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US 10,848,271 · App. 16/310,571 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Communication unit and communication system

Inventors: Tatsuki Amimoto (Tokyo, JP); Ryoji Ikegaya (Tokyo, JP); Kentaro Nakahara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H04L1/0056H04L1/00H04L1/0045
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Patent No.
US 10,848,271
App. No.
16/310,571
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication unit of the present disclosure includes a decoding section configured to decode transfer data transmitted from a communicated unit, by a first method using a first error detecting code, and a second method using at least an error correcting code, and a determination section that performs determination as to whether the transfer data are data in the first method including the first error detecting code or data in the second method including the error correcting code.

Claims (64)

1. A communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to

decode transfer data transmitted from a second communication device, by a first method using a first error detecting code and a second method using at least an error correcting code; and

determine whether the transfer data is data in the first method including the first error detecting code or in the second method including the error correcting code, wherein

the data in the first method further includes first synchronization data,

the data in the second method further includes second synchronization data different from the first synchronization data, and

the circuitry is configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the first method or is the data in the second method on a basis of a result of detecting which one of the first synchronization data and the second synchronization data is included in the transfer data.

2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to selectively output the transfer data decoded by one of the first method and the second method, on a basis of a determination that the transfer data is the data in the first method including the first error detecting code or is the data in the second method including the error correcting code.

3. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the second synchronization data is data in which a last bit has a value different with respect to the first synchronization data.

4. A communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to

decode transfer data transmitted from a second communication device, by a first method using a first error detecting code and a second method using at least an error correcting code; and

determine whether the transfer data is data in the first method including the first error detecting code or in the second method including the error correcting code, wherein

the data in the second method further includes a second error detecting code different from the first error detecting code,

the circuitry is configured to perform decoding by the second method, using the second error detecting code and the error correcting code, and

the circuitry is further configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the first method or is the data in the second method on a basis of a result of an error detection using the first error detecting code and the second error detecting code.

5. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the first method including the first error detecting code or is the data in the second method including the error correcting code when the transfer data is packet data of an association request.

6. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine that the transfer data is the data in the first method when no error is detected as a result of the error detection using the first error detecting code, and

the circuitry is configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the second method on a basis of a result of the error detection using the second error detecting code when the error is detected as the result of the error detection using the first error detecting code.

7. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein

the data in the first method further includes first synchronization data, and

the data in the second method further includes second synchronization data in which a last bit has a value different with respect to the first synchronization data.

8. The communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a human body electrode; and

a space electrode,

wherein the human body electrode and the space electrode are configured to perform communication with the second communication device through a human body, by means of an electric field method.

9. A communication system comprising:

a first communication device that transmits transfer data; and

a second communication device that receives the transfer data,

the second communication device including

circuitry configured to

decode the transfer data, by a first method using a first error detecting code and a second method using at least an error correcting code, and

determine whether the transfer data is data in the first method including the first error detecting code or data in the second method including the error correcting code, wherein

the data in the first method further includes first synchronization data,

the data in the second method further includes second synchronization data different from the first synchronization data, and

the circuitry is configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the first method or is the data in the second method on a basis of a result of detecting which one of the first synchronization data and the second synchronization data is included in the transfer data.

10. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein

the first communication device includes a first human body electrode and a first space electrode that are configured to perform communication with the second communication device through a human body, by means of an electric field method, and

the second communication device includes a second human body electrode and a second space electrode that are configured to perform communication with the first communication device through the human body, by means of the electric field method.

11. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to selectively output the transfer data decoded by one of the first method and the second method, on a basis of a determination that the transfer data is the data in the first method including the first error detecting code or is the data in the second method including the error correcting code.

12. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the second synchronization data is data in which a last bit has a value different with respect to the first synchronization data.

13. A communication system comprising:

a first communication device that transmits transfer data; and

a second communication device that receives the transfer data, the second communication device including circuitry configured to

decode the transfer data, by a first method using a first error detecting code and a second method using at least an error correcting code, and

determine whether the transfer data is data in the first method including the first error detecting code or data in the second method including the error correcting code, wherein

the data in the second method further includes a second error detecting code different from the first error detecting code,

the circuitry is configured to perform decoding by the second method, using the second error detecting code and the error correcting code, and

the circuitry is further configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the first method or is the data in the second method on a basis of a result of an error detection using the first error detecting code and the second error detecting code.

14. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the first method including the first error detecting code or is the data in the second method including the error correcting code when the transfer data is packet data of an association request.

15. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine that the transfer data is the data in the first method when no error is detected as a result of the error detection using the first error detecting code, and

the circuitry is configured to determine whether the transfer data is the data in the second method on a basis of a result of the error detection using the second error detecting code when the error is detected as the result of the error detection using the first error detecting code.

16. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein

the data in the first method further includes first synchronization data, and

the data in the second method further includes second synchronization data in which a last bit has a value different with respect to the first synchronization data.

17. The communication device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a human body electrode; and

a space electrode,

wherein the human body electrode and the space electrode are configured to perform communication with the second communication device through a human body, by means of an electric field method.

18. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein

the first communication device includes a first human body electrode and a first space electrode that are configured to perform communication with the second communication device through a human body, by means of an electric field method, and

the second communication device includes a second human body electrode and a second space electrode that are configured to perform communication with the first communication device through the human body, by means of the electric field method.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2018
From: AMIMOTO, TATSUKI; IKEGAYA, RYOJI; NAKAHARA, KENTARO
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047936/0892 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-151259 · Aug 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190181978A1 · Jun 13, 2019
Cited By (1)
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