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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is possible to realize wireless communication using a directional beam in a more suitable manner. A wireless communication device includes: one or more antenna elements that are configured to control directions of directional beams and perform wireless communication using the directional beams; a detection unit that detects an attitude of at least any one of the one or more antenna elements; and a control unit that sets a state in which a radio signal transmitted using at least a directional beam from a base station is receivable via any one of the one or more antenna elements as a reference state, and controls the wireless communication with the base station using the directional beam according to a change in the attitude from the reference state.