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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Takahisa Kawade, Yokohama, JP;
Takahisa Kawade, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a communication apparatus capable of performing HEAC communication with another communication apparatus compliant with HEAC communication, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive an HEC signal from the other communication apparatus via a transmission path; a detecting unit configured to detect a signal level of the HEC signal received by the receiving unit; a deciding unit configured to decide an amplification factor of an HEC signal to be transmitted based upon the detected signal level in a case where the detected signal level is not within prescribed limits; an amplifying unit configured to amplify the HEC signal to be transmitted at the decided amplification factor; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit an HEAC signal, which includes an ARC signal and the HEC signal to be transmitted amplified by the amplifying unit, to the other communication apparatus via the transmission path.