Patents Assigned to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20100111143
    Abstract: A portable wireless unit capable of ensuring high speed, large capacity communication by lowering the correlation coefficient between antennas under various use states of a user. An antenna element (1) is arranged outside from the upper end of a case (4) on the side opposite to the display section (23) of the case, an antenna element (2) is arranged in parallel with and on the same side of the antenna element (1) while spaced apart in the width direction, and an antenna element (3) is arranged in parallel with the antenna element (1) from the display section (23) side spaced apart from the antenna element (1) in the thickness direction. The antenna element (1) is connected with a transmitter/receiver (14), and any one of the antenna element (2) or (3) is selected by controlling a high frequency switch (11) by angle information from a gravity sensor (22) and connected with the transmitter/receiver (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nishikido, Yutaka Saito, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20100114986
    Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
  • Publication number: 20100107680
    Abstract: An oil supply passage (68) is formed inside a rotating shaft (56) of a compression mechanism (21). An oil supply passage (38) is formed inside a rotating shaft (36) of an expansion mechanism (22). A boss portion (81) is provided at a lower end of the rotating shaft (56). A shaft portion (82) that is engaged in the boss portion (81) is provided at an upper end of the rotating shaft (36). The circumference of a coupling part (80), which includes the boss portion (81) and the shaft portion (82) is covered by an upper bearing (42) of the expansion mechanism (22). The upper bearing (42) supports both the rotating shaft (36) and the rotating shaft (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogata, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsui, Atsuo Okaichi, Tomoichiro Tamura, Masanobu Wada
  • Publication number: 20100109810
    Abstract: A resonator and a filter that can be miniaturized and highly integrated are provided. In the invention, a resonator wherein parts of resonators, support sections, and joint sections are mutually shared is formed. The mutual configuration is selectively switched as required and a large number of frequencies can be selected in the same filter unit. The resonators, the support sections, and the joint sections different in size and shape are used in combination, whereby a filter unit having a large number of selective frequencies is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akinori Hashimura
  • Publication number: 20100111228
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication apparatus wherein channel estimation accuracy is improved while keeping the position of each bit in a frame, even when a modulation system having a large modulation multiple value is used for a data symbol. In the wireless communication apparatus (100), an encoding section (101) encodes and outputs transmitting data (bit string) to a bit converting section (102), and the bit converting section (102) converts at least one bit of a plurality of bits constituting a data symbol to be used for channel estimation, among the encoded bit strings, into ‘1’ or ‘0’ and outputs it to a modulating section (103). The modulating section (103) modulates the bit string inputted from the bit converting section (102) by using a single modulation mapper and a plurality of data symbols are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyoshi, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu, Christian Wengerter, Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart
  • Patent number: 7708532
    Abstract: A lead wire of a motor is prevented from being damaged, and the reliability of an electric compressor is enhanced. The electric compressor 1 is provided with a division wall 80b which divides a discharge chamber 62 and a connection space 65 which connects a sealed terminal 90 and a lead wire 5c of a motor 5. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent discharge gas from directly flowing into the connection space 65, and to prevent the discharge gas from flowing into a wire passage 64 through which the lead wire 5c is passed. Therefore, vibration of lead wire 5c caused by gas pulse can be suppressed, the lead wire can be prevented from being damaged, and the reliability of the electric compressor can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ogawa, Masahiko Makino, Yukihiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7710311
    Abstract: A transmitter section radiates a short range wave to a space. A receiver section has a detector circuit composed of a branch circuit which receives a reflection wave of the short range wave radiated to the space by means of the transmitter section and branches in phase a signal of the reflection wave into first and second signals, a linear multiplier which linearly multiplies the first and second signals branched in phase by means of the branch circuit, and a low pass filter which samples a baseband component from an output signal from the linear multiplier. A signal processor section carries out an analyzing process of an object which exists in the space based on an output from the receiver section. A control section makes a predetermined control with respect to at least one of the transmitter section and the receiver section based on an analysis result from the signal processor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Anritsu Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Teshirogi, Masaharu Uchino, Sumio Saito, Masanori Ejima
  • Publication number: 20100097983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for packet switched data transmission in a local network, the local network comprising a mobile node and a plurality of interconnected connection anchor points each with a link at which the mobile node can attach. The method comprises the steps of detecting a movement of the mobile node from a first connection anchor point to a second connection anchor point, the mobile node communicating via a tunnelled connection between the first and second connection anchor point, maintaining the existing tunnelled connections between the second connection anchor point and the first connection anchor point, and enabling new connections between the mobile node and correspondent nodes using addresses that are topologically correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jon Schuringa, Genadi Velev, Rolf Hakenberg
  • Patent number: 7699591
    Abstract: A scroll compressor in which a scroll fixed lap rising from a fixed plate of a fixed scroll and a scroll orbiting lap rising from an orbiting plate of an orbiting scroll are combined with each other to form compression chambers therebetween, the fixed scroll is made of iron-based material, the orbiting scroll is made of aluminum-based material, at least the plate back surface of the orbiting scroll is subjected to surface processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Futagami, Noboru Iida, Akira Hiwata, Hidenobu Shintaku
  • Publication number: 20100095312
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a slot-in type thin disk apparatus having a sufficient clearance when a disk is inserted into and taken out from the disk apparatus, and capable of reliably attaching a disk to a spindle motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi Wada
  • Publication number: 20100091926
