Abstract: The present invention provides a system for performing procedures to request repair, without troubling the driver, when a car breaks down, as well as various onboard peripheral apparatuses and cellular phone used for this system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide communication devices and methods with improved usability. In one embodiment, a communication device comprises a storage unit configured to store an input time, a transmission destination, and a first message; a clock function unit configured to reference a current time; an input unit configured to receive input from a user; a notification unit configured to provide notification to the user; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the first message stored in the storage unit to the transmission destination.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing terminal that is capable of receiving television and other broadcasts and providing increased user-friendliness. The information processing terminal, which is capable of communicating with another device, comprising a broadcast receiver which receives a broadcast signal that contains program identification information for specifying a program and/or program scene identification information for specifying a scene of the program and the video information of the program; a display which outputs the broadcast signal that is received by the broadcast receiver; and a storage which extracts the program identification information and/or program scene identification information from the broadcast signal received by the broadcast receiver and stores the extracted information while the display outputs the video information.

Abstract: A communication terminal for connecting or mounting an IC card or the like to examiner a ticket through a non-contact communication. The communication terminal includes a function for receiving information stored in the IC card or the like in the ticket examination process and controlling itself automatically. The communication terminal can automatically display the validity of a pass and/or the balance of a prepaid sum in a ticket. Also, the communication terminal can register a specific station so that an email in a pre-registered format is created or sent automatically in the ticket examination process at the registered station.

Abstract: The disclosed system performs procedures to request repair, without troubling the driver, when a car breaks down. This system comprises an onboard peripheral apparatus having a failure detector, an onboard main controller for managing car information, a cellular phone which can make wireless connection to the onboard main controller, and a response center for receiving requests for car repairs and maintenance and making arrangements therefore. When a failure is detected, repair request is transmitted to the response center through wireless communication together with the user ID of the driver. Based on this request, the response center acquires remedy information from a car manufacturer and makes arrangements for repair and provides this remedy information to a repair shop.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a mobile communication device that includes a plurality of antennas for receiving signals and is configured to reduce the deterioration of the antennas characteristics. In specific embodiments the mobile device is a folding type mobile communication terminal having the structure that permits easy opening or closing and enabling stabilization of the antenna characteristic. In one embodiment, a mobile communication device comprises a plurality of antennas configured to receive signals; a signal processing circuit configured to combine and process the signals received from the plurality of antennas; and a phase alignment circuit provided for each of the plurality of antennas and configured to subject a phase of a signal received by each of the plurality of antennas to an in-phase adjustment.

Abstract: A communication terminal having: an antenna duplexer in which a low-pass filter using a first frequency band as a pass band and a high-pass filter using a second frequency band as a pass band are connected to an antenna, a radio frequency switch for switching a signal of the first frequency band in accordance with transmission and reception timings of the TDMA is provided, and a radio frequency switch for switching a signal of the second frequency band in accordance with the transmission and reception timings of the TDMA and switching a connecting destination to the connection to the duplexer upon CDMA communication is provided; and a controller for controlling the switching operation of the radio frequency switches provided in the antenna duplexer in an interlocking relational manner with the switching of a communication mode of a modulator/demodulator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for performing procedures to request repair, without troubling the driver, when a car breaks down, as well as various onboard peripheral apparatuses and cellular phone used for this system.

Abstract: The present invention makes possible smooth acquisition of product information from a server over a network and display of the information. A product is provided with an RFID. When the user operates a cellular phone to read information from the RFID, the phone calls the RFID by transmitting RF waves to it. Upon receiving response data from the RFID, the cellular phone extracts a server access address and product ID from the data without awaiting the user's instructions to acquire information, and automatically accesses the product information server, based on the server access address. The information acquired from the product information server is displayed on the cellular phone screen. Thereby, the user can promptly have the information about the product.

Abstract: A mail server and mail terminals are connected through a radio communication network. The mail server makes viral infection decision of if e-mails are infected with computer virus without burdening the mail terminals having poor processing power. The mail terminals are constructed to serve as small-sized mail terminals. When an e-mail arrives at the mail server through the Internet, the mail server decides if the e-mail is infected with virus. The result of the viral infection decision is added as the whole or a part of inspection information within the header of the e-mail. The corresponding mail terminal can detect presence or absence of viral infection on the basis of the inspection information. When the e-mail is infected with virus, the mail terminal can inform a user of the contaminated e-mail by making tone of a buzzer or vibrator different from a normal e-mail.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for performing procedures to request repair, without troubling the driver, when a car breaks down, as well as various onboard peripheral apparatuses and cellular phone used for this system. This system comprises an onboard peripheral apparatus having a failure detector, an onboard main controller for managing car information, a cellular phone which can make wireless connection to the onboard main controller, and a response center for receiving requests for car repairs and maintenance and making arrangements therefor. When a failure is detected, repair request is transmitted to the response center through wireless communication together with the user ID of the driver. Based on this request, the response center acquires remedy information from a car manufacturer and makes arrangements for repair and provides this remedy information to a repair shop.

