IP Library Granted Patent US 8,422,596
Granted Patent B2
US 8,422,596 · App. 12/714,794 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Communication device, communication method, and program

Inventor: Hidekazu Tomizawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,422,596
App. No.
12/714,794
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device includes: demodulating means for demodulating a transmission signal from another communication device that performs noncontact communication; calculating means for performing at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation by the demodulating means; determining means for determining a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result of the calculating means at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and transmitting means for transmitting predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined by the determining means among plural communication systems that the device itself can support.

Claims (51)

1. A communication device comprising:

demodulating means for demodulating a transmission signal from another communication device that performs noncontact communication;

calculating means for performing at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation by the demodulating means;

determining means for determining a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result of the calculating means at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and

transmitting means for transmitting predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined by the determining means among plural communication systems that the device itself can support,

wherein the calculating means performs addition or subtraction of the predetermined voltage according to the logical value of the demodulated signal in a period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing, and

wherein the calculation result of the calculating means is a value obtained by converting a ratio of a length of a period of a predetermined logical value of the demodulated signal in the period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing into a voltage value.

2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the calculating means performs addition of the predetermined voltage according to a number of switchings of the logical value of the demodulated signal in a period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing.

3. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the threshold voltage is decided from the maximum value and the minimum value of the calculation result of the calculating means with respect to each of the plural communication systems at the predetermined timing.

4. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined timing is set to timing at which the maximum value and the minimum value of the calculation result of the calculating means with respect to each of the plural communication systems do not overlap.

5. The communication device according to claim 1 , comprising an IC card or a cellular phone.

6. A communication method using a communication device that performs noncontact communication with another communication device the method comprising the steps of:

performing at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation of a transmission signal from the other communication device;

determining a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and

transmitting predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined among plural communication systems that the device itself can support,

wherein addition or subtraction of the predetermined voltage according to the logical value of the demodulated signal is performed in a period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing, and

wherein the calculation result is a value obtained by converting a ratio of a length of a period of a predetermined logical value of the demodulated signal in the period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing into a voltage value.

7. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium for allowing a computer to execute a process comprising the steps of:

performing at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation of a transmission signal from another communication device that performs noncontact communication;

determining a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and

transmitting predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined among plural communication systems that the device itself can support,

wherein addition or subtraction of the predetermined voltage according to the logical value of the demodulated signal is performed in a period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing, and

wherein the calculation result is a value obtained by converting a ratio of a length of a period of a predetermined logical value of the demodulated signal in the period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing into a voltage value.

8. A communication device comprising:

demodulating units configured to demodulate a transmission signal from another communication device that performs noncontact communication;

calculating units configured to perform at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation by the demodulating units;

determining units configured to determine a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result of the calculating units at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and

transmitting units configured to transmit predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined by the determining units among plural communication systems that the device itself can support,

wherein the calculating units perform addition or subtraction of the predetermined voltage according to the logical value of the demodulated signal in a period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing, and

wherein the calculation result of the calculating units is a value obtained by converting a ratio of a length of a period of a predetermined logical value of the demodulated signal in the period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing into a voltage value.

9. A communication device comprising:

demodulating means for demodulating a transmission signal from another communication device that performs noncontact communication;

calculating means for performing at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation by the demodulating means;

determining means for determining a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result of the calculating means at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and

transmitting means for transmitting predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined by the determining means among plural communication systems that the device itself can support,

wherein the calculating means performs addition of the predetermined voltage according to a number of switchings of the logical value of the demodulated signal in a period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing.

10. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the calculation result of the calculating means is a value obtained by converting the number of switchings of the logical value in the period from the start of communication to the predetermined timing into a voltage value.

11. The communication device according to claim 10 , further comprising extracting means for extracting the switchings of the logical value,

wherein the calculating means performs addition of the predetermined voltage when the switchings of the logical value are extracted by the extracting means.

12. A communication device comprising:

demodulating means for demodulating a transmission signal from another communication device that performs noncontact communication;

calculating means for performing at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation by the demodulating means;

determining means for determining a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result of the calculating means at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and

transmitting means for transmitting predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined by the determining means among plural communication systems that the device itself can support,

wherein the threshold voltage is decided from the maximum value and the minimum value of the calculation result of the calculating means with respect to each of the plural communication systems at the predetermined timing.

13. A communication device comprising:

demodulating means for demodulating a transmission signal from another communication device that performs noncontact communication;

calculating means for performing at least one of addition and subtraction of a predetermined voltage according to a logical value of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulation by the demodulating means;

determining means for determining a communication system of the transmission signal transmitted by the other communication device by comparing a calculation result of the calculating means at predetermined timing after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of communication with a threshold voltage; and

transmitting means for transmitting predetermined data to the other communication device in the communication system determined by the determining means among plural communication systems that the device itself can support,

wherein the predetermined timing is set to timing at which the maximum value and the minimum value of the calculation result of the calculating means with respect to each of the plural communication systems do not overlap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2010
From: TOMIZAWA, HIDEKAZU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024043/0344 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2009-050201 · Mar 4, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100226461A1 · Sep 9, 2010