Radio-Frequency Device, And Radio-Frequency Tag Communication Device
First Claim
1. A radio-frequency device including a receiver antenna device for receiving a received signal from a desired communication object, and configured to detect a direction in which said communication object is located, on the basis of the received signal received by said receiver antenna device, said radio-frequency device comprising:
- a reception-directivity control portion configured to control a directivity of reception of said receiver antenna device;
a received-signal-strength detecting portion configured to detect a strength of the received signal received by said receiver antenna device; and
a direction detecting portion configured to detect the direction in which said communication object is located, on the basis of a direction in which a higher one of two strength values of the received signal respectively detected in first and second maximum-reception-directivity directions of a predetermined angular difference established by said reception-directivity control portion is minimal.
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Abstract
A radio-frequency device includes a PAA processing portion configured to control a directivity of reception of a receiver antenna device, a received-signal-strength detecting portion configured to detect a strength of the received signal received by the receiver antenna device, and a direction detecting portion configured to detect the direction toward the communication object, on the basis of a direction in which a higher one of two strength values of the received signal respectively detected in first and second maximum-reception-directivity directions of a predetermined angular difference established by the PAA processing portion is minimal. The direction detecting portion is operated based on a fact that the received signal strength is minimal at the bottom of a gain existing in an area of overlapping of two main lobes extending in the respective two directivity directions of the predetermined angular difference, so that the resolution of detection can be made higher than in the case based on the main lobe direction in which the sensitivity of communication with the radio-frequency tag is maximum. Accordingly, the direction toward the radio-frequency tag can be suitably detected.
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1. A radio-frequency device including a receiver antenna device for receiving a received signal from a desired communication object, and configured to detect a direction in which said communication object is located, on the basis of the received signal received by said receiver antenna device, said radio-frequency device comprising:
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a reception-directivity control portion configured to control a directivity of reception of said receiver antenna device;
a received-signal-strength detecting portion configured to detect a strength of the received signal received by said receiver antenna device; and
a direction detecting portion configured to detect the direction in which said communication object is located, on the basis of a direction in which a higher one of two strength values of the received signal respectively detected in first and second maximum-reception-directivity directions of a predetermined angular difference established by said reception-directivity control portion is minimal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A radio-frequency tag communication device including an antenna device and configured to transmit a transmitted signal toward a radio-frequency tag and receive a reply signal transmitted from the radio-frequency tag in response to the transmitted signal, for thereby effecting radio communication with the radio-frequency tag, said radio-frequency tag communication device comprising:
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an attitude sensor device configured to detect an attitude of said antenna device in a predetermined coordinate system; and
a directivity control portion configured to control a directivity of communication with the radio-frequency tag, according to the attitude detected by said attitude sensor device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A radio-frequency tag communication device configured to transmit an interrogating wave toward a desired radio-frequency tag and to receive a reply wave transmitted from the radio-frequency tag, for thereby effecting radio communication with the radio-frequency tag, said radio-frequency tag communication device comprising:
a directivity control portion configured to change a directivity of transmission of said interrogating wave during a period between moments of initiation and termination of transmission of a unit portion of the interrogating wave, which unit portion permits the radio communication with the radio-frequency tag. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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