Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080311849 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication system includes a transmitter including a transmitting circuit to generate radio frequency signals for transmitting data and an electrical field coupling antenna to transmit the radio frequency signals as an electrostatic field or an inductive electrical field; and a receiver including an electrical field coupling antenna and a receiving circuit to perform a reception process on radio frequency signals received by the electrical field coupling antenna. Each of the electrical field coupling antennas of the transmitter and the receiver includes a coupling electrode, a resonant portion to strengthen electrical coupling between the coupling electrodes, and a radio wave absorber placed near the coupling electrode. The radio frequency signals are transmitted through electrical field coupling between the electrical field coupling antennas facing each other of the transmitter and the receiver. | 12-18-2008 |
20090096556 | HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELD COUPLER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A high-frequency electric field coupler is provided for use in a contactless communication system propagating high frequency signals in a wide band utilizing electric field coupling. The coupler includes a coupling electrode and a resonance unit operating to increase the amplitude of an electrical charge accumulated at the coupling electrode at a predetermined resonance frequency. The coupling electrode is a linear conductor in the form of a coil. | 04-16-2009 |
20090121949 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, ANTENNA MODULE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus has a first communication section which makes contactless communication by means of magnetic field coupling and a second communication section which makes contactless communication by means of electric field coupling, and the second communication section generates an electric field which oscillates to a direction approximately parallel with an oscillation direction of a magnetic field on a position where the magnetic field crosses the second communication section. | 05-14-2009 |
20090231227 | ANTENNA, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, ANTENNA MANUFACTURING METHOD - An antenna includes a coil that is formed such that one end of the coil is short circuited or open to a ground and a current standing wave is generated when a high frequency signal is applied to another end of the coil. The coil generates a magnetic field standing wave having a frequency corresponding to the high frequency signal, and thereby detects or radiates an electromagnetic wave having the frequency. | 09-17-2009 |
20090264068 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a communication apparatus including a plurality of communication units for making communication through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, a detecting unit for detecting an approach between a communication party capable of communication through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling and any one of the plurality of communication units, and a controlling unit for causing a communication unit whose approach to the communication party is detected by the detecting unit to serve a function of communication assigned to the communication unit, different functions of communication being assigned to each of the plurality of communication units. | 10-22-2009 |
20090282163 | Communication Apparatus, Communication Method, Program and Communication System - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, a connection establishment processing unit for exchanging connection data between the communication unit and a communication party to perform a connection establishment processing, and a communication controlling unit for statically setting a data rate of the connection data and dynamically setting a data rate of transmission data to be transmitted from the communication unit after the connection establishment processing. | 11-12-2009 |
20100019871 | Electric Field Coupler, Communication Apparatus, Communication System, and Fabrication Method for Electric Field Coupler - An electric field coupler includes a strip-like coil formed by bending a strip-like conductor which snakes along a plane perpendicular to a coupling direction in which electric field coupling occurs, such that coil axes are perpendicular to the coupling direction, the strip-like coil having an electrical length of one-half wavelength of a predetermined frequency of a radio-frequency signal and having a form in which the coil axes surround a central portion along the plane. The strip-like coil produces coupling by a longitudinal wave electric field which vibrates in the coupling direction at the central portion. | 01-28-2010 |
20100019982 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The communication apparatus includes a capacitive coupling electrode which is capacitively coupled with an adjacent conductor or an adjacent dielectric and which operates the conductor or the dielectric as an antenna element for electromagnetic waves of a predetermined frequency, and a matching circuit which is connected to the capacitive coupling electrode and which matches impedance of the conductor or the dielectric to be operated as the antenna element for the electromagnetic waves of the predetermined frequency when the conductor or the dielectric is adjacent and capacitively coupled therewith. | 01-28-2010 |
20100233958 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication system includes the following elements: a transmitter including a transmission circuit unit configured to generate an RF signal for transmitting data and an EFC antenna configured to transmit the RF signal as an electrostatic field or an induced electric field; and a receiver including an EFC antenna and a reception circuit unit configured to receive and process the RF signal received by the EFC antenna. The EFC antennas of the transmitter and the receiver each include a coupling electrode and a resonating section including a distributed-constant circuit configured to strengthen electrical coupling between the coupling electrodes. The RF signal is transmitted by electric-field coupling between the EFC antennas, facing each other, of the transmitter and the receiver. | 09-16-2010 |
