Communication apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11329364-B2
Application number	US-201716491573-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2017
Priority date	Mar 15, 2017
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a plurality of antenna parts configured to receive or transmit a wireless signal, a communication control part configured to control transmitting or receiving the wireless signal via at least any of the plurality of antenna parts, and a casing housing the communication control part, in which each of the plurality of antenna parts is held near each of a plurality of partial regions normal directions of which cross each other or the normal directions of which are mutually twisted in outer faces of the casing, and transmit or receive a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal propagating in directions substantially orthogonal to the partial regions and having mutually different polarization directions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a plurality of antenna parts configured to receive or transmit one or more wireless signals;
a communication control part configured to control transmitting or receiving the one or more wireless signals via at least one of the plurality of antenna parts; and
a casing housing the communication control part and the plurality of antenna parts,
wherein each of the plurality of antenna parts is held near each of a plurality of partial regions of outer faces of an inside of the casing, each of the plurality of partial regions having a respective one of a plurality of normal directions, the plurality of normal directions cross each other, and the plurality of antenna parts are configured to transmit or receive a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal propagating in directions substantially orthogonal to the partial regions and having mutually different polarization directions,
wherein a first antenna part of the plurality of antenna parts is disposed in a first region of the plurality of partial regions, the first antenna part comprises multiple first antenna elements, the multiple first antenna elements are disposed along a first line parallel to a first end face from among the outer faces of the casing,
wherein a second antenna part of the plurality of antenna parts is disposed in a second region of the plurality of partial regions, the second antenna part is coupled to the first antenna part and comprises multiple second antenna elements, the multiple second antenna elements are disposed along a second line parallel to a second end face from among the outer faces of the casing, and the first end face is orthogonal to the second end face,
wherein a first number of the multiple first antenna elements is four (4) or more and is equal to a second number of the multiple second antenna elements, and
wherein the first line along which the multiple first antenna elements are disposed is substantially parallel to the second line along which the multiple second antenna elements are disposed.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of antenna parts comprises a plurality of antenna elements configured to transmit or receive the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal with respective polarization directions which are orthogonal to each other.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first antenna part is configured to receive or transmit the first wireless signal; and
the second antenna part is configured to receive or transmit the second wireless signal.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication control part is configured to control receiving the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal arriving in the normal direction of a second partial region, the second partial region is different from a first partial region gripped by a user, with at least one of the plurality of antenna parts held near the second partial region in the outer faces of the casing.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one face of outer faces of the casing forms a rectangular shape, and
at least some of the plurality of antenna parts are held near the partial regions of at least some of end faces positioned around the at least one face.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the at least some of the plurality of antenna parts are held near the partial regions of at least some of the end faces positioned on an upper side in a case where the casing is gripped such that a longitudinal direction of the at least one face is a vertical direction.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the at least some of the plurality of antenna parts are held near the partial regions of at least some of the end faces positioned on the upper side in a case where the casing is gripped such that a vertical direction of the casing substantially matches with a vertical direction of a user facing the at least one face of the casing.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a subset of the plurality of antenna parts are held near the partial regions of at least some of faces extending in a longitudinal direction of the at least one face.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a subset of the plurality of antenna parts are held near the partial region of at least part of the at least one face.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein a display part in a rectangular shape is provided on the at least one face, and
the at least some of the plurality of antenna parts are held near the partial regions of at least some of faces extending along the ends in a longitudinal direction of the display part in the end faces.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least two antenna parts in the plurality of antenna parts are held near a plurality of the partial regions the normal directions of which cross each other or the normal directions of which are mutually twisted in the outer faces at least part of which is curved.

Assignees

• Sony Mobile Communications Inc

Inventors

• Suzuki Yuichiro
• Wang Shen
• Ozone Toru
• Sato Jin

Classifications

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H04B7/0413

  MIMO systems · CPC title

• H01Q21/24

  Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction {(circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001)} · CPC title

• H01Q21/08 Primary

  the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path {(waveguide fed H01Q21/0037)} · CPC title

• H01Q13/10

  Resonant slot antennas · CPC title