Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazutoshi Shimada

Eisaku Tatsumi

Katsuhiko Nagasaki

Shinichi Sunakawa

Noriyuki Suzuki

Shigeki Mori

Takashi Harada

Kazuhiro Matsubayashi

Ryoji Fukuda

Masao Hosaka

Yoshitaka Ogino

Takashi Saito

Katsuyuki Kobayashi

Masaki Tokioka

Yasutomo Suzuki

Kiyoshi Kaneko

Yoshio Yamashita

Nobuyuki Niwa

Atsushi Tanaka

Yuichiro Yoshimura

Hisashi Sakamaki

Ryozo Yanagisawa

Tsuneki Inuzuka

Tsunekazu Arai

Tadashi Yamakawa

Yoshihiro Oguchi

Shigeru Mizuhara

Kasuhiro Matsubayashi

A parent node transmits a third specific message to child nodes as a broadcast message if a first specific message indicating the start of the child node collides with another message so that normal receiving cannot be performed. Then, the parent node sequentially transmits second specific messages to each child node and then receives responses to recognize the states of the children nodes. The parent node transmits a specific message indicating a realization of a sleeping state as a broadcast message to the children nodes, followed by transmitting a specific message when data to be transmitted from the child node has been generated. The parent node cancels the sleeping state when it receives the specific message.

Power saving in a contention and polling system communication system

A pointed-position detecting apparatus where image output unit visually displays an image, and image input unit inputs the displayed visible image. The input visible image is stored into memory as an original image. The visible image is partially changed by using a manipulation device such as a laser pointer or a pointing rod, and the visible image with the partially-changed area is inputted from the image input unit. Controller extract the changed image area from the input visible image, and detects a pointed position based on the changed image area. Thus, the phenomenon where a user's action with respect to a displayed image is reflected as a change in the image is utilized to detect coordinates and motion at the image area as the object of change.

Pointed-position detecting apparatus and method

A display method and apparatus for displaying information by projecting a light onto an external projection plane is capable of detecting a deviation amount of a displayed image projected on the projection plane with respect to the display apparatus. Output image data is changed based on the detected deviation amount to offset a distortion of the displayed image, which is displayed using the changed output image data.

Display method and apparatus having distortion correction

Image information to be transmitted is formed, audio information and coordinates information which is made correspond to the audio information and to a position of the image information are formed. The image information, audio information, and coordinates information are transmitted by a single communication. When receiving, the image information, audio information, and coordinates information which is made correspond to the audio information and to the position of the image information are received. The image information and audio information are reproduced. The position indicated by the coordinates information is displayed on the image. The contents of the image can be further easily understood on the reception side of the image. Such a display is realized by a simple system.

Information transmitting apparatus

An image information transmitting/receiving apparatus for time and cost-saving repetitive transmission. In facsimile communication, image data where further information is added to previously-transmitted image data is often received. In the present apparatus, the original image data is stored, and only difference data from the original image data is transmitted, thus the whole image can be reproduced at the receiving side, using the received difference data. Upon transmitting the difference image information, identification information identifying the difference image information is added to the difference information, and the entire image data to be received by the receiving side is stored. Upon receiving the difference image information, the received difference information is combined with the stored image data, and an image is reproduced based on the combined image data. Further, the image data used for image reproduction is stored as original image data for the next transmission. In this manner, once the original image data is stored, only difference data is sent at each subsequent transmission, thus reducing the amount of transmission data.

Image information transmitting method and apparatus

An electronic device for entering information comprises a CPU for controlling the entire electronic device, information entry means for obtaining information at a predetermined time interval, and control means for controlling the CPU and the information input means such that, in a first mode in which no information is entered, the predetermined time interval is maintained in preparation for sudden entry of information and an operating clock frequency of the CPU is kept at a low frequency, and in a second mode in which information is entered, the predetermined time interval is maintained and the operating clock frequency of the CPU is kept at a high frequency.

Electronic device

A system consisting of a plurality of terminals connected through communication is sometimes used to acquire information input from the terminals to a host terminal and edit/arrange the information in the host terminal when information is exchanged by inputting handwritten characters from the terminals. In this case, the host terminal must recognize the handwritten characters and thereafter process the characters to arrange the handwritten character information. Each terminal can perform character recognition by a unique character recognizing method. The terminals also individually prepare dictionaries for recognition. The host terminal returns the acquired handwritten character information to the terminals and causes the terminals to perform character recognition. Alternatively, the host terminal concentratively manages the character recognizing methods and dictionaries of all the terminals and performs character recognition.

