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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Michinari Kohno, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamane, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Michinari Kohno, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamane, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a radio communication device including a reception unit that receives a radio signal, a measurement unit that measures a field intensity of the radio signal received by the reception unit, a determination unit that determines whether the radio signal received by the reception unit satisfies a predetermined condition for a noise component, and an estimation unit that estimates a distance from a transmission source device of the radio signal based on the field intensity of the radio signal determined by the determination unit to satisfy the predetermined condition.