20100244991 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND HIGH-FREQUENCY COUPLER - A communication device includes a communication circuit unit, a transmission path, a ground, a coupling electrode, and a resonating unit. The resonating unit includes a first resonating unit connected to the transmission path and a second resonating unit having one end connected to the first resonating unit and another end short-circuited to the ground, the second resonating unit having terminals of the coupling electrode connected thereto. A microdipole is formed of a line segment connecting a center of charges stored in the coupling electrode and a center of mirror-image charges stored in the ground. The high-frequency signal is transmitted to a distant side disposed so as to face the communication device with an angle θ formed relative to a direction of the microdipole being approximately 0 degree. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248625 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND HIGH-FREQUENCY COUPLER - A communication device includes a communication circuit unit processing a high-frequency signal, a transmission path connected to the communication circuit, a ground, a coupling electrode supported so as to face the ground and to be separated by a height negligible with respect to a wavelength of the high-frequency signal, a resonating unit increasing a current flowing into the coupling electrode via the transmission path, and an extended section formed of a conductor disposed near a front of the coupling electrode with an angle θ formed relative to a direction of a microdipole being approximately 0 degree, the microdipole being formed of a line segment connecting a center of charges stored in the coupling electrode and a center of mirror-image charges stored in the ground, the conductor extended in a lateral direction approximately orthogonal to a propagating direction of an electric-field signal occurring from the front of the coupling electrode. | 09-30-2010 |
20100327997 | HIGH-FREQUENCY COUPLER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A high-frequency coupler includes ground; a coupling electrode being supported so that the coupling electrode is placed opposite the ground and separately placed at a height from the ground, the height being negligible relative to the wavelength of the high-frequency signal; a resonator increasing electric current entering the coupling electrode through a transmission path; and a stretchable/retractable connection section connecting a predetermined position on the coupling electrode and the resonator; wherein an infinitesimal dipole is formed, the infinitesimal dipole including a line segment which connects the center of electric charge accumulated in the coupling electrode and the center of mirror-electric charge accumulated in the ground, and the high-frequency signal is transmitted to another high-frequency coupler at a communication partner side, which is placed opposite the high-frequency coupler so that the angle between the direction of the infinitesimal dipole and the direction from the high-frequency coupler toward the other high-frequency coupler is nearly zero. | 12-30-2010 |
20110006864 | HIGH FREQUENCY COUPLER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A high frequency coupler includes a ground, a first coupling electrode connected via a first resonator unit to an input and output terminal of a communication circuit, and one or more second coupling electrodes connected via a second resonator unit designed utilizing a ground to a ground terminal of the communication circuit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110110404 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication system includes the following elements: a transmitter including a transmission circuit unit configured to generate an RF signal for transmitting data and an electric-field-coupling antenna configured to transmit the RF signal as an electrostatic field; a receiver including an electric-field-coupling antenna and a reception circuit unit configured to receive and process the RF signal received by the electric-field-coupling antenna; and a surface-wave propagation medium configured to provide a surface-wave transmission line to transmit a surface wave emanating from the electric-field-coupling antenna of the transmitter with low propagation loss. | 05-12-2011 |
20110222585 | HIGH-FREQUENCY COUPLER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A high-frequency coupler includes a ground, a coupling electrode which faces the ground and is supported so as to be separated by a negligible height with respect to the wavelength of a high-frequency signal, and a resonating unit for increasing a current flowing into the coupling electrode via a transmission path, in which the coupling electrode has bent portions in places where charges with a first polarity are accumulated so that charges with a second polarity are gathered in a front face when the high-frequency signal is input to the coupling electrode and a standing wave occurs, and an infinitesimal dipole is formed, and the high-frequency signal is transmitted toward a high-frequency coupler of a communication partner side arranged to face each other so that the angle θ formed in the direction of the infinitesimal dipole is substantially 0 degrees. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222586 | HIGH-FREQUENCY COUPLER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A high-frequency coupler includes a ground, a coupling electrode which faces the ground and is supported so as to be separated by a negligible height with respect to a high-frequency signal, a resonating unit for increasing a current flowing into the coupling electrode, a supporting unit which is connected to the resonating unit, and a short-circuiting unit which short-circuits the tip portions of the coupling electrode, in which an infinitesimal dipole constituted by a line connecting the center of the charges accumulated in the coupling electrode and the center of mirror-image charges accumulated in the ground is formed, and the high-frequency signal is transmitted toward a high-frequency coupler of a communication partner so that the angle θ formed in the direction of the infinitesimal dipole is substantially 0 degrees. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228814 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a case, a high frequency coupler that is disposed inwards from the surface of the case so as to be spaced apart from the surface and transmits and receives a signal of an induction electric field, and a surface wave transmission path that is disposed between the radiation surface of the induction electric field of the high frequency coupler and the surface of the case. | 09-22-2011 |
20110230136 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a communication circuit unit that processes a high frequency signal which transmits data, a high frequency signal transmission path that is connected to the communication circuit unit, a high frequency coupler that receives the high frequency signal and radiates an induction electric field signal of a longitudinal wave, and an antenna that receives the high frequency signal and radiates a radiation electromagnetic field or an electric wave signal of a transverse wave. | 09-22-2011 |
