Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090091427 | INFORMATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH READER/WRITER DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND METHOD - An information device capable of performing wireless communication with a reader/writer device, a method, and a computer-readable medium are provided. The device includes a reception section that detects an information request signal transmitted from a reader/writer device and a transmission section that transmits a signal to the reader/writer device in response to the detection of an information request signal. The device also includes a detection data acquisition section that acquires detection data corresponding to a physical quantity or state from a sensor and a detection data storage section that stores the detection data. The device includes a control section that activates the detection data acquisition section at time intervals and inputs the acquired detection data into the detection data storage section and another control section that activates the reception section at other time intervals. | 04-09-2009 |
20090153331 | INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM, INFORMATION DEVICE, READER/WRITER AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information access system including an information device that is adapted for radio communication with a reader/writer, the information device having a detection data acquisition unit acquiring detection data from a sensor, a detection data storage unit holding the most recent detection data, a first receiving unit detecting the reception of an RF signal, and a first transmission unit transmitting a response signal. The reader/writer is adapted for radio communication with the information device and includes a second transmission unit transmitting the information request signal, a second receiving unit receiving the response signal, an accumulation recording unit recording the received detection data, and a detection data accumulation unit accumulating, in the accumulation recording unit, the most recent detection data, and if other detection data has not been accumulated in the accumulation recording unit, accumulating the other detection data in the accumulation recording unit. | 06-18-2009 |
20090181632 | Communication apparatus, noise canceller, noise canceling method, and noise canceling program - A communication apparatus includes an I and Q digital values table that stores values of I and Q, which are parameters for noise cancellation determined in advance, for each of reception channels. The communication apparatus reads out parameters for noise cancellation corresponding to a reception channel from the I and Q digital values table. Subsequently, the communication apparatus cancels a noise signal from a reception signal using the read-out parameters for noise cancellation. | 07-16-2009 |
20090197558 | Communicating apparatus, noise canceling method and memory product - A phase and amplitude controller reads from a switching control table an antenna switching number and values of I and Q corresponding to a receiving channel number reported from a W-CDMA receiver module, and outputs the antenna switching number and the values of I and Q to a switch and DACs, respectively. After a phase and amplitude adjustment IC adjusts the phase and amplitude of a noise signal obtained through the switch by using the values of I and Q inputted through the DACs, it inverts the phase of the noise signal and adds the resulting signal to a reception signal received by a communication antenna, and consequently the noise component is canceled from the reception signal. | 08-06-2009 |
20090219673 | Information equipment - Information equipment includes an open/close mechanism that opens or closes exhaust ports, a cooling fan that dissipates heat in the information equipment into the air through the exhaust ports, a user state detecting part that detects a contact state in which the hand of a user is in contact with the information equipment or a closeness state in which the hand of the user is close to the information equipment, and a heat dissipation control part that controls an open/closed state of the open/close mechanism so that heat exhausted from the exhaust ports is not directed to the hand of the user that is contact with or close to the information equipment, in accordance with the contact state or the closeness state detected by the user state detecting part. | 09-03-2009 |
20090237252 | Radio communication system and radio communication apparatus - The radio communication system includes a radio communication apparatus having: a communication part which transmits a request signal requesting a response to a radio tag; and a radio tag which transmits a response signal in response to a reception of the request signal from the radio communication apparatus. The radio communication apparatus has an intermittent control part which makes the communication part transmit the request signal at an interval of a given stop time during a given operation time. | 09-24-2009 |
20090245217 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit including plural memory banks, a wireless communication unit for executing the wireless communication process, a communication quality information storage unit for storing the communication quality information indicating the communication quality of the wireless communication unit in the case where one of the plural memory banks is used, a memory bank selection unit for selecting the memory bank based on the communication quality information stored in the communication quality information storage unit in the case where the wireless communication process is executed by the wireless communication unit, and a memory bank switching unit for switching to the memory bank selected by the memory bank selection unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20090303009 | Information processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving RF signals - An information processing apparatus includes: a physical quantity detector unit which transforms a physical quantity into an electric signal and provides a detected value represented by the electric signal; a physical quantity determiner unit which determines whether the detected value is larger than a given threshold value; a timer unit which measures a time period during which it continues to be determined that the detected value is not larger than the given threshold value, in response to the determination that the detected value is not larger than the given threshold value after it is determined that the detected value is larger than the given threshold; a transmitter unit which transmits a request signal for requesting transmission of data, when the time period measured by the timer unit transcends a first given time threshold; and a receiver unit which receives transmitted data which is transmitted in response to the request signal. | 12-10-2009 |
