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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Takushi Kunihiro, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Sakoda, Chiba, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Kento Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Akagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouichirou Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhito Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Onuma, Shizuoka, JP;
Michihiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tange, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a communication apparatus including a communication unit having an optical communication scheme and a different communication scheme from the optical communication scheme, a level setting unit configured to set a security level in data communication, and a communication scheme switching unit configured to switch communication schemes of the communication unit in accordance with the security level that is set by the level setting unit.