Abstract: An input power source voltage detecting unit 1 detects the input AC power source voltage on an electronic device, and a country discriminating unit 2 discriminates the country with the electronic device present therein according to the detected voltage. An operation environment presetting unit 5 presets the electronic device to operation environments of the country discriminated by the country discriminating unit 2.

Abstract: Each wireless LAN base station comprises priority queue table, a header analyzing circuit determining a priority of data transmitted from a wireless terminal based on a header of the data and the priority queue table, priority queues for storing data, a control circuit for enqueueing the data transmitted from the wireless terminal to the priority queue and updating the priority queue table with priority information transmitted from the host apparatus, and a transmission control circuit for transmitting the data which have been stored in the priority queues and the priority queue table. A host apparatus comprises a queue information table containing the priority queue tables of the base stations, and a control circuit for determining a priority of data between wireless terminals on the basis of the queue information table and transmitting the priority information to the plurality of wireless LAN base stations via which the data route.

Abstract: The disclosed system, is arranged as an adapter for mounting a wireless LAN card 3 on a data terminal device 2, and it obtains a detection output based on the intensity of wave in a predetermined wireless LAN band. Based on this output, the system informs to a user as an output representing a content as to whether the pertinent wireless LAN can be utilized for light emission from an LED that the user is in a hot spot region.

Abstract: Voice is input to a voice input and output portion 11. Thereafter, a digital-analog portion converts analog signal of voice into digital data. An RTP port confirming portion confirms whether or not a communication according to the RTP can be made. When the communication according to the RTP cannot be made, with reference to a history table, a port through which a voice data communication can be made is determined. Digitized voice is sent to a call controlling portion. The call controlling portion performs a call control for the voice communication. When the communication according to the RTP can be made, the voice data is sent to an IP communication portion. The IP communication portion paketizes the voice data. Packetized voice data according to the IP is sent to a LAN interface portion. The LAN interface portion outputs the packetized voice data to a network.

Abstract: To provide a wireless LAN system, a sleep mode is set for reducing consumed power and, when an arrival of the own address side is present, wake-up is caused to reliably receive the arrival. Specifically, a plurality of hosts 20 such as PC interconnected with an access point 30 via a wireless LAN each include a wireless LAN device 21, the power supply thereof being turned on and off in synchronism to a beacon signal 32 sent out in a predetermined constant cycle from the access point 30 for checking whether any arrival of data addressed to the own host 20 is present. When any arrival 33 of data is present the host 20 starts an application for reception of the arrived data.

Abstract: A time-matching system includes a first terminal device and a communications relay device relaying communications between the first terminal device and a second terminal device on a wireless communications network. The first terminal device receives a GPS-data from a GPS satellite, executes a first correction procedure on a satellite time-data of the GPS data to generate a first time-data, and transmits the first time-data to the communications relay device. The communications relay device receives the first time-data, executes an intermediate correction procedure on the first time-data to generate an intermediate time-data, and transmits the intermediate time-data to the second terminal device. The first correction procedure is based on a time delay in communications between the GPS satellite and the first terminal device. The intermediate correction procedure is based on a time delay in communications between the first terminal device and the communications relay device.

Abstract: There is provided a telephone system, which can surely read a telephone number written on a sheet such as a name card and make a call to the telephone number. OCR reader 3, key input section 4 and calling control section 5 are connected to CPU 1. In telephone directory memory 7 connected to the CPU 1, telephone number data obtained based on written content data read by the OCR reader 3 can be saved as it is or in an edited state, telephone number data newly entered by the key input section 4 can be saved, and the saved data can be taken out at an optional point of time. Identification/determination section 8 connected to the CPU 1 carries out identification and determination to obtain telephone number data from the written content data read by the OCR reader 3 under predetermined conditions.

Abstract: The wireless LAN access point comprises a CPU, a PCI bus connected to the CPU, a power source section 18 connected to the PCI bus, a wireless LAN interface 16, and a wire LAN interface. Each of the communication interfaces comprises a power switch which can switch ON/OFF an electrification state with the power source section, and a power control device which controls an ON/OFF operation of the power switch based on a control signal from the CPU. The CPU detects unused one of the communication interfaces and supplies a control signal to switch an ON state of the power switch to an OFF state through the PCI bus to the power control device of the unused communication interface. A reduction in size of a power source section to miniaturize a wireless LAN access point, and power/energy saving are achieved.

Abstract: In a telephone system which includes a main device and a telephone set connected to the main device and which further includes a portable terminal having a display unit, the portable terminal further has an interface portion for interfacing the display unit with the main device to present, as an operation screen, an image of the telephone set on a web page displayed on the display unit and to enable to use a function of the telephone set on the portable terminal by an operation on the operation screen displayed on the display unit. Preferably, the interface portion has an IP (Internet Protocol) communication network for use in connecting the portable terminal to the main device. The portable terminal is, typically, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

Abstract: In the wireless LAN system including the child station and parent stations, when each parent station detects handover of the child station during QoS communication through a wireless communication section, a table control section acquires the table where MAC addresses of movement destination parent stations have been registered and the band reserving request signal transmitting section transmits the band reserving request frame to the parent stations through a LAN communication section via Ethernet. The table control section includes a registering means which registers the acquired table, a deleting means which deletes the table and a managing means which updates and manages the table.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telephone controller that controls plural telephone sets via LAN connected to the Internet and the telephone controller is composed of a receiver that receives a message sent by a telephone set for requesting an IP address, a control circuit that generates the ID and the extension of the telephone set in case the message for requesting the IP address is received, an IP address allocation circuit that allocates the IP address of the telephone set, a memory that stores the ID, the extension and the IP address and a notifying unit that notifies the telephone set of the ID, the extension and the IP address.

Abstract: To prevent wires from contacting an upper device when that upper device is stacked on a device that is bonded to electrodes of a board by wire bonding, a stacked semiconductor device includes a first device bonded to a package board, wires connecting electrodes of the first device to electrodes of the package board, and a second device stacked on the first device through an adhesive member. The adhesive member has a double-layered structure composed of a first die attach film and a second die attach film softer than the first die attach film. The first die attach film prevents the wires from penetrating.

Abstract: A wireless LAN technology for reducing interference between (or among) wireless LAN access points is provided. A wireless LAN access point is provided with a directional antenna, an interference detector detecting interference effected by another wireless LAN access point on the directional antenna, and a direction adjusting mechanism adjusting a maximum gain direction of the directional antenna in response to the detected interference.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal comprising antennas 4, 5 for receiving signals based on first and second wireless LAN standards, RF circuits 10, 13 for receiving the signals from the antennas 4, 5, a switch 16 for switching the standards of the signals received by the RF circuits to each other, reception level judging portions 12, 15 for judging the reception level of the signals in the RF circuits 10, 13 in the priority order from the highest standard to the lowest standard, and a controller 17 for judging on the basis of the judgment result of the reception level by the reception level judging portions whether it is possible to carry out the communications based on the first or second standard and control the switching operation of the switch so that the communications based on the standard having a higher priority can be carried out.

Abstract: A method of automatically correcting mask pattern data includes steps (a) to (d). Here, in this method, the mask pattern data are for producing photo masks used in manufacturing processes of a semiconductor integrated circuit where cells including dummy cells are placed on a semiconductor chip. The step (a) is a process of merging tentatively an assistant mask layer into one of main mask layers. Each of the main mask layers corresponds to one of the photo masks. The assistant mask layer includes first regions, each of which corresponds to one of the dummy cells. The step (b) is a process of checking whether or not the one of main mask layers and the merged assistant mask layer agree with a design rule. The step (c) is a process of replacing the one of main mask layers with another of the main mask layers, into which the assistant mask layer is merged, when a violation against the design rule is found in the step (b).

Abstract: In a wireless LAN communication system, a communication mode is automatically switched between an infrastructure mode and an ad-hoc mode. Communication between two stations is started in the infrastructure mode. Packets transmitted in an infrastructure network are monitors to detect a packet transmitted to an access point and addressed, as a final destination, to one's own station or a destination station. If such a packet is detected, it is determined that a transmitting or source station is in a state that allows an ad-hoc communication. A channel searcher of the access point searches for available channels of an ad-hoc network. A switching controller selects one of the available channels and transmits information indicating the selected channel to the source and destination stations. In response to receiving the information indicating the selected channel, the source and destination stations starts direct communication using the selected channel of the ad-hoc network.

Abstract: An electronic (or computer) apparatus (10) includes a wireless LAN connecting unit (11) for carrying out Internet connection via a wireless LAN (13) and an enabling arrangement (12) for enabling the wireless LAN connecting unit to carry out Internet connection at either of providing spots (hot spots) (HP#1 and HP#2) which are spaces located at positions different from each other and providing wireless Internet connection services hosted by ISPs different from each other. The enabling arrangement includes a current position acquiring unit (17) for acquiring current position data representative of a current position of the computer apparatus. A current-location providing spot is identified from the current position data and the wireless LAN connecting unit is automatically adapted to an ISP different at each providing spot without the need of manually changing ISP agreement data.

Abstract: An information terminal according to the present invention is provided where a telephone number is directly extracted from a window displayed, and call dialing is performed based upon the extracted telephone number. In the information terminal, a control OS execution circuit 7 extracts character information 111 including a numeral from a window such as a word processor window displayed the display 6 while a word processor OS is functioning, by designating its contained region with the display inversion, or with a frame enclosing the region. It then extracts no more than a numeral from the character information, and displays it in a telephone call dialing window (a first window), with the help of the telephone OS execution circuit 8. It then call-dials, based upon the displayed numeral, to a telephone line L.

Abstract: This invention enables freely changing over a handsfree call and a handset call using an information terminal.

Abstract: An electricity controller is provided which comprises a first power control means for controlling output power from power generator 4 to a first level during a first period of start-up time for feeding, a second power control means for controlling output power from power generator 4 to a second level lower than first level during a second period after the first period, and a third power control means for controlling output power from power generator 4 to a third level greater than the second level and lower than the first level during a third period after the second period. A discharge tube 2 is heated during the first period for supplying a large amount of electric power to discharge tube 2 to elevate the tube temperature and thereby uniformly disperse mercury vapor in discharge tube 2.