Abstract: A glass body includes a first glass plate having a first surface and a second surface. At least one plate surface includes a radio wave transmission region through which radio waves having a wavelength having linearity are allowed to be transmitted. The radio wave transmission region includes a plurality of radio wave passage sections through which the radio waves are allowed to pass and which is spaced apart from each other, and a conductive film section in which a conductive film having a blocking property for the radio waves is formed between the radio wave passage sections adjacent to each other. The radio wave transmission region is configured with a radio wave diffusion structure in which some of the radio waves that have passed through the plurality of radio wave passage sections are diffracted and overlap each other in a space facing the conductive film section.

Abstract: A rear glass according to the present invention is a rear glass that is attachable to a resin lift-up back door in a rear of a vehicle, the rear glass including a glass plate, a defogger that is arranged in the vicinity of a center of the glass plate in an up-down direction, and an AM antenna that is arranged upward of the defogger on the glass plate, in which the AM antenna includes a power supply part and an antenna element that extends from the power supply part.

Abstract: A rear glass according to the present invention is a rear glass that is attachable to a resin lift-up back door in a rear of a vehicle, the rear glass including a glass plate, a defogger that is arranged in the vicinity of a center of the glass plate in an up-down direction, and an AM antenna that is arranged upward of the defogger on the glass plate, in which the AM antenna includes a power supply part and an antenna element that extends from the power supply part.

Abstract: A windshield according to the present invention is a windshield to which an information acquisition device that emits and/or receives light to acquire information from an outside of a vehicle can be attached, and that includes a glass sheet, and a mask layer that is formed on the glass sheet and blocks a visual field from the outside of the vehicle, and at least one opening is formed in the mask layer. The glass sheet and the mask layer have different heat shrinkage percentages and are molded together by being heated. The information acquisition device is configured to be capable of using the information while reducing an influence of distortion that occurs in a predetermined range from an inner peripheral edge of the opening toward a center of the opening due to the molding.

Abstract: A digital camera includes an optical assembly and image sensor for capturing still and/or video images and displaying the images on a screen. The camera includes three or more spaced apart microphones aligned with the optical assembly for capturing audio during image capture. At least two pairs of microphones are spaced apart along orthogonal directional axes for capturing left-right stereo sound in any camera orientation.

Abstract: When necessary process times in a reception apparatus for a determination on a change area, a determination on the color of the change area, and a decoding of bit data stream exceed a predetermined time from a frame acquiring timing, and a process delay would occur, an image generator acquires a frame. In addition, a decoder temporarily stores the frame in a memory, and thereafter at a predetermined timing performs the determination on the change area, the determination on the color of the change area, and the decoding of the bit data stream.

Abstract: A digital camera includes an optical assembly and image sensor for capturing still and/or video images and displaying the images on a screen. The camera includes three or more spaced apart microphones aligned with the optical assembly for capturing audio during image capture. At least two pairs of microphones are spaced apart along orthogonal directional axes for capturing left-right stereo sound in any camera orientation.

Abstract: A digital camera includes an optical assembly and image sensor for capturing still and/or video images and displaying the images on a screen. The camera includes three or more spaced apart microphones aligned with the optical assembly for capturing audio during image capture. At least two pairs of microphones are spaced apart along orthogonal directional axes for capturing left-right stereo sound in any camera orientation.

Abstract: A windshield according to the present invention is a windshield to which an information acquisition device that emits and/or receives light to acquire information from an outside of a vehicle can be attached, and that includes a glass sheet, and a mask layer that is formed on the glass sheet and blocks a visual field from the outside of the vehicle, and at least one opening is formed in the mask layer. The glass sheet and the mask layer have different heat shrinkage percentages and are molded together by being heated. The information acquisition device is configured to be capable of using the information while reducing an influence of distortion that occurs in a predetermined range from an inner peripheral edge of the opening toward a center of the opening due to the molding.

Abstract: When necessary process times in a reception apparatus for a determination on a change area, a determination on the color of the change area, and a decoding of bit data stream exceed a predetermined time from a frame acquiring timing, and a process delay would occur, an image generator acquires a frame. In addition, a decoder temporarily stores the frame in a memory, and thereafter at a predetermined timing performs the determination on the change area, the determination on the color of the change area, and the decoding of the bit data stream.

Abstract: A glass antenna is installed on a glass having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. A first antenna element extends linearly in a direction from the first edge to the second edge of the glass. A second antenna element extends in a direction opposite to the direction of the first antenna and is connected to a grounding point provided on the first edge of the glass. At least one third antenna element extends along the circumference of the glass and intersects one of a tip of the first antenna element and a base of the second antenna element.