20090325528 | Terminal apparatus and diversity antenna control method for the same - A terminal apparatus adapted to receive a wireless signal by antenna diversity, wherein provisions are made to reduce the number of receive circuits while also reducing the time required for antenna selection. The a terminal apparatus is adapted to receive a wireless signal by antenna diversity, and includes: a mode-of-use detection unit for detecting the mode of use of the terminal apparatus as set up by a user; a storage unit for storing priority information that predefines an antenna to be selected for use by prioritizing the plurality of antennas according to the mode of use that can be detected by the mode-of-use detection unit; and a comparator for outputting selection control information specifying at least one antenna from among the plurality of antennas by comparing the mode of use detected by the mode-of-use detection unit with the priority information stored in the storage unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100026469 | INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE AND READER/WRITER DEVICE - An information access system includes a reader/writer device and an information storage device. In the information storage device, a receiver unit senses a carrier of an RF signal at a first frequency for detection, in a first time period occurring at time intervals, and receives an information request signal in response to detection of a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency, and senses a carrier of an RF signal at a second frequency in response to reception of the information request signal. In the storage device, a control causes the receiver unit to sense a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency for detection, in a second time period after a sleep time period which is shorter than the time interval, in response to non-detection by the receiver unit of a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency in the first time period. | 02-04-2010 |
20100060434 | ACTIVE-TYPE CONTACTLESS INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE FOR STORING SENSOR DETECTED VALUES - An active-type information storage device includes a memory, a battery, a timer, a receiver unit, a transmitter unit, and a control unit, a sensor unit, a remaining power detector unit, and a power management unit. The power management unit determines an operation mode in accordance with a remaining power of the battery. In accordance with the operation mode, the control unit causes the receiver unit or the sensor unit to operate at a particular timing. In an intermittent sleep time period, the control unit causes the transmitter unit, the receiver unit, and the sensor unit to be in an inactive state. In a period after the sleep time period, the control unit causes the sensor unit to operate in the operation mode, and causes the memory to store the detected data from the sensor unit that is determined in accordance with the operation mode. | 03-11-2010 |
20100066505 | INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM, CONTACTLESS READER AND WRITER DEVICE, AND CONTACTLESS INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE - In a reader and writer device, a sleep period setter determines an identification in a received response, and a length of a sleep period depending on a number of received identifications, a first transmitter transmits either an information request or an information and sleep request carrying the sleep length and the received identification, and a first receiver receives a response carrying an identification. In each of information storage devices, a second receiver senses a carrier, and receives the information request or the information and sleep request in response to carrier detection, and a second transmitter, in response to the information request or the information and sleep request carrying no identification of that device, transmits a response carrying the identification of that device, and, in response to the information and sleep request carrying the identification of that device, is in an inactive state during the sleep time period. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074138 | TELEPHONE APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a telephone apparatus for communicating with a different telephone apparatus via a network, including a telephone apparatus table in which first use type information indicating a type of use preset for the telephone apparatus is registered in association with telephone apparatus information identifying the telephone apparatus, a position table in which second use type information indicating the type of use preset for a position of the telephone apparatus is registered in association with the position, a position detection part detecting a present position of the telephone apparatus of concern, and a sensing part sensing an incoming call from the different telephone apparatus, a detection part detecting a telephone apparatus on a calling side when the sensing part senses the incoming call. | 03-25-2010 |
20100176930 | ACTIVE TAG APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A communication apparatus and an active tag apparatus that conduct radio communication with for data transmission and reception by radio with each other are provided. A frequency designation data including local transmission frequency used for data transmission and specifying data on a frequency of a carrier sense to be carried by the active tag apparatus is provided. A controller commands the active tag apparatus to use the frequency designation data for radio communication. | 07-15-2010 |
