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Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2021
Applicant:

New Japan Radio Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuo Oikawa, Fujimino, JP;

Satoshi Sasaki, Fujimino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/50 (2006.01); G01S 7/35 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/505 (2013.01); G01S 7/354 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01);
Abstract

A contactless switch device including a reflected signal acquisition unit that acquires a reflected signal of a Doppler radar or a distance measurement radar, an approach and recede detection unit that detects an approach and a recede of a target based on the reflected signal, a target identification unit that identifies the target as a hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or a thing other than the hand based on a repeated pattern of the approach and the recede of the target, and a switch control unit that executes on-and-off controls on a switch-controlled object based on whether the target is the hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or the thing other than the hand.


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