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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinji Tsuchida, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082506 ; 455432 ; 455450 ;
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus automatically disconnects a communication channel between a master device and a slave device when a received electric field intensity becomes lower than a predetermined level, thereby preventing unnecessarily prolonged communication when the field intensity is excessively low. The received field intensity is detected and if in the course of communication, the reception field intensity becomes lower than a reference level a request for confirmation of the communication status is transmitted to the slave device. In accordance with the response from the slave device to the request for confirmation, the wireless channel may be disconnected.