Communication device, communication system, position detection method and program
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Apr 17, 2012
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Jul 8, 2010
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Dec 23, 2009
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Abstract
There is provided a communication device including: a receiving unit that receives radio signals transmitted from another communication device using a plurality of transmitting antennas by a plurality of receiving antennas; an estimation unit that estimates a range of a position where said another communication device possibly exists based on a phase of each radio signal received by the receiving unit and antenna spacing between the transmitting antennas; and a position determination unit that determines an existing position of said another communication device within the range estimated by the estimation unit.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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SONY CORPORATION | 1-7-1 KONAN MINATO-KU TOKYO 108-0075 |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Fukada, Hiroyuki | Tokyo, JP | 8 | 42 |
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 42 | |||
Izumi, Seiichi | Kanagawa, JP | 43 | 1136 |
# of filed Patents : 43 Total Citations : 1136 |
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