Abstract: A cellular telephone receives a first communication signal from a cell-site station and transmits a second communication signal to the cell-site station. The cellular telephone includes an antenna, a duplexer, a receiver, an encoder/decoder apparatus, an acoustic transducer, a transmitter and a controller. The receiver is connected to the antenna through the duplexer. The receiver converts the first communication signal into a voice signal code, and outputs a signal indicating an intensity of the first communication signal. The transmitter is connected to the encoder/decoder apparatus and to the antenna through the duplexer. The receiver converts the input voice code signal from the encoder/decoder apparatus into the second communication signal. The controller is connected to the receiver and the transmitter. The controller controls amplitude of the transmitter corresponding to said intensity of the first communication signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for performing procedures to request repair, without troubling the driver, when a car breaks down, as well as various onboard peripheral apparatuses and cellular phone used for this system.

Abstract: When a receiving end is a cellular phone, the cellular phone that displays the local time at the receiving end and a base station used in this cellular phone are realized. A time recognition unit that obtains the local time at the receiving end using the time information acquired from the cellular phone of the receiving end or the base station at which the cellular phone of the receiving end is registered in stand-by mode and a display unit that displays the local time are installed in the cellular phone. Further, when the time information or position information of the cellular phone registered in the base station in stand-by mode is requested from the calling end, a unit for sending the time information or position information at the location at which this base station exists to the cellular phone of a requesting source is installed in the base station.

Abstract: A cellular telephone receives a first communication signal from a cell-site station and transmits a second communication signal to the cell-site station. The cellular telephone includes an antenna, a duplexer, a receiver, an encoder/decoder apparatus, an acoustic transducer, a transmitter and a controller. The receiver is connected to the antenna through the duplexer. The receiver converts the first communication signal into a voice signal code, and outputs a signal indicating an intensity of the first communication signal. The transmitter is connected to the encoder/decoder apparatus and to the antenna through the duplexer. The receiver converts the input voice code signal from the encoder/decoder apparatus into the second communication signal. The controller is connected to the receiver and the transmitter. The controller controls amplitude of the transmitter corresponding to said intensity of the first communication signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for performing procedures to request repair, without troubling the driver, when a car breaks down, as well as various onboard peripheral apparatuses and cellular phone used for this system. This system comprises an onboard peripheral apparatus having a failure detector, an onboard main controller for managing car information, a cellular phone which can make wireless connection to the onboard main controller, and a response center for receiving requests for car repairs and maintenance and making arrangements therefor. When a failure is detected, repair request is transmitted to the response center through wireless communication together with the user ID of the driver. Based on this request, the response center acquires remedy information from a car manufacturer and makes arrangements for repair and provides this remedy information to a repair shop.

Abstract: A cellular telephone receives a first communication signal from a cell-site station and transmits a second communication signal to the cell-site station. The cellular telephone includes an antenna, a duplexer, a receiver, an encoder/decoder apparatus, an acoustic transducer, a transmitter and a controller. The receiver is connected to the antenna through the duplexer. The receiver converts the first communication signal into a voice signal code, and outputs a signal indicating an intensity of the first communication signal. The transmitter is connected to the encoder/decoder apparatus and to the antenna through the duplexer. The receiver converts the input voice code signal from the encoder/decoder apparatus into the second communication signal. The controller is connected to the receiver and the transmitter. The controller controls amplitude of the transmitter corresponding to said intensity of the first communication signal.

Abstract: A high-frequency apparatus usable as a branching filter, branching filter module and/or a radio communication apparatus. The high-frequency apparatus includes a conductor substrate, a first dielectric layer provided on the conductor substrate, a strip conductor provided on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer provided on the strip conductor and having through holes provided therein. At least one elastic surface-wave element is provided over the second dielectric layer in a position above the strip conductor and is connected to the strip conductor by the through holes.