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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ide, Kamakura, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When performing contactless communication, occurrence of error in data determined on the receiving side due to attenuation of a wireless signal is prevented on both receiving sides by using a simple configuration. Provided is a wireless communication device including: a transmitting unit provided on a first member and a receiving unit provided on a second member and located at a varying relative distance to the transmitting unit, the transmitting unit generates a first electric signal obtained by superimposing a pilot signal on a digital signal to be transmitted and transmits a wireless signal having an intensity in accordance with the first electric signal, the receiving unit generates a second electric signal in accordance with the intensity of the received wireless signal and detects a pilot signal component from the second electric signal, and the second electric signal is amplified in accordance with an attenuation amount of the pilot signal component.