Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Gecom Corporation

Daisuke Enomoto

Katsuyuki Ishiguro

Shuntaro Kimura

Brian Kepler

Ryuji Fukute

An image capturing apparatus including a first image capturing section for capturing an image of an object, a second image capturing section for performing image capturing in a rear direction, and an operation section configured to receive an operation input by a user. In a case where no operation on the operation section is performed after an image of an object has been captured by the first image capturing section, whether or not a user has intention of capturing an image is determined based on an image captured by the second image capturing section. In a case where it is determined that the user does not have the intention of capturing an image, the first image capturing section is set o a first operation state rather than a second operation state larger in power consumption than the first operation state.

Image capturing apparatus capable of determining state of user, method of controlling image capturing apparatus, and storage medium

A power supplying apparatus stores power flow direction information related to a power role of the power supplying apparatus relative to an external apparatus in a storage, and performs control, in a case where the external apparatus has been connected to a connecter of the power supplying apparatus, to match a power role of the power supplying apparatus and a power role corresponding to the power flow direction information stored in the storage based on the power flow direction information stored in the storage unit.

Power supplying apparatus that supplies power to external apparatus based on power flow information and the role of the power supplying apparatus and a method of controlling the same

A power receiving apparatus includes a communication unit capable of communicating with a power supply apparatus, and a control unit that, based on information relating to power which the power supply apparatus is capable of supplying, determines whether or not to perform an authentication communication with the power supply apparatus to authenticate whether or not the power supply apparatus is a predetermined apparatus. The control unit requests the power supply apparatus to supply first power regardless of whether or not the power supply apparatus is the predetermined apparatus, in a case where the authentication communication is not performed, and the control unit requests the power supply apparatus to supply second power in a case where the authentication communication is performed and the power supply apparatus is authenticated as the predetermined apparatus.

Power receiving apparatus and control method

A door latch device includes: a meshing mechanism configured to be meshable with a striker; a locking/unlocking mechanism configured to be movable to an unlock position where an opening operation of an operation handle provided at the door is enabled and where meshing of the meshing mechanism is releasable, and to be movable to a lock position where the opening operation of the operation handle provided at the door is disabled and where meshing of the meshing mechanism is unreleasable; a smart lever configured to be operable in linking with the opening operation of the operation handle when the locking/unlocking mechanism is in the unlock position, and to be inoperable in linking with the opening operation of the operation handle when the locking/unlocking mechanism is in the lock position; and a smart lever detection switch configured to be detectable an operation of the smart lever.

Door latch device for vehicle and door system provided with door latch device

A door lock apparatus includes an inside lever, an opening member for switching a latch mechanism to an unlatching state by a rotation of the inside lever, a child lever translated between set and unset positions; and a bush translated together with the child lever. The bush engages with the inside lever and transmits the rotation of the inside lever to the opening member when the child lever is disposed in the unset position and is released from the engagement with the inside lever when the child lever is disposed in the set position. A movable range of the child lever and the bush is confined inside a circle centered at a rotation shaft of the inside lever and whose radius corresponds to a distance from the rotation shaft to a farthest point of the inside lever.

Door lock apparatus

A vehicle door latch device comprises an outside lever, a locking lever, a holding member, an opening link and a spring. The spring applies an urging force, smaller than an elastic holding force of the holding member in an unlocking direction, to the opening link. A coil is held in a holding recess of a rotation central portion of the opening link. The first arm engages with the outside lever, and the second arm engages with the opening link. If a panic state occurs, the locking lever can rotate to an unlock position, and the opening link returns to an initial position before a releasing action and is moved to the unlock position by the urging force of the spring.

Vehicle door latch device

A vehicle door lock device includes a latch mechanism holding and releasing a striker of a door; a locking/unlocking member switching between locking and unlocking of the door; a first switch detecting a state of the locking/unlocking member; a second switch switching between on and off of a room lamp of the vehicle; a connection portion to which a connector for an external device is connected; and a switch plate connecting at least the first switch and the second switch to the connection portion. Further, the switch plate includes a first switch plate connecting the first switch to the connection portion, a second switch plate connecting the second switch to the connection portion, and a switch-plate joining portion joining the first switch plate and the second switch plate together and passing between a bottom surface of a case and the locking/unlocking member.

Vehicle door lock device

A vehicle door latch device includes: a base fixed to a door; a latch pivotally supported on the base, and configured to be rotatable in association with opening and closing of the door, the latch having a cam portion on an outer periphery thereof; a detection lever pivotally supported on the base by a shaft, the detection lever having a detecting portion, which slides along the cam portion in association with rotation of the latch, and a cam surface, the detection lever being configured to be rotatable, by the detecting portion sliding along the cam portion, to a position corresponding to a rotational position of the latch; and a detection switch configured to detect open and closed states of the door by being turned ON and OFF by coming into contact with and separating from the cam surface in association with rotation of the detection lever.

An electronic device includes alight emitting unit that provides backlight to a liquid crystal display unit, a communication unit that transmits video data, and a control unit that controls a current flowing from a DC-DC converter to the light emitting unit. The control unit controls the current flowing from the DC-DC converter to the light emitting unit so as to change an output voltage of the DC-DC converter from a first voltage to a second voltage which is lower than the first voltage. The first voltage is supplied to the light emitting unit and the second voltage is supplied to the communication unit.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Daisuke Enomoto