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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Ichihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 11/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a communication device and a communication method that enable adaptive positioning. A communication unit performs wireless communication with a peripheral communication apparatus, and a processing unit outputs, on the basis of a frequency characteristic of a propagation channel, information of a distance to the communication apparatus and reliability level information representing a reliability level of the distance information. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a BLE chip.