Patents Assigned to Matsushita Electric
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Publication number: 20100227587Abstract: It is an object to provide a portable terminal apparatus capable of improving a usability while maintaining a security, and a use restricting method thereof. A portable terminal apparatus 1 carries out a radio authentication together with a radio communicating unit 3. The portable terminal apparatus 1 gives a predetermined alarm to a user, thereby improving a usability when a distance from the radio communicating unit is set to be an alarm distance D2 to be a shorter distance before the distance from the radio communicating unit is set to be an authentication enable distance D1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2006Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Akihiro Ohmoto
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Publication number: 20100228541Abstract: A subband coding apparatus carries out subband coding which prevents deterioration in coding performance and improves audio quality of decoded signals. The subband coding apparatus includes a low-band coding section (103) to code a low-band spectrum (S13). A low-band decoding section (106) decodes a low-band coded data (S14) and outputs a decoded low-band spectrum (S18) to a high-band coding section (107). A spectrum rearranging section (105) rearranges to make each frequency component of a high-band spectrum (S16) in reverse order on the frequency axis and outputs a modified high-band spectrum (S17) after rearranging to a high-band coding section (107). The high-band coding section (107) uses the decoded low-band spectrum (S18) output from the low-band decoding section (106) to code the modified high-band spectrum (S17) output from the spectrum rearranging section (105).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Oshikiri
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Publication number: 20100220666Abstract: A radio transmitting apparatus and a radio transmitting method wherein the increase of the guard time in a random access region is reduced to secure the data transmitting region of an upstream line. In this apparatus, when a received signal power estimated by a received signal power estimating part (205) is the higher, a RACH format selecting part (206) selects a RACH format having the longer frame length. Contrarily, when a received signal power estimated by the received signal power estimating part (205) is the lower, the RACH format selecting part (206) selects a RACH format having the shorter frame length. A RACH data part arranging part (207) appropriately selects, in accordance with the selected RACH format, top-priority information, such as terminal identifiers, priority information, such as connection request information or band assignment request information, and non-priority information and arranges RACH data parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Daichi Imamura, Atsushi Matsumoto, Takashi Iwai, Sadaki Futagi, Tomofumi Takata
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Publication number: 20100219181Abstract: An induction heating device includes a top plate arranged to have an object placed thereon, a heating coil provided under below the top plate for heating the object, a sensor provided under the top plate for detecting a temperature of the object, a judging unit for judging whether or not the object is positioned directly above the sensor, a controller operable to allow the heating coil to heat the object in response to the temperature detected by the sensor detecting, and a position indicator provided at the top plate for indicating a position of the sensor. The position indicator includes a detectable area of the sensor, and is larger than the detectable area. This induction heating device securely positions the object directly above the sensor and detects a temperature of the object accurately, hence heating the object accurately at a predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LtdInventors: Takaaki Kusaka, Katsuyuki Aihara, Toshihiro Keishima
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Publication number: 20100223635Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a slot-in type disk apparatus in which a moving position of a disk is precisely guided when the disk is inserted or discharged, thereby preventing the disk from coming into contact with an objective lens and further reducing the thickness of the disk apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Miyata, Shinichi Wada
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Publication number: 20100220987Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an imaging device that can be reduced in production cost in comparison with the conventional imaging device, and a portable terminal provided with the imaging device. The imaging device 10 comprises a lens 11 for focusing light from an object, a magnet 12 attached to the lens 11, lens moving means 13 for moving the lens 11 along an optical axis of the lens 11, a hall element 14 for detecting a magnetic flax generated by the magnet 12, a constant current circuit 15 for driving the hall element 14, an amplifier 16 for amplifying an output voltage of the hall element 14, a comparator 17 for comparing a reference voltage with the output voltage of the hall element 14, a PWM signal producing unit 18 for producing a pulse width modulation signal, a lens controller 19 for outputting a control signal to the lens moving means 13 to control the lens moving means 13, and a lens driver 20 for driving the lens moving means 13.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Kato, Norihiko Kikuchi, Takashi Kusakari
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Publication number: 20100223636Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a slot-in type disk apparatus which can be reduced in thickness without deteriorating strength of a lever and a rear base. In a slot-in type disk apparatus, a base body 10 and a lid 20 constitute a chassis sheath, a disk-insertion opening 11 into which a disk is directly inserted is formed in a front surface of the chassis sheath, a traverse base 30 is disposed on the side of a front surface of the base body 10, a rear base 13 is disposed on the side of a rear surface of the base body 10, a printed board 14 is provided between the rear base 13 and the base body 10, and a link arm 105 is disposed between the rear base 13 and the printed board 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Koji Miyata
