to start transmitting the content using the first protection method if it is determined that the communication distance is within the range. The controller causes the determination module to intermittently determine whether the communication distance is within the range during the transmission. The controller causes the content protector to continue the transmission if it is determined that the communication distance is within the range during the transmission. The controller causes the content protector to stop the transmission if it is determined that the communication distance is outside the range during the transmission. | 11-28-2013 |
20140022341 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic video image transmission apparatus includes a generator and a transmitter. The generator is configured to generate depth information from first and second stereoscopic video image displaying video signals having parallax. The transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit the first and second video signals and the depth information generated by the generator to an external device. The external device generates the depth information from the first and second video signals and displays the stereoscopic video image by multiparallax system. | 01-23-2014 |
20140201776 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first input module, a second input module, a converter and an output module. The first input module receives a first packet group of first content applied to a first copyright protection method. The second input module receives a second packet group of second content applied to a second copyright protection method. The converter re-packetizes the first content packetized into the first packet group and the second content packetized into the second packet group, into a third packet group for outputting to a transmission path by applying a third copyright protection method. The output module outputs the third packet group of the first content and the second content. | 07-17-2014 |
20140240596 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device including, a display, an audio output module, a transmission module, a first detection module, a second detection module, a third detection module, and a controller configured to control at least one of the timing of the transmission of the audio signal by the transmission module and the timing of the output of the first reproduction output by the audio output module in accordance with the time difference detected by the third detection module, and to switch whether or not to control the timing in accordance with the positional relationship between the electronic device and the partner device. | 08-28-2014 |
20140287682 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a communication device includes a single communication module and a controller. The single communication module operates in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode corresponds to near-field wireless communication. The second mode corresponds to wireless communication performed in a longer communication distance than a communication distance at which the near-field wireless communication is performed. The controller causes the communication device to intermittently perform wireless transmission or reception in the first mode or in the second mode, causes the communication device to intermittently perform wireless reception in the second mode at a period based on information repeatedly informed by an external device at a predetermined period, and causes the communication device to intermittently perform, while being synchronized with an operation timing of the second mode, wireless transmission or reception in the first mode during when wireless reception in the second mode is not performed. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289787 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, communication device includes communication module, mode setting module, receiver, transmission setting module, and reporting module. The mode setting module sets operation mode relating to reproduction of the content. The transmission setting module sets, based on capability of the communication and corresponding devices and within range capable of transmitting the content at transmission rate based on communication state of wireless transmission, at least one of scaling adjustment and frame rate adjustment to be performed by one of the communication and corresponding devices with superior capability. The scaling adjustment and the frame rate adjustment are performed on the content upon transmission of the content when the content is reproduced in the operation mode. The reporting module reports, when the at least one of the scaling adjustment and the frame rate adjustment is set to be performed by the corresponding device, the setting to the corresponding device. | 09-25-2014 |
20140312995 | COUPLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler for wireless transfer includes a coupling element including a first open end and a second open end. The coupler further includes a feeding element electrically connecting a feed point and an intermediate portion of the coupling element between the first open end and the second open end. The coupler further includes a short circuiting element electrically connecting the intermediate portion and a ground plane. An electrical distance from the feed point to each of the first open end and the second open end is ¼ of a wavelength corresponding to a central frequency used for the wireless transfer. | 10-23-2014 |
20140351844 | Communication Device and Communication Method - According to one embodiment, communication device includes communication module, operation module, image generator, and transmission controller. The operation module receives user operation. The image generator generates a first display image displayed on a display screen of a target device. The transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device in a certain copyright protection system. Further, the transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring no copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and an image corresponding to the user operation and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device. | 11-27-2014 |