Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation

Takafumi Sakamoto

Shoji Otaka

Toshiyuki Umeda

Eiji Kamagata

Kiyoshi Toshimitsu

Koji Akita

Tsuyoshi Kogawa

Koji Ogura

Yuji Tohzaka

Yuki Yonezawa

Yusuke Doi

Keisuke Mera

Mutsumu Serizawa

Daisuke Uchida

Keiji Tsunoda

Tomohiro Tobari

Takanori Kouta

Hiroki Kudo

Tomoko Adachi

Masahiro Takagi

Yasuyuki Nishibayashi

Takeshi Ishihara

Kotaro Ise

Masaki Nishikawa

Hidenori Okuni

Toshiyuki Nakanishi

Hiroyuki Kitagawa

Nobuyasu Nakajima

Osamu Moriya

Nobuhiko Sugasawa

Katsuya Nounin

Ikuya Aoyama

Makoto Tsuruta

Tetsuro Itakura

Toshihisa Nabetani

Takeshi Ueno

Tetsu Nakajima

Hiroaki Ishihara

Yasuro Shobatake

Yukako Tsutsumi

Manabu Mukai

Yu Kaneko

Kenichi Taniuchi

Shigeyasu Iwata

Fumi Moritsuka

Fumiaki Kanayama

Cam Ly Nguyen

An electronic apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to generate first control information about timing with which a first switching control device performs switching control and second control information about timing with which a second switching control device performs switching control based on location information on the first switching control device and location information on the second switching control device.

Electronic apparatus, switching system, and control method

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to estimate positions of a plurality of wireless devices from a plurality of position candidates based on position candidate information indicating the plurality of position candidates of the wireless devices, first communication information related to communication using a first electromagnetic wave between the plurality of wireless devices, and second communication information related to communication using a second electromagnetic wave between the plurality of wireless devices.

Electronic apparatus for position estimation of wireless device, electronic system, and method

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to estimate positions where wireless devices communicating each other are located from position candidates based on position candidate information indicating the position candidates of the wireless devices and from first communication information in communication using a first propagation path between the wireless devices to N-th communication information in communication using a N-th propagation path (N: an integer of 2 or more) between the wireless devices.

Electronic apparatus, electronic system, and method

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: processing circuitry configured to generate information regarding distances among a plurality of candidate positions of a plurality of wireless devices based on first information indicating the plurality of candidate positions, and determine a first candidate position from the plurality of candidate positions based on the information regarding the distances among the plurality of candidate positions to acquire identification information of a wireless device which is located on the first candidate position among the plurality of wireless devices.

Electronic apparatus, method, and electronic system

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to set, based on first information indicating a plurality of candidate positions where a plurality of wireless devices are located, first candidate positions which are part of the plurality of candidate positions, and estimate first wireless devices each located at any of the first candidate positions among the plurality of wireless devices, based on second information regarding communication among the plurality of wireless devices each located at any of the plurality of candidate positions.

Electronic apparatus, method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and electronic system

An electronic apparatus includes a noise measurement circuitry that measures electromagnetic noise in a surrounding environment, and a controller that controls timing of turning on or off a switching circuit based on the electromagnetic noise measured by the noise measurement circuitry.

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire n installation positions where first to n-th pieces of equipment are installed, receive a propagation characteristic related to the first to n-th pieces of equipment, and estimate, by an algorithm, a combination or the first to n-th pieces of equipment and each of the n installation positions based on a propagation characteristic related to the first to n-th pieces of equipment. An initial value of the algorithm is generated based on an arrangement of the n installation positions and an arrangement of the first to n-th pieces of equipment determined based on a propagation characteristic related to the first to n-th pieces of equipment.

