Abstract: An antenna of a radio apparatus, the directional pattern of which can be altered controllably. The antenna comprises at least one conductive element, additional from the viewpoint of the basic operation of the antenna, for shaping the directional pattern of the antenna. Such a conductive element (330, 340) is connected to signal ground at a ground point relatively near the feed point (F) of the antenna. The conductive element has a part (331) the length of which is about a quarter of the wavelength at an operating frequency of the antenna, pointing from the ground point (G) in a direction substantially opposite to the feeding direction of the radiating element (320). That part is used to equalize the directional pattern of the antenna in the receiving band. In addition, the conductive element has a second part (332) pointing from the ground point to the feeding direction of the radiating element to set a directional pattern notch at transmitting band frequencies in a desired direction.

Abstract: A receiver includes a circuit board and a dielectric antenna. The circuit board has a receiving circuit on a first surface, and a ground pattern on a second surface. The circuit board is disposed close to a rear window of a vehicle so that the ground pattern faces a roof panel. The dielectric antenna extends from an edge of the circuit board toward and along the rear window. As a result, the roof panel capacitively couples with the ground pattern, so that the roof panel becomes imaginary ground. The dielectric antenna functions as a monopole antenna with the imaginary ground. It is not influenced with a metallic material of the vehicle.

Abstract: An internal multiband antenna and a radio device intended particularly for small-sized radio devices. The antenna has a relatively wide surface radiator (330), which is electromagnetically connected to the antenna port of the radio device via a separate feed element (320). At least two useful resonances are generated with the aid of the feed element, and at least one inherent resonance of the radiator is also utilized. The radiator has a hole (350), by which one useful additional resonance is generated. An oscillation is excited in the hole by placing the feed element close to its edge and by suitably choosing the locations of the feed point (F) and the shorting point (S) of the feed element. The frequency of the hole resonance is finely tuned by varying the capacitance between the hole's edge and the ground plane at a suitable place (331). An operating band of the antenna can be widened by means of said additional resonance.

Abstract: An antenna for generating radiation includes a primary E-field generating circuit and a secondary E-field generating circuit. The primary E-field generating circuit generates a primary E-field in response to a source RF signal being applied to the antenna. The secondary E-field generating circuit generates a secondary E-Field, disposed apart from the primary E-field, in response to the source RF signal and develops an H-field that is in time phase with the primary E-field. This causes the antenna to develop a radiation resistance as an indication of radiation.

Abstract: Umbilics of two surfaces are compared and it is determined from this comparison whether the suspect surface is a copy of the original surface based on the comparison. Comparing umbilics includes determining whether locations of the umbilics of the suspect surface match within a specified margin umbilics of the original surface, and determining whether pattern types of umbilics of the suspect surface match pattern types of corresponding umbilics of the original surface. A “weak” test may be performed, in which corresponding points on the two surfaces are compared, wherein the comparison of umbilics is performed if corresponding points of the two surfaces are located within a specified margin of each other. The points may be gridpoints on wireframes, which in turn may be based on lines of curvature of the surfaces. Comparing umbilics is performed if it is determined that each surface has at least one umbilic.

Abstract: A display device having a liquid crystal display element (30) transmitting light projected from a light source to an watching point side, and including pixels (31) forming a first image region and a second image region, and an image separation filter (32) disposed from the pixels (31) through glasses (33, 34) each with a specified thickness and forming a first image separation mechanism and a second image separation mechanism, in which a calculation for obtaining the disposing interval (P1, P3) of each of the above-described image separation mechanisms of the image separation filter (32) is carried out on the basis of angles of elevation ?k+1, ?k, angles ?k+1, ?k, thicknesses W1, W2 and refractive index n of the glasses (33, 34), a distance D from the watching point to the display device, and an interval (P2) between the image regions of the above-described pixels (31) to dispose the image separation mechanisms of the above-described filter (32) with the obtained P1, P3.

Abstract: A surface mount antenna includes a loop-shaped radiation electrode arranged so as to be extended over a plurality of surfaces of a dielectric substrate. The front end side of the loop-shaped radiation electrode is branched to provide a plurality of branched radiation electrodes. One side end of the radiation electrode functions as a electric feeding portion connected to an external circuit. One of the branched radiation electrodes is an in-loop branched radiation electrode which is surrounded by a loop-shaped electrode portion including the radiation electrode portion extended from the feeding portion of the radiation electrode to a branching portion and the other branched radiation electrode connected to the radiation electrode portion, the in-loop branched radiation electrode being positioned at an interval from the loop-shaped electrode.

Abstract: A mobile communications device has a multifrequency band antenna with a low band portion (LB) tuned to a low frequency band, and a first high band portion (HB1) tuned to a first high frequency band at higher frequencies than the low frequency band. The low band portion (LB) and the first high band portion (HB1) have a common first grounding point (GP1), a common feeding point (FP) for feeding input signals to the antenna and for receiving signals from the antenna, and a first conductor portion (CP1), which forms part of the low band portion (LB) and of the first high band portion (HB1). The first conductor portion (CP1) is electrically connected to the first grounding point (GP1) and to the common feeding point (FP). A second high band portion (HB2) is coupled to the first conductor portion (CP1) and tuned to a second high frequency band at a higher frequency than the low frequency band and different from the first high frequency band.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printed circuit board omni directional antenna. The omni directional antenna includes power dissipation elements. The power dissipation elements reduces the impact the power feed to the radiating elements has on the omni directional antenna's radiation pattern.

