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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

Takahiro Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;

Toru Utsuki, Osaka, JP;

Yasunori Sato, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/043 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radio apparatus transmits a radio signal including identification information for identifying the radio apparatus. A reception terminal receives the radio signal transmitted form the radio apparatus. A positional information management server obtains radio information in which the identification information included in the radio signal and radio field intensity of the radio signal are associated with each other and determines a position of the reception terminal using the obtained radio information. The radio apparatus includes an antenna that transmits the radio signal having directivity toward a floor.


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