Kyocera Corporation

Makoto Chishima

Kugo Morita

Ryuta Fujisawa

Tetsuya Takenaka

Takashi Yamada

Satoshi Kawaji

Takanobu Nishigai

Tomohiro Miki

Yasushi Sasaki

Keijiro Minami

Yasuyuki Irie

Yoshiyuki Ban

Yumiko Kashiwa

The electronic deviceincludes a press detection unitconfigured to detect a press and a control unitconfigured to control, when a standard for data based on press is set, such that a parameter value associated with a predetermined process is increased/decreased, according to a difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit, thus portions operated by an operator can be reduced and operation steps by the operator can be reduced as well.

Electronic device

The portable terminal includes a receiving unit for selecting a channel and receiving a program, an obtaining unit for obtaining the program guide for each channel received by the receiving unit, a display unit for displaying the program guide obtained by the obtaining unit, a memory for storing setting information set up to view the program received by the receiving unit, a remaining battery capacity detecting unit for detecting the remaining capacity of the battery, and a control unit for determining the possible viewing time according to the operation mode stored in the memory and the remaining capacity of the battery detected by the remaining battery capacity detecting unit and controlling the display unit so as to identifiably display the possible viewing segment corresponding to the possible viewing time in the program guide.

Program guide display apparatus

Optical communication apparatuses capable of performing appropriate communication according to a distance to a receiving apparatus, optical communication methods, and an optical communication system are provided. A transmitting apparatus transmits an optical signal corresponding to data. The transmitting apparatus modulates intensity of the optical signal into intensity corresponding to a distance over which the data is to be delivered and outputs this intensity-modulated optical signal. This allows the transmitting apparatus to change the intensity of the optical signal corresponding to the data according to a distance to a receiving apparatus that receives the data, which thus allows the receiving apparatus to surely receive the data.

Optical communication apparatus, optical communication method, and optical communication system

Damaging a touch sensor is prevented by an input apparatus including a pressing load detection unitfor detecting a pressing load applied by a pressing object pressing a touch sensor, a contact area detection unitfor detecting a contact area of the object on the sensor, a memory unitfor storing a pressing load threshold for receiving an input and a damage threshold higher than the pressing load threshold and varies according to the contact area, a control unitfor obtaining the pressing load threshold and the damage threshold corresponding to the contact area from the memory unit, and receiving the input when the pressing load reaches the pressing load threshold, or generating a warning signal when the pressing load reaches the damage threshold, and a notification unitfor receiving the warning signal from the control unit and outputting a warning.

Input apparatus

A mobile camera system is provided in which a user can view images of various desired locations while staying in a location remote from those locations. A control server acquires positions of a plurality of mobile camera apparatuses set up on mobile bodies such as vehicles, and images that are acquired by the mobile camera apparatuses, via radio communication. Then, the control server manages the positions and the images in its image DB. Then, in response to an imaging request that is issued from a terminal apparatus to designate a location (area), the control server searches for the image satisfying the request, in the image DB, or newly acquires the image satisfying the request, from the mobile camera apparatus. Then, the control server transmits the image to the terminal apparatus via radio communication.

Mobile camera system

One of the embodiment of present invention includes at least one transmitter-receiver set including a transmitter and a receiver opposed with an object to be measured therebetween; and a transmission device that estimates the amount of the object based on the attenuation of electromagnetic waves that are transferred between the transmitter and the receiver of the transmitter-receiver set, and transmits information on the estimated amount of the object to be measured.

Container and information provision system

A mobile communication terminal has a first wireless communication unit, an interface capable of detachably connecting an external apparatus, a determination unit for determining whether the external apparatus connected to the interface is a second wireless communication unit, a battery voltage detection unit for detecting battery voltage of a power supply unit, a charging detection unit, and a control unit for controlling, if the battery voltage detected by the battery voltage detection unit is lower than a first predetermined value while the charging detection unit detects the charging state, so as to prohibit concurrent use of the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit.

Mobile communication terminal and control method thereof

A mobile communication terminal in accordance with the present invention includes a first wireless communication unitcorresponding to a first wireless communication system and an interfacecapable of detachably connecting an external apparatus. The mobile communication terminal for starting up a communication operating system using a battery as a power supply includes a determination unitfor determining whether or not the external apparatusconnected to the interfacehas a second wireless communication unitcorresponding to a second wireless communication system and a control unitfor controlling the communication operating system to be started up by executing a start-up sequence of the second wireless communication unitwithout executing a start-up sequence of the first wireless communication unitin a case where the determination unitdetermines that the second wireless communication unitis included when the communication operating system is started up again after being disabled due to a decline in the battery voltage. Thus, the multi-mode communication based on the battery voltage can be executed efficiently and user convenience can be improved.

A portable communication terminal comprising of the present invention includes a first wireless communication unitcorresponding to a first wireless communication system, an interfaceto which an external apparatuscan be removably connected, a determination unitfor determining whether the external apparatusconnected to the interfaceincludes a second wireless communication unitcorresponding to a second wireless communication system, a battery voltage detection unitfor detecting a battery voltage of a power supply unitincluding a battery, and a control unitfor controlling the external apparatusbased on whether a communication by the first wireless communication unitis present, a determination result of the determination unit, and the battery voltage detected in the battery voltage detection unit. Thereby, an influence on the main communication system due to the addition of the sub-communication system is reduced, so that a multi mode communication depending on the battery voltage can be efficiently carried out without any unpredictable situation for a user to occur.

Portable communication terminal and a control method for the portable communication terminal

A mobile communication terminal in accordance with the present invention includes a first wireless communication unitcorresponding to a first wireless communication system, an interfacedetachably connecting an external apparatus, a determination unitfor determining whether or not the external apparatusconnected to the interfacecorresponds to a second wireless communication system and is a second wireless communication unitconsuming less power than the first wireless communication unit, a battery voltage detection unitfor detecting battery voltage of a power supply unitcontaining a battery and a control unitfor controlling the first wireless communication unitto be in a disabled state when the first wireless communication unitis communicating and the battery voltage detected by the battery voltage detection unitis equal to or less than the predetermined value in the case where connection of the second wireless communication unitis determined by the determination unit. Thus multimode communication depending on the battery voltage can be executed efficiently without causing unexpected circumstances to the user.

Stereo photographs and panoramic photographs can be taken separately without enabling cameras to rotate relative to a casing in which the cameras are placed. A camera device capable of selectively photographing panoramic images and stereo images includes a casing (D) fixed with a photographic lens (D), and a casing (U) that is fixed with a photographic lens (U) and that moves relative to the casing (D) while facing the casing (D); wherein in cases in which the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are disposed in open, mutually spaced apart positions by relative movement of the case (U), the optical axes of the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are placed in positions capable of photographing stereo images; and in cases in which the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are disposed in closed, mutually proximal positions by relative movement of the case (U), the optical axes of the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are placed in positions capable of photographing panoramic images.

Camera device

A transmission control device is attached to a package containing contents which have individual wireless transmitting devices for transmitting identifiable information. The transmission control device detects whether the package is opened, and invalidates the identifiable information when the opening of the package is not detected.

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Yokohama, Japan

Makoto Chishima