20100225454 | WIRELESS TAG CONTROL METHOD, WIRELESS TAG, AND WIRELESS TAG CONTROL PROGRAM - A wireless tag operable to communicate with a reader/writer, the wireless tag including a sensor that measures a physical quantity and converts the measured physical quantity into an electrical signal and determines whether a pattern formed by the electrical signal corresponds to a first pattern stored in advance in a storage unit and a communicating unit that starts communication with the reader/writer when the sensor determines that the pattern corresponds to the first pattern. | 09-09-2010 |
20100245050 | RFID SYSTEM AND RADIO APPARATUS - A radio apparatus capable of being used in an RFID system, the apparatus having a memory that stores identification information of the radio apparatus, a timing generation section that measures time, a receiving section that receives an information-request signal requesting transmission of the identification information of the radio apparatus, and that receives an unmodulated-carrier-wave request signal requesting transmission of an unmodulated carrier wave to be used for positioning the radio apparatus; and a transmission section that transmits a response signal carrying the identification information in the memory in response to receiving of the information-request signal, and that transmits the unmodulated carrier wave in an unmodulated-carrier transmission period determined by time period data stored in the memory in accordance with timing from the timing generation section in response to receiving of the unmodulated-carrier-wave request signal. | 09-30-2010 |
20100271186 | LOCATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A reader device of a location determination system gradually changes a transmission power step by step and repeatedly sends an interrogation signal which contains therein information on a power level indicating the transmission power. A tag of the location determination system receives the interrogation signal, sends a response signal into which the information on the power level contained in the interrogation signal is incorporated. The reader device receives the response signal and sends, to a management device, the information on the power level contained in the response signal and identification information for identifying the subject reader device. The management device detects the position of the tag based on the information on the power level and the identification information thus received. | 10-28-2010 |
20110090883 | INFORMATION TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information terminal includes: a wireless communication section configured to communicate with an outside; a main functional section configured to perform an information processing operation that includes data communication with the outside, performed using the wireless communication section; a monitoring section configured to detect a state of power supply for the main functional section; and a communication control section configured to cause the wireless communication section to transmit data, preliminarily stored in a memory, to the outside when the state detected by the monitoring section corresponds to a state in which the main functional section is not capable of performing data communication using the wireless communication section. | 04-21-2011 |
20110231139 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR - An information processor includes: a contact sensing unit that senses contact; a capacitance sensing unit that senses capacitance; a capacitance offset information storage unit that stores offset capacitance information; a contact state change determining unit that obtains information indicating a contact state from the contact sensing unit and determines a change in the contact state sensed by the contact sensing unit; a capacitance correction control unit that obtains capacitance information from the capacitance sensing unit when the change in the contact state is determined by the contact state change determining unit, and updates offset capacitance information stored in the capacitance offset information storage unit with the obtained capacitance information; and a capacitance correction calculation unit that obtains the capacitance information from the capacitance sensing unit and uses the offset capacitance information stored in the capacitance offset information storage unit to correct the obtained capacitance information. | 09-22-2011 |
20110239071 | DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DETERMINATION SYSTEM, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A determination apparatus includes a data obtaining unit that obtains data from a detector that outputs data in time series, in accordance with the result of detection of a detection target; a data correction unit that compares reference data indicative of data to be outputted by the detector when the detection target passed through a specific area with the data obtained by the data obtaining unit, and corrects the data obtained by the data obtaining unit so that the data length thereof is equal to the data length of the reference data; a similarity determination unit that determines the similarity between the data corrected by the data correction unit and the reference data; and a determination unit that determines whether the detection target passed through the specific area or not based on the result of the determination by the similarity determination unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110279247 | DATA READING WRITING APPARATUS FOR ACTIVE TAG DEVICE, ACTIVE TAG DEVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - An active tag device includes a controller to cause the wireless communication unit to carry out data transmission at intervals of a first period, and to cause to start measurement of a second period set for determining a timing for causing a wireless communication unit to carry out carrier sense to detect data output by a reading writing apparatus, synchronously with the data transmission, and to cause the wireless communication unit to carry out the carrier sense after the second period elapsed. The reading writing apparatus includes a controller to cause to start measurement of the first period set for synchronizing with carrier sense of the active tag device after a wireless communication unit detected reception of data from the active tag device, and to cause the wireless communication unit to carry out data transmission to the active tag device during the second period after the first period elapsed. | 11-17-2011 |
