Communication apparatus, communication method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12232045-B2
Application number	US-202017642493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2020
Priority date	Oct 28, 2019
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a program that enable improvement in performance of short-range wireless communication.The communication apparatus includes: a reception circuit that receives a signal transmitted by load-modulating in a card, which is a partner in short-range wireless communication, via an antenna; and a transmission power control unit that controls transmission power transmitted to the card on the basis of a reception signal modulation degree which is a modulation degree of the signal received by the reception circuit. Then, the transmission power control unit performs control so as to reduce the transmission power in a case where the reception signal modulation degree is less than or equal to a certain threshold value. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a communication apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a reception circuit that receives a signal transmitted by load-modulating in a communication device, which is a partner in short-range wireless communication, via an antenna, wherein the reception circuit measures a modulation degree of the signal; and
a transmission power control unit that controls transmission power to be transmitted to the communication device on a basis of a reception signal modulation degree, which is the modulation degree of the signal.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission power control unit performs control so as to reduce the transmission power in a case where the reception signal modulation degree is less than or equal to a threshold value.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission power control unit controls the transmission power by adjusting impedance of a transmission amplifier that outputs the transmission power.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission power control unit controls the transmission power by adjusting voltage of a transmission amplifier that outputs the transmission power.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein a search signal for searching the communication device is transmitted,
the reception signal modulation degree is measured in a case where a reply to the signal has been detected, and
the search signal is retransmitted depending on whether or not the reception signal modulation degree is less than or equal to the threshold value.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the transmission power control unit sets the transmission power to a maximum value when the search signal for a first time is transmitted.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the transmission power control unit performs control so as to reduce the transmission power in a case where a reply to the search signal for the first time has not been detected.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the transmission power control unit sets the transmission power to an intermediate value when the search signal for a first time is transmitted, and performs control to increase the transmission power in a case where a reply to the search signal for the first time has not been detected.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the transmission power control unit sets the transmission power to a reference value appropriate for the communication device of a predetermined type when the search signal for a first time is transmitted.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein after the search signal is transmitted, the transmission power control unit continuously reduces the transmission power gently so that a change in the transmission power is not detected by the communication device in a case where the reception signal modulation degree is less than or equal to the threshold value.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein after the search signal is transmitted, the transmission power control unit stops output of a carrier wave and restarts the output of the carrier wave with the reduced transmission power in a case where the reception signal modulation degree is less than or equal to the threshold value.

12. A communication method comprising:
by a communication apparatus, receiving a signal transmitted by load-modulating in a communication device, which is a partner in short-range wireless communication, via an antenna, wherein a modulation degree of the signal is measured; and
performing a transmission power control that controls transmission power to be transmitted to the communication device on a basis of a reception signal modulation degree, which is the modulation degree of the signal.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for executing communication processing, the program being executable by at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a signal transmitted by load-modulating in a communication device, which is a partner in short-range wireless communication, via an antenna, wherein a modulation degree of the signal is measured; and
performing a transmission power control that controls transmission power to be transmitted to the communication device on a basis of a reception signal modulation degree, which is the modulation degree of the signal.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein performing the transmission power control including performing control so as to reduce the transmission power in a case where the reception signal modulation degree is less than or equal to a threshold value.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein performing the transmission power control includes controlling the transmission power by adjusting impedance of a transmission amplifier that outputs the transmission power.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein performing the transmission power control includes controlling the transmission power by adjusting voltage of a transmission amplifier that outputs the transmission power.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 ,
wherein a search signal for searching the communication device is transmitted,
the reception signal modulation degree is measured in a case where a reply to the signal has been detected, and
the search signal is retransmitted depending on whether or not the reception signal modulation degree is less than or equal to the threshold value.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein performing the transmission power control includes setting the transmission power to a maximum value when the search signal for a first time is transmitted.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 , wherein performing the transmission power control includes performing control so as to reduce the transmission power in a case where a reply to the search signal for the first time has not been detected.

Assignees

• Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Fujita Hiroaki
• Nakano Hiroaki
• Omae Uichiro

Classifications

• H04B5/45

  Transponders · CPC title

• H04B5/26 Primary

  using coils · CPC title

• H04W52/367

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title

• H04W52/262

  taking into account adaptive modulation and coding [AMC] scheme · CPC title

• H04W52/52

  using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers · CPC title