Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus carries out a first data transfer in a first wireless communication method to another apparatus using a physical layer and a data link layer of the first wireless communication method, carries out a second data transfer of a higher speed than the first data transfer to the other apparatus in the first wireless communication method using a physical layer and a data link layer of a second wireless communication method, and further carries out a third data transfer to the other apparatus in the second wireless communication method using the physical layer and data link layer of the second wireless communication method; and limits operations of carrying out the third data transfer by the physical layer and data link layer of the second wireless communication method when an instruction for the second data transfer is given.

Abstract: A disclosed portable apparatus includes: a first touch switch that is installed on a first surface of a housing of the portable apparatus; a second touch switch that is installed on a second surface of the housing, which is opposite to the first surface; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the first surface and the second surface are simultaneously touched, based on outputs of the first touch switch and the second touch switch. The portable apparatus may further include a first controller configured to release a lock function upon determining that the first surface and the second surface are simultaneously touched, and to activate the lock function upon determining that the first surface and the second surface are not simultaneously touched.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a short-distance wireless communication unit which communicates with external equipment, an input unit, a timer, and a control unit. The input unit generates a press event in response to depression of the input unit and a release event in response to release the input unit from the depression. The timer measures an elapsed time. The control unit starts the timer in response to reception of the press event, transmits a press command or a release command to the external equipment in response to the reception of the press event or the release event, and transmits the release command to the external equipment when the control unit detects that the elapsed time reaches a specific time and no event is received from the input unit.

Abstract: The portable terminal includes a display unit configured to display a screen; a first buffer and a second buffer configured to sequentially store display data for the displayed screen; a first determination unit configured to determine whether to perform single-buffer control or double-buffer control based on update data for the displayed screen; and a setting unit configured to set, if single-buffer control is appropriate, a display control method of the display unit to a display control method using the first buffer and to set, if double-buffer control is appropriate, a display control method of the display unit to a display control method using the first buffer and the second buffer.

Abstract: In a cellular phone applicable to an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, a CPU of a main control unit executes monitor threads 1 to 3, monitors groups including a plurality of threads set with priority by executing a keep-alive operation to a plurality of monitor threads that monitor operations of threads in the groups, determines whether there is a monitor thread without a response to the keep-alive operation based on responses from the plurality of monitor threads, and terminates delivery of events to the groups with priority higher than the group monitored by the monitor thread without a response to the keep-alive operation if it is determined that there is a monitor thread without a response to the keep-alive operation.

Abstract: An electronic device having a heat generating part in an internal space between a front case and a rear case wherein the rear case is integrally molded with a metal sheet and the metal sheet is given relief shapes which increase its surface area, whereby the heat of the heating generating part is dissipated from the rear case and conduction to the front case is reduced. The relief shapes can be formed from a wave shape. The rear case may be made a bathtub shape. Relief shapes of the metal sheet may be exposed at the inside space of the electronic device at the side wall part of the rear case or its vicinity. As a result, the heat which is generated inside the housing of a small electronic device can be efficiently dissipated from the back side and conduction of heat to the front side can be made difficult.

Abstract: A device that controls devices in a network includes a storage unit configured to store registration information in which one or more pieces of identification information that identifies a device as a control target from among devices in the network are registered beforehand, and a processor configured to execute a process including detecting devices in the network from a response message in response to a device search message transmitted simultaneously to devices in the network and to extract a device whose identification information is registered in the registration information from among the detected devices, displaying the extracted device in a display device in a selectable manner, and performing a prescribed manipulation on a selected device when the processor detects that a user has selected one of the devices displayed in the display device.

Abstract: A waterstop member of a cable insertion hole of an electronic apparatus made of rubber, provided with a taper shaped inside member which is positioned at the inside of the housing, a hole member which closely contacts the cable insertion hole, and a thick walled outside member which is positioned at the outside of the housing, the cable hole which runs through the inside member, hole member, and outside member and in which the pull-out cable is inserted being provided with a waterstop ring, a thick wall part of the outside member being provided with a circumferential groove which is provided with a diameter which is larger than the cable hole, a bottom surface of the circumferential groove is provided with water drainage holes which communicate with the outside, and the cable hole being designed so that water will not enter the inside of the housing when the cable moves.

Abstract: A controller of a mobile communication apparatus, such as a cellular phone, that detects operator information based on a radio signal transmitted from a base station and checks whether the operator information has changed while maintaining the same roaming status information. When the controller detects that the operator information changed, the controller transmits one of the same roaming status information and service status information to an external device which is connected via a short-range communication link.