20120044058 | RFID TAG AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An RFID tag that communicates information with an RFID reader/writer includes a receiving unit that receives ID information; a memory unit that stores the ID information; a table that stores a correspondence relation between a change in the ID information and a moving direction; a determining unit that refers to the table to determine a moving direction from ID information received by the receiving unit and previously received ID information stored in the memory unit; and a signal generating unit that sends an interruption signal to a control unit driven by electric power supplied from a battery when the moving direction is determined by the determining unit, and stops generating the interruption signal when the moving direction is not determined by the determining unit. | 02-23-2012 |
20120088465 | NOISE CANCELLER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NOISE REMOVAL METHOD - A noise canceller, information processing apparatus and noise removal method for implementing miniaturization and allowing noise reduction are provided. A generation unit | 04-12-2012 |
20120133491 | ACTIVE CONTACTLESS INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD, AND INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM - An active contactless information storage device includes: an operation controller that determines whether mode information of the active contactless information storage device indicates a mode in which the device communicates with a reader/writer device; a carrier-sense controller that determines whether a first frequency in a first period and determines whether a second frequency in a second period, when the mode information of the active contactless information storage device indicates the mode in which the device communicates with the reader/writer device; and a command processor that performs communication with the reader/writer device when the carrier sense controller determines that the first frequency is sensed; wherein, when the mode information of the active contactless information storage device does not indicate the mode in which the active contactless information storage device communicates with the reader/writer device, the carrier-sense controller waits for a predetermined amount of time. | 05-31-2012 |
20120182131 | WIRELESS TAG DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR WIRELESS TAG DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WIRELESS TAG DEVICE - A wireless tag device can communicate with an inquiry device includes: a local terminal storage unit storing local terminal identification information which can be discriminated from another wireless tag device; a reception detection unit detecting a signal transmitted from the inquiry device or another wireless tag device; an inquiry signal receiving unit receiving the detected inquiry signal if the inquiry signal is transmitted using a first frequency from the inquiry device; a reply signal transmitting unit transmitting a reply signal in response to the inquiry signal using a second frequency different from the first frequency; and a report signal transmitting unit transmitting a report signal including the local terminal identification information stored in the local terminal storage unit using a third frequency different from the second frequency if the inquiry signal transmitted from the inquiry device cannot be detected continuously in a specified time period in the reception detection unit. | 07-19-2012 |
20120239297 | VALUE ACQUIRING METHOD, SENSOR CONTROL APPARATUS, SENSOR CONTROL METHOD, SENSOR CONTROL MEDIUM, AND ACQUISITION INTERVAL CONTROL MEDIUM - A sensor value acquiring method employed in a computer, comprising:
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20120252502 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CORRECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that conducts positioning on the basis of received signal strength indications obtained from access points, includes, a contact information detector that detects contact information between the information processing apparatus and a dielectric body, a recording module that stores a gain table including gain data corresponding to obtained contact information, a gain data correcting unit that extracts the gain data corresponding to the contact information obtained by the contact information detector from the gain table of the recording module and corrects gain by using the extracted gain data, and a positioning module that conducts the positioning by using the gain obtained by the correcting unit and the received signal strength indications. | 10-04-2012 |
20120295635 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquirer configured to acquire information transmitted from an access point, a movement determiner configured to determine whether or not the information processing apparatus is moving, and a registration deletion determiner configured to determine, based on the acquired information and a result determined by the movement determiner, whether to register or delete information of an location of the access point. | 11-22-2012 |
20120309336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to receive signals, which are transmitted from a fixed station, including identification information for identifying the fixed station, measure receive signal strength indications of the received signals, and acquire position information indicating positions at which the receive signal strength indications are measured, the receive signal strength indications, and the identification information in association with each other; and a gain/attenuation rate calculating unit configured to calculate correction information including a transmission antenna gain in a specific direction from the fixed station and an attenuation rate in a propagation path, the correction information being obtained from the receive signal strength indication measured at a first distance in the specific direction from the fixed station and the receive signal strength indication measured at a second distance in the specific direction that is different from the first distance. | 12-06-2012 |
