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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuyuki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Toyoda, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures images; a display unit that displays the images; an antenna arranged at a predetermined position relative to the imaging unit; an antenna control unit that changes the direction of maximum gain for the antenna and controls the directionality of the antenna; a wireless unit that, via the antenna, transmits search data to at least one wireless terminal and receives response data in relation to the search data; a signal strength detection unit that detects the reception strength of the response data; an identification information extraction unit that identifies identification information for the wireless terminal that is the transmission source for the response data; a record control unit that generates data sets associating the identification information, the reception strength, and the direction of maximum gain.