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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Aldegonda Theodorus Marie Van Den Homberg, Weert, NL;
Alberto Fazzi, Eindhoven, NL;
Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Aldegonda Theodorus Marie van den Homberg, Weert, NL;
Alberto Fazzi, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to coupler device, processing apparatus and method of processing a plurality of body-coupled communication signals which have been detected by using an electrode arrangement with a plurality of electrodes or electrode segments (). Respective transmission parameters of the body-coupled communication signals are estimated and at least one of a selecting and weighting processing is applied to the detected body-coupled communication signals based on the estimated transmission parameters. Then, the processed body-coupled communication signals are combined to generate a diversity output signal. Thereby, robustness against coupler misplacement and user convenience is increased in body-coupled or body-based communication systems.