IP Library Granted Patent US 12,431,978
Granted Patent B2
US 12,431,978 · App. 18/264,638 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Wireless system

Inventor: Masahiro Uno (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
H04B10/25752G06V20/50G06V40/20H04W16/28H04W28/06
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Patent No.
US 12,431,978
App. No.
18/264,638
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: one or a plurality of distributed units each including an antenna, a wireless circuit, and a camera, the wireless circuit transmitting and receiving a wireless signal via the antenna, the camera outputting an image signal; and a central unit that is line-coupled to each of the distributed units. The each of the distributed units transmits the wireless signal from the wireless circuit and image information based on the image signal outputted from the camera to the central unit using one line. The central unit includes a radio resource control circuit, a baseband circuit that performs signal processing on the wireless signal from the each of the distributed units on a basis of control performed by the radio resource control circuit, and a processing circuit that performs a process based on the image information from the each of the distributed units.

Claims (20)

1. A wireless system comprising:

one or a plurality of distributed units each including an antenna, a wireless circuit, and a camera, the wireless circuit transmitting and receiving a wireless signal via the antenna, the camera outputting an image signal; and

a central unit that is line-coupled to each of the distributed units, wherein

the each of the distributed units transmits the wireless signal from the wireless circuit and image information based on the image signal outputted from the camera to the central unit using one line, and

the central unit includes

a radio resource control circuit,

a baseband circuit that performs signal processing on the wireless signal from the each of the distributed units on a basis of control performed by the radio resource control circuit, and

a processing circuit that performs a process based on the image information from the each of the distributed units.

2. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource control circuit controls the wireless circuit of the each of the distributed units, on a basis of the image information transmitted from the each of the distributed units, in such a manner as to enhance a quality of wireless communication.

3. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna includes a beam steering antenna configured to change a directivity, and

the central unit further includes a directivity control circuit that controls the directivity of the beam steering antenna of the each of the distributed units on a basis of the image information transmitted from the each of the distributed units.

4. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein the each of the distributed units further includes a recognition circuit that performs a recognition process of an image on the image signal outputted from the camera, and outputs, as the image information, information indicating a result of the recognition process performed by the recognition circuit.

5. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless signal and the image information to be transmitted to the line each comprise a digital signal.

6. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein the line comprises an electric cable line.

7. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein the line comprises a fiber optic line.

8. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein the line comprises a wireless line.

9. The wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein the each of the distributed units further includes an interface circuit that superimposes the wireless signal and the image information on one line in a time-division manner, and outputs the wireless signal and the image information that are superimposed on each other.

10. The wireless system according to claim 9 , wherein the interface circuit is configured to change respective priorities of output timings of the wireless signal and the image information.

11. The wireless system according to claim 9 , wherein the interface circuit is configured to set a timing of outputting at least one of the wireless signal or the image signal to a predetermined time interval.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: UNO, MASAHIRO
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064521/0874 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-025442 · Feb 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240113785A1 · Apr 4, 2024
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