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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuya Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01); H04B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/40 (2013.01); H04B 1/086 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a communication apparatus including an antenna unit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal, and a wireless processing unit configured to process the wireless signal transmitted or received via the antenna unit. The antenna unit is configured or arranged to maintain a satisfactory communication characteristic regardless of arrangement and a direction with respect to an antenna of a communication partner apparatus that transmits or receives a wireless signal of high directivity.