20110273247 | HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELD COUPLER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A high-frequency electric field coupler is provided for use in a contactless communication system propagating high frequency signals in a wide band utilizing electric field coupling. The coupler includes a coupling electrode and a resonance unit operating to increase the amplitude of an electrical charge accumulated at the coupling electrode at a predetermined resonance frequency. The coupling electrode is a linear conductor in the form of a coil. | 11-10-2011 |
20110316476 | NON-CONTACT CHARGE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a non-contact charge and communication system including: non-contact charge apparatus configured to include a power transmitting device that transmits power for a charge by magnetic field coupling and a first communication unit that carries out non-contact communication by electric field coupling; and power receiving apparatus configured to include a power receiving device that receives power transmitted from the non-contact charge apparatus based on a magnetic field resonance relationship and a second communication unit capable of non-contact communication with the first communication unit by electric field coupling, and charge a battery by received power. The non-contact charge apparatus includes a first control unit, and the power receiving apparatus includes a storage unit, and a second control unit. | 12-29-2011 |
20120066134 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes: a first communication apparatus connected to a license management server which manages a license key for content via a network; a second communication apparatus which performs a first non-contact communication with the first communication apparatus; and a third communication apparatus which performs a second non-contact communication with the first communication apparatus, wherein the first communication apparatus performs receiving of content, whose copyright is managed, from the second communication apparatus by the first non-contact communication and transferring the content to the third communication apparatus by the second non-contact communication, and obtaining a license key for the content from the license management server via the network and transferring the license key to the third communication apparatus by the second non-contact communication. | 03-15-2012 |
20120300860 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a transmission device including a terminal connected electrically to a terminal of another device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information through the terminal by performing load modulation according to contact between the terminal and the terminal of the other device. | 11-29-2012 |
20120322373 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Provided is a communication apparatus including a substrate, a high-frequency coupling device including a coupling electrode and a ground formed as a conductive pattern on the substrate, a communication circuit unit configured to process a high-frequency signal transmitted and received by the coupling electrode, and a resonant unit configured to increase an amount of electric current flowing into the coupling electrode. The high-frequency coupling device is configured such that a longitudinal length is shorter than a lateral length. | 12-20-2012 |
20130063255 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus may include at least one connection terminal configured to connect with at least one external power line coupled to an external apparatus, at least one internal power line configured to carry power and a communication signal to the at least one connection terminal, and a wireless communication circuit connected to the at least one internal power line. The wireless communication circuit may have an input configured to receive the power and the communication signal from the at least one internal power line, and may be configured to separate the communication signal from the power, and to wirelessly transmit the communication signal to the external apparatus. A communication method may include transmitting power and a communication signal via a power line, separating the communication signal from the power via a circuit connected to the power line, and wirelessly transmitting the separated communication signal via a communication antenna. | 03-14-2013 |
20130065552 | ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electric-power supplying apparatus may include a power supply configured to supply electric power to an electric device via a power supply line, and at least one processor programmed to perform acts including transmitting a command signal to the electric device via the power supply line, receiving a response signal from the electric device via load modulation on the power supply line, and registering setting information for establishing wireless communication between the electric device and the apparatus based on the received response signal. An electric apparatus may include a power plug configured to receive electric power and a command signal from an external device, and an IC chip configured to use load modulation to transmit a response signal, in response to the command signal, to the external device via the power plug. | 03-14-2013 |
20130210249 | CONVERTER AND PROGRAM - There is provided a converter including a connecting terminal connectable to a connecting device, a communicating unit capable of carrying out communication, and a communication restricting unit configured to restrict the communication carried out by the communicating unit if the connecting device is removed from the connecting terminal. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210250 | CONVERTER AND PROGRAM - There is provided a converter including a converting unit converting a communication mode of a connecting device having a connecting terminal. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211606 | APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided an appliance management apparatus including a connection state acquiring unit acquiring information generated due to an appliance terminal of an electronic appliance being positioned close to or connected to a power supplying terminal that supplies power, and a connection state management unit managing a connection state of the appliance terminal to the power supplying terminal using the information acquired by the connection state acquiring unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211607 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLYING METHOD - There is provided a power supplying apparatus including a terminal electrically connected to a terminal of another apparatus, an authentication information storage unit storing information regarding authentication of the other apparatus electrically connected to the terminal, and a power supplying control unit controlling supplying of power to the terminal. The power supplying control unit is operable, even when communication with an authentication apparatus that carries out authentication