Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken

Hiroyuki Yatsu

Futoshi Hachimura

Kazuo Hashimoto

Takatoshi Takemoto

Hideki Watanabe

Kenji Nakamura

Tsuguhide Sakata

Yukichi Niwa

Mitsuru Yamamoto

Noboru Yamamoto

Koichi Mizutani

Akio Tanabe

Akio Goto

This invention constructs within the LAN a private area network (PAN) which is configured by terminal devices (personal computers and the like) of a specific group, is hardly influenced by the LAN traffic, and has high security. For this purpose, a PAN server which manages the communication route between specific terminals is installed within the LAN. The PAN server sets the communication route of each terminal device as label information, and causes switches and terminals to set pieces of label information generated for them. When the frame of data from a given port of each connection switch contains information representing PAN communication, the connection switch outputs the data to only a port specified by routing label information described in the frame.

Network switching apparatus, route management server, network interface apparatus, control method therefor, computer program for route management server, and computer-readable storage medium

When an incoming call to a wireless communication apparatus is detected, a wireless control apparatus uses a wireless link, which has been established by previous communication, to perform succeeding communication. Examples of communication include communication of audio or data already completed, or, when there are a plurality of wireless communication apparatus, communication of control information by a wireless link established when notification of an incoming call is given to the wireless communication apparatus.

Wireless communication apparatus and system

The invention provides an optical cable closure of which outer casing is made by joining two half cases on a partition plane and can be made smaller, with no redundant space produced in either of the half cases. A plurality of cable leading holes 4 are provided on only one end of a two-partition type outer casing 1 comprising half cases 1A and 1B of an identical configuration, with the cable leading holes 4 being arranged side by side and divided into halves by a partition plane 5 of the outer casing 1. Plugged into each cable leading hole 4 and supported therein is an end plate 6 which fits around the circumference of the optical cable 3 and seals the cable leading hole 4. The end plate 6 has a cable passing hole 6a disposed offset from the center line and is aligned in the cable leading hole 4 so that the offset cable passing hole 6a is disposed closer to the bottom side than the partition plane inside one half case 1A. The chamber 2A in the half case 1A wherein the offset cable passing hole 6a exists is made to serve as a cable leading chamber and a linkage frame housing chamber. The chamber 2B in the other half case 1B is made to serve as a redundancy housing case chamber.

Optical cable closure

A communicating apparatus comprises a display unit, an input unit for inputting a dial number, an instruction unit for instructing a change in volume, and a control unit for controlling the display unit so as to display the dial number inputted by the input unit, wherein the control unit controls the display unit so as to display the kind of sound and the volume in place of the dial number in accordance with an instruction of the instruction unit. The control unit includes a generation unit for generating a plurality of kinds of sounds by a plurality of volumes. The control unit controls the display unit so as to display a message indicating that a volume of a ringing tone is being displayed and the volume of the ringing tone in accordance with an instruction by the instruction unit during the ringing.

Communication apparatus

A communication apparatus comprising a detector for detecting a standard DTMF signal when a clock of a predetermined frequency is supplied, an operating unit for executing an operation such as display or communication according to a detection output of the detector to which a clock other than the predetermined frequency was supplied, and a supply unit for supplying the clock other than the predetermined frequency to the detector.

A communication apparatus in accordance with the present invention determines the origin of an incoming telephone communication based on the calling party's number. When a call is made to a communication line to which an apparatus of the present invention is connected, the apparatus determines the number of digits in the calling party's number, and uses a ringing pattern or tone to indicate the source of the incoming call to the called party.

Apparatus and method for determining the source of a telephone

Collection and processing apparatus of repeatedly used recording media

A forced aligning jig for forcedly aligning a plurality of loose wires. It is provided with a retaining means for retaining the plurality of loose wires, a guiding means which has one end and the other end and one end is fixed to the retaining means and an aligning means which is slidably supported by the guiding means and forcedly aligns the plurality of loose wires, and the aligning means is provided with an aligning groove for aligning and storing the plurality of loose wires retained by the retaining means and a holding means for holding the plurality of loose wires have been stored in the aligning groove in an aligned state.

Forced aligning jig for loose wires

There is provided a coating stripper for optical fibers comprising a pair of clamp members each having a matching surface provided with a coating cutting edge, a coating pinching section and a coating holding section arranged in line on said matching surface with said coating pinching section located between said coating cutting edge and said coating holding section, any neighboring ones of said coating cutting edge, said coating pinching section and said coating holding section being contiguous with each other, each of said pair of coating cutting edges, said pair of coating pinching sections and said pair of coating holding sections being swingable relative to each other, both of said pair of coating pinching sections being made of a hard material, at least either of said pair of coating holding sections being made of a soft material and provided with a heater arranged in it. Such a stripper can securely clamp an end portion of a coated optical fiber and ensures good thermal insulation at and around the cutting lines of the coating layers, easy separation of the split coating layers and consequently an excellent performance of operation of removing an end portion of the coating layers of a coated optical fiber.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Yatsu