Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Nitto-denko Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Shingo Matsumoto

Masayuki Kozuka

Tohru Wakabayashi

Hiroshi Yahata

Tomoki Ogawa

Kari Rinko

Akihiko Inoue

Keizo Ishiguro

Hideyuki Oka

Minoru Miyatake

Kozo Nakamura

Yufeng Weng

Tadamasa Toma

Motoji Ohmori

Masaya Yamamoto

Kaoru Murase

Masao Nonaka

Susumu Takatsuka

Satoru Miyaki

An optical incoupling element () provided in the form of a discrete item attachable on a lightguide () is provided, comprising a substrate (A) and at least one three-dimensionally formed optical surface (). The optical surface () is configured to incouple light incident thereto and to adjust direction of the incoupled light transmitted through an optical contact surface () established at an interface between the element substrate (A) and a lightguide medium () such, that the incoupled light acquires a propagation path through a lightguide medium () via a series of total internal reflections. The optical surface () may comprise at least on optical cavity pattern (). The element () is configured to receive light onto said at least one three-dimensionally formed optical surface () from a direction essentially parallel to a longitudinal plane of the planar lightguide (). A method for manufacturing the optical incoupling element (), related arrangement, optical unit () and uses are further provided.

Light incoupling element, related method and uses

An optical deflection tape () attachable on a lightguide () is provided, comprising a substrate (A) and at least one pattern () formed with a number of periodic pattern features () embedded in the substrate (A) and configured as optically functional cavities () filled with a material having a refractive index different from the refractive index of the material of the substrate (A) surrounding the cavity (). The pattern () is configured to adjust direction of light received thereto such, that light incident at the pattern () is deflected to acquire a propagation path through a lightguide medium () via a series of total internal reflections and, by virtue of said at least one pattern (), the optical deflection tape () is configured to control distribution of light propagating through the lightguide (). A method for manufacturing the tape () and related uses are further provided.

Light deflection tape, related method and uses

A transparent optical device () is provided, comprising a lightguide medium () configured for light propagation, and an at least one optically functional layer () comprising at least one optically functional feature pattern () formed in a light-transmitting carrier medium () by a plurality of embedded features provided as optically functional internal cavities (), wherein said at least one feature pattern () is configured to perform an incident light control function and at least a light outcoupling function, whereby stray light is minimized and optical transparency of the device () is established.

Optical device

Disclosed is a method for controlling a cordless telephone device for use in a system that allows remote control of a home electric appliance. The method includes a first generation step of causing a first generation unit in a handset to encode audio input via a sound receiving unit in the handset to generate a first stream, and a first transmission step of transmitting the first stream to a base unit. The first generation step includes causing the first generation unit to generate instruction bit information and a first instruction stream when a first trigger indicating a request to start the remote control is given to the first generation unit. The first transmission step includes transmitting the instruction bit information and the first instruction stream to the base unit through a multiplexing scheme that is common to transmission of a first stream generated when the first trigger is not given.

Method for controlling cordless telephone device, handset of cordless telephone device, and cordless telephone device

A cooking apparatus includes: a storage that stores first cooking information indicating a cooking method for a first foodstuff and second cooking information indicating a cooking method for a second foodstuff; a placement unit on which the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff are placed; and a cooking controller that controls cooking of the first foodstuff, based on the first cooking information, and that controls cooking of the second foodstuff, based on the second cooking information, when the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff are placed on the placement unit. The storage includes a memory, and the cooking controller includes a processor.

Cooking apparatus, cooking method, non-transitory recording medium on which cooking control program is recorded, and cooking-information providing method

A wearable terminal includes voice data generation unit a voice data generation unit configured to generate audio data, a sensing unit configured to sense a motion of a user's upper limb in a first axis direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a vertically downward oriented direction of the upper limb and a direction of movement of the user, and to generate motion data concerning the motion, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the motion data, whether or not the user is going to perform remote control of a home electric appliance, and a data processing unit configured to process the audio data. The data processing unit includes a transmission data generation unit configured to generate transmission data corresponding to the audio data if the determination unit determines that the user is going to perform the remote control, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to a network.

Wearable terminal and method for controlling the same

A content recording method for a recording apparatus includes the following steps: an automatic recording control step of automatically recording a first plurality of pieces of content in a channel automatic recording area, each of the first plurality of pieces of content being broadcast through a channel in a time slot; a deletion step of instructing a mobile apparatus to delete a first piece of content that has previously been copied or moved from the channel automatic recording area to the mobile apparatus when the recording apparatus detects that the recording apparatus has become able to communicate with the mobile apparatus; and a content transfer step of copying or moving a second piece of content included in the first plurality of pieces of content to the mobile apparatus when the recording apparatus detects that the recording apparatus has become able to communicate with the mobile apparatus.

Content recording method, recording apparatus, and recording system

The communication system comprises a first access processing, which accesses a server via a network, receives program information files transmitted from said server, and records them on hard disk, a program production and output that outputs on a monitor a program that it produces by information of received program information files and information recorded on, for example, an optical disk, a system for contributed text editing, which edits, as contributed text, messages input through a controller, a second access processing, which accesses the server at least through the network and transmits contributed texts to said server and an image display, which outputs to the monitor the image data drawn to image memory and displays said image on the screen of said monitor.

Communication system, computer program execution device, recording medium, computer program, program information supply method, and program information editing method

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Tokyo, Japan

Shingo Matsumoto