Character recognizing apparatus and method of controlling the same

An image containing characters and lines, which is inputted by a scanner or the like, is binarized and stored in a memory. A thickening process is repeatedly applied on groups of significant bits stored in the memory, until a predetermined condition is fulfilled. After this process, the thickened image is thinned at least a greater number of times than the number of times the thickening process is repeated in order to eliminate lines. As a result, characters are determined to exist at areas where groups composed of remaining significant dots exist, then characters are separated from the input image based on the areas of groups composed of the remaining significant dots.

Image processing apparatus and method

An input-output integrated type electronic apparatus is arranged to enable the orientation of a displayed picture to be changed according to the orientation of the apparatus in a used state, whereby the facility with which the apparatus is used is improved. To change the display orientation, the content of a displayed picture is changed on the basis of a detected orientation of the apparatus.

Information processor

Upon data access, an attribute-data extraction unit extracts location data and a password from attribute data which is added in advance to subject data to be accessed. At the time of requesting for an access to the data, the extracted password is compared with a password which is inputted from an input unit, and the extracted location data is compared with current location data detected by a location-data detection unit. An access permission unit permits access to the data in accordance with the comparison results obtained by the password comparison unit and the location-data comparison unit. By virtue of the process, it is possible to more strictly protect confidential information in a data processing apparatus.

System and method for controlling access to subject data using location

In order to automatically renew data using a modem which can simultaneously transmit/receive audio and data signal, there is disclosed an apparatus having a modem which can simultaneously transmit/receive audio and data signal (4 in FIG. 2), a discrimination circuit (flow chart in FIG. 5B) for discriminating if a communication partner is a specific partner, and a control CPU (flow charts in FIGS. 4A and 4B) for controlling the modem to perform a predetermined data communication together with an audio call on the basis of the discrimination result of the discrimination circuit.

Mobile apparatus for performing data communication and presenting a

An information processing apparatus, which operates in a multi-task mode, calculates a total consumption power of devices used by each task, and assigns higher execution priority to a task which uses a device with the largest consumption power, thereby shortening the execution time of the device with the largest consumption power, and suppressing the total consumption power of the apparatus. When a device is started upon switching of tasks, if the total consumption power exceeds the allowable power of the apparatus by a power consumed upon restarting of the device, the task is set in a waiting state until operations of other devices are completed, the consumption power is lowered, and it is ready to use the device by the task.

Information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and power

An electronic apparatus comprising a plurality of loads, which are separately driven by a plurality of batteries, further comprises a switching device which automatically changes a system of connection between the batteries and the loads in accordance with the conditions of the electronic apparatus. Such conditions of the electronic apparatus include the remaining capacities of the batteries, load changes in the loads, and temperature changes in the electronic apparatus. An electronic apparatus provided with a system clock generating device and a peak load device comprises a system clock controller which suspends the supply of a system clock or divides the system clock while a peak voltage is being generated. A drive controller changes the connection between the first and second batteries in accordance with detected remaining capacities of the first and second batteries.

Electronic apparatus having multiple loads, driven by plural batteries

Handwritten/input stroke data is compared with a gesture dictionary. If the data coincides with a specific gesture, it is checked whether the gesture is completed, and the stroke data is stored. After the meaning of the gesture command is analyzed by using the gesture dictionary, an image stroke data group which does not coincide with any gesture, and an icon group replacing stroke data which coincides with a gesture appears on the display screen. In this state, when the user taps icons having functions as gestures he/she wants to execute, the corresponding gesture commands are executed.

Information processing apparatus and method therefor

An information apparatus comprises a main apparatus and a subsidiary apparatus which are separable. The main and subsidiary apparatuses has electrical connectors which are connected substantially automatically when the two apparatuses are attached. The connectors are provided with covers which are movable in association with the attaching procedure. Thereby, the connectors can be kept clean and free from dust contamination or breakage, and the reliability of the information apparatus can be enhanced.

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Yokosuka, Japan

Kazutoshi Shimada