RECEPTION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240345328A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18683295

    申请日:2021-08-27

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: G02B6/32 G02B6/42 H04B10/67

    摘要: A reception device that includes a ball lens that collects an optical signal propagating in a space, a light receiving element array that includes a plurality of light receiving elements that each receive the optical signal collected by the ball lens and outputs a signal derived from the optical signal received by each of the plurality of light receiving elements, and a reception circuit that decodes the signal output from the light receiving element array.

    PROJECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20240171711A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18282848

    申请日:2022-02-10

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: H04N9/31

    摘要: A projection device includes a light source that emits parallel light, a spatial light modulator including a modulation part that modulates a phase of the parallel light emitted from the light source, a control unit that tiles the modulation part with tiles of at least two resolutions in which a phase image related to an image displayed by projection light being set, sets the phase image to each of the plurality of tiles that are tiled, and causes the light source to radiate the parallel light toward the modulation part in which the phase image is set; and, and a projection optical system that projects light modulated by the spatial light modulator as the projection light.

    LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240171288A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18282897

    申请日:2022-02-10

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    摘要: A light-receiving device includes a condenser lens configured to condense a spatial optical signal, a variable lens in which a lens region is formed at an arbitrary position, the variable lens focusing an optical signal derived from the spatial optical signal condensed by the condenser lens in the lens region, a control unit configured to form the lens region at a desired position of the variable lens and control an emission direction of the optical signal emitted from the variable lens, and a light-receiving element that is disposed with a light-receiving part facing the variable lens and receives the optical signal focused by the variable lens.

    COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240073969A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18274315

    申请日:2022-03-14

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: H04W76/10 H04W16/28

    CPC分类号: H04W76/10 H04W16/28 H04W84/16

    摘要: A communication system (1) includes a plurality of communication apparatuses (10) and a control apparatus (20), the control apparatus (20) including a control unit (21) including: a related information acquisition unit (22) that acquires related information related to the communication apparatuses; a connection request acquisition unit (23) that acquires a connection request from a new terminal; a determination unit (24) that determines a communication apparatus which is to be connected to the new terminal; and an instruction unit (25) that instructs the determined communication apparatus to carry out scanning with respect to the new terminal.

    LIGHT RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240171286A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18282877

    申请日:2022-02-10

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: H04B10/61

    CPC分类号: H04B10/615 H04B10/616

    摘要: A light reception device includes a condenser lens that condenses a spatial light signal, a light reception unit including at least one light reception element of which a light reception part is disposed to face the condenser lens to receive an optical signal derived from the spatial light signal condensed by the condenser lens, and a reflection structure disposed in a dead region around the light reception part to reflect the optical signal condensed by the condenser lens toward the light reception part.

    COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240073704A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18274361

    申请日:2022-03-14

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: H04W16/28

    CPC分类号: H04W16/28

    摘要: A communication apparatus (20) according to an example aspect of the present invention includes: at least one communication means (21) that is configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving directional communication media; and a determination means (22) that determines at least one communication destination with which to communicate by the at least one communication means, in the case of determination of communication with a plurality of communication destinations, the determination means selecting the plurality of communication destinations so that an angle between the plurality of communication destinations as viewed from the communication apparatus is not less than a predetermined angle.

    TRANSMITTER, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240014899A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18218740

    申请日:2023-07-06

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: H04B10/112

    CPC分类号: H04B10/1123

    摘要: A transmitter that includes a light source that includes a plurality of emitters, a spatial light modulator that includes a modulation part in which a plurality of modulation regions associated with each of a plurality of the emitters is set, curved mirrors that have a curved reflecting surface having a curvature relevant to a projection angle of projection light transmitted as a spatial light signal and disposed in association with each of a plurality of the modulation regions in such a way that, on the reflecting surface, modulated light modulated in each of a plurality of the modulation regions set in the modulation part of the spatial light modulator is reflected, and a light shielding band that is disposed between the spatial light modulator and the curved mirrors and removes an unnecessary light component included in the modulated light modulated in each of a plurality of the modulation regions.

    LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220244444A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17622969

    申请日:2020-06-22

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00 H04B10/67 H04B10/112

    摘要: A light-receiving device includes: a light guide plate of a transparent member having a first surface and a second surface as principal surfaces opposed to each other and an emission surface formed on at least one end of the transparent member; a lens sheet having lenses and is disposed opposite to the first surface; a support member that supports the lens sheet such that a distance between the principal surface of the lens sheet and the second surface is equal to the focal distance of the lenses; a directional light-guide layer that is disposed on the second surface of the light guide plate and guides, toward the emission surface, the travel direction of an optical signal entering the light guide plate; and a receiver that receives the optical signal emitted from the emission surface of the light guide plate and converts the received optical signal into an electric signal.