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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Sakoda, Chiba, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Aratani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohei Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Onuma, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Tange, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a communication unit that transmits and receives data in at least one communication mode from among a first communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a predetermined range, and a second communication mode in which wireless communication is conducted with other wireless communication apparatuses present within a wider range than the predetermined range; and a control unit that, when data is being transmitted and received with a second wireless communication apparatus via one or a plurality of other wireless communication apparatuses in the first communication mode, configures the second communication mode and conducts a control for detecting a third wireless communication apparatus that satisfies a predetermined condition.