Signal processing device, method of processing signal, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9760745-B2
Application number	US-201414157007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2014
Priority date	Jan 25, 2013
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A signal processing device includes: an extraction section configured to extract a signal having a predetermined component from an obtained signal; and a detection section configured to determine a timing of decoding when a modulation part lasting for a first time period and a non-modulation part lasting for a second time period are detected from the signal extracted by the extraction section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal processing device, comprising:
an extraction section that comprises a first extraction section configured to extract a first component from an obtained signal, and a second extraction section configured to extract a second component, different from the first component, from the obtained signal; and
a detection section configured to:
detect a modulation part that lasts for a first time period and a non-modulation part that lasts for a second time period from a signal configured of a difference between a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first signal is supplied from the first extraction section based on the extraction of the first component and the second signal is supplied from the second extraction section based on the extraction of the second component; and
determine a time to decode based on the detection of the modulation part that lasts for the first time period and the non-modulation part that lasts for the second time period.

2. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection section is further configured to detect a Start Of Frame (SOF) defined in International Standard ISO/IEC 15693.

3. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the extraction section is further configured to extract a component at fc/32, where fc is a frequency of a carrier magnetic field.

4. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first extraction section is further configured to extract the first component at fc/32, and the second extraction section is further configured to extract the second component, different from the first component at fc/28, where fc is a frequency of a carrier magnetic field.

5. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
a first time tolerance or a second time tolerance is set for one or both of the first time period and the second time period,
wherein the detection section is further configured to determine that the modulation part is detected based on the first time tolerance that is set for the first time period and based on a determination that the first time period is within the first time tolerance and
the detection section is further configured to determine that the non-modulation part is detected based on the second time tolerance that is set for the second time period and based on a determination that the second time period is within the second time tolerance.

6. A method, comprising:
extracting, by a processor, a first component from an obtained signal by a first extraction section and a second component, different from the first component, from the obtained signal by a second extraction section;
detecting, by the processor, a modulation part lasting for a first time period and a non-modulation part lasting for a second time period from a signal configured of a difference between a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first signal is supplied from the first extraction section based on the extraction of the first component, and the second signal is supplied from the second extraction section based on the extraction of the second component; and
determining a timing of decoding based on the detection of the modulation part lasting for the first time period and the non-modulation part lasting for the second time period.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
extracting a first component from an obtained signal by a first extraction section and a second component, different from the first component, from the obtained signal by a second extraction section;
detecting a modulation part lasting for a first time period and a non-modulation part lasting for a second time period from a signal configured of a difference between a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first signal is supplied from the first extraction section based on the extraction of the first component, and the second signal is supplied from the second extraction section based on the extraction of the second component; and
determining a timing of decoding based on the detection of the modulation part lasting for the first time period and the non-modulation part lasting for the second time period.

8. A signal processing device, comprising:
an extraction section that comprises:
a first extraction section configured to extract a first signal obtained by removal of a first component at a first frequency from an obtained signal; and
a second extraction section configured to extract a second signal obtained by removal of a second component at a second frequency, different from the first component, from the obtained signal; and

a detection section configured to:
detect a modulation part that lasts for a first time period and a non-modulation part that lasts for a second time period from a signal configured of a difference between the first signal supplied from the first extraction section and the second signal supplied from the second extraction section; and
determine a time to decode based on the detection of the modulation part that lasts for the first time period and the non-modulation part that lasts for the second time period.

9. The signal processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the first frequency is fc/32, where fc is a frequency of a carrier magnetic field.

10. The signal processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the second frequency is fc/28, where fc is a frequency of a carrier magnetic field.

11. The signal processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the detection section is further configured to set a third time tolerance which is a sum of the first time tolerance and the second time tolerance.

12. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection section is further configured to detect a start of frame (SOF) based on a continuous detection of the modulation part for a determined time period.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Iida Yasuhiro
• Oguchi Kazuhiro

Classifications

• H04L25/061

  providing hard decisions only; arrangements for tracking or suppressing unwanted low frequency components, e.g. removal of DC offset (removal of DC offset in coupling arrangements H04L25/029, H04L25/0296) · CPC title

• H04L27/148

  using filters, including PLL-type filters · CPC title

• G06K7/10009 Primary

  sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves · CPC title

• H04L27/06

  Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits · CPC title

• H04L7/04

  Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals {(H04L7/0075 takes precedence)} · CPC title