Electronic apparatus for determining correspondence between devices and positions at which devices are located using propagation characteristic of wireless communication between devices, and method, and electronic system for same

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire position information indicating first and second installation positions of a plurality of pieces of equipment receive characteristic information of a first piece of equipment obtained from a first propagation characteristic and a second propagation characteristic, and characteristic information of a second piece of equipment obtained from a third propagation characteristic and a fourth propagation characteristic. The processor is configured to estimate a position where each of the first and second pieces of equipment is installed, based on the position information, and the characteristic information of the first and the second piece of equipment.

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to estimate positions of wireless devices communicating each other from a plurality of position candidates based on position candidate information indicating the position candidates of the wireless devices and communication information between the plurality of wireless devices located in any of the plurality of position candidates, and determine a first position among the position candidates according to a likelihood of the wireless devices estimated to be located in the position candidates.

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a transmitter and a processor. The transmitter transmits a signal to a first electronic apparatus with one of patterns including at least a first pattern which is a first order and which uses first to n-th frequency bands in first to n-th periods and a second pattern which is a second order different from the first order and which uses the first to n-th frequency bands in the first to n-th periods, where n is an integer greater than or equal to two. The processor switches a pattern to be used among the patterns in accordance with a communication situation.

Electronic apparatus and method

According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a determiner, and an executor. The determiner is configured to determine whether the wireless communication device can continue operation by a stored electric power in which remaining capacity changes according to operation of the wireless communication device for a predetermined period, based on information including an operation timing associated with a cycle in which a management server. The executor is configured to execute an operation in which the data is transmitted and received between the other wireless communication device and the management server via the wireless communication device when the wireless communication device is able to continue the operation, and otherwise, cause the wireless communication device to move into intermittent operation and causes the other communication device to transmit the data to the management server not via the wireless communication device.

Wireless communication device and wireless communication system

According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a wireless communicator configured to transmit and receive a signal; and controlling circuitry configured to detect a first wireless communication device through the wireless communicator. The wireless communicator is configured to transmit a control signal preset between the wireless communication device and the first wireless communication device to activate the first wireless communication device when the controlling circuitry has not detected the first wireless communication device.

Wireless communication device detection

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a radio-apparatus-disposition estimation device includes a processor configured to execute a program to provide at least: a first acquirer, a second acquirer, and a calculator. The first acquirer acquires first information concerning communication among a respective plurality of radio apparatuses or radio waves transmitted and received among the respective plurality of radio apparatuses. The second acquirer acquires setting position candidates of the plurality of radio apparatuses. The calculator calculates, on the basis of the first information and the setting position candidates, one or a plurality of estimated patterns in which setting positions of the radio apparatuses are identified as different ones of the setting position candidates.

Device and method for determining disposition of a plurality of radio apparatuses

According to one embodiment, a memory stores a first information including a positional relationship among a plurality of positional candidates, a second information including an influence on the plurality of positional candidates due to at least any of an attenuation and a reflection of a radio wave by an object located at a periphery of the plurality of positional candidates, and a third information including a first received signal strength indicator of the radio wave transmitted from a first wireless communication device and received by a second wireless communication device. A processor estimates a position of the second wireless communication device from the plurality of positional candidates, based on a first value as the first received signal strength indicator corrected with a first correction value based on the second information, and a plurality of first distances between the first wireless communication device and each of the plurality of positional candidates.

Apparatus and method for estimating position of wireless communication device, and wireless communication system

A power-saving control apparatus includes a memory storing first to Nth different authentication codes, determines, every time a signal including an authentication code is received, whether the authentication code in the received signal is a valid code which matches one of the authentication codes in the memory, outputs an operation signal to a main apparatus when the authentication code in the received signal is determined to be the valid code, and generates a new authentication code, when (a) the number of times the authentication code in each received signal matches a first authentication code of the authentication codes in the memory is equal to a predetermined value or (b) the authentication code in the received signal matches a second or subsequent authentication code of the authentication codes in the memory, to delete one of the authentication codes in the memory, and to store the new authentication code in the memory.

Power saving control apparatus and method

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Takafumi Sakamoto