Abstract: A disclosed portable apparatus includes: a first touch switch that is installed on a first surface of a housing of the portable apparatus; a second touch switch that is installed on a second surface of the housing, which is opposite to the first surface; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the first surface and the second surface are simultaneously touched, based on outputs of the first touch switch and the second touch switch. The portable apparatus may further include a first controller configured to release a lock function upon determining that the first surface and the second surface are simultaneously touched, and to activate the lock function upon determining that the first surface and the second surface are not simultaneously touched.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus executes communication by establishing a communication link according to a security level with other device. The radio communication apparatus sets a security level according to a type of service, and discriminates whether the security level is necessary for the communication with the other device. If the security level is necessary, the communication link according to the security level is established. If the security level is not necessary, security level is lowered and the communication link according to the lowered security level is established.

Abstract: A disclosed output method includes: receiving, from an output apparatus of plural output apparatuses, notification that represents that a radio wave from a portable apparatus was received; and causing the output apparatus that received the radio wave to restart both or either of an image output and a sound output, which were stopped, for example, in another output apparatus of the plural output apparatuses after detecting that no radio wave was received from the portable apparatus. For example, when the timing of the stop in the image such as video and/or sound is stored, the output apparatus restarts both or either of the image output and the sound output from the stored timing.

Abstract: An antenna receives a radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite. A wireless processing unit extracts positioning information from a signal of the radio wave received by the antenna. The positioning unit performs positioning on the basis of the positioning information extracted by the wireless processing unit. A transformer circuit includes a switching element and transforms supplied power to a predetermined voltage. A switching unit switches the transformer circuit to a stop state during an extraction period in which the positioning information is extracted by the wireless processing unit.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first antenna configured to receive power from the first circuit board housed in the first housing, a second antenna configured to receive power from the second circuit board housed in the second housing, a first signal cable configured to electrically connect the first circuit board to the second circuit board and transmit a signal between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a second signal cable configured to electrically connect the first circuit board to the second circuit board and bypasses a board current flowing through the first signal cable from the first circuit board to the second antenna during operation of the second antenna.

Abstract: When active software makes a request for measuring position information, during roaming, a control unit does not execute GPS measurement, but notifies the software of an error indicating that, for example, measurement is failed, and thereby prevents establishment of communication for a function which cannot be executed by the software.

Abstract: A communication device includes a communication unit wirelessly communicating with another communication device in a connectable area; an acquiring unit acquiring a state of the communication device; a setting unit making a setting as to whether a connection is permitted to be established by the communication unit, on the basis of the state acquired by the acquiring unit; and a communication control unit responding to a connection request sent from the other communication device when connection with the other communication device is permitted by the setting unit.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a recording setting unit configured to set a programmed recording based on an input of programmed-recording information that is used for performing programmed recording of a broadcast program, a reception-state checking unit configured to start a tuner at a predetermined time before a recording start time set by the recording setting unit and continuously checking a reception state of broadcast radio waves until the recording start time, a notifying unit configured to notify, if the reception-state checking unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is not a desired reception state, a notification indicating so, and a recording starting unit configured to start recording processing of the broadcast program if the reception-state checking unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is the desired reception state.

Abstract: An operation monitoring unit monitors whether a WiMax communication unit operates and whether a CDMA communication unit operates. A quality determining unit determines whether the reception quality of the CDMA communication has deteriorated when the WiMax communication and the CDMA communication are simultaneously performed. An interference suppressing unit suppresses the interference in the CDMA communication and caused by the WiMax communication when the reception quality of the CDMA communication has deteriorated.

Abstract: A disclosed wireless terminal includes a determination unit that determines whether or not the wireless terminal is outside of a communication area that is connectable with a first telecommunication network by radio; and a search unit that omits search for a base station or access point that relays communication with the first telecommunication network, upon determining that the wireless terminal is outside of the communication area. The aforementioned determination unit may further identify that the wireless terminal is inside of the communication area, and the search unit may further search for the base station or access point upon identifying that the wireless terminal is inside of the communication area.

Abstract: A disclosed information processing apparatus includes: a first processing unit; and a second processing unit that is in either of an operational state and a suspended state. The first processing unit and the second processing unit are coupled by a first signal line through which a first signal that represents a state of the second processing unit passes and by a second signal line through which a second signal that causes an interrupt to the second processing unit passes. The second processing unit outputs the first signal according to a state of the second processing unit. The first processing unit determines, based on the first signal, whether the first processing unit causes the second processing unit to resume. When the first processing unit causes the second processing unit to resume, the first processing unit outputs the second signal, and the second processing unit resumes, upon receiving the second signal.