20130060725 | JUDGMENT APPARATUS, JUDGMENT SYSTEM, AND JUDGMENT METHOD - A judgment apparatus includes a storage configured to store first reference data representing data that a detector should output in a first area when a detection target passed the first area, and second reference data representing data that the detector should output in the first area when the detection target passed a second area being different from the first area; and a processor to perform processes of: obtaining data from the detector outputting, in a time-series manner, data according to a detection condition of the detection target passing the first area or the second area; judging a degree of similarity between data obtained by the obtaining and the first and second reference data stored in the storage; and judging whether or not the detection target passed the first area, based on the judgment result by the judging the degree of similarity. | 03-07-2013 |
20130122844 | NOISE CANCELING CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND NOISE CANCELING CONTROL METHOD - A noise canceling control apparatus obtains information about current communication quality of a terminal, obtains a terminal state, obtains canceling parameters and data indicating the degree of a canceling effect from a holding unit configured to make an association among a terminal state, canceling parameters used when a canceling process is executed for a noise, and data indicating the degree of a canceling effect, and to record the terminal state, the canceling parameters, and the data, calculates communication quality when the canceling process is assumed to be executed for the terminal by using the obtained canceling parameters using the information about the current communication quality, and the data indicating the degree of the canceling effect, outputs canceling parameters with which the communication quality is predicted to be obtained, and executes the canceling process for the noise that occurs within the terminal by using the output canceling parameters. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a user interface, a switching unit, and a computer. The user interface is for a user that operates a first processing unit that runs a first operating system or a second processing unit that runs a second operating system. The switching unit selectively switches between the first processing unit and the second processing unit to be associated with the user interface. The computer functions as the first processing unit. The computer functions as the second processing unit. The computer runs a first application program on the first operating system. The computer activates, on the second operating system, a second application program related to the first application program, in a state in which the first processing unit is associated with the user interface. The computer controls the switching unit upon completion of the activation of the second application program. | 05-16-2013 |
20130169417 | RFID TAG READER, RFID TAG READING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PERFORMING RFID TAG READING PROCESS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An RFID tag reader is disclosed that includes a signal intensity obtaining part configured to obtain signal intensities of a first RFID tag and a second RFID tag that are read at plural read processes, a read-number obtaining part configured to obtain a number of RFID tags, among the first and the second RFID tags, that are read at the same read process, a processing part configured to weight the signal intensity of the first RFID tag obtained by the signal intensity obtaining part based on the number obtained at the corresponding read process, and a selecting part configured to select a read result of the first RFID tag based on the signal intensity of the first RFID tag weighted by the processing part. | 07-04-2013 |
20130191322 | DISCLOSURE RANGE DETERMINATION METHOD, DISCLOSURE RANGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM - A disclosure range determination method includes accepting a disclosure range of data and metadata of the data, extracting attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range of the data accepted in the accepting based on association information associating a disclosure range of data with attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range, converting the metadata accepted in the accepting into a keyword based on association information associating a conversion rule that converts the metadata into significant information with a keyword corresponding to the conversion rule, and determining, by a computer, whether or not a user that belongs to the disclosure range accepted in the accepting qualifies for the disclosure range accepted in the accepting, based on whether or not the keyword converted in the converting is included in the attribute information extracted in the extracting. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191834 | CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A method of controlling an information processing device includes selectively switching a first processor for executing a first operating system or a second processor for executing a second operating system to a user interface; storing a data table in which a first application program operating on the first operating system is associated with a second application program operating on the second operating system; sending information pertinent to activation of the first or second application program to a server device; receiving a result of a process from the server device, the process being performed by the server device for associating application programs based on the received information; updating the data table based on the received result; and activating the second application program, which is associated with the first application program being activated in the data table, in a state where the first processor has been switched to the user interface. | 07-25-2013 |