| Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America Patent applications |
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| 20160143113 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen which specifies each of two or more illumination devices including a first illumination device; when selection of the first illumination device is detected, display a first room screen, either with brightness not lower than predetermined brightness or with brightness lower than the predetermined brightness; output to the network a first control command for turning off power of the first illumination device when selection inside a region of the first room screen is detected while the first room screen is being displayed with brightness not lower than the predetermined brightness; and output to the network a second control command for turning on power of the first illumination device when selection inside the region is detected while the first room screen is being displayed with brightness lower than the predetermined brightness. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142140 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION METHOD, IDENTIFICATION SIGNAL, AND RECEIVER - A visible light communication method is provided that includes obtaining a first ID indicating a default interpolation ID previously stored in a receiver. The method also includes obtaining a second ID, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source, and generating a third ID, by the receiver, by combining the first ID and the second ID. The method further includes obtaining, by the receiver, information from a server using the third ID, which is a combination of the first ID and the second ID. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142138 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method of transmitting a signal is provided that uses a change in luminance. The method includes determining a pattern of the change in luminance by modulating the signal to be transmitted, and transmitting the signal by a light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern. The pattern of the change in luminance is a pattern in which one of two different luminance values occurs in each arbitrary position in a predetermined duration. The determining a pattern of change in luminance includes dividing the predetermined duration into four duration units, so that one of two different luminance value occurs in one duration unit of the four duration units and the other luminance value of the two different luminance value occurs in three duration units of the four duration units, the three duration units are other than the one duration unit. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160134371 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An information communication method is provided that includes continuously capturing an image of a subject that transmits a signal by changing luminance, with an image sensor. The method also includes displaying a captured image that includes a box and a subject image for identifying the subject, while continuously updating a position of the subject image on the captured image, according to a positional relationship between the image sensor and the subject established when the image of the subject is captured. The method further includes determining whether the subject image is in the box, and receiving the signal transmitted by the subject when it is determined that the subject image is in the box. In the receiving, information is obtained by demodulating a bright line pattern that appears in a second image data and corresponds to the plurality of exposure lines. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160112128 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method is provided for transmitting a signal using a change in luminance. The method includes determining a pattern of the change in luminance by modulating the signal to be transmitted, and transmitting the signal by a light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern, wherein the pattern of the change in luminance is a pattern in which one of two different luminance values occurs in each arbitrary position in a predetermined duration. In the determining, the pattern of the change in luminance is determined so that a luminance change position in the duration is different for each of different signals to be transmitted, the luminance change position being a position at which the luminance rises or a position at which the luminance falls. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111103 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BANDWIDTH EXTENSION FOR AUDIO SIGNALS - The purpose of the present invention is to more efficiently extend, using a low bit rate, the bandwidth of input signals having a harmonics structure, in order to obtain better audio quality. The present invention is installed in a device that extends bandwidth for audio signal encoding and decoding. This novel bandwidth extension encoding identifies a low-frequency spectrum component having the highest correlation to a high-frequency bandwidth signal among input signals, duplicates a high-frequency spectrum by energy adjustment of said component, and maintains the harmonic relationship between the low-frequency spectrum and the duplicated high-frequency spectrum by adjusting the spectral peak position of the duplicated high-frequency spectrum, on the basis of a harmonic frequency estimated from a composite low-frequency spectrum. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160105415 | DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND IN-HOUSE SERVER APPARATUS CONNECTED TO DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method in the disclosure includes: receiving, from an information device, a device password which is used for controlling a target device via an in-house server apparatus and which is input on the information device using a setting screen; managing a device ID of the in-house server apparatus, a user ID, and the device password in association with one another; transmitting the device password to the in-house server apparatus to cause the in-house server apparatus to manage the device ID and the device password; transmitting, when login to an out-of-house server apparatus is authenticated, an authentication screen to the information device; receiving, from the information device, an input password that is input on the information device using the authentication screen; and when the received input password is identical to the device password that is associated with the user ID, approving a control of a target device by the information device. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104051 | Smartlight Interaction System - The conference room automation apparatus employs a processor-based integrated movement sensor, lights, cameras, and display device, such as a projector, that senses and interprets human movement within the room to control the projector in response to that movement and that captures events occurring in the room. Preferably packed in a common integrated package, the apparatus employs a layered software/hardware architecture that may be readily extended as a platform to support additional third-party functionality. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160087721 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An apparatus includes a processor and a recording medium having a program, the program causing the processor to execute operations. The operations include a normal mode and a visible light communication mode, wherein the normal mode and the visible light communication mode are switchable. In the normal mode, first image data is obtained by image capture with a first exposure time by sequentially starting exposure for a plurality of exposure lines in an image sensor each at a different time and each of the plurality of exposure lines partially overlaps in exposure time an adjacent exposure line. The visible light communication mode includes (i) setting a second exposure time of the image sensor, (ii) obtaining a bright line image including the plurality of bright lines, and (iii) obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086583 | VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION IMAGE INCLUDING STRIPE PATTERNS HAVING DIFFERENT PITCHES - A video display method is provided that displays, on a per frame basis, an image included in a video signal. The method includes generating a first visible light communication image by encoding a visible light communication signal, the first visible light communication image being an image having a stripe pattern for visible light communication, and displaying, in a predetermined frame, the image included in the video signal. The method also includes switching a pitch of the first visible light communication image to a different pitch, and generating a second visible light communication image. The method further includes displaying the second visible light communication image that has a stripe pattern configured with a different minimum pitch, which is different in resolution from the stripe pattern of the first visible light communication image. