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Wireless communication device and method for displaying estimated direction and position of a target for wireless communication

US9219307B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 2011
Grant dateDec 22, 2015
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W16/28
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wireless communication device transmits and receives a signal by a wireless communication using a millimeter wave frequency band. The wireless communication device includes an antenna section having directivities in a plurality of different directions, an antenna control section adapted to form a directivity in a prescribed direction among the plurality of directivities of the antenna section, a direction and position estimation section adapted to estimate direction and position information of a wireless communication device to be communicated with, which is a target for the wireless communication, in accordance with a receiving signal received by the antenna section having the directivity formed, and a display section adapted to display the estimated direction and position information of the wireless communication device to be communicated with.

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