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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Minoru Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0339 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is electronic equipment having a wireless communication function. The electronic equipment includes: an antenna element arranged in such a manner that at least part of the antenna element overlaps an input area used as an input interface on an enclosure of the electronic equipment; a wireless section adapted to perform wireless communication using the antenna element; and an input detection section adapted to detect user input to the input area based on the state of the antenna element.