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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Shoji Otaka, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Umeda, Inagi, JP;
Shigeyasu Iwata, Hamura, JP;
Takafumi Sakamoto, Machida, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kogawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Ogura, Tachikawa, JP;
Makoto Tsuruta, Kawasaki, JP;
Yu Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuhiko Sugasawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shoji Otaka, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Umeda, Inagi, JP;
Shigeyasu Iwata, Hamura, JP;
Takafumi Sakamoto, Machida, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kogawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Ogura, Tachikawa, JP;
Makoto Tsuruta, Kawasaki, JP;
Yu Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuhiko Sugasawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A starting apparatus includes: a storage unit storing an identifier; a rectifying unit rectifying a reception signal; a generating unit comparing the reception signal rectified in the rectifying unit to a reference signal and generating a digital signal from the reception signal; a judging unit judging whether or not the digital signal contains information of the identifier; a reference changing unit changing the reference signal when the judging unit judges that the reception signal does not contain information of the identifier; and a start instructing unit instructing start of an electric appliance when the judging unit judges that the reception signal contains information of the identifier.