The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Eiko Sugisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communication apparatus including a first communication unit for communicating with other communication apparatus through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, an approach detection unit for detecting an approach between the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit, and a selection unit for, when the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit are separated from each other, selecting different data to be transmitted depending on a time for which the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit were in close proximity to each other.