    Abstract: A position detector has a peak detector for detecting peak values of an A1 signal and a B1 signal serving as output signals of an analog to digital (AD) converter, an offset/amplitude correction section for generating an A2 signal and a B2 signal by correcting offsets and amplitude errors using the peak values detected by the peak detector, and a position data conversion section for converting the sinusoidal signals of an A phase and a B phase into position data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro Kishibe, Takahiro Masuda, Hiromi Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20100082878
    Abstract: Used is a nonvolatile memory such as a multi-level NAND flash memory having memory cells for holding data of a plurality of pages. When the data is to be written in the nonvolatile memory 110, a physical unit is consisted in units of a plurality of paired pages. When all the physical units cannot be written, the data is copied from an old physical block holding an already written effective data, and is written in a new physical block till the written, from the first section of a new physical unit, so that an error can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Inoue, Masahiro Nakanichi, Tomoaki Izumi, Hironori Mori, Kunihiro Maki, Toshiyuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20100079997
    Abstract: A light-emitting module (2) includes a mounting board (1) with a conductor pattern and a plurality of light-emitting elements (15) mounted on the conductor pattern via wires (21). The extending direction of each of the wires (21) toward the conductor pattern is oriented irregularly when viewed perpendicularly to the mounting board (1). This can prevent the shadows of the wires (21) from overlapping, and thus can suppress the luminance nonuniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Morikawa, Takaari Uemoto, Keiji Nishimoto, Satoshi Shida, Yasuharu Ueno, Hiroyuki Naito
  • Publication number: 20100079496
    Abstract: The contents of a small image displayed on the back side can be made easy to understand. A layout managing portion 14 outputs display area information indicating display areas of respective small images displayed on the small image list, and arrangement information of respective small images displayed on the small image list. An image zooming portion 13 produces a zoom image by zooming in or out an image of a main area of an original image extracted by a main area extracting portion in response to an area of the display area being output from the layout managing portion 14, and produces the small images displayed on the small image list by expanding or contracting the produced zoom image. An image layout designing portion 16 produces the small image list by arranging respective generated small images at predetermined locations of the small image list, based on arrangement information output from the layout managing portion 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100080126
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus for stably transmitting or receiving data of high priority is provided. In the transmission apparatus of the present invention, processing of the priority packet to be transmitted and processed by priority and processing of the non-priority packet are conducted separately. At transmission side, the above-mentioned priority packet is transmitted by priority by making its average transmission interval shorter than its average generation interval, and said non-priority packet is transmitted during the transmit margin period caused by the above-mentioned processing. At receive side, in the layer of processing the receive frame as a layer lower than the layer of processing the priority packet and non-priority packet, the priority packet and the non-priority packet is sorted based on the communication protocol header of the receive packet stored in the receive frame, and processing of the priority packet and that of the non-priority packet are conducted separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Higashida
  • Patent number: 7686141
    Abstract: A brake-equipped retracting device (3) returns a liquid crystal display device (1) from a deployed position (1B) to a stored position (1A) using an elastic returning force of a spiral spring (18) that is wound up when the liquid crystal display device (1) is opened by the rotational force of a motor. A braking force for preventing the liquid crystal display device (1) from returning with too much force is applied to an input shaft (17a) of a reducer by having a rope (21) whose tensile force increases and decreases in relation to the opening and closing of the liquid crystal display device (1) be wound around a slip clutch (15) that is connected to the input shaft (17a). In emergency situations such as when the rope (21) breaks, a centrifugal grip (53) of a rotation-restraining mechanism (50) strikes an engagement notch surface (56b) on a fixed side, and the rotation of the input shaft (17a) is forcibly halted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignees: Harmonic Ad, Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Shirokoshi, Satoru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20100071195
    Abstract: To provide an electronic component mounting system and an electronic component mounting method which can prevent a mounting failure due to positional error in a height direction of a substrate and ensure mounting quality. The electronic component mounting system includes a plurality of electronic component mounting devices connected to one another and mounts an electronic component on a substrate to manufacture a mounting substrate. A print test device for testing the substrate after solder printing measures a height position of a height measurement point set on the upper surface of the substrate 4 by a height measuring machine 22 and outputs a measurement result as substrate height data. In a component placing step using an electronic component placing device, a control parameter for controlling a component placing operation of the placing head 32 is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kihara, Masafumi Inoue, Wataru Hidese
  • Publication number: 20100073318
    Abstract: System and method for touch sensitive surface provide detection and tracking of multiple touch points on the surface by using two independent arrays of orthogonal linear capacitive sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nan Hu, David Kryze, Luca Rigazio, Rabindra Pathak
  • Publication number: 20100063824
    Abstract: An audio signal band expanding apparatus (100a) includes a harmonic generator (3) that receives an input audio signal having a predetermined band and generates, based on the input audio signal, harmonic signals, and an adder (2) that adds the harmonic signals generated by the harmonic generator (3) to the input audio signal. The harmonic generator (3) simulates the input-output characteristics of a predetermined amplifier or that of a device to generate the harmonic signals from the input audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya IWATA
  • Publication number: 20100061811
    Abstract: A bulk component feeder includes a conveying channel 42 through which the electronic components P are conveyed, a ventilation channel 43 that is formed along the conveying channel 42, and a partition 44 by which postures of the electronic components P conveyed through the conveying channel 42 are maintained and by which the conveying channel 42 is separated from the ventilation channel 43. The conveying channel 42 communicates with the ventilation channel 43 through an upper part 45 of the partition 44. It is possible to increase a size of an air channel A which acts as a flow channel for airflow and through which the electronic components P are conveyed with no respect to sizes of the electronic components P, thus, a desirable conveying speed is assured even though the conveyed electronic components P are micro-components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akifumi Wada, Takeshi Nishiguchi