Abstract: Provided is a glass antenna arranged in a space having a narrow opening area in a window glass of a vehicle. A glass antenna (30) is constituted by a linearly extending first antenna element (31), and a second antenna element (32) extending in the opposite direction of the first antenna element and connected to a grounding point (37) provided on an edge of a glass. Third antenna elements (34, 35) respectively intersect a tip (33a) of the first antenna element (31) and a base (33b) of the second antenna element (32), and respectively extend along an opening of a vehicle body (11).

Abstract: An integrated antenna (20) is provided with branching lines (41, 42), consisting of liner-formed conductors elongating in the left-right direction, on: a ninth line (29) that elongates from a first line (22) at a place near an electricity supplying unit (23), towards a fourth line (21); and on an eleventh line (33) that elongates from the first line (22) at a place other side of the electricity supplying unit (23), towards the fourth line (21), and in parallel with the ninth line (29). A media reception band, different from the reception band made by a loop composed by combining the first to twelfth lines (23-38), is assigned to these branching lines (41, 42).

Abstract: An on-board antenna device comprises: a radiation element (302) formed on an inner-surface of a widow glass (51) for a vehicle (50); a base plate (305) fixed on the inner-surface of the widow glass (51) so as to surround the radiation element (302); a circuit board (308) having a conductive layer in a surface (308a) thereof, which is opposed to the radiation element (302), and a component mounting surface electrically connected to the radiation element (302) in the other surface (308b) thereof; and a housing (312) assembled onto the base plate (305), and the circuit board (308) being contained therein; wherein the circuit board (308) has a cutout portion (308f) to incorporate a connector (324) for a transmission line connection.

Abstract: An antenna structure of a rectangular loop antenna that is provided on a window glass of a vehicle, includes: another loop portion that is provided inside a rectangular loop portion of the rectangular loop antenna and has a path partially shared with the rectangular loop portion; and a bypass unit that connects the path of the another loop portion and the path of the rectangular loop portion which is not shared with the path of the another loop portion.

Abstract: An on-board antenna device, comprises a radiation element (22) formed on an inner-surface of a window glass (51) for a vehicle (50), a base plate (405) having an opening, the base plate (405) being fixed on the inner-surface of the window glass (51) so as to surround the radiation element (22), and a housing (27) assembled onto the base plate (405), the housing (27) having an opening surrounding the radiation element, wherein the base plate has four leakage prevention walls (405b, 405c, 405d and 405e) and each of four leakage prevention walls (405b, 405c, 405d and 405e) has a surface substantially parallel to each of four sidewalls (430b, 430c, 430d and 430e) of the housing (27).

Abstract: A sheet of glass (rear glass) is provided with a radiation conductor. An electronic circuit unit includes a base plate soldered on the radiation conductor so as to be fixed on the sheet of glass; a frame body which houses a circuit substrate and is screwed on the base plate; and a cover for covering the frame body. The base plate has a narrow section that connects a soldering section and other sections of the base plate. The soldering section is provided with a protrusion that abuts on the radiation conductor such that a solder-accumulation space is formed around the protrusion. Furthermore, the base plate is provided with a plurality of height-adjustment portions disposed at different positions and distant from the soldering section. Each height-adjustment portion has substantially the same dimension as the protrusion.

Abstract: Rear glass is provided with a patch-like radiation conductor and a first ground conductor surrounding the patch-like radiation conductor. An electronic circuit unit includes a base plate fixed on the rear glass; a frame body which houses a circuit substrate and is fixed on the base plate; and a cover for covering the frame body. One surface of the circuit substrate defines a component-holding surface which is connected with a second end of a feeder cable connected with the radiation conductor and the first ground conductor. The other surface of the circuit substrate is provided with a second ground conductor to function as a radio-wave reflective surface. The radio-wave reflective surface faces the radiation conductor and the first ground conductor disposed on the rear glass such that the radio-wave reflective surface is separated from the radiation conductor and the first ground conductor by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A feeding structure of an antenna device formed on a window glass panel of a motor vehicle is provided. A first feeding element opposing to the hot antenna element of the planar antenna and second feeding element opposing to the ground antenna element are located in the module mounted on the window glass panel so as to cover the planar antenna.

Abstract: A structure for feeding a planar antenna formed on the surface of a window glass panel for a motor vehicle is provided. A dielectric substrate fixed in the module is mounted on the window glass panel so as to cover the planar antenna. A first capacitive feeding element opposed to the hot antenna element and a second capacitive feeding element opposed to the ground antenna are provided on the surface of the dielectric substrate at an antenna side. The planar antenna is fed through these antenna feeding elements. Air is present between the dielectric substrate and the planar antenna.