Communication apparatus, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022094775-A1
Application number	US-201917425003-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 31, 2019
Priority date	Jan 31, 2019
Publication date	Mar 24, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

[Object]To make it possible to feed back the presence of a wireless signal in a more preferred manner.[Solving Means]An information processing apparatus including a communication apparatus includes one or more communication sections, an estimation section, and an output control section is provided. The one or more communication sections each communicate with other communication apparatuses via a wireless communication channel. The estimation section estimates, on the basis of reception results of a wireless signal by at least some of the one or more communication sections, an incoming direction of the wireless signal. The output control section exercises control in such a manner that notification information according to an estimation result of the incoming direction is presented via an output section.

First claim

1 . A communication apparatus comprising:
one or more communication sections each configured to communicate with other communication apparatuses via a wireless communication channel; an estimation section configured to estimate, on a basis of reception results of a wireless signal by at least some of the one or more communication sections, an incoming direction of the wireless signal; and an output control section configured to exercise control in such a manner that notification information according to an estimation result of the incoming direction is presented via an output section.

2 . The communication apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the output control section exercises control in such a manner that information indicating the incoming direction is presented as the notification information.

3 . The communication apparatus of claim 2 , wherein
the output control section exercises control in such a manner that information indicating the incoming direction is presented in a manner superimposed on a real space.

4 . The communication apparatus of claim 1 comprising:
a plurality of the communication sections; and
a housing configured to support the plurality of communication sections in such a manner that the plurality of communication sections receive, respectively, the wireless signals arriving from relatively different directions, wherein
the estimation section estimates, on a basis of reception results of the wireless signal by at least some of the plurality of communication sections, the incoming direction of the wireless signal in question.

5 . The communication apparatus of claim 4 , wherein
the estimation section identifies, on a basis of the reception results of the wireless signal by at least some of the communication sections, the communication section of the at least some of the communication sections that has higher reception sensitivity, and the output control section exercises control in such a manner that information according to the identification result of the communication section having the higher reception sensitivity is presented as the notification information.

6 . The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein
the output control section exercises control in such a manner that a position where the identified communication section having the higher reception sensitivity is supported is presented as the notification information.

7 . The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein
the output control section exercises control in such a manner that information regarding guidance as to a method by which the housing is to be gripped according to the identification result of the communication section having the higher reception sensitivity is presented as the notification information.

8 . The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
the output control section exercises control in such a manner that the position by which the housing is to be gripped is presented as information regarding the guidance as to the method by which the housing in question is to be gripped.

9 . The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
the output control section exercises control in such a manner that information regarding the guidance as to the method by which the housing is to be gripped according to a posture of the housing in question is presented.

10 . The communication apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the communication section is configured in such a manner as to be able to control a directional beam pattern related to the reception of the wireless signal, and the estimation section estimates, on a basis of identification information associated with the directional beam used by the communication section for the reception of the wireless signal, the incoming direction of the wireless signal in question.

11 . The communication apparatus of claim 10 , wherein
the wireless signal is a downlink signal transmitted by a base station by selectively switching between a plurality of beam patterns.

12 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
an estimation section configured to estimate, on a basis of reception results of a wireless signal by at least some of one or more communication sections each of which communicates with other communication apparatuses via a wireless communication channel, an incoming direction of the wireless signal in question; and an output control section configured to exercise control in such a manner that notification information according to an estimation result of the incoming direction is presented via an output section.

13 . An information processing method comprising, by a computer:
estimating, on a basis of reception results of a wireless signal by at least some of one or more communication sections each of which communicates with other communication apparatuses via a wireless communication channel, an incoming direction of the wireless signal in question; and exercising control in such a manner that notification information according to an estimation result of the incoming direction is presented via an output section.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Yuichiro

Classifications

• G06F3/147

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