Clarion Co

Hiroyuki Okagaki

Sadafumi Hamashima

Satoru Kanazawa

Nobuhiro Kurihara

An automotive information system has a main unit including a CPU and component units connected to the main unit through a universal serial BUS (USB), such as a car audio system including a CD-ROM auto-changer, a security control system, and a telephone system. At least one of the USB-connected component device, e.g., the security control system and/or the telephone system, has a detecting unit that detects occurrence of an event such as illegal approach to the automobile or receipt of telephone call. The USB-connected component device also has a start signal transmitting unit that transmits a start signal to the main unit when occurrence of the event is detected by the detecting unit. The main unit has a start signal receiving unit and a power control unit that serves turn on the power supply to the main unit in response to the start signal received by the start signal receiving unit. The main unit also has an inquiring unit which inquires the USB-connected component devices whether these component devices have sent the start signal. The USB-connected component device has an answering unit which answers the inquiry.

Automotive information system and method of controlling the same, recording medium storing control program, disk playback apparatus, and semiconductor integrated circuit

A convolver optimum bias circuit is disclosed, in which a DC bias voltage representing a phase difference between a signal corresponding to the output of an oscillator given to the gate electrode of the convolver and the output of a convolver phase circuit is applied to the gate electrode of the convolver.

Convolver optimum bias circuit

An optical signal detecting circuit is configured so that its detection sensitivity for detecting an optical signal received by a light receiving element is set by selecting desired values of fixed current sources I and I' and a desired current division ratio of independent PNP multicollector transistors Q1 and Q2 and so that its optical signal detecting hysteresis range is set by selecting a desired current ratio of I and I' or a desired current division ratio of the independent PNP multicollector transistors Q1 and Q2.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Okagaki