of the other apparatus electrically connected to the terminal is cut off, to continue supplying power to the other apparatus, operable, when an electrical connection between the other apparatus and the terminal is disconnected, to stop supplying power to the terminal, and operable when an apparatus is newly and electrically connected to the terminal, to control the supplying of power to the terminal by way of a comparison with the information stored in the authentication information storage unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212643 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a transmission apparatus including a terminal electrically connected to a terminal of another apparatus, a body information acquiring unit acquiring body information of a user holding the transmission apparatus, and a transmission unit operable, by carrying out load modulation in accordance with the terminal contacting or being positioned close to the terminal of the other apparatus, to transmit, via the terminal, information on which the body information acquired by the body information acquiring unit is superimposed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130235504 | POWER RELAY APPARATUS, POWER RELAY METHOD, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a power relay apparatus, power relay method, power supply control apparatus, power supply control method, and power supply control system which can readily manage individual power consumption. | 09-12-2013 |
20130235910 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, RELAY NODE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a communication apparatus including a port that connects a power line, along which power is transmitted at a given frequency, to an external apparatus, a transmitter that transmits, via the power line, a carrier signal obtained by modulating a transmit signal that has been obtained by encoding a processing command for executing a given process, at a carrier frequency higher than the frequency of the power, and a communication filter, connected between the power line and the transmitter, that at least blocks signals at the frequency of the power, while not blocking signals at the carrier frequency. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236184 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a communication apparatus including a signal generator that generates a transmit signal obtained by encoding a processing command for executing a given process, a carrier transmitter that transmits a carrier signal obtained by modulating the transmit signal at a carrier frequency higher than the frequency of power transmitted on a power line, and a communication filter, connected between the power line and the carrier transmitter, that at least blocks signals at the frequency of the power, while not blocking signals at the carrier frequency. | 09-12-2013 |
20130264888 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, STATE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a power supplying apparatus including a state determining unit that determines whether power supply with respect to an external apparatus of a power supply object to supply power is enabled, an information generating unit that generates evidence information regarding a power supply disabled state, when the power supply with respect to the external apparatus of the power supply object is disabled, and a transmission control unit that transmits the generated evidence information to at least one external apparatus of a transmission object. | 10-10-2013 |
20130285616 | BATTERY DEVICE, BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD - The present invention relates to a battery device, a battery management system, and a battery management method which can facilitate management of a battery. | 10-31-2013 |
20130307484 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, BATTERY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present technique relates to a communication device, a communication method, a battery device, and an electronic apparatus that can easily manage a battery device formed with a large number of battery cells. A transformer ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130314048 | BATTERY DEVICE, BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present technique relates to a battery device, a battery management method, and an electronic apparatus that can easily manage a battery device formed with a large number of battery cells. When a battery ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130335105 | DETECTING DEVICE AND DETECTING METHOD - The present technology relates to a detecting device and a detecting method that enable a state change of power lines to be detected with a simple circuit configuration. For example, when electronic devices | 12-19-2013 |
20140018967 | POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - There is provided a power consumption management device including a power measurement unit configured to measure power consumption of an electrical device, an environmental factor measurement unit configured to measure a factor of an environment in which the electrical device is used, a storage unit configured to store a predicted value related to the power consumption in which a value of the factor of the environment is designated as a parameter, and a calculation/control unit. The calculation/control unit obtains the predicted value related to the power consumption stored in the storage unit based on the value of the factor of the environment measured by the environmental factor measurement unit and compares the obtained predicted value related to the power consumption to an actual measurement value related to the power consumption obtained based on a power consumption value measured by the power measurement unit. | 01-16-2014 |
20140028265 | BATTERY CONTROL UNIT, CHARGE-DISCHARGE UNIT, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL UNIT, BATTERY UNIT, ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery control unit includes: a storage section holding remaining amount data that indicates a remaining amount of a battery; and a control section managing the battery in a fashion of separating the battery into a first region and a second region, by a way of separating the remaining amount data into first remaining amount data and second remaining data and of allowing the storage section to hold the first and second remaining amount data. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040124 | PHYSICAL-QUANTITY RECEIVING DEVICE, PHYSICAL-QUANTITY SUPPLYING DEVICE, PHYSICAL-QUANTITY RECEIVING METHOD, PHYSICAL-QUANTITY SUPPLYING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PHYSICAL-QUANTITY RECEIVING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PHYSICAL-QUANTITY SUPPLYING PROGRAM - A physical-quantity receiving method includes: providing, during receipt of a physical quantity, a user with a notification that the user is under obligation to make payment for the received physical quantity, and providing the user with an inquiry about whether to continue receiving the physical quantity; and making payment for the physical quantity per a unit time by electronic money after a lapse of the unit time, or making payment for a unit physical quantity by electronic money after receipt of the unit physical quantity, when continuing receipt of the physical quantity. | 02-06-2014 |