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Publication number: 20100222023Abstract: Disclosed are a base station device and a call connection method for reducing a call connection delay. According to the device and the method; in ST301, a terminal acquires an identifier managed in a base station (100); in ST302, radio resource information required for a service desired by the terminal is decided; in ST303, by using the identifier acquired in ST301, the terminal transmits a request for establishing RRC connection to the base station (100). In ST304, according to the radio resource information received from the terminal, the base station (100) decides the radio resource to be set for the terminal before authentication by an upper layer node, and the base station (100) extracts information destined to the upper layer node. In ST305, the information destined to the upper layer node is transmitted to the upper layer node. In ST306, the setting contents of the radio resource decided in ST304 are transmitted to the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahisa Aoyama, Akito Fukui
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Publication number: 20100219057Abstract: The structure of an electronic apparatus (1) is simplified to facilitate its production, where the apparatus has a seesaw type operation button tiltable in multiple directions. The electronic apparatus (1) has the operation button (3), an operation panel (5) where a holding section (15) for holding the operation button (3) is provided, and switches (35a, 35b) pressed down by the operation button (3). The operation button (3) has operation sections (31a, 31b), pressing sections (33a, 33b) individually provided at the operation sections (31a, 31b), toward the switches (35a, 35b), and a flexible flat plate section (41) projected between the pressing sections (33a, 33b). The plate section (41) is held by the holding section (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LtdInventor: Tomoya Okuzumi
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Publication number: 20100223381Abstract: In operation of a conventional vertical integration system a primary user cannot provide services to a secondary user belonging to other service group. An identification managing server is proposed to carry out the retrieval of a master-slave relation information by using common identification information as a key and outputs an assurance including its result when the identification managing server receives an assurance request output from a first judgment server at a request of a second judgment server from a first electronic device used by a primary user. Further, the first judgment server outputs an assured service based on such assurance to the second judgment server in order for the primary user to have services from the other vertical integration system to which the secondary user belongs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Tojo, Kohtaro Fukui, Koji Tomita
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Publication number: 20100220770Abstract: A transmitter apparatus capable of reducing the distortions of vector modulated waves. This apparatus includes variable coefficient filters (110,112) in a stage preceding an amplitude signal voltage generating part (104) and also includes variable coefficient filters (111,113) in a stage preceding a phase modulated wave generating part (105). These variable coefficient filters (110-113) are used to perform a pulse shaping, thereby adjusting the delay between an amplitude component modulated signal (r(t)) and a phase component modulated signal (SC(t)) whereby a resolution, which is finer than the sampling period of a signal processing, can be used to adjust the delay time difference between the amplitude component modulated signal (r(t)) and the phase component modulated signal (SC(t)). As a result, the distortions of vector modulated waves (Srf(t)) can be reduced to a sufficiently small level.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuto Oka
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Publication number: 20100220818Abstract: A digital broadcast reception device mounted on a mobile body includes a position information detection unit for detecting the position of the digital broadcast reception device, a database holding unit for storing reception quality of the digital broadcast in advance, a switching point calculation unit for obtaining a hierarchy switching point, and output switching unit for performing a hierarchy switching. The digital broadcast reception device acquires the hierarchy switching frequency generated during movement in advance based on reception quality information previously stored in the database holding unit, and controls the hierarchy switching so as to reduce the switching frequency, thereby reducing disconnections of video and audio.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohsuke Yamamoto, Keiichi Toiyama
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Publication number: 20100222015Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a polar modulation transmitter that can perform adaptive distortion compensation processing without the need for a synchronization adjustment circuit for synchronizing an input baseband signal and an output signal of a power amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshito Shimizu, Tomoya Urushihara
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Publication number: 20100220462Abstract: The orientation of fluorescent lamps is detected in a manufacturing method for a direct backlight unit that alternates orientations of adjacent fluorescent lamps. In a preparation step of the manufacturing method for the backlight unit of the present invention, a plurality of fluorescent lamps are prepared. In each of the fluorescent lamps, a length (a1) from a first sealed portion of a glass bulb (26) to a non-phosphor layer (32) area is shorter than a length (a2) from a second sealed portion to a non-phosphor layer (32) area (a1<a2). In a detection step, the difference between the lengths is detected with use of a sensor. In an installation step, the fluorescent lamps are arranged with use of the detection results so that the first and second ends alternate on a same side of a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Akiko Nakanishi, Taizou Ono, Hirofumi Yamashita, Kazuhiro Kumada, Haruo Yamazaki, Shinji Kihara, Akio Kitada, Masanobu Murakami, Tomokazu Matsuura, Hiroshi Sakurai, Makoto Yokozeki, Shigeru Ido
