Abstract: A manipulation device has: a manipulation unit on which a movement manipulation is possible; a sensor that outputs a detection value according to the position of the manipulation unit; a conversion unit that converts a detection value acquired by an acquisition unit to information about the position of the manipulation unit, according to conversion information; an adjustment unit that can adjust the movement limit position of the manipulation unit; and a creation unit that acquires, from the sensor, a detection value at the time when the manipulation unit has reached each of a plurality of movement limit positions adjustable by the adjustment unit, and creates the conversion information according to a plurality of acquired detection values and to positional information indicating the actual positions of the plurality of movement limit positions.

Abstract: An operating apparatus includes an operating unit capable of a movement operation, a load application unit configured to apply a load to the movement operation of the operating unit based on predetermined load characteristics, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the load characteristics based on a moving speed of the operating unit after the operating unit reaches a predetermined position. The load characteristics include a first period in which the load is decreased after the operating unit reaches a predetermined position and a second period in which the load is increased after the first period. The adjustment unit adjusts the load characteristics of the first period based on the moving speed in the first period, wherein, when the moving speed in the first period is less than a predetermined speed, the adjustment unit adjusts the load characteristics of the first period so as to extend the first period.

Abstract: A positioning device for determining a position of a mobile communication device includes a processor that corrects a clock of at least one of a first wireless communication device or a second wireless communication device that is disposed at a first distance from the first wireless communication device, based on a difference between the first distance and a second distance between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. The second distance is determined based on a first phase of a first signal transmitted at a first frequency from the first wireless communication device and is received by the second wireless communication device, a second phase of a second signal that is transmitted at a second frequency from the first wireless communication device and is received by the second wireless communication device, and the first distance.

Abstract: A distance measurement apparatus executes transmitting and receiving a signal with another device; acquiring first and second phases when the other device receives signals of first and second frequencies from the distance measurement apparatus; measuring third and fourth phases when the signals of first and second frequencies are received from the other device; measuring a distance to the other device based on the acquired first and second phases, the first and second frequencies, and the measured third and fourth phases; and setting randomly a transmission order, and the first and second frequencies. The transmission order indicates an order of transmitting the signal of the first frequency by the other device, transmitting the signal of the first frequency by the distance measurement apparatus, transmitting the signal of the second frequency by the other device, and transmitting the signal of the second frequency by the distance measurement apparatus.

Abstract: A wireless device includes a transmitter; a receiver; and a control device configured to obtain a first difference of a predetermined physical quantity, in a unit time, of a predetermined-frequency signal transmitted by the transmitter to another device, and calculate a second difference of the predetermined physical quantity, in the unit time, of the predetermined-frequency signal received by the another device, based on a signal received by the receiver; and perform a determination process of comparing the first difference and the second difference to determine legitimacy of the signal received by the receiver.

Abstract: A communication method includes: transmitting, by a transmitter, advertising packets having different data lengths per transmitting channel; and identifying, by a receiver, a transmitting channel of an advertising packet based on data length information contained in header information in the advertising packet, and the receiver receives remaining data in the advertising packet when the identified transmitting channel and a receiving channel match, and not receive the remaining data in the advertising packet when the identified transmitting channel and the receiving channel do not match.

Abstract: In order to provide a receiver capable of accurately determining a phase difference of I/Q signals, a receiver includes a section detector configured to detect a section between a rising and a falling of a phase based on the rising and the falling of the phase represented by I/Q signals generated based on an advertisement packet transmitted from a transmitter, and a section setting unit configured to identify, within the section between the rising and the falling of the phase, a period in which a first variation amount of the phase is equal to or less than a first predetermined amount, and use the identified period as a section for detecting the phase of the I/Q signals. The section detector detects the rising when a first phase is smaller than a last phase among a plurality of phases acquired by sampling the phases.

Abstract: A remote communication system includes a portable device; and a fixed system. The fixed system includes main communication modules; and a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the portable device, based on an incident angle of a signal from the portable device, upon detecting the signal by antennas provided in the main communication modules. When there are two main communication modules for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle. When there is one main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle and a received radio wave intensity of the signal. When there is no main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the received radio wave intensity.

Abstract: A sensory control method includes a step of receiving, a step of converting, and a step of outputting. In the step of receiving, a sensitivity parameter is received. In the step of converting, the received sensitivity parameter is converted into, among a plurality of physical parameters included in physical properties relating to a sensory presentation, a physical parameter correlated with the sensitivity parameter. In the step of outputting, a sensory presentation signal based on the physical parameter obtained as a result of the conversion is output.

Abstract: A door handle includes a door handle case and an electrostatic sensor provided in the door handle case. The electrostatic sensor includes a detection electrode that is formed of a flat conductor plate, or that is formed on a surface of a flat substrate or within a flat substrate. The detection electrode includes a middle portion in a longitudinal direction of the detection electrode and includes peripheral portions proximal to both end portions of the detection electrode in the longitudinal direction. For a width of the detection electrode in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, each peripheral portion is wider than the middle portion, and the width of the detection electrode gradually increases toward each end portion in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In order to provide a receiver capable of accurately determining a phase difference of I/Q signals, a receiver includes a section detector configured to detect a section between a rising and a falling of a phase based on the rising and the falling of the phase represented by I/Q signals generated based on an advertisement packet transmitted from a transmitter, and a section setting unit configured to identify, within the section between the rising and the falling of the phase, a period in which a first variation amount of the phase is equal to or less than a first predetermined amount, and use the identified period as a section for detecting the phase of the I/Q signals. The section detector detects the rising when a first phase is smaller than a last phase among a plurality of phases acquired by sampling the phases.

Abstract: A door handle includes door handle case, a first detection electrode and a second detection electrode disposed in the door handle case, and a controller connected to the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode. The controller separately measures a first capacitance between the first detection electrode and an operation body and a second capacitance between the second detection electrode and the operation body, and the controller determines whether a locking operation is performed by the operation body based on one or both of the first capacitance and the second capacitance.

Abstract: A filter circuit includes a processor configured to compare a current input value with a last-time output value, add a first correction value to the current input value and to the last-time output value if a comparison result between the current input value and the last-time output value is greater than a predetermined value, and add a second correction value smaller than the first correction value to the current input value and to the last-time output value if the comparison result is smaller than or equal to the predetermined value, and calculate a current output value based on the current input value and the last-time output value to each of which the first correction value or the second correction value has been added.

Abstract: A communication method includes: transmitting, by a transmitter, advertising packets having different data lengths per transmitting channel; and identifying, by a receiver, a transmitting channel of an advertising packet based on data length information contained in header information in the advertising packet, and the receiver receives remaining data in the advertising packet when the identified transmitting channel and a receiving channel match, and not receive the remaining data in the advertising packet when the identified transmitting channel and the receiving channel do not match.

Abstract: A remote communication system includes a portable device; and a fixed system. The fixed system includes main communication modules; and a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the portable device, based on an incident angle of a signal from the portable device, upon detecting the signal by antennas provided in the main communication modules. When there are two main communication modules for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle. When there is one main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle and a received radio wave intensity of the signal. When there is no main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the received radio wave intensity.

Abstract: A physical quantity measuring apparatus has: a plurality of physical quantity sensors of the same type, each of which detects a physical quantity at intervals of a predetermined length of time; a computing unit that calculates an output value according to physical quantities detected by the plurality of physical quantity sensors at each detection time; and a deciding unit that makes a predetermined decision according to an output value calculated about the immediately preceding detection time and to physical quantities detected by the plurality of physical quantity sensors at the current detection time. The computing unit calculates an output value at each detection time according to a decision result of the deciding unit.

Abstract: A position estimating device includes a processor, and a memory storing program instructions that cause the processor to obtain a plurality of position data of a transmitter, the plurality of position data being output from respective positioning devices, calculate a density of the plurality of position data based on the plurality of obtained position data output from the respective positioning devices, the density of the plurality of position data being a value indicating how close positions indicated by the plurality of position data are, and estimate a position of the transmitter based on the plurality of position data output from the respective positioning devices and the calculated density.

Abstract: A tilt adjusting image including a captured image that is obtained by capturing a wearer wearing a spectacle-type electronic device, and a horizontal line image indicating a horizontal direction identified by a tilt identification part, is displayed. The wearer adjusts a position of the spectacle-type electronic device by a wearer's hand or the like while viewing the tilt adjusting image so that the spectacle-type electronic device becomes horizontal. When the wearer judges that the spectacle-type electronic device has become horizontal, the wearer operates an operation part and inputs a calibration instruction. When the calibration instruction is input, the calibration instruction is transmitted to the spectacle-type electronic device.

Abstract: The biological information measurement apparatus includes a first signal applying unit which applies a first applying signal to electrodes at the time of the measurement of biological information, a biological information measurement unit which measures biological information based on detection signals of the electrodes at the time of the measurement of biological information, a second signal applying unit which applies a second applying signal to the electrodes at a time of detection of an attached state, and an attached state detection unit which detects an attached state based on the detection signals at the time of the detection of an attached state. At least some of the electrodes at the time of the measurement of biological information is identical with at least some of the electrodes at the time of the detection of an attached state.

Abstract: A position estimating device includes a processor, and a memory storing program instructions that cause the processor to obtain a plurality of position data of a transmitter, the plurality of position data being output from respective positioning devices, calculate a density of the plurality of position data based on the plurality of obtained position data output from the respective positioning devices, the density of the plurality of position data being a value indicating how close positions indicated by the plurality of position data are, and estimate a position of the transmitter based on the plurality of position data output from the respective positioning devices and the calculated density.