20140044200 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM - A power control server outputs power through a power line, outputs a high-frequency signal and communicates with an electronic device to which the power is output, through the power line, and reads out device information including at least identification information that identifies the electronic device, obtains user information related to a user who uses the electronic device, and transmits the obtained user information and the read out device information to an information management server. The information management server receives the user information and the device information transmitted from the power control server, and performs user registration related to the electronic device identified by the identification information included in the device information, based on the received user information. The present technology can be applied to a power supply control system that supplies the power to an electronic device, for example. | 02-13-2014 |
20140074308 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control unit controls a reader/writer to generate a vehicle ID read signal that is formed of a high frequency signal and used to read a vehicle ID recorded in an ID circuit, and supply the signal to a high-pass filter. The read signal or a write signal formed of the high frequency signal is superimposed on a power supply line and supplied to the high-pass filter. The high-pass filter supplies the vehicle ID read signal formed of the high frequency signal to the ID circuit. On the basis of the read signal, the ID circuit reads the vehicle ID stored in an IC built in the own circuit and transmits it as a response signal to a charger along a reverse path. An authentication part of the control unit turns on a selector switch when the vehicle ID being the response signal is determined to be legitimate. | 03-13-2014 |
20140088784 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to a power supply device and method as well as a program which allow a billing process to be surely performed in charging a vehicle. When a vehicle ID registered in advance in an external storage matches a vehicle ID acquired by a reader/writer, a control unit controls a lock control part to fit a lock of an outlet into a hole in a projection of a plug and lock the connection between the outlet and the plug. The control unit in this state turns on a selector switch to charge a battery of an electric vehicle from a charger. Once charging has been completed, the control unit controls a billing part to calculate the amount of electric power so that a billing server performs a billing process for the amount of money corresponding to the amount of electric power. | 03-27-2014 |
20140097672 | BATTERY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - This technology relates to a battery device, a control method, and an electric vehicle capable of providing a highly secure anti-theft function. A battery outputs DC power through a power line, a reader/writer communicates by outputting a high-frequency signal through the power line to read authentication information of an electronic device when the electronic device is connected to the battery through the power line, a microcomputer stores the read authentication information and controls the battery when first connection to the electronic device is performed, and performs an authentication process of the electronic device based on the read authentication information and the authentication information stored in the first connection and controls the battery according to a result of the authentication process of the electronic device when second or subsequent connection to the electronic device is performed. This technology may be applied to the battery device mounted on a power-assisted bicycle, for example. | 04-10-2014 |
20140103113 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided a management device including a position identification unit that identifies, based on identification information that is acquired from a plurality of antennas, a plurality of terminals, or antennas and terminals and indicates an object, a position of the object that stores the identification information. A distance between the antennas, a distance between the terminals, or a distance between the antennas and the terminals is a distance at which no mutual interference occurs. | 04-17-2014 |
20140375138 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Devices, methods, and programs for providing a notice indicating whether a device supports an authentication function. A method for providing notice may include performing communication with a device, making a determination whether the device is a power supply target, selectively transmitting power to the device based on a result of the determination, and providing a notice indicating whether the device supports an authentication function based on the result of the determination. A power supply device may include a communication unit, a determining unit, a power control unit, and a notice control unit. Another method for providing notice may include performing communication with a device, and providing a notice indicating whether the power supply device supports the authentication function based on a result of the communication. A power receiving device may include a communication unit and a notifying unit. | 12-25-2014 |
20150022185 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided a power receiving device including a connecting unit that is connected to a power line through which power is transmitted, a determining unit that determines whether transmitted power is chargeable, based on power identification information indicating whether the transmitted power is chargeable power, and a notification control unit that performs notification based on a determination result. | 01-22-2015 |
20150028690 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY METHOD, POWER RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Devices and methods for supply or receiving electric power. A power supply method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling transmission of electric power from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device based on the collation. A power receiving method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling, based on the collation, selective conversion of electric power transmitted from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device. | 01-29-2015 |