Sony Corporation

Hirotaka Yamamoto

Tamiya Tanaka

Takeshi Yamamoto

Takuya Motoishi

Masaaki Kato

Ken Tamayama

Yuki Kubota

Ryo Yamamoto

Takuma Higo

Junichi Kanai

Kenji Irie

Kazushi Sakuma

Masahiro Takihara

Takao Iwamoto

Hidehiko Chaki

Rikizo Tabe

Tadao Ohgaki

Chieko Matsui

Hyunjin Yoon

Provided is an external structure configured to be attached to or detached from an electronic device having a concave portion formed on a surface of a housing, and a connection connector provided in a position of the concave portion receding from the surface of the housing, the concave portion having a cross-sectional shape enabling locking of the external structure, the external structure including a first fitting unit configured to be fitted to the connection connector.

Electronic device and external structure configured to attach to or detach from the electronic device

A security-feature-equipped on-vehicle device includes: a vibration detection unit that detects vibration; an alarm sound output unit that outputs a predetermined alarm sound from a speaker; and an alarm sound control unit that going outs from a sleep mode to move into a warning mode when vibration is detected for the first time by the vibration detection unit, causes the alarm sound output unit to output the alarm sound at a predetermined first volume level, shifts from the warning mode into an alarm mode when vibration is detected for the second time within a predetermined time period, and causes the alarm sound output unit to output the alarm sound at a predetermined second volume level higher than the first volume level.

Security-feature-equipped on-vehicle device and security-feature control method of on-vehicle device

An electronic machine connectable to a different apparatus is disclosed. The electronic machine includes a resistance, a connector to be connected to the different apparatus, and a detecting section that detects one state from multiple states based on the resistance value of the resistance and the resistance value of a resistance included in the different apparatus connected to the connector and controls multiple parameters based on the detected one state.

Electronic machine, connected machine identifying method for electronic machine and control system

A traveling route display apparatus for a moving body such as an automotive vehicle includes a position detecting section, an output section, a display section, and a converting section. The position detecting section detects a current position of the moving body by using a signal transmitted from a satellite. The output section outputs map information including character information corresponding to a position on the map recorded on a recording medium, etc. The display section displays the map information delivered from the output section, and displays, on the map information, the current position of the moving body detected by the position detecting section. In addition, the converting section converts character information corresponding to the current position of the moving body detected by the position detecting section into voice to output it.

Map information display apparatus and traveling route display apparatus

A remote control device controls an electronic system that has a number of functions. The remote control device has a limited number of function keys, and certain keys correspond to different functions of the electronic system. In order to permit discrimination of the function keys, the length of time during which the function key is actuated is employed in the electronic system. To prevent erroneous control caused by artificial interruption of the control signal, the remote control device appends one of two different time code signals to the key code corresponding to the actuated function key, whereby discrimination of the actuation time at the electronic system is made possible.

Remote control device that transmits signals indicating termination of

An electronic system having a function to output history information of error. A microprocessor assembled in the electronic system stores, into a memory unit, every occurrence of error, error information indicating the contents of errors of various controlled units constituting a mechanical deck unit controlled by the microcomputer, and accepts or receives a command of an operation unit to read out error information indicating those error contents from the memory unit to display history information of error on a display unit.

Disc changing apparatus with error logging

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hirotaka Yamamoto