Panasonic Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd.

Shinichiro Ohmi

Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi

Kensuke Yoshizawa

Go Kuroda

Kazuhiro Ando

Yasuo Harada

Yuji Igata

Hisao Koga

Nobutaka Kodama

Shigeo Yoshida

Hiroyuki Imai

Hiroshi Oue

Wei Lih Lim

Takayuki Suematsu

Tohru Yasukawa

Pek Yew Tan

Youhei Koide

Koichiro Tanaka

Yoshio Urabe

Hitoshi Takai

Koji Ikeda

Hiroshi Hayashino

Yasushi Yokomitsu

Hideki Nakahara

Junji Yano

Toru Yasukawa

Masanori Kataoka

Tan Pek Yew

A non-contact position sensing device includes a plurality of infrared LEDs provided in different positions and each being configured to transmit an infrared light ray, a photosensor configured to receive multiple ones of infrared light rays reflected by an object, and a control section configured to calculate a position of the object based on reflected light rays received by the photosensor. The control section switches between intensity position calculation to calculate the position of the object based on intensities of the reflected light rays and phase position calculation to cause intensities of the infrared light rays transmitted from the infrared LEDs to periodically change and calculate the position of the object based on phases of intensity changes of the reflected light rays.

Non-contact position sensing device and non-contact position sensing method

A 3D tablet terminal () which is an example of a stereoscopic image display control apparatus includes: a most projecting position determination unit () which determines a most projecting position at which an object projects most from a display surface and a most receding position at which the object recedes most therefrom; and a display control unit () which causes a display device to display the object, wherein the display control unit () adjusts a display position of the object so that an amount of projection at the most projecting position is equal to a proper amount of projection, and processes, by a predetermined method, a portion of the object on a far side relative to the display surface when an amount of recession at the most receding position after adjusting the display position exceeds a proper amount of recession.

Stereoscopic image display control apparatus, and stereoscopic image display control method

A 3D tablet includes: a parallax image display unit which displays a stereoscopic image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image, between which there is parallax; a parallax barrier display unit which displays a parallax barrier having a stripe pattern and superimposed on the parallax image display unit to show the right-eye image and the left-eye image to a right and left eye of a user, respectively; a user position detection unit which obtains an orientation of the user relative to the parallax image display unit; a direction calculation and control unit which substantially collimates a longitudinal direction of the stripe pattern of the parallax barrier with the orientation of the user; and a parallax image generation unit which generates and displays, using the parallax image display unit, the stereoscopic image in which there is parallax in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the user.

Stereoscopic image display device and stereoscopic image display method

A station includes a reservation request transmitter, a bandwidth request transmitter, and a data transmitter. The reservation request transmitter transmits a reservation request to an access point during a contention slot specified by the access point. The contention slot is periodically allocated by the access point. The bandwidth request transmitter transmits a bandwidth request to the access point using a first allocated bandwidth allocated to the station as a response to the reservation request. The bandwidth request has a first data structure different from a second data structure of the reservation request, and includes information indicating a required bandwidth for transmitting a data to be transmitted. The data transmitter transmits the data using a second allocated bandwidth allocated to the station based on the required bandwidth.

Method for ensuring medium access in a wireless network

A communication band is divided into: a beacon period in which every master station transmits a beacon packet in competition with one another; a guaranteed-band period (e.g., a TDMA period or an FDMA period) in which only a specific permitted station is allowed access; and a CSMA period in which every station is allowed access in competition with one another. Plural master stations exchange information of a communication band used in the guaranteed-band period with each other, and based on the respective information, a communication band available to the master station's own communications system in the guaranteed-band period is calculated.

Master station in communications system and access control method

A terminal of the present invention comprises a control frame detection portion of detecting a control frame issued from a control station, a control frame memory portion of storing control information contained in the control frame, a substitute frame issuance determination portion of determining to issue a substitute frame when the control frame is not detected until a predetermined first time period is elapsed, and a substitute frame issuance portion of creating a frame which is the same as or equivalent to the control frame, as the substitute frame, based on the control information stored in the control frame memory portion when the substitute frame issuance determination portion determines to issue the substitute frame, and issuing the created substitute frame.

