Wireless transmission system, wireless communication device, and wireless communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9281860-B2
Application number	US-201414453325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2014
Priority date	Aug 31, 2009
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

A wireless transmission system includes: a communication unit for transmission; and a communication unit for reception. The communication units for transmission and reception are housed in a housing of the same electronic apparatus, or the communication unit for transmission is housed in a housing of first electronic apparatus and the communication unit for reception is housed in a housing of second electronic apparatus and a wireless signal transmission path enabling wireless information transmission between the communication units is formed between the communication units when the first and the second electronic apparatus are disposed at given positions to be integrated with each other. The communication unit for transmission includes a first carrier signal generating unit and a first frequency converter, and the communication unit for reception includes a second carrier signal generating unit, and a second frequency converter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless transmission system comprising:
a first communication device configured to generate a carrier wave and to modulate information onto said carrier wave, a modulated carrier wave being said carrier wave modulated with said information;
a second communication device configured to receive said modulated carrier wave from said first communication device and to extract said information from said modulated carrier wave, said first communication device and said second communication device being within a housing of an electronic apparatus;
a transmission path configured to wirelessly transfer said modulated carrier wave from said first communication device to said second communication device, said transmission path being within said housing of the electronic apparatus,
wherein said transmission path is a dielectric material, said dielectric material is a polymer.

2. A wireless transmission system comprising:
a transmission path configured to wirelessly transfer a modulated carrier wave from a first communication device to a second communication device, the transmission path is a polymer.

3. The wireless transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein the polymer touches the first communication device and the second communication device.

4. The wireless transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein the first communication is within a housing of an electronic apparatus.

5. The wireless transmission system according to claim 4 , wherein the second communication is within another housing.

6. The wireless transmission system according to claim 4 , wherein the second communication is within the housing.

7. The wireless transmission system according to claim 4 , wherein the transmission path is within the housing.

8. The wireless transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein the transmission path is between a first antenna and a second antenna, the second antenna being configured to receive the modulated carrier wave from the first antenna.

9. The wireless transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein a space is between the first antenna and the second antenna.

10. The wireless transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein the first antenna is configured to radiate the modulated carrier wave from the first communication device to the second antenna.

11. The wireless transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein the second communication device is configured to receive the modulated carrier wave from the first antenna.

12. The wireless transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein the modulated carrier wave is a millimeter wave.

13. The wireless transmission system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a solid-state imaging device mounted onto an imaging board, the second communication device is mounted onto the imaging board.

14. The wireless transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein the first communication device is configured to generate a carrier wave and to modulate information onto the carrier wave.

15. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the second communication device is configured to receive the modulated carrier wave from the first communication device and to extract the information from the modulated carrier wave.

16. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the first communication device is configured to use amplitude modulation to modulate the information onto the carrier wave.

17. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the first communication device is configured to use vector modulation to modulate the information onto said carrier wave.

18. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the first communication device is configured to use amplitude shift keying to modulate the information onto the carrier wave.

19. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the first communication device is configured to use frequency shift keying to modulate the information onto the carrier wave.

20. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the first communication device is configured to use phase shift keying to modulate the information onto the carrier wave.

21. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the first communication device is configured to use amplitude phase shift keying to modulate the information onto the carrier wave.

22. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein a carrier frequency of the modulated carrier wave is higher than a frequency of the information.

23. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein the modulated carrier wave is the carrier wave modulated with information.

24. The wireless transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein a carrier frequency of the modulated carrier wave is higher than a frequency of the information.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Kenichi
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kawasaki Kenichi

Classifications

• H04L27/20

  Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits · CPC title

• H04L27/122

  using digital generation of carrier signals (digital function generators G06F1/02, H04L17/10; generating pulses having stepped portions using digital techniques H03K4/026) · CPC title

• H04L27/365

  Modulation using digital generation of the modulated carrier (not including modulation of a digitally generated carrier) · CPC title

• H04L27/04 Primary

  Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits · CPC title

• H04B1/40 Primary

  Circuits · CPC title