Switch device and power supply control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9847199-B2
Application number	US-201514658543-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 27, 2006
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

The switch device includes a control switch that turns on/off an electrical connection between an apparatus and the power supply, a condition judging circuit that judges conditions of driving the control switch, an electric wave reception circuit that receives an electric wave, and a power supply circuit that generates power from the electric wave received by the electric wave reception circuit. An electric wave transmission device that transmits an electric wave for making the switch device operate is arranged in a space, whereby the electric wave can be received by the electric wave reception device in the specific space. The switch device controls the control switch to be turned off/on when the electric wave is received. Alternatively, when the electric wave is not received, the switch device turns on/off the control switch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display panel and a circuit board,
wherein the circuit board comprises:
a first circuit capable of receiving an electric wave;
a second circuit capable of generating a power from the electric wave received in the first circuit;
a third circuit capable of judging a signal from the second circuit;
a fourth circuit capable of switching a mode of the electronic apparatus in accordance with a signal from the third circuit.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor circuit operationally connected to the third circuit.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a battery capable of supplying power to the electronic apparatus.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth circuit is capable of turning off the electronic apparatus.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus is one of a camera, a game machine, a music reproducer, and an image reproducer.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising one of operation keys, an audio input portion, and an audio output portion.

7. An electronic apparatus configured to emit an electric wave comprising:
a display panel, an antenna, and a circuit board,
wherein the circuit board comprises:
a first circuit capable of receiving an electric wave;
a second circuit capable of generating a power from the electric wave received in the first circuit;
a third circuit capable of judging a signal from the second circuit;
a fourth circuit capable of switching a mode of the electronic apparatus in accordance with a signal from the third circuit.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a sensor circuit operationally connected to the third circuit.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the sensor circuit is an acceleration sensor.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a battery capable of supplying power to the electronic apparatus.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the fourth circuit is capable of turning off the electronic apparatus.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the fourth circuit is capable of setting the electronic apparatus to a silent mode.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising one of operation keys, an audio input portion, and an audio output portion.

14. A cellular phone comprising:
a display panel, an antenna, and a circuit board,
wherein the circuit board comprises:
a first circuit capable of receiving an electric wave;
a second circuit capable of generating a power from the electric wave received in the first circuit;
a third circuit capable of judging a signal from the second circuit;
a fourth circuit capable of switching a mode of the cellular phone in accordance with a signal from the third circuit.

15. The cellular phone according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a sensor circuit operationally connected to the third circuit.

16. The cellular phone according to claim 15 , wherein the sensor circuit is an acceleration sensor.

17. The cellular phone according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a battery capable of supplying power to the cellular phone.

18. The cellular phone according to claim 14 , wherein the fourth circuit is capable of turning off the cellular phone.

19. The cellular phone according to claim 14 , wherein the fourth circuit is capable of setting the cellular phone to a silent mode.

20. The cellular phone according to claim 14 , further comprising one of operation keys, an audio input portion, and an audio output portion.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Fukutome Takahiro

Classifications

• H04W52/0225

  using monitoring of external events, e.g. the presence of a signal · CPC title

• H02B1/24

  Circuit arrangements for boards or switchyards · CPC title

• H04B1/0003

  Software-defined radio [SDR] systems, i.e. systems wherein components typically implemented in hardware, e.g. filters or modulators/demodulators, are implented using software, e.g. by involving an AD or DA conversion stage such that at least part of the signal processing is performed in the digital domain (digital baseband systems H04L25/00; digital modulation/demodulation H04L27/00; CDMA H04B1/707; TDMA H04B7/2643; image transmission H04N5/00) · CPC title

• H02J50/20 Primary

  using microwaves or radio frequency waves · CPC title

• H04L12/10

  Current supply arrangements · CPC title