Kyocera Corporation

Kyocera Corporaton

Junichi Ujii

Megumi Kuwabara

Tomotake Aono

Masato Nakashima

Tetsuya Takenaka

Kouji Tsurusaki

Takanobu Nishigai

Ryo Goto

Yuichi Moriyama

Shinya Miyazaki

A power supply system includes a coupling device including a power conversion device, and one or more power supply units. Each of the power supply units includes a distributed power supply, a first interface outputting DC power to the power conversion device, an individual converter converting the DC power to AC power, and a second interface outputting the AC power output from the individual converter. The power conversion device includes a coupling side converter that converts the direct current power output from the power supply units to AC power, and an interface for outputting the AC power output from the coupling side converter. The power supply system includes a controller for controlling at least one of a corresponding one of the power supply units or the power conversion device based on communication information obtained by communication between the corresponding one of the power supply units or the power conversion device.

Power supply system, coupling device, power supply unit, and control method

An input device is disclosed. An input device comprises a display unit, an input unit, a load detection unit and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an object of a folder with a hierarchical structure. The load detection unit is configured to detect a pressing load with respect to the input unit corresponding to the location of the object of the folder that is displayed on the display unit. The control unit opens and closes folders based on a change in the pressing load.

Input device

A unit framefor touch panel for supporting a touch sensor and a display panel, both of which are in the rectangular shape, with a predetermined space therebetween, includes a frame bodyin the rectangular shape, a support member, having a height corresponding to the predetermined space and provided at each corner of the frame body, configured to support each corner of a rear face of the touch sensor, and a holding member, provided at each corner of the frame bodyon an opposite face to a face where the support membersupports the touch sensor, configured to clip the display panel in cooperation with the support membercorresponding to the holding member

Unit frame for touch panel and touch panel unit

An input apparatus capable of preventing a user's unintentional input by notifying the user of a change in a pressure load is provided. The input apparatus has a touch face configured to receive a touch operation, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load of the touch operation to the touch panel, a vibration unit configured to vibrate the touch face, and a control unit, when the load detection unit detects a pressure load satisfying a standard load to receive an input, configured to perform a control to receive the input by the touch operation. When the load detection unit detects a pressure load satisfying a standard load, lower than the standard load to receive an input, the control unit controls the vibration unit to vibrate.

Input apparatus

A transmission side terminalis provided with a transmission and reception unitfor transmitting and receiving an e-mail and an e-mail composing unitfor composing an e-mail including a special character for inquiry having associated therewith an information reply request, which is to obtain information on a destination mobile terminal of the e-mail to be transmitted. A reception side terminalis provided with the transmission and reception unit, a determination unitfor determining whether a received e-mail includes a special character for inquiry, and a reply e-mail composing unit, when it is determined that the received e-mail includes the special character for inquiry, for composing a reply e-mail including a special character for reply with which reply information in accordance with the information reply request is associated.

Mobile terminal

An input device is disclosed. An input device comprises a display unit, an input unit, a load detection unit and a control unit. The display unit displays an object of a folder with a hierarchical structure. The input unit receives pressing inputs with respect to the display unit. The load detection unit detects a pressing load with respect to the input unit. The control unit opens and closes folders based on a change in the pressing load.

An electronic device includes a touch panel; a light shielding film formed on a first principal surface of a touch panel corresponding to a non-operation area; and a vibrator provided on a second principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to the non-operation area. When a critical angle at which light is totally reflected by the second principal surface of the touch panel is &#x3b8; and sum of a thickness Tof the touch panel and a thickness Tof the vibrator is T, the vibrator is positioned, in sectional view, within a range of T&#xd7;tan &#x3b8; from an end on the operation area side of the light shielding film on the second principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to the non-operation area, and a reflection-reducing film having a reflectance lower than a reflectance of a surface of the vibrator is provided on the surface of the vibrator positioned within the range of T&#xd7;tan &#x3b8; from the end on the operation area side of the light shielding film.

Touch panel vibrator with reduced reflectance

An electronic device includes a touch panel having a first principal surface and a second principal surface positioned opposite to the first principal surface; a light shielding film formed on the first principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to a non-operation area; and a vibrator provided on the second principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to the non-operation area. When a critical angle where light is totally reflected by the second principal surface of the touch panel is represented by &#x3b8; and sum of a thickness Tof the touch panel and a thickness Tof the vibrator is represented by T, the vibrator is provided, on the second principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to the non-operation area, at a position apart by T&#xd7;tan &#x3b8; or more from an end of the light shielding film which end is positioned on the operation area side, in sectional view.

Touch panel vibrator with reduced visibility

A layout method for an operation key group in a portable terminal apparatusthat displays an operation key group on a display unitto perform input operation via a touch panel, the layout method including: determining, on the basis of user operation for drawing a line figure on the touch panel, a display position and a range of an operation key group displayed on the display unit; and displaying the operation key group on the display uniton the basis of the determined display position and the range.

Layout method for operation key group in portable terminal apparatus and portable terminal apparatus for carrying out the layout method

The mobile terminalincludes a transmission unitfor transmitting an e-mail, a location information acquisition unitandfor acquiring the location information of the mobile terminal and a control unitfor controlling, at the time of transmission processing of the e-mail, when a predetermined special character is included in the e-mail to be transmitted, so that the location information acquisition unitandacquires the location information of the mobile terminal, and the acquired location information is added to the e-mail to be transmitted by being associated with the special character and the added e-mail is transmitted by the transmission unit

An input apparatus capable of receiving inputs of a plurality of levels in accordance with pressed area varied in each operation by an operator is provided. An input apparatusconfigured to receive the inputs of a plurality of levels in accordance with the pressed area has a area detection unitconfigured to detect a pressed area of a pressing input and a control unitconfigured to control to set a second standard area for receiving a second level input every time the area detection unitdetects the pressed area satisfying a first standard area for receiving a first level input.

A communication terminalcapable of communicating among a plurality of communication terminals includes a reception unitfor receiving image data from the plurality of communication terminals, a display unitfor displaying the image data from the plurality of communication terminals received by the reception unit, an input unitfor accepting a choice of at least one image data among the image data of the plurality of communication terminals displayed on the display unitand a control unitfor controlling to transmit information indicating that the communication terminal corresponding to the image data chosen by the input unithas been designated as the party of another communication separate from the communication being executed among the plurality of communication terminals.

Communication terminal and control method thereof

An input apparatus capable of receiving inputs of a plurality of levels in accordance with pressure loads varied in each operation by an operator and an input method using such an input apparatus are provided. An input apparatusfor receiving inputs of a plurality of levels in accordance with pressure loads has a load detection unitconfigured to detect a pressure load of a pressing input and a control unitconfigured to control such that a second load standard for receiving a second level input is set whenever the load detection unitdetects a pressure load satisfying a first load standard for receiving a first level input.

Input apparatus and input method

A PC card has a card body portion in which a first card terminal portion is formed in one end and a second card terminal portion is formed in the other end. The card terminal portion has a chip slot. A SIM card inserted through an insertion port into the chip slot is electrically connected to a printed circuit board. The insertion port of the chip slot is opened in an outer side face of the second card terminal portion.

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Yokohama, Japan

Junichi Ujii