Abstract: A cassette connectable to a printer includes a housing configured to house a recording sheet, a connector that is connected to a feed port of the printer for supplying the recording sheet to the printer, and a sensor group including sensor modules that measure a state in a space surrounded by the housing.

Abstract: An antenna includes a dielectric substrate, an antenna element formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, a ground element formed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, and a metal conductor plate disposed over, and at a spaced distance from, the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the metal conductor plate being larger than the ground element.

Abstract: An antenna includes a dielectric substrate, an antenna element formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, a ground element formed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, and a metal conductor plate disposed over, and at a spaced distance from, the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the metal conductor plate being larger than the ground element.

Abstract: A terminal device includes an operation part, a touching part, a communication module, and a retrieval module. The retrieval module is configured to retrieve an object displayed on a first apparatus equipped with a touch panel from the first apparatus, in response to the operation part being operated while the object is selected by the touching part.

Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.

Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a first board on which an electronic device is mounted, a second board on which at least wiring is formed, and a radio-wave absorber disposed between the first board and the second board. Multiple slits are formed in the radio-wave absorber.

Abstract: A cassette connectable to a printer includes a housing configured to house a recording sheet, a connector that is connected to a feed port of the printer for supplying the recording sheet to the printer, and a sensor group including sensor modules that measure a state in a space surrounded by the housing.

Abstract: A terminal device includes an operation part, a touching part, a communication module, and a retrieval module. The retrieval module is configured to retrieve an object displayed on a first apparatus equipped with a touch panel from the first apparatus, in response to the operation part being operated while the object is selected by the touching part.

Abstract: An antenna includes a dielectric substrate, an antenna element formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, a ground element formed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, and a metal conductor plate disposed over, and at a spaced distance from, the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the metal conductor plate being larger than the ground element.

Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a first board on which an electronic device is mounted, a second board on which at least wiring is formed, and a radio-wave absorber disposed between the first board and the second board. Multiple slits are formed in the radio-wave absorber.

Abstract: A wireless communication device that communicates with a plurality of slave units, including: a transmitter that transmits a data transmission instruction including a first identification information of a single slave unit among the plurality of slave units; a receiver that receives data corresponding to the data transmission instruction from the single slave unit; wherein the transmitter transmits to the plurality of slave units acknowledgment data which has incorporated second identification information into an acknowledgment to the data received from the single slave unit, the second identification information indicating another slave unit which transmits data corresponding to a next data transmission instruction to the wireless communication device.

Abstract: A communication device communicatable with an information processing device, including: a communicator that communicates with the information processing device; a detector that detects the movement of the communication device; an acquirer that acquires position information of the communication device by using one of different communication methods; and a selector that selects a communication method in which the acquirer acquires the position information, based on a selection signal transmitted from the information processing device; wherein when the detector detects the movement of the communication device, the communicator communicates with the information processing device, and the acquirer acquires the position information of the communication device by using the communication method selected by the selector.

Abstract: An optical module includes a board, a light emitter disposed on the board, a light receiver disposed on the board, and at least one radio-wave absorber disposed between the light emitter and the light receiver.

Abstract: A wireless module includes a substrate, an antenna provided on a surface of the substrate, and a circuit, provided on the substrate, and configured to transmit and receive signals through the antenna. The antenna includes a terminal provided on a tip end part thereof.

Abstract: A communication device communicatable with an information processing device, including: a communicator that communicates with the information processing device; a detector that detects the movement of the communication device; an acquirer that acquires position information of the communication device by using one of different communication methods; and a selector that selects a communication method in which the acquirer acquires the position information, based on a selection signal transmitted from the information processing device; wherein when the detector detects the movement of the communication device, the communicator communicates with the information processing device, and the acquirer acquires the position information of the communication device by using the communication method selected by the selector.

Abstract: A disclosed antenna device includes a substrate made of a dielectric material, an antenna element formed on one side of the substrate, and a ground element formed on another side of the substrate.

Abstract: A wireless communication device that communicates with a plurality of slave units, including: a transmitter that transmits a data transmission instruction including a first identification information of a single slave unit among the plurality of slave units; a receiver that receives data corresponding to the data transmission instruction from the single slave unit; wherein the transmitter transmits to the plurality of slave units acknowledgment data which has incorporated second identification information into an acknowledgment to the data received from the single slave unit, the second identification information indicating another slave unit which transmits data corresponding to a next data transmission instruction to the wireless communication device.

Abstract: A communication system in which a communication apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, upon receiving a search signal from a new communication apparatus, a first time length by multiplying a first weighting time length by a relay count in a communication route to a destination, a second time length by multiplying a second weighting time length shorter than the first weighting time length by the signal strength of each communication link in the communication route, and a third time length by adding the first and second time lengths, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a response signal upon passage of the third time length from the receipt of the search signal, wherein upon receiving the response signal from one of the communication apparatuses ahead of any other response signals, the new communication apparatus sets the one of the communication apparatuses as the most adjacent relay point.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a first apparatus that is able to wirelessly communicate with the communication apparatus; a first selection unit that determines a route for communication between the communication apparatus and a communication destination, the route may include an intervening apparatus that relays communication between the communication apparatus and the communication destination, and selects, if plural routes are determined, a first route where a number of the intervening apparatuses is smallest from among the determined routes; and a second selection unit that, when two or more first routes are selected by the first selection unit, calculates, for each of the first routes, a sum of squares of each of first signal strength between two apparatuses in the determined first route as a second signal strength, and selects the route having the highest second signal strength from the determined first routes.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes an antenna element connected to a power feed point, a parasitic element disposed to overlap the antenna element as viewed from above and configured to be coupled to the antenna element, and a switch connected to the parasitic element and configured to switch connections to connect the parasitic element either to a given potential point or to a test-purpose terminal.