INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHOD

• US 20110291811A1
• Filed: 05/23/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakano, Hiroaki, Kabasawa, Kenichi, Fukuda, Shinichi
• Application Number:
  US13/113,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20110291811A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/266 One coil at each side, e.g. with primary and secondary coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/08 Amplitude regulation arrangements

Abstract

A receiving method includes the steps of: performing contactless communication using a wireless antenna and electromagnetic coupling, subjecting a signal received by the wireless antenna in the communication step to IQ detection, subjecting the signal received by the wireless antenna in the communication step to ASK detection, firstly automatically controlling a gain for the signal subjected to the IQ detection in the IQ detection step, secondly automatically controlling a gain for the signal subjected to the ASK detection in the ASK detection step, performing predetermined demodulation processing on an output of the first AGC step or second AGC step, and receiving information of control voltage levels in the first AGC step and the second AGC step and controlling supply of one of the outputs of the first and second AGC steps to the demodulation step by switching between the outputs of the first and second AGC steps.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a wireless antenna configured to perform contactless communication using electromagnetic coupling;

an IQ detection unit configured to subject a signal received by the wireless antenna to IQ detection;

an ASK detection unit configured to subject the signal received by the wireless antenna to ASK detection;

a first AGC circuit configured to control a gain for the signal subjected to the IQ detection by the IQ detection unit;

a second AGC circuit configured to control a gain for the signal subjected to the ASK detection by the ASK detection unit;

a demodulation circuit configured to perform predetermined demodulation processing on an output of the first AGC circuit or an output of the second AGC circuit; and

a control unit configured to receive information of control voltage levels from the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit, and control, in response to the information of the control voltage levels, supply of one of the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit to the demodulation circuit, by switching between the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit controls, on the basis of whether or not the control voltage level from the second AGC circuit is less than a predetermined threshold value, supply of one of the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit to the demodulation circuit, by switching between the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit controls the supply so that the output of the second AGC circuit is supplied to the demodulation circuit when the control voltage level from the second AGC circuit is less than a predetermined threshold value and the output of the first AGC circuit is supplied to the demodulation circuit when the control voltage level from the second AGC circuit is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold value.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit controls the supply so that the output of the second AGC circuit is supplied to the demodulation circuit when the control voltage level from the second AGC circuit is less than the control voltage level from the first AGC circuit and the output of the first AGC circuit is supplied to the demodulation circuit when the control voltage level from the second AGC circuit is greater than or equal to the control voltage level from the first AGC circuit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the control unit controls the supply so that the control unit switches to an output, which has not been selected, and supplies the output to the demodulation circuit, when a demodulation error occurs in demodulation processing performed in the demodulation circuit.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first switch configured to be provided between the first AGC circuit and the demodulation circuit; and

a second switch configured to be provided between the second AGC circuit and the demodulation circuit, wherein

the control unit switches between the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit and supplies one of the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit to the demodulation circuit, by switching over the first switch and the second switch.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a third switch configured to be provided between the wireless antenna and the first AGC circuit; and

a fourth switch configured to be provided between the wireless antenna and the second AGC circuit, wherein

the control unit switches between the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit and supplies one of the outputs of the first AGC circuit and the second AGC circuit to the demodulation circuit, by switching over the third switch and the fourth switch.

8. A receiving method comprising the steps of:

performing contactless communication using a wireless antenna and electromagnetic coupling;

subjecting a signal received by the wireless antenna in the communication step to IQ detection;

subjecting the signal received by the wireless antenna in the communication step to ASK detection;

firstly automatically controlling a gain for the signal subjected to the IQ detection in the IQ detection step;

secondly automatically controlling a gain for the signal subjected to the ASK detection in the ASK detection step;

performing predetermined demodulation processing on an output of the first AGC step or an output of the second AGC step; and

receiving information of control voltage levels in the first AGC step and the second AGC step, and controlling, in response to the information of the control voltage levels, supply of one of the outputs of the first AGC step and the second AGC step to the demodulation step, by switching between the outputs of the first AGC step and the second AGC step.