Kyocera Corporation

Ryuta Fujisawa

Makoto Chishima

Tetsuya Takenaka

Takashi Furukawa

Ryutaro Mayumi

Yuki Suzuki

Tomohiro Miki

Kazunari Sugihara

Ryota Terai

Nobuhiko Hachiki

Hirofumi Uchishiba

Masaya Takahashi

A resource collection apparatus is an apparatus for collecting waste reusable as a resource. The resource collection apparatus includes an opening associated with a predetermined sorting type, an opening/closing unit configured to open and close the opening, a first detector configured to perform an operation to detect a target waste belonging to a user, and a controller configured to specify a sorting type into which the target waste is to be sorted, by using a result of the detection by the first detector. The controller switches the opening/closing unit from a closed state to an open state when the specified sorting type matches the sorting type associated with the opening.

Recovery apparatus and control method of resource recovery apparatus

An air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to group a plurality of environmental sensors into a plurality of groups, based on correlation coefficients between environmental information acquired by the plurality of environmental sensors. The air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to regularly calculate a correlation coefficient between environmental information acquired by one or more environmental sensors in each of the plurality of groups. The air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to reset, in the case where the calculated correlation coefficient is less than a predetermined value, a group associated with an environmental sensor. The air-conditioning control apparatus is configured to control each of a plurality of air conditioners that are each associated with any of the plurality of groups, based on environmental information acquired by each environmental sensor in the group associated with the air conditioner.

Air-conditioning control system, air-conditioning control apparatus, and air-conditioning control method

An alert presentation apparatus (EMS ()) acquires the amounts of power consumed by loads connected to a system, and on the basis of the acquired power amounts, presents a load list including the power consumption of each load. This alert presentation apparatus (EMS ()) presents the load list so as to reduce the frequency at which the loads that are on the load list change.

Alert presentation apparatus and alert presentation method

In the present invention, a power monitoring unit () estimates the integral power consumption on the basis of an obtained actual value or amount of change of power consumption. When the estimated value for the integral power consumption as estimated by the power monitoring unit () reaches a prescribed amount of power, a presentation unit () presents a warning, on the basis of the power values obtained by a load power meter (), indicating a list of loads for which the power consumption should be controlled.

Power management apparatus, power management system and power management method

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.

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Yokohama, Japan

Ryuta Fujisawa