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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Tai Hirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Shimizu, Ibaraki, JP;
Jun Nishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Inose, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first communication control unit and a second communication control unit share a single transmission and reception unit. The second communication control unit maintains connection with a terminal device while the first communication control unit is scanning frequency channels to search for an access point. When a search processing unitdetects an access point, the second communication control unitswitches the frequency channel for use in communication with the terminal device to the channel used in the detected access point.