COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRED COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20110044396A1
• Filed: 11/02/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fujii, Kunihide
• Granted Patent: US 8,379,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/268
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/02 Amplitude-modulated carrier systems, e.g. using on-off keying; Single sideband or vestigial sideband modulation H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device

Abstract

A communication system includes a wired communication device and a communication device that can communicate with a wireless communication device and the wired communication device. The communication device includes a clock output unit and a modulator. The wired communication device includes a clock extracting unit, a signal extracting unit, and a processing unit. The communication device and the wired communication device are connected to each other by a first connecting line through which a modulated signal is sent from the communication device to the wired communication device, and a second connecting line, which is different from the first connecting line, through which a signal is sent from the wired communication device to the communication device.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a communication device; and

a wired communication device connected to the communication device by a first connecting line and a second connecting line;

the communication device including;

(a) a first processor;

(b) a first memory device storing first instructions, which when executed by the first processor cause the first processor to;

(i) output a clock;

(ii) generate a resulting modulated signal by performing amplitude shift keying modulation on the clock using a modulation subject signal to be sent to the wired communication device;

(iii) output, via the first connecting line, the resulting modulated signal to the wired communication device; and

(iv) communicate with a near field communication device that performs near field communication in at least one of an active mode and a passive mode, the near field communication device being different from the communication device and the wired communication device;

the wired communication device including;

(a) a second processor;

(b) at least one of a subscriber identity module and a user identity module; and

(c) a second memory device storing second instructions, which when executed by the second processor cause the second processor to;

(i) extract the clock from the modulated signal sent from the first connecting line;

(ii) extract the modulation subject signal from the modulated signal sent from the first connecting line;

(iii) process the modulation subject signal in accordance with the extracted clock; and

(iv) output, via the second connecting line, the processed modulation subject signal to the communication device.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the first connecting line is physically different from the second connecting line.

3. The communication system of claim 1, wherein a cellular telephone includes the communication system.

4. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the modulation subject signal includes Manchester codes.

5. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the second instructions, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to process the modulated subject signal in synchronization with the extracted clock.

6. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the second instructions, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to extract the clock and the modulation subject signal by:

(a) detecting an envelope of the resulting modulated signal; and

(b) comparing the envelope with a predetermined threshold.