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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuo Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/40 (2015.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/40 (2013.01); H04B 7/0814 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus for performing wireless communication using an antenna selected from a plurality of antennas. A received power detection unit detects received power received by an antenna selected from the plurality of antennas. A reflected power detection unit detects transmitted reflected power of the selected antenna. A switching unit switches an antenna used for communication to another antenna based on a variation of the received power detected by the received power detection unit and an amount of electric power of the reflected power detected by the reflected power detection unit.