PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20120322382A1
• Filed: 08/23/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Toyoda, Kiyoshi
• Application Number:
  US13/592,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20120322382A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence

Abstract

A battery accumulates electric power. A terminal high-speed wireless communication portion wirelessly communicates information. A terminal communication setting portion sets predetermined setting information related to wireless communication by the terminal high-speed wireless communication portion. A coil antenna is an antenna that receives electric power for recharging the battery in a contactless manner from an external terminal, the coil antenna transmitting or receiving the setting information to or from the external terminal.

Claims

1. A portable wireless terminal, comprising:

a battery portion that accumulates electric power;

a terminal wireless data communication portion that wirelessly communicates information;

a terminal communication setting portion that sets predetermined setting information related to wireless communication by the terminal wireless data communication portion; and

a power reception antenna that receives electric power for recharging the battery portion in a contactless manner from an external terminal, the power reception antenna transmitting or receiving the setting information to or from the external terminal.

2. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the power reception antenna transmits or receives, as the setting information, information necessary at a beginning of the wireless communication by the terminal wireless data communication portion.

3. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the setting information is a user identification data or encryption data for the wireless communication.

4. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1

wherein the power reception antenna transmits or receives the setting information during the recharging or the electric power reception.

5. A wireless terminal device comprising:

a wireless data communication portion that wirelessly communicates information;

a communication setting portion that sets predetermined setting information related to wireless communication by the wireless data communication portion; and

a power transmission antenna that transmits electric power in a contactless manner to an external terminal, the power transmission antenna transmitting or receiving the setting information to or from the external terminal.

6. The wireless terminal device according to claim 5,

wherein the power transmission antenna and the wireless data communication portion are arranged in separate housings.

7. A wireless communication system comprising:

a portable wireless terminal; and

a wireless terminal device,

wherein the portable wireless terminal comprises;

a battery portion that accumulates electric power;

a terminal wireless data communication portion that wirelessly communicates information;

a terminal communication setting portion that sets predetermined setting information related to wireless communication by the terminal wireless data communication portion; and

a power reception antenna that receives electric power for recharging the battery portion in a contactless manner from the wireless terminal device, the power reception antenna transmitting or receiving the setting information to or from the wireless terminal device, and

wherein the wireless terminal device comprises;

a wireless data communication portion that wirelessly communicates information;

a communication setting portion that sets predetermined setting information related to wireless communication by the wireless data communication portion; and

a power transmission antenna that transmits electric power in a contactless manner to the portable wireless terminal, the power transmission antenna transmitting or receiving the setting information to or from the portable wireless terminal.

8. The wireless communication system according to claim 7,

wherein the terminal communication setting portion limits the wireless terminal device with which the terminal wireless data communication portion wirelessly communicates with the wireless terminal device to or from which the power reception antenna transmits or receives the setting information.

9. The wireless communication system according to claim 7,

wherein the communication setting portion limits the portable wireless terminal with which the wireless data communication portion wirelessly communicates with the portable wireless terminal to or from which the power transmission antenna transmits or receives the setting information.

10. The wireless communication system according to claim 7,

wherein a coverage distance of a wireless communication line between the power transmission antenna and the power reception antenna is substantially equal to a distance that electric power is allowed to be transmitted in the contactless manner.