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Patent number: 7786022Abstract: In the invention, a silica sol prepared by hydrolyzing and condensing a silane compound represented by the following formula: Si(OR1)4 or R2nSi(OR3)4-n wherein R1s, R2(s) and R3(s) may be the same or different when a plurality of them are contained in the molecule and each independently represents a linear or branched C1-4 alkyl group in the presence of a hydrophilic basic catalyst and a hydrophobic basic catalyst is used for a conventional porous-film forming composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignees: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Hamada, Fujio Yagihashi, Takeshi Asano, Hideo Nakagawa, Masaru Sasago
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Publication number: 20100213442Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device comprising an organic semiconductor element A and an organic semiconductor element B, wherein the organic semiconductor element A has a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on a surface of a substrate; a channel gap disconnecting the source electrode and the drain electrode; an organic semiconductor layer disposed on the source electrode, the drain electrode and the channel gap; an insulating film disposed on the organic semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on the insulating film; a bank defining the organic semiconductor layer; a and groove through the bank, a distance between the apex of the bank and the surface of a substrate is greater than a distance between the apex of the channel gap and the surface of the substrate, and the organic semiconductor element B has a source electrode or a drain electrode connected with the gate electrode of the organic semiconductor element A via the groove through the bank of the organic semiconductor element A.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidehiro Yoshida, Hisao Nagai, Yoshiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20100214890Abstract: The drive apparatus of the present invention includes a recording/reproduction section and a drive control section. The drive control section determines a physical address indicating a location at which data can be recorded next in the determined track of a write-once recording medium as a next writable address, based on the last recorded address in the track; compares the physical address corresponding to the logical address included in the recording instruction with the next writable address; when the physical address corresponding to the logical address is smaller than the next writable address, controls the recording/reproduction section to record the data at a specific location in the user data area other than the location indicated by the physical address corresponding to the logical address in the recording instruction; generates new disc management information; and controls the recording/reproduction section to record the new disc management information in the disc management information area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Tadashi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100215486Abstract: A multiblade air blower has a multiblade impeller, a casing, an orifice, an axially overlaid portion, and an airflow collision prevention device. The multiblade impeller includes a main plate and a blade. The blade has a blade end face, and is provided at the main plate to form a blade inner periphery. The casing houses the multiblade impeller. The orifice has an open end and an orifice inner periphery. The open end is positioned toward the main plate from the blade end face. The orifice inner periphery has an inner diameter larger than that of the blade inner periphery, and guides air to the multiblade impeller. The axially overlaid portion is a part where the orifice and the blades are overlaid. The airflow collision prevention device is provided at the blade and at an inner side of the orifice inner periphery. With this structure, backflow of air and airflow disturbance at high air volume can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Seiji Shirahama
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Publication number: 20100215119Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a plurality of antennas for receiving modulation signals of channels in the same frequency band, an received signal strength intensity estimation unit for estimating the reception received signal strength intensity of each reception signal, transmission path fluctuation estimation units for estimating a transmission path fluctuation of each channel of the reception signal, phase difference estimation units for calculating a phase difference of the transmission path fluctuation estimation signal of a predetermined channel of each antenna and outputting it as a phase difference signal, and a signal selection unit for selecting and outputting a reception quadrate baseband signal for isolating a signal of each channel from the reception signals and a transmission path fluctuation estimation signal of each channel. Thus, by isolating and demodulating a plurality of multiplexed modulated signals received, it is possible to improve the data transmission rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20100218205Abstract: A disk carrying device and an optical disk recording/reproducing device. The disk carrying device comprises a first idle gear rotatably supported on a lower chassis and a second idle gear rotatingly operated by coming into contact with or separating from the first idle gear. The second idle gear and a roller gear meshed with the second idle gear are rotatably supported on a feed plate, and the second idle gear is brought into contact with or separated from the first idle gear, from the underside, which is rotatably supported on the lower chassis. By this, when a disk is inserted, a downward force F1 acts on the second idle gear, and the pressing force of a feed roller on the disk (D) is decreased and, therefore, the rotating load of a disk carrying motor can be reduced when the carrying of the disk is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2005Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Yutaka Hino, Junya Takahashi, Hiroki Kobayashi, Tatuo Ito