Abstract: A slot fed microstrip patch antenna (300) includes a conducting ground plane (308), the conducting ground plane (308) including at least one slot (306). A dielectric material is disposed between the ground plane (308) and at least one feed line (317), wherein at least a portion of the dielectric layer (313) includes magnetic particles (324). The dielectric layer between the feed line (317) and the ground plane (308) provides regions having high relative permittivity (313) and low relative permittivity (312). At least a portion of the stub (318) is disposed on the high relative permittivity region (313).

Abstract: Facial animation values are generated using a sequence of facial image frames and synchronously captured audio data of a speaking actor. In the technique, a plurality of visual-facial-animation values are provided based on tracking of facial features in the sequence of facial image frames of the speaking actor, and a plurality of audio-facial-animation values are provided based on visemes detected using the synchronously captured audio voice data of the speaking actor. The plurality of visual facial animation values and the plurality of audio facial animation values are combined to generate output facial animation values for use in facial animation.

Abstract: Lightweight, small antennas are described that have decreased material and fabrication/processing cost. The antennas may be used in consumer electronics products such as cellular phones, laptops and PDA's. Some of the antennas and fabrication techniques also provide lower part count and increased reliability. All antennas are fabricated with standard materials currently available in high volume production.

Abstract: The present invention refers generally to a new family of antenna arrays that are able to operate simultaneously at two different frequency bands, while featuring dual-polarization at both bands. The design is suitable for applications where the two bands are centered at two frequencies f1 and f2 such that the ratio between the larger frequency (f2) to the smaller frequency (f1) is f2/f1<1.5. The dual-band dual-polarization feature is achieved mainly by means of the physical position of the antenna elements within the array. Also, some particular antenna elements are newly disclosed to enhance the antenna performance.

Abstract: An internal multiband antenna intended to be used in small-sized radio devices and a radio device having an antenna according to the invention. The radiating element (330) of the antenna is a conductive part in the cover of the radio device or a conductive surface attached to the cover. The radiating element is fed electro-magnetically by a feed element (320) connected to the antenna port. The feed element is designed (321, 322) such that it has, together with the radiating element and ground plane (310), resonating frequencies in the areas of at least two desired operating bands. In addition, the resonating frequency of the radiating element itself is arranged to fall into an operating band. Antenna matching is provided by feed element design and short-circuiting (315). The radiating element design can be based on the desired external appearance of the device, and the locations of the operating bands and antenna matching are provided through feed element design and short-circuiting.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a computer-readable medium for use with a virtual reality environment. The information processing apparatus includes a sensing-area setting means for setting an area used to sense information on objects, and a transmission-area setting means for setting an area used for transmitting information on an object. The transmission area may be set wider than the sensing area. Thus, according to the present invention, information on an object can be reported to another object located at a remote position with a higher degree of reliability.

Abstract: Microwave antennas with a dielectric substrate (1) and at least one resonant conductor track structure (31 to 39) are described, which are particularly suitable for mobile dual-band and multiband telecommunication devices such as mobile and cellular telephones, as well as for devices which communicate in accordance with the Bluetooth standard. In addition, attuning of the resonance frequencies of various operating modes to a concrete constructional situation is possible thanks to various line segments (34, 35) and tuning stub lines (41, 42) without the necessity of changing the fundamental antenna design. Finally, the antennas may be soldered together with other components onto a printed circuit board in a conventional surface mounting process.

Abstract: A method of producing a multi-resolution mesh is provided. A vertex array and a face array are constructed, wherein the vertex records and face records are ordered in the respective arrays by resolution. These arrays therefore comprise ordered vertices and faces to be added or removed for each incremental change in resolution. A vertex update record associated with each vertex contains face update records which specify what existing faces must be updated when adding or removing the vertex, and contains a new faces record indicating the number of faces from the face array to be added to or deleted from the mesh when adding or removing the vertex.

Abstract: Folded dipole antenna elements (2, 4) are disposed generally in parallel, being spaced by a distance smaller than a quarter of the wavelength employed. The antenna elements (2, 4) are connected to a combiner (16) via feeders (12, 14) having different lengths. The difference in length between the feeders (12, 14) is such that received signals resulting from a radio wave coming to the antenna elements (2, 4) from the front and received by the antenna elements (12, 14) are in phase with each other at the inputs (16a, 16b) of the combiner (16), whereas received signals resulting from a radio wave coming to the antenna elements (2, 4) from the back and received by the antenna elements (12, 14) are 180° out of phase with each other at the inputs (16a, 16b) of the combiner (16).

Abstract: An antenna apparatus detects a reflected light from a scattered light or from a reflector (40) mounted in an optical fiber (6,6a-6d), measures a strain generated in a primary reflecting mirror (1) and so on based on the scattered light or the reflected light, and calculates a reflector surface compensation data based on the strain of the primary reflecting mirror (1) and so on. An antenna driving section (11) is driven according to the reflector surface compensation data in order to compensate a direction of an antenna.

Abstract: A phased array antenna (100) having a frequency selective surface comprises a substrate (125) and an array of antenna elements (140) thereon. Each antenna element comprises a medial feed portion (42) and a pair of legs (49) extending outwardly therefrom. Adjacent legs of adjacent antenna elements include respective spaced apart end portions (51). The antenna further comprises at least one fluidic dielectric residing within at least one cavity (170) within the substrate and arranged between a plane where the array of dipole antenna elements reside and a ground plane (150), at least one composition processor (104) adapted for dynamically changing a composition of said fluidic dielectric, and a controller (102) for controlling the composition processor to selectively vary at least one of a permittivity and a permeability of the fluidic dielectric in at least one cavity in response to a control signal (105).