Wireless communication device

• US 9,210,537 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Mori, Shuzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Tan H
• Application Number:
  US14/466,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20150256966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/73, 455/68, 455/41.3, 455/559, 455/558, 455/150.1, 455/214, 455/337, 340/10.1, 375/259, 375/316, 375/340, 375/219, 375/320, 363/127, 363/24, 323/282, 719/320, 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device, which complies with plural communication methods, includes a storