IP Library Patent Application 13783731
Patent Application
App. No. 13/783,731

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

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App. No.
13/783,731
Abstract

A communication equipment includes a conductor element, a capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit, and a wireless communication circuit. The capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit processes a capacitance detection signal that the conductor element transmits or receives, and the wireless communication circuit processes a wireless signal that the conductor element transmits or receives.

Claims (40)

1 . A communication equipment comprising:

a conductor element;

a capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit configured to process a capacitance detection signal that the conductor element transmits or receives; and

a wireless communication circuit configured to process a wireless signal that the conductor element transmits or receives.

2 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first filter connected between the conductor element and the capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit.

3 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the first filter is a low-pass filter whose transmission coefficient S 21 is equal to or larger than a predetermined value in a frequency band lower than a predetermined frequency.

4 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 3 ,

wherein the first filter passes the capacitance detection signal therethrough.

5 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second filter connected between the conductor element and the wireless communication circuit.

6 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 5 ,

wherein the second filter is a high-pass filter whose transmission coefficient S 21 is equal to or larger than a predetermined value in a frequency band higher than a predetermined frequency.

7 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 5 ,

wherein the second filter passes the wireless signal.

8 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first filter connected between the conductor element and the capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit; and

a second filter connected between the conductor element and the wireless communication circuit.

9 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 8 ,

wherein the first filter is a low-pass filter whose transmission coefficient S 21 is equal to or larger than a predetermined value in a frequency band lower than a predetermined frequency, and

wherein the second filter is a high-pass filter whose transmission coefficient S 21 is equal to or larger than a predetermined value in a frequency band higher than a predetermined frequency.

10 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 9 ,

wherein the first filter passes the capacitance detection signal therethrough, and

wherein the second filter passes the wireless signal therethrough.

11 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first transmission line configured to connect a connection point between the capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit and the wireless communication circuit with the conductor element.

12 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 11 ,

wherein the first transmission line is one of a coaxial cable and a micro-strip line.

13 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a second transmission line to connect the wireless communication circuit with the second filter.

14 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein the second transmission line is a coaxial cable or a micro-strip line.

15 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit generates a detection signal when a human body is detected by the capacitance detection, and

wherein the equipment further comprises a controller configured to reduce a transmitting power of the wireless signal on the basis of the detection signal.

16 . The communication equipment as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit generates a detection signal by the capacitance detection, and

wherein the equipment further comprises a controller configured to reduce a transmitting power of the wireless signal when a human body is detected on the basis of the detection signal.

17 . An electronic equipment comprising a communication equipment,

wherein the communication equipment comprising:

a conductor element;

a capacitive proximity detection sensor circuit configured to process a capacitance detection signal that the conductor element transmits or receives; and

a wireless communication circuit configured to process a wireless signal that the conductor element transmits or receives.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2014
From: TANI, KAZUYA; ICHIMARU, TOSHIAKI; ITOU, AKIRA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032033/0964 →