Terminal capable of substituting for control station

A communication bandwidth is divided into a beacon period in which all master stations compete for transmission of a beacon packet, a first carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) period in which only authorized specific stations are allowed to compete for access, and a second CSMA period in which all stations are allowed to compete for access. The master stations exchange information with each other about a communication bandwidth being used in the first CSMA period, thereby calculating a communication bandwidth which can be used by each communication system in the first CSMA period, based on the information.

Master station of communication system and access control method

A communication apparatus communicates with another communication apparatus connected to a transmission channel and sharing a communication band. The communication apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives, through the transmission channel, data including time information based on a transmission time when a synchronous signal is transmitted to the transmission channel from a synchronous signal transmitting apparatus at a given cycle, the synchronous signal for synchronizing a plurality of communication apparatuses; a transmitting unit that transmits data to the transmission channel; and a transmission control unit that estimates a synchronous signal non-existing period in which there is no synchronous signal on the transmission channel on the basis of the time information received by the receiving unit and the given cycle, and controls the transmitting unit to transmit data within the estimated synchronous signal non-existing period.

Communication method, communication apparatus, and communication system

A communication system includes a synchronizing signal generator that generates a synchronizing signal based on a timing of an alternating waveform in a power line, a data communicating circuit that performs the data communication, and a communication controller that controls to acquire a transmitting right utilizing a timing of the synchronizing signal and to control the communication circuit in accordance with whether or not the communication apparatus acquires the transmitting right.

Communication apparatus and communication method

A spreading code generating apparatus carries out M-sequence multiplication and zero value addition of generated orthogonal codes to obtain channel identification codes, and then carries out inverse Fourier transform of the channel identification codes to generate spreading codes and inverse spreading codes. A transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus store the spreading codes and the inverse spreading codes generated by the spreading code generating apparatus, respectively, and use a single code respectively selected from the stored codes to carry out spread spectrum communication.

System and method for spread spectrum communication

A communication method of communicating among a plurality of communication apparatuses connected to a transmission channel and sharing a communication band is provided. The communication method includes: sequentially updating a slot ID with the lapse of time by a first communication apparatus; transmitting first data and a first access ID to the transmission channel by the first communication apparatus after the lapse of a first waiting time and when the slot ID is updated to a first slot ID corresponding to the first access ID; transmitting second data and a second slot ID to the transmission channel by a second communication apparatus after the lapse of a second waiting time longer than the first waiting time; and receiving the second slot ID by the first communication apparatus. In updating the slot ID, the slot ID is updated to a slot ID subsequent to the second slot ID.

Communication method and communication apparatus

Terminal devices F and G store statistical information related to interference from an external communication system, and notify the stored statistical information to a master station E. The master station E determines the terminal device G as a candidate station for a master station capability handover destination based on collected statistical information. The master station E requests to hand over a master station capability to the terminal device G. If it is determined that the terminal device G accepts handover of the master station capability, the terminal device G starts to act as the master station.

Master station, candidate for master station and method for use in a communication system

Method and apparatus for controlling transmission of a data stream from a station. A QoS registration frame is received, via an access point, from the station. The QoS registration frame includes information indicating a request for transmission of a data stream from the station, and information indicating a minimum required interval and a maximum required interval for an interval which is between start points of two successive durations of a medium dedication. Each duration of the medium dedication represents a time period in which the station is permitted to transmit the data stream. A schedule for the transmission of the data stream is calculated by setting a new interval which is between the minimum required interval and the maximum required interval, when the transmission is admitted. A QoS response frame, which includes information indicating the schedule, is then transmitted from the access point to the station.

A terminal for performing multiple access transmission suitable to a transmission path having varied characteristics includes a transmission/reception section, a control unit, a transfer management section, and an external interface section. Specifically, the terminal refers to an IGMP (MLD) message received by the transmission/reception section to classify a transmitter host and a relay device of the message based on a characteristic of the transmission path, and performs a multiple access transmission of a multicast packet in a form suitable to the characteristic of the transmission path.

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Shinichiro Ohmi