Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090161491 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO WAVE CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE - An antenna device includes an antenna for receiving a time information radio wave, and an antenna support member. In the antenna, a coil is wound around a center portion of a core. In the support member, a non-magnetic portion supports two magnetic portions independently and both end portions of the core of the antenna are magnetically coupled with the magnetic portions. A radio wave controlled timepiece includes a case in an inner space of which the antenna and the support member are installed as described above. In the inner space, a time counting unit, a time display unit connected to the time counting unit, and a time updating unit configured to update the time displayed on the display unit, based on the time information radio wave received by the antenna, are installed. | 06-25-2009 |
20100060540 | RADIO WAVE RECEIVER WITH AN ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A radio wave receiver comprising an antenna structure placed within a case. The antenna structure has a rod-like core around which a coil is wound. A pair of opposite external magnetic members are each provided in a respective one of a pair of cavities provided so as to extend along the inner periphery of the case from adjacent the respective ends of the rod-like core toward the end points of an inner diameter of the case parallel to the axis of the rod-like core. The pair of external magnetic members is substantially the same permeability as the core. Thus, the antenna core is magnetically coupled to the pair of external magnetic members. | 03-11-2010 |
20100311370 | RADIO WAVE RECEIVER - Disclosed is a radio wave receiver including an antenna to receive a radio wave, a tuning unit to switch a frequency characteristic of the antenna in a stepwise fashion, an oscillation unit to oscillate the antenna and a circuit section of the tuning unit, a receiving process unit to carry out a signal process by extracting a signal of a desired wave among received signals which are received from the antenna, a search control unit in which the oscillation unit is made to generate an oscillation signal at the circuit section and in which the oscillation signal searches a setting condition of the tuning unit which is extracted in the receiving process unit by switching a setting of the tuning unit and a search range deciding unit to selectively decide an adjustable range in which the switching of the setting of the tuning unit is carried out by the search control unit so as to be a specific adjustable range which is a portion of an entire adjustable range of the tuning unit corresponding to a frequency of the desired wave. | 12-09-2010 |
20100311371 | RADIO WAVE RECEIVER - A radio wave receiver having an antenna for receiving a radio wave; a tuning unit for switching a frequency characteristic of the antenna in a stepwise fashion; an oscillation unit for oscillating a circuit section including the antenna and the tuning unit; a receiving process unit for executing a signal process by extracting a signal of a desired wave among received signals received by the antenna; and a search control unit for causing the oscillation unit to generate an oscillation signal at the circuit section and for searching, by switching a setting of the tuning unit, a setting condition of the tuning unit at which condition the oscillation signal is extracted by the receiving process unit; wherein the search control unit changes the number of minimum switching steps to be taken at a time or set pattern according to an adjustable range of the tuning unit. | 12-09-2010 |
20110187609 | ELECTRIC DEVICE WITH AN ANTENNA DEVICE AND A SOLAR PANEL - An electronic apparatus includes an antenna device, a solar panel disposed on a front side of the antenna device and a circuit board disposed on a back side of the antenna device. The antenna device includes a plate-shaped dielectric, a plate-shaped radiation conductor disposed on a front side of the dielectric and a plate-shaped grounding conductor disposed on a back side of the dielectric. The dielectric has a through hole formed therein, and the solar panel has electrode pads on a back side thereof, electrode pads being exposed within the through hole in the dielectric. The circuit board has conductive patterns at positions thereon facing the electrode pads, and the conductive patterns are electrically connected to the electrode pads by electric connection members disposed within the through hole in the dielectric. | 08-04-2011 |
20120105288 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH ANTENNA DEVICE AND SOLAR PANEL - Disclosed is an electronic device including an antenna device which is constituted by a plate like radiator being provided on a top surface side of a plate like dielectric and a plate like grounding conductor being provided on a back surface side of the plate like dielectric, a solar panel which is arranged on a top surface side of the antenna device and a circuit board which is arranged on a back surface side of the antenna device and electrically connected with an electrode formed at an outer circumference of the solar panel, and the outer circumference of the solar panel, excluding the electrode, is formed so as not to exceed outside from an outer circumference of the radiator, and the electrode projects outside from the outer circumference of the radiator and an outer circumference of the dielectric and is electrically connected with the circuit board at outside of the dielectric. | 05-03-2012 |
20120282871 | RADIO WAVE RECEIVER - A radio wave receiver having an antenna for receiving a radio wave; a tuning unit for switching a frequency characteristic of the antenna in a stepwise fashion; an oscillation unit for oscillating a circuit section including the antenna and the tuning unit; a receiving process unit for executing a signal process by extracting a signal of a desired wave among received signals received by the antenna; and a search control unit for causing the oscillation unit to generate an oscillation signal at the circuit section and for searching, by switching a setting of the tuning unit, a setting condition of the tuning unit at which condition the oscillation signal is extracted by the receiving process unit; wherein the search control unit changes the number of minimum switching steps to be taken at a time or set pattern according to an adjustable range of the tuning unit. | 11-08-2012 |
20130038492 | PATCH ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO WAVE RECEIVER - A patch antenna device of the present invention includes a rectangular dielectric plate, a planar emission electrode, a grounding electrode and a power supply member. The planar emission electrode is provided with a slit at each position corresponding to each short side of the rectangular dielectric plate and both slits extend toward an opposing short side each other and arranged symmetrically. A power supply position of the power supply member is deviated from a center of the planar emission electrode so as to obtain circular polarization characteristics. | 02-14-2013 |
20140078007 | PATCH ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A patch antenna includes a dielectric body, radiation element, earth conductor and feed member. The dielectric body increases in cross-sectional area from a first end toward a second end thereof. The radiation element is disposed on a surface of the dielectric body, and each side of the radiation element has a length adjusted based on the frequency of a radio wave to be received and the effective permittivity of the dielectric body. The earth conductor is disposed on the bottom surface of the dielectric body. The feed member is electrically connected to the radiation element. | 03-20-2014 |
20140083187 | STATE FINDING APPARATUS FINDING STATE OF OBJECT BASED ON VALUE OF ANGULAR VELOCITY - A state finding apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a finding unit. The obtaining unit obtains a value of an angular velocity of a first object around a predetermined axis when the first object and a second object contact with each other. The finding unit finds a state of the second object based on the obtained value of the angular velocity. | 03-27-2014 |
20140085461 | IMAGE SPECIFICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE SPECIFICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SPECIFICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM TO SPECIFY IMAGE OF PREDETERMINED TIME FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - An image specification system includes a sender and a receiver. The sender includes a determination unit and a sending unit. The receiver includes a receiving unit, an obtainment unit and an image specification unit. The receiving unit receives first time information on a time at which a positional relationship between a first object provided with the sender and a second object is a predetermined state, sent from the sending unit when the determination unit determines that the positional relationship is the predetermined state. The obtainment unit obtains images successively captured by an image pickup unit and correlated with respective second time information on times at which the respective images are captured. The image specification unit specifies, from the images, an image correlated with second time information corresponding to the first time information. | 03-27-2014 |