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Granted Patent B2
US 8,559,897 · App. 13/447,422 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Information processing apparatus and radio wave intensity control method

Inventors: Yasuhiko Isobe (Inagi, JP); Michihiro Konishi (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,559,897
App. No.
13/447,422
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus has radio communication function. A tilt detection unit detects a tilt of the information processing apparatus. An output changing unit changes an output of radio waves from an antenna for radio communication. Based on a detection result through the tilt detection unit, when a tilt θ of a predetermined external surface of a chassis of the information processing apparatus to a horizontal surface H is a predetermined angle or less, an output controller reduces an output of radio waves from the antenna to a predetermined value or less with respect to the output changing unit.

Claims (22)

1. An information processing apparatus having radio communication function, comprising:

a tilt detector configured to detect a tilt of the information processing apparatus;

an output changer configured to change an output of radio waves from an antenna for radio communication; and

an output controller configured to reduce an output of radio waves from the antenna to a predetermined value or less with respect to the output changer when it is determined based on a detection result obtained by the tilt detector that a tilt of a predetermined external surface of a chassis of the information processing apparatus to a horizontal surface is a predetermined angle or less.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when tilts of straight lines in all directions along the predetermined external surface to the horizontal surface are the predetermined angle or less, the output controller reduces an output of radio waves from the antenna to the predetermined value or less.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

a display device to display an image is mounted on one surface of the chassis; and

the predetermined external surface is a surface facing to the external surface on which the display device is mounted among external surfaces of the chassis.

4. A radio wave intensity control method executed by an information processing apparatus having radio communication function, the method comprising:

determining whether a tilt of a predetermined external surface of a chassis of the information processing apparatus to a horizontal surface is a predetermined angle or less; and

reducing to a predetermined value or less an output of radio waves from an antenna for radio communication included in the information processing apparatus when the tilt of the predetermined external surface to the horizontal surface is the predetermined angle or less.

5. The radio wave intensity control method according to claim 4 , wherein in controlling the output of radio waves from the antenna, when tilts of straight lines in all directions along the predetermined external surface to the horizontal surface are the predetermined angle or less, the output of radio waves from the antenna is reduced to the predetermined value or less.

6. The radio wave intensity control method according to claim 4 , wherein:

a display device to display an image is mounted on one surface of the chassis; and

the predetermined external surface is a surface facing to the external surface on which the display device is mounted among external surfaces of the chassis.

7. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program causing a computer having radio communication function to perform a procedure comprising:

determining whether a tilt of a predetermined external surface of a chassis of the computer to a horizontal surface is a predetermined angle or less; and

reducing to a predetermined value or less an output of radio waves from an antenna for radio communication included in the computer when the tilt of the predetermined external surface to the horizontal surface is the predetermined angle or less.

8. The computer-readable, non-transitory medium according to claim 7 , wherein in controlling the output of radio waves from the antenna, when tilts of straight lines in all directions along the predetermined external surface to the horizontal surface are the predetermined angle or less, the output of radio waves from the antenna is reduced to the predetermined value or less.

9. The computer-readable, non-transitory medium according to claim 7 , wherein:

a display device to display an image is mounted on one surface of the chassis; and

the predetermined external surface is a surface facing to the external surface on which the display device is mounted among external surfaces of the chassis.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2019
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048750/0983 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2012
From: ISOBE, YASUHIKO; KONISHI, MICHIHIRO
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028056/0259 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-100395 · Apr 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120276861A1 · Nov 1, 2012