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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Hiroshi Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A portable electronic device determines to which processing portion a signal received by a loop antenna is suited and can preferably perform different types of noncontact communication. The portable electronic device includes: an antenna including a first loop portion and a second loop portion; a signal processing portion that processes a signal received at the antenna; a signal detection portion; and in a state in which a single loop antenna formed by the first loop portion and the second loop portion is connected with the signal detection portion, a control portion that delivers a signal received at the single loop antenna to the signal processing portion, and delivers a signal received at the first loop portion to the signal processing portion.