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160078373 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method causes a computer of a communication device to: determine candidate reservation dates and times of a ticket by excluding each date and time, on which a plan of the user is stored in a memory, from acquired available reservation dates and times of the ticket; display each display representing each candidate reservation time, and when an interval between one acquired available reservation date and time and a date and time on which the plan is stored in the memory is shorter than a predetermined value, the one acquired available reservation date and time being excluded from the determined candidate reservation dates and times; and display a reservation screen when selection of one region is detected in the calendar data, the reservation screen being used for setting one candidate reservation date and time corresponding to the selected one region as a reservation date and time of the ticket. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160065307 | COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication method for obtaining information from a subject includes obtaining image information of the subject in an image information-taking mode, obtaining visible light data of the subject in a visible light communication mode, and setting a shutter speed and an international organization for standardization (ISO) speed rating or a gain value for the visible light communication mode. The visible light communication mode is a different mode from the image information-taking mode. Also, in the setting, the shutter speed for the visible light communication mode is set to be faster than a shutter speed for the image information-taking mode, and the ISO speed rating or the gain value for the visible light communication mode is set to be greater than an ISO speed rating or a gain value for the image information-taking mode. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160057029 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - An information providing method is an information providing method for consumer electronics devices, a display device, and a server, all of which are connected via a public network, the information providing method including: (a) receiving, by the server from the consumer electronics devices, information pieces on the consumer electronics devices; (b) filtering, by the server, the information pieces on the consumer electronics devices received in step (a), to obtain one or more filtered information pieces, and performing, by the server, processing for generating display information for display, by the display device, in a specific display format; and (c) transmitting, by the server, the display information generated in step (b) to the display device. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160048808 | CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method is disclosed for a communication device connectable to an information management system that makes a visit appointment with a service person. The communication device stores schedule information of a user of the communication device. The method causes a computer of the communication device to: display data which is generated using the schedule information and which includes a calendar; access the information management system to acquire candidate data indicating possible visit dates of the service person; determine candidate visit dates of the service person by excluding dates on which plans of the user are included in the schedule information, from the possible visit dates of the service person; display each display representing each of the candidate visit dates within each region corresponding to each day in the calendar; and display an appointment screen which sets one candidate visit date as a visit date of the service person. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160047566 | DATA PROVISION METHOD USING AIR CONDITIONER LOG INFORMATION - A data providing method is carried out by a computer ( | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160026365 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display, a display screen representing at least a floor plan including one or more rooms; and when it is sensed that movement of a device icon that is movable within a region corresponding to a predetermined room associated with a type of the device icon, judge whether or not the device icon is moved out of the region corresponding to the predetermined room, and in the case where it is judged that the device icon is moved out of the region corresponding to the predetermined room, return the device icon to the region corresponding to the predetermined room. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160005309 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method for use in a portable terminal, e.g., a wristwatch, to obtain information includes a light receiving step of, by at least one of plural solar cells incorporated in the portable terminal and having respective directivities, receiving visible light that is emitted in a direction corresponding to the directivity of the relevant solar cell, and an information acquisition step of obtaining information by demodulating a signal that is specified by the received visible light. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20150373371 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - A data conversion system includes an encoding device configured to encode, into a bitstream, pieces of binary data indicating first intra prediction modes for encoding a first image, and a decoding device configured to decode second intra prediction modes for decoding a second image. A data conversion method includes encoding, into a bitstream, pieces of binary data indicating first intra prediction modes for encoding a first image, and decoding second intra prediction modes for decoding a second image. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150365129 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A transmitting apparatus includes an OFDM modulator that generates a first modulation symbol by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, a signal point of the first modulated information signal being arranged at a first position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane and a second modulation symbol by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, and by changing a second position at which a signal point of the modulated second information signal is arranged to a third position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane, wherein the third position is different from the first position. An OFDM modulation signal includes the first modulation symbol and the second modulation symbol, wherein the OFDM modulation signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers. A transmitter transmits the OFDM modulation signal. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150358970 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication method is provided for a transmission apparatus that transmits an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) signal using a communication band that comprises a plurality of subcarrier groups each including a plurality of subcarriers. The method includes specifying which subcarrier group and how many subcarriers are to be used to transmit the OFDM signal and determining a configuration of a transmission frame, generating the OFDM signal by mapping data symbols according to the determined configuration of the transmission frame, and transmitting the generated OFDM signal. The number of subcarriers to be used to transmit the OFDM signal is variable, the OFDM signal may be generated using a plurality of modulation schemes including QPSK and 16QAM, and a plurality of mapping patterns are prepared for each of the plurality of modulation schemes. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150341539 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject. The information communication method includes transmitting position information indicating a position of an image sensor used to capture the subject, and receiving an ID list that is associated with the position indicated by the position information. The information communication method also includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that in a bright line corresponding to an exposure line included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The information communication method further includes obtaining a bright line image including the bright line, obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a cycle length or frequency of a stripe pattern of the bright line included in the obtained bright line image, and searching the ID list for identification information that includes the obtained information. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150324710 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method causes a computer of a communication device to: acquire appointment available dates and times at a specialized institution; determine candidate appointment dates and times at the specialized institution by excluding each date and time, on which a plan of a user is stored in the communication device, from the acquired appointment available dates and times; display each display representing each candidate appointment time based on the determined candidate appointment dates and times, in each region corresponding to each day represented in calendar data; and display an appointment screen on a display when selection of one region is detected, the one region corresponding to one day represented in the calendar data and representing one candidate appointment time, the appointment screen being used for setting the one candidate appointment date and time corresponding to the selected one region as an appointment date and time at the specialized institution. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150319056 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A method includes: inputting information indicating power usage corresponding to each of a plurality of user IDs; generating a differential value between i) a first cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a first user ID in a prescribed period and ii) a second cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a second user ID in the prescribed period; generating a first conversion value by converting the differential value to a use time of an electric home appliance corresponding to a first type among electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID; generating display data indicating that the differential value corresponds to the first conversion value; and transmitting the display data to an information terminal device corresponding to the first user ID. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317991 | VOICE AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, VOICE AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, VOICE AUDIO ENCODING METHOD, AND VOICE AUDIO DECODING METHOD - Provided are a voice audio encoding device, voice audio decoding device, voice audio encoding method, and voice audio decoding method that efficiently perform bit distribution and improve sound quality. Dominant frequency band identification unit identifies a dominant frequency band having a norm factor value that is the maximum value within the spectrum of an input voice audio signal. Dominant group determination units and non-dominant group determination unit group all sub-bands into a dominant group that contains the dominant frequency band and a non-dominant group that contains no dominant frequency band. Group bit distribution unit distributes bits to each group on the basis of the energy and norm variance of each group. Sub-band bit distribution unit redistributes the bits that have been distributed to each group to each sub-band in accordance with the ratio of the norm to the energy of the groups. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317705 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A method includes: inputting information indicating power usage corresponding to each of the plurality of user IDs; generating a differential value between i) a first cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a first user ID and ii) a second cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a second user ID in a prescribed period; generating a first conversion value by converting the differential value to a use time of a first electric home appliance among electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID; generating display data indicating that the differential value corresponds to the first conversion value; and transmitting the display data to an information terminal device corresponding to the first user ID. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317704 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A method includes: inputting information indicating power usage; generating a differential value between i) a first cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a first user ID and ii) a second cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a second user ID in a prescribed period; generating a first conversion value by converting the differential value to a use time of an electric home appliance of a first type corresponding to the first user ID; generating a first electricity bill value by converting the difference value to an electricity bill; generating display data indicating that the first electricity bill value corresponds to the first conversion value; and a transmitting unit that transmits the display data. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317061 | CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In the case where selection of a device icon that represents an air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on a floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon is displayed. In the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature is output to the network, and information related to an operation state of the air conditioner is displayed in the region corresponding to the one room based on the operation of the operation screen. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150312992 | CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen representing a floor plan for one floor including at least two or more rooms; display an illumination icon representing the one or more illumination devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, the illumination icon being commonly used for the two or more rooms included in the floor plan; and output to the network a first control command, when selection of the illumination icon is sensed, and when selection of a first room among the at least two or more rooms included in the floor plan is sensed, the first control command controlling on/off of power for an illumination device corresponding to the first room. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150304548 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup device, having first, second and third imaging modes, includes: a camera; a display that displays a video image obtained by the camera in the first, second and third imaging modes; and a touch panel that overlaps the display, and detects a flick operation in at least left and right directions. Switching to the second imaging mode occurs by a first flick operation in the right direction in the first imaging mode. Switching to the third imaging mode occurs by a second flick operation in the right direction in the second imaging mode. Switching to the second imaging mode occurs by a third flick operation in the left direction in the third imaging mode. Switching to the first imaging mode occurs by a fourth flick operation in the left direction in the second imaging mode. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150295683 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND RETRANSMISSION METHOD - A terminal capable of ensuring that when a UL-DL configuration is switched over, recognition of a UL HARQ process continued in the UL-DL configuration before and after the switchover is matched between a base station and the terminal. A terminal ( | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294673 | SPEECH AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, SPEECH AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, SPEECH AUDIO ENCODING METHOD, AND SPEECH AUDIO DECODING METHOD - By the present invention, the number of encoding bits allocated to encoding of extended-band spectrum is reduced while degradation of sound quality in the extended band is suppressed. A band compression unit creates combinations of sub-band spectra in pairs of two samples each in order from a low-range side in a band compression target sub-band, selects a spectrum having a large absolute-value amplitude among the combinations, and arranges the selected spectrum close to the low-range side on a frequency axis. A number-of-units recalculation unit redistributes bits saved in the sub-band for which band compression was performed to a low range outside the extended band, and redistributes the number of units on the basis of the redistributed bits. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150268852 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device that increases both visual perceptibility and selectability of executable programs. A display is a display with an elongated shape whose display surface includes a first region and a second region aligned in a longitudinal direction. In the first region, only an image that corresponds to a program that is specified as the main program is displayed. In the second region, images that correspond to sub-programs are displayed to be lined up in the longitudinal direction. The image includes an execution image of the program that is specified as the main program. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150262267 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A method includes: inputting information indicating power usage; generating a differential value between i) a first cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a first user ID and ii) a second cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a second user ID in a prescribed period; generating a first conversion value by converting the differential value to a use time of a first electric home appliance; generating a first electricity bill value by converting the differential value to an electricity bill; generating display data indicating that the first electricity bill value corresponds to the first conversion value; and transmitting the display data. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150261427 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on the display a display screen including one or more device type icons, each of the one or more device type icons representing each of the one or more target devices for each of device types; and when selection of any one of the one or more device type icons is sensed on the display screen, display a device screen for one or more target devices included in one device type corresponding to the selected one device type icon. The device screen includes one or more first operation screens and a second operation screen, each of the one or more first operation screens being used for operating respective one of the one or more target devices, the second operation screen being used for turning off powers of all of the one or more target devices. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150257039 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR SHARED BASE STATION - In this device: a gain calculator ( | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150255880 | PROXIMITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A proximity wireless communication device includes a first housing and a second housing, and they are provided with respective two antennas. In the first housing, a first antenna and a second antenna are configured to be disposed on different parallel planes, and in the second housing, a third antenna and a fourth antenna are configured to be disposed on different parallel planes. Then, the first antenna and the third antenna carry out non-contact near-field wireless communication facing in proximity and the second antenna and the fourth antenna carry out non-contact near-field wireless communication facing in proximity. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150248742 | GRAPHICS DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, GRAPHICS DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH GRAPHICS DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE - A graphics display processing device including: a graphics processor that executes GPU instructions based on a primary drawing instruction and a secondary drawing instruction; an acquirer) that acquires the primary drawing instruction and the secondary drawing instruction; an estimator that calculates an estimated GPU processing time required for executing the GPU instructions; a determiner that determines, using the estimated GPU processing time, which of the primary drawing instruction and the secondary drawing instruction is to be executed first; an issuance controller that performs a control when the primary drawing instruction is to be executed first, causing the primary drawing instruction to be issued and issuance of the secondary drawing instruction to be postponed; an instruction issuer that issues each drawing instruction according to the control of the issuance controller; and a graphics driver that generates the GPU instructions by executing each drawing instruction issued. | 09-03-2015 |
| 20150244919 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method is provided that includes setting an exposure time of an image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing a subject by the image sensor, a plurality of bright lines corresponding to a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appear according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including the plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject changing in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time, and obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150244914 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject using a terminal device. The method includes obtaining and holding identification information of devices, and service information associated with the identification information, from a server. The method also includes setting an exposure time of an image sensor so that a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject, and obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines. The method further includes obtaining identification information of the subject, by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image, selecting service information associated with the identification information, and presenting the service information to a user of the terminal device. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150242783 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A calendar data is displayed in which a region corresponding to a day on which the consumed power amount associated with the user is equal to or higher than a prescribed reference value is displayed using a first display, and a region corresponding to a day on which the consumed power amount associated with the user is lower than the prescribed reference value is displayed using a second display. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150230214 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD OF SIGNALING COMP STATES, AND TRANSMISSION POINT AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - The wireless communication comprises: transmitting downlink control information (DCI) from a transmission point to an UE for the enabled TB and the disabled TB, wherein the DCI comprises a 8-value indicator to indicate CoMP states for the enabled TB in conjunction with the new data indicator (NDI) of the disabled TB; if the NDI of the enabled TB is untoggled or the value of the 8-value indicator for the enabled TB is equal to 0, 1, 2, or 3, the UE using the NDI of the disabled TB to select a CoMP state from a first CoMP state and a second CoMP state; and if the NDI of the enabled TB is toggled and the value of the 8-value indicator is 4, 5, 6, or 7, the UE obtaining the information of whether the enabled TB is initial transmission or retransmission based on the NDI of the disabled TB. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150229836 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup device includes: a camera; a display that displays an image captured by the camera; and a touch panel that overlaps the display. While the display is displaying the image, when a predetermined single operation is detected on the touch panel, a brightness of the display is changed from a first brightness to a second brightness brighter than the first brightness. The display displays, over the image, an indication that the brightness has increased. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150229393 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method is provided for transmitting a signal using a change in luminance. The information communication method includes determining a pattern of the change in luminance by modulating a signal to be transmitted, and transmitting the signal by a display, which comprises a light emitter that changes luminance according to the determined pattern. In the determining a pattern, the pattern of the change in luminance is determined by adjusting a first time from one change in luminance to a next change in luminance according to the signal, the one change in luminance and the next change in luminance being a same one of a rise and a fall in luminance. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150226553 | MOTION SENSOR DEVICE HAVING PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES - A motion sensor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an image sensor ( | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150215909 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD - A wireless communication terminal capable of increasing the utilization efficiency of ACK/NACK resources and suppressing unnecessary PUSCH band reduction while avoiding ACK/NACK collision. The wireless communication terminal has a configuration provided with: a reception unit for receiving a control signal including ARI via an E-PDCCH set from among one or a plurality of E-PDCCH sets; a control unit for determining an offset value indicated by the ARI on the basis of whether or not a resource region that may be taken by a dynamic ACK/NACK resource corresponding to the E-PDCCH set that has received the control signal and a resource region that may be taken by a dynamic ACK/NACK resource corresponding to another E-PDCCH set overlap, and imparting an offset to the ACK/NACK resource according to the value of the ART; and a transmission unit for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal using the determined ACK/NACK resource. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150212705 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A floor plan setting screen is provided with an add room button corresponding to each floor of a building. When the add room button is selected, a room addition screen with a list of room candidates is displayed. When any of the rooms is selected from the room candidates, a room icon for the selected room is added to the floor plan setting screen. As a result of repeating this process, the room icons are disposed in the floor plan setting screen. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150206537 | SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A speaker identification system ( | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150206188 | ITEM PRESENTATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An item presentation system detects a movement of a customer in a store, and includes a presentation apparatus that performs the item presentation in the store based on detection results. The item presentation method of the item presentation system includes: detecting a first movement indicating that the customer enters a predetermined area around a product shelf; detecting a second movement indicating that the customer reaches out one hand to a first item as one of the items displayed on the product shelf; starting to count time from a moment that the second movement is detected if the second movement is detected after the first movement is detected; and causing the presentation apparatus to perform the item presentation on the item to which the customer reaches out the hand in the product shelf if the time counted becomes equal to a predetermined period of time. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150201194 | CODING DISTORTION REMOVAL METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - An image coding and decoding system is provided that includes an image coding apparatus and an image decoding apparatus. The image coding apparatus includes a coding unit that codes an input image to obtain a first coded image, a first decoding unit that decodes the first coded image to obtain a reconstructed image, and a determining unit that determines a first filter setting parameter for the input image, a first comparing unit that compares a difference of pixel values with the threshold value, and a first removing unit that removes a coding. The image decoding apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains a second filter setting parameter, a second decoding unit that decodes the coded image to obtain a reconstructed image, a second comparing unit that compares a difference of pixel values with the threshold value, and a second removing unit that removes a coding distortion. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150195579 | CODING DISTORTION REMOVAL METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - An image decoding apparatus is provided that decodes a coded image, the coded image being generated by coding an image segmented into a plurality of blocks on a block basis. The image decoding apparatus includes a quantization parameter obtaining unit that obtains a quantization parameter for each block of the plurality of blocks, a decoding unit that decodes the coded image to obtain a reconstructed image, and a pixel difference value obtaining unit that obtains a pixel difference value. The image decoding apparatus also includes a comparing unit that compares the pixel difference value with a threshold value, and a removing unit that removes a coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of a block boundary between the first block and the second block, by applying a filter for coding distortion removal. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195535 | CODING DISTORTION REMOVAL METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A coding distortion removing method is provided for removing coding distortion in two adjacent blocks located on both sides of a block boundary between the two adjacent blocks in a reconstructed image. The method includes deriving a difference of pixel values between a pixel in a first block of the reconstructed image and a pixel in a second block of the reconstructed image adjacent to the first block, deriving an average value of the first quantization parameter and the second quantization parameter, and setting a threshold value to the average value of the first quantization parameter and the second quantization parameter. The method also includes comparing the difference of pixel values with the threshold value, and removing a coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of the block boundary between the first block and the second block, by applying a filter for coding distortion removal. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150188632 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, RECEPTION PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing program causes a computer to execute: encoding information to be transmitted, to determine a luminance change frequency; and outputting a signal of the determined luminance change frequency to cause a light emitter to change in luminance according to the determined luminance change frequency to transmit the information. In the encoding, each of a first frequency and a second frequency different from the first frequency is determined as the luminance change frequency. In the outputting, each of a signal of the first frequency and a signal of the second frequency is output as the signal of the determined luminance change frequency, to cause the light emitter to change in luminance according to the first frequency during a first time and change in luminance according to the second frequency during a second time different from the first time after the first time elapses. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150188346 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CHARGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - An electronic device | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150186020 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal apparatus includes an enclosure and a display attached to the enclosure and displaying at least part of a communication address and a Web page that is addressable by the communication address. An input that receives inputs from an user and a processor operates the Web page according with the inputs received through the input, wherein the communication address is displayed on an upper portion of the Web page, and the processor shifts the Web page along with the communication address downward when receiving a predetermined input. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150185725 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present disclosure is a method for controlling an information apparatus having a third display and being used in an information management system, the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: display a display screen representing at least one floor plan of a building on the third display; display device icons representing target devices including a first target device and a second target device on the display screen, the device icons being movable by dragging the device icons; and when it is sensed that a device icon representing the second target device is dropped on a device icon representing the first target device, output to the information management system a first control command for displaying a confirmation screen on a first display of the first target device, the confirmation screen being for confirmation of a state of the second target device. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150181220 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH CANDIDATE MOTION VECTORS - A moving picture coding method for coding a current block derives a first candidate having a first motion vector predictor derived from a first motion vector that has been used to code a first block. It is determined whether a total number of one or more candidates having the first candidate is less than a maximum candidate number, and a second candidate having a second motion vector predictor is derived when the total number of the one or more candidates having the first candidate is less than the maximum candidate number. The second motion vector predictor is a zero vector. A candidate for coding the current block is selected out of the plurality of candidates having the first candidate and the second candidate. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150181110 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup device includes: a camera; a display; a touch panel that overlaps the display, and a vertical sensor that detects a vertical direction. When a flick operation from down to up along the vertical direction is performed, a brightness of the display is changed from a first brightness to a second brightness that is brighter than the first brightness. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150180967 | DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method in a communication system in the present disclosure includes: receiving a first access from the information apparatus which starts a first application for a telephone conversation function; transmitting an identifier and a confirmation destination address to the information apparatus in response to the first access; receiving an instruction to the information apparatus from the information processing apparatus; receiving a second access using the confirmation destination address from the information apparatus; transmitting the instruction to the information apparatus in response to the second access; and when it is judged that the instruction instructs the information apparatus to start the second application for providing a camera function, causing the information apparatus to continue the telephone conversation process, to start the second application without involving a user operation, receiving image information captured using the camera function from the information apparatus, and forwarding the image information to the information processing apparatus. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150179057 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - A usual setting state in accordance with a current in-house state and a device state is selected using an acquired in-house state and a device state from a plurality of setting states classified in advance in accordance with in-house states and device states. When the selected usual setting state and the acquired setting state differ from each other, a first notification that notifies a user of the difference is performed and a state of an information terminal is transitioned to a state where an input for remotely controlling a second device can be accepted. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150177948 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; and using at least one memory that associates first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing one or more target devices with second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a region on the display screen corresponding to a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150163773 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT - The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150156074 | INFORMATION SHARING METHOD - An information sharing method that provides a graphical user interface image for sharing information relating to an appliance within a home among a plurality of users includes a receiving step of receiving, as home appliance event information, information on a state change of an appliance within a plurality of homes, a priority determining step of determining a priority of a home that is to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with an occurrence frequency of the home appliance event information within each home, and a home determining step of determining a home to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with the priority. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150155939 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - A method is provided for sending a computer program from a server to a computer the computer program causing the computer to execute instructions, including setting a second exposure time of the image sensor so that a plurality of bright lines corresponding to a plurality of exposure lines included in an image sensor appear according to a change in luminance of a subject. The instructions also include obtaining a bright line image including the plurality of bright lines, wherein the exposure starts sequentially for the plurality of exposure lines each at a different time. The exposure of each of the plurality of exposure lines starts after a predetermined blank time elapses from when exposure of an adjacent exposure line adjacent to the exposure line ends, and the second exposure time is shorter than the first exposure time. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150154714 | SERVICE PROVISION METHOD - A premium update system includes: an article transmission unit ( | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150148969 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In the case where selection of an icon representing an air conditioner is sensed in a region corresponding to a certain room on a floor plan, an operation screen for changing the setting of the air conditioner installed in the region corresponding to the certain room is displayed as overlapped on a display screen. An effect range, in which an effect due to an operation of the air conditioner extends based on the setting contents, is displayed in the region corresponding to the certain room. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150148968 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In the case where selection of an icon representing an air conditioner is sensed in a region corresponding to a certain room on a floor plan, a region corresponding to the certain room on the floor plan is switched to an adjustment region for changing the set temperature of the air conditioner. In the case where it is sensed that a contact made to a touch-panel display moves within the region corresponding to the certain room, a control command for changing the set temperature of the air conditioner in accordance with a distance in which the contact moves is transmitted to the network. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146998 | FLICKER REDUCING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND FLICKER REDUCING METHOD - This flicker reducing apparatus ( | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150143249 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In the case where selection of an icon representing an air conditioner is sensed in a region corresponding to a first room on the floor plan that is larger than a predetermined area, the region corresponding to the first room is switched to an adjustment region for changing the set temperature of the air conditioner. In the case where selection of the icon representing the air conditioner is sensed in a region corresponding to a second room on the floor plan that is equal to or smaller than the predetermined area, an adjustment screen for changing the set temperature of the air conditioner installed in the region corresponding to the second room is displayed on the display screen. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138319 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, 3D IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processor | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138083 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a display unit on which a pointer is displayable, and a touch panel which is arranged to overlap the display unit and is capable of detecting a distance from an indicator. The pointer moves according to a movement of the indicator, and when the distance is equal to or less than a first distance and is greater than a second distance smaller than the first distance in a predetermined region of the touch panel, a length of the movement of the pointer has a predetermined magnification to a length of the movement of the indicator. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150131725 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method for coding a current block derives a first candidate having a first motion vector that has been used to code a first block. It is determined whether a total number of one or more candidates having the first candidate is less than a maximum candidate number, and a second candidate is derived when the total number of the one or more candidates is less than the maximum candidate number. The second candidate has a second motion vector and is different from the first candidate. A candidate for coding the current block is selected from the candidates having the first candidate and the second candidate. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150117544 | IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH CANDIDATE MOTION VECTORS - An image coding method derives a first candidate having a first motion vector that has been used to code a first block, and derives a second candidate having a second motion vector that has been used to code a second block. It is determined whether a total number of candidates having the first candidate and the second candidate is less than a maximum candidate number, and a third bi-directional candidate is derived when the total number of candidates is less than the maximum candidate number. The third bi-directional candidate has a third motion vector that is identical to the first motion vector, and a fourth motion vector that is identical to the second motion vector. A merging candidate for coding a current block is selected from the candidates having the first candidate, the second candidate, and the third candidate. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150113473 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device that increases both visibility and selectability of executable programs. The electronic device includes a touch panel display having an elongated shape, a memory storing programs, and a processor controlling program execution and the display. The touch panel includes a first display region and a second display region contiguous with and narrower than the first display region. The display displays an execution image of a first program in the first display region and an icon image of a second program in the second display region in a smaller display area than the execution image. When the processor detects contact at the icon image and detects that the contact moves towards the first display region, the processor causes the display to display an execution image of the second program in the first display region. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113418 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display, a display screen representing at least a floor plan including one or more rooms; and when it is sensed that movement of a second-type device icon that is movable only within a region corresponding to a predetermined room associated with the type of the device icon among the one or more rooms, and in the case where it is judged that the second-type device icon is moved out of the region corresponding to the predetermined room, perform display control to return the second-type device icon to the region corresponding to the predetermined room. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150103879 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS - An encoding and decoding apparatus is provided for performing arithmetic encoding and arithmetic decoding. The encoding apparatus encodes in a first bitstream first last position information, indicating a horizontal position and a vertical position of a last non-zero coefficient in a predetermined order from among a plurality of coefficients within a first current block to be encoded in a first picture. The decoding apparatus decodes second last position information, indicating a horizontal position and a vertical position of a last non-zero coefficient in a predetermined order from among a plurality of coefficients within a second current block to be decoded in a second picture. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150095790 | CONTROL METHOD - A control method used in a remote control system according to the present disclosure includes: a step of displaying candidates for a target apparatus to be controlled among apparatuses on a user interface region of a display unit of an information terminal; a step of obtaining, via a network, control indexes used to determine a display mode for the user interface region; a step of displaying, on the user interface region, one or more control menus in a display mode determined based on a selected target apparatus and the control indexes; a step of generating a control signal for causing the target apparatus to perform an operation according to control corresponding to a control menu, when the control menu is selected from the one or more displayed control menus; and a step of transmitting the control signal to the target apparatus via the network. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150077374 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a planar display and a touch panel, which overlaps the display. The touch panel has a detection zone that covers at least a vertical distance which is less than a first value and greater than a second value which is smaller than the first value and where two dimensional coordinates and the vertical distance can be detected. The detection zone has a first zone that covers the vertical distance from the first value to the second value and includes a center of the touch panel with respect to the two dimensional coordinates. The first zone, in which the vertical distance is a specific value between the first value and the second value, narrows as the specific value increases from the second value toward the first value. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150074605 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display an operation icon for causing an operation screen for an electric shutter device to be displayed; display the operation screen which includes a shutter image representing a shutter of the electric shutter device when selection of the operation icon is sensed; when a swipe operation is sensed, output a movement control command for moving the shutter in a swipe direction, and move the shutter represented in the shutter image in accordance with a swipe amount of the swipe operation; and in a case where stop information is received and the shutter represented in the shutter image is varied into a closed state, return the shutter represented in the shutter image in a second direction opposite to a first direction which is a moving direction of the shutter represented in the shutter image. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074584 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display an operation icon on a display screen of the information apparatus, the operation icon causing an operation screen for an electric curtain device to be displayed; display the operation screen for the electric curtain device when selection of the operation icon is sensed, the operation screen including a curtain image representing a curtain of the electric curtain device; and when a pinch-out operation is sensed on the operation screen, output to a network a first open control command for opening the curtain of the electric curtain device. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070522 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method for obtaining information from a subject includes transmitting position information indicating a position of an image sensor used to capture the subject, and receiving an ID list that is associated with the position indicated by the position information. The method also includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that a bright line corresponding to an exposure line included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method further includes obtaining a bright line image including the bright line by capturing the subject that changes in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time, obtaining the information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the bright line included in the obtained bright line image, and searching the ID list for identification information. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150067528 | CONTROL METHOD - A control method according to the present disclosure is used in a remote control system including apparatuses and an information terminal that controls at least one of the apparatuses via a network. The control method includes: a step (S | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062084 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display device; a touch panel overlaid on the display device and including at least a predetermined side; a conductive member provided along the predetermined side; and a variable resistor having one end which is electrically connected to the conductive member and another end which is electrically connected to a predetermined potential. A resistance of the variable resistor is switchable. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062083 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first sensor panel including at least one receiving electrode; a second sensor panel including at least one transmission electrode, and overlaid on the first sensor panel; and a third sensor panel including a predetermined electrode at least a part of which overlaps the one transmission electrode, and overlaid on the second sensor panel. When a predetermined condition is detected in a state that a transmission signal identical to that for the one transmission electrode is applied on the predetermined electrode, application of the transmission signal identical to that for the one transmission electrode onto the predetermined electrode is stopped. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062033 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention includes a display section displaying data in a screen, a touch panel detecting proximity of a finger, a proximity coordinate extracting section extracting proximity coordinates of the finger in the proximity, a pointer coordinate calculating section calculating, when proximity of a plurality of fingers is simultaneously detected, a position Pc2 in the screen corresponding to a middle point Pc of positions of the plurality of fingers as pointer coordinates, a display controlling section causing visual information PT to be displayed in the position corresponding to the pointer coordinates in the screen, and an event detecting section detecting an event for executing prescribed processing when a distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150058948 | CONTENT SHARING SYSTEM, CONTENT SHARING METHOD, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A content sharing system includes: a server; a first information communication apparatus; and a second information communication apparatus, in which the first information communication apparatus includes a reserve requesting unit which sends to the server a reserve request message for requesting to reserve a sharing space to be newly generated, the reserve request message including first identification information for identifying the second information communication apparatus or the user using the second information communication apparatus, and the server includes: a first storage; and a sharing space generating unit which, upon receiving the reserve request message, generates the sharing space in the first storage, and stores in the first storage the first identification information included in the reserve request message. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058703 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - A transmission frame generating device includes a control information signal generator and a frame former. The control information signal generator generates a modulation method information signal indicating a modulation method of a data signal and an error correction method information signal indicating an error correction method of the data signal. The frame former forms the transmission frame by repeating and discretely arranging the same modulation method information signal on a first multiple of a plurality of subcarriers on a frequency axis and by repeating and discretely arranging the same error correction method information signal on a second multiple of the plurality of the subcarriers on the frequency axis. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150052476 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes a display section which displays an image in a screen, a proximity detecting section which detects proximity of a finger to the screen, an image generating section which generates, in accordance with the detected proximity of the finger, an enlarged image by enlarging the image displayed in the screen with a prescribed enlarged display magnification, and a display control section which controls to display a local enlarged image corresponding to a part of the generated enlarged image in a superimposed manner over the image in a position in the screen vertically below the finger whose proximity has been detected | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150050027 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method that enables communication between various devices includes: determining a pattern of a change in luminance; transmitting a signal by a light emitter changing in luminance; determining a sequence of first and second image units; and displaying an image including the first and second image units arranged according to the determined sequence, wherein in the displaying: for 0, the sequence of the first and second image units is determined so that a first image unit group and a second image unit group that have a same number of image units as each other are consecutive; and for 1, the sequence of the first and second image units is determined so that a first image unit group and a second image unit group that have different numbers of image units from each other are consecutive. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150012863 | CONTROL METHOD - A control method is used in a remote control system including apparatuses and an information terminal that controls the apparatus(es) via a network. The control method includes: determining whether or not communication currently performed by the information terminal via the network is secure; displaying, for each apparatus, an icon for displaying control menus of a corresponding apparatus on a user interface region of a display unit in the information terminal in a display mode determined according to the determined security; displaying, on the user interface region, the control menus for controlling the corresponding apparatus, if the icon is selected; generating a control signal for causing the corresponding apparatus to perform an operation according to control corresponding to a first control menu, if the first control menu s selected from the displayed control menus; and transmitting the control signal to the corresponding apparatus via the network. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012608 | WEB CONTENT PREFETCH CONTROL DEVICE, WEB CONTENT PREFETCH CONTROL PROGRAM, AND WEB CONTENT PREFETCH CONTROL METHOD - A web content prefetch control device includes a client connecting unit which receives a Web content acquisition request from a client, and a prefetch request from a prefetch processing unit which performs prefetch of Web content; a cache managing unit which stores Web content acquired as responses to the Web content acquisition request and to the prefetch request, and transmits the responses; a response replication unit which receives the responses from the cache managing unit, and replicates the response to the Web content acquisition request, out of the responses; and a prefetch connecting unit which transmits, to the prefetch processing unit, the replicated response to the Web content acquisition request. Communication between the client connecting unit and the client, communication between the client connecting unit and the prefetch processing unit, and communication between the prefetch connecting unit and the prefetch processing unit are each performed with a same communication protocol. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150010063 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image decoding method obtains pieces of coded data which are included in a bitstream and generated by coding tiles obtained by dividing a picture. The pieces of coded data are decoded to generate image data of the tiles. When obtaining the pieces of coded data, tile boundary independence information is further obtained from the bitstream. The tile boundary independence information indicates whether each boundary between the tiles is a first or second boundary. Image data of a first tile is generated by decoding a first code string included in first coded data with reference to decoding information of an already-decoded tile when the tile boundary independence information indicates the first boundary. The first code string is decoded without referring to the decoding information of the already-decoded tile when the tile boundary independence information indicates the second boundary. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009847 | TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD - The present invention adopts a configuration such that when cooperative reception by a plurality of base stations is not applied, a reference signal sequence determined from a selection baseline value corresponding to the number of a sequence group allocated to a cell belonging to the device in question is selected from among a plurality of selection baseline values as a reference signal sequence for non-cooperative reception, whereas when cooperative reception by a plurality of base stations is applied, a reference signal sequence determined from one or more intermediate selection baseline values set between two adjacent selection baseline values corresponding to the number of a sequence group allocated individually to a terminal device is selected among the plurality of selection baseline values as a reference signal sequence for cooperative reception differing from the reference signal sequence for non-cooperative reception. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20140369437 | RECEIVER DEVICE, TRANSMITTER DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Provided is a receiver device that can switch between transmission methods, while minimizing increase in the number of blind decryption iterations and the amount of signaling needed for acknowledgement. In this device, a receiver part ( | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140362164 | IMAGE CAPTURE-DISPLAY DEVICE - An image capture-display device includes: a light source that emits a light beam falling within a first wavelength range; an optical system arranged on the optical path of the light beam falling within the first wavelength range emitted from the light source and configured to reflect the light beam falling within the first wavelength range and transmit a light beam falling within a second wavelength range; a display panel arranged on the optical path of the light beam falling within the first wavelength range emitted from the light source and reflected by a dichroic mirror and configured to transmit the light beams falling within the first and second wavelength ranges; and an imaging device arranged opposite from the display panel with respect to the optical system and configured to receive the light beam falling within the second wavelength range transmitted through the display panel and the optical system. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140355882 | IMAGE REGION EXTRACTION DEVICE, IMAGE REGION EXTRACTION METHOD, AND IMAGE REGION EXTRACTION PROGRAM - An image region extraction device for extracting a target region on the basis of a designated region with high precision. An image region extraction device ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355408 | METHOD OF SCRAMBLING REFERENCE SIGNALS, DEVICE AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE METHOD - A Method of scrambling reference signals, device and user equipment using the method are provided. In the method, a plurality of layers of reference signals assigned on predetermined radio resource of a plurality of layers of resource blocks with the same time and frequency resources are scrambled, the method comprising: an orthogonalizing step of multiplying each layer of reference signal selectively by one of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes (OCCs) with the same length wherein the OCC multiplied to a first layer of reference signal can be configured as different from those multiplied to other layers of reference signals; and a scrambling step of multiplying all of symbols obtained from the OCC multiplied to each of the other layers of reference signals by a symbol-common scrambling sequence wherein the symbol-common scrambling sequences can be different from each other for reference signals multiplied by the same OCC. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354836 | CAMERA DRIVE DEVICE - This camera driving apparatus includes: a camera section with an imaging plane; a movable unit which houses the camera section inside and includes an attracting magnet and a convex partial sphere on its outer surface; a fixed unit which has a depressed portion in which a magnetic body and the movable unit are loosely fit, which brings the convex partial sphere of the movable unit into a point or line contact with the depressed portion under magnetic attractive force of the attracting magnet to the magnetic body, and which allows the movable unit to rotate freely on the spherical centroid of the first convex partial sphere; a panning driving section; a tilting driving section; a rolling driving section; a camera driving section which shifts either the entire camera section or just its lens or image sensor in an optical axis direction with respect to the movable unit; a first detector which detects the tilt angles of the camera section in the panning and tilting directions with respect to the fixed unit; a second detector which detects the angle of rotation of the camera section that is rotating in the rolling direction; and a third detector which detects the magnitude of shift of either the camera section or its lens or image sensor in the optical axis direction. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354833 | CAMERA DRIVE DEVICE - A camera driving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a camera section with an imaging plane; a movable unit which houses the camera section inside and includes an attracting magnet and a convex partial sphere on its outer surface; a fixed unit which has a depressed portion in which a magnetic body and the movable unit are loosely fit, which brings the convex partial sphere of the movable unit into a point or line contact with the depressed portion under magnetic attractive force of the attracting magnet to the magnetic body, and which allows the movable unit to rotate freely on the spherical centroid of the first convex partial sphere; a panning driving section; a tilting driving section; a rolling driving section; a camera driving section which shifts an image sensor two-dimensionally in a plane that intersects with the optical axis at right angles and which rotates the image sensor on the optical axis; a first detector which detects the tilt angles of the camera section in the panning and tilting directions; a second detector which detects the angle of rotation of the camera section that is rotating in the rolling direction; and a third detector which detects the magnitudes of shift of the image sensor along the panning rotation axis and the tilting rotation axis. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140323053 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SERVER - A proximity wireless power supply unit ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140313298 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display device ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140286260 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD - Provided are a wireless communication apparatus and a reference signal generating method, wherein inter-cell interference is reduced inside and outside a CoMP set. A CoMP mode setting unit ( | 09-25-2014 |
