Abstract:
The present invention realizes electronic commerce by providing a portable terminal (501). The portable terminal comprises a receiver, a barcode former, a display (590) and a detector (725). The receiver receives data representing product information and service information. The barcode former forms barcode data, based on the data received, the barcode data including a plurality of display barcodes, information defining the display order of the barcodes and information representing an end of the display of the plurality of display barcodes. The display (590) displays the barcode data generated by the barcode former. The detector (725) detects light or a signal from a barcode reader (708). The detection result of the detector influences the switching of the display from the currently displayed barcode to the display barcode next in the display order. The barcode reader is provided at a shop terminal etc. to read one of the plurality of barcodes.
Abstract:
An NFC device according to the present invention includes the following units. An antenna unit (101) receives radio waves from a reader/writer (20) by NFC. A first power source unit (102) generates power from the radio waves. A second power source unit (104) is a drive power source. A power-supply state holding unit (107) holds information indicating a power-supply state of the second power source unit (104). An NFC unit (606) performs NFC via the antenna unit (101) to transmit the information indicating the power-supply state of the second power source unit (104). A power source switch unit (103) switches the second power source unit (104) to the first power source unit (102) according to the power-supply state of the second power source unit (104), in order to supply power to activate at least the NFC unit (606) and the power-supply state holding unit (107). Here, the power source switch unit (103) switches the second power source unit (104) to the first power source unit (102), when the information indicates that the second power source unit (104) is powered OFF.
Abstract:
A terminal apparatus (M101) includes a terminal unit (M201) and a near-field communication unit (M107). The terminal unit (M201) includes a main memory (M106) that stores operation history information of the terminal apparatus (M101) and a controller (M105). The near-field communication unit (M107) includes a communication control unit (M216) that performs near-field communication with the mobile apparatus (M102) and a near-field communication memory (M215). The controller (M105) stores, in the near-field communication memory (M215), at least a part of the operation history information stored in the main memory (M106) when a malfunction of the terminal unit (M201) is detected, and the communication control unit (M216) transmits the operation history information stored in the near-field communication memory (M215) by near-field communication to the mobile apparatus (M102), in accordance with a request from the mobile apparatus (M102).
Abstract:
The image pickup apparatus (1) of the present invention includes: a shaking motion detecting section (101a and 101b) for detecting a shaking motion of the image pickup apparatus (1) and for outputting a shaking motion detection signal indicating the shaking motion of the image pickup apparatus (1); an image forming section (2, 2a, and 2b) for forming an optical image by focusing light incident to the image pickup apparatus (1); an image pickup section (5) for converting the optical image formed by the image forming section (2, 2a, and 2b) into electric video information; and a locus calculating section (91) for obtaining locus information indicating a locus of the shaking motion of the image pickup apparatus (1) based on at least the shaking motion detection signal output from the shaking motion detecting section (101a and 101b).
Abstract:
At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal points of each signal point group. A difference in the transmission error rate between first and second data streams is developed by shifting the signal points to other positions in the space diagram expressed at least in the polar coordinate system. At the receiver side, the first and/or second data streams can be reconstructed from a received signal. In TV broadcast service, a TV signal is divided by a transmitter into, low and high, frequency band components which are designated as a first and a second data streams respectively. Upon receiving the TV signal, a receiver can reproduce only the low frequency band component or both the low and high frequency band components, depending on its capability. Furthermore, a communication system based on an OFDM system is utilized for data transmission of a plurality of subchannels, wherein the subchannels are differentiated by changing the length of a guard time slot or a carrier wave interval of a symbol transmission time slot, or changing the transmission electric power of the carrier.
Abstract:
Un aparato de transmisión de señales (1) para transmitir un primer flujo de datos y un segundo flujo de datos, incluyendo: - un modulador (4) operable para modular el primer flujo de datos según PSK de nivel m o QAM de nivel m, modular el segundo flujo de datos según PSK de nivel n o QAM de nivel n para producir señales moduladas, y siendo n un entero igual o mayor que m y - un transmisor (5) operable para transmitir las señales moduladas, donde dicho primer flujo de datos incluye información que representa el valor de n.