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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2008
Applicants:

Yuko Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihito Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;

Fumio Kubono, Tokyo, JP;

Shoji Nagai, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Ide, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuko Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihito Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;

Fumio Kubono, Tokyo, JP;

Shoji Nagai, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Ide, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A communication apparatus includes an antenna configured to generate a magnetic field corresponding to a signal of a first communication method; and a communication unit configured to perform communication via a communication medium by transmitting/receiving a signal of a second communication method by using a potential difference between the communication unit and a predetermined reference point, the communication unit including a transparent conductive film. The antenna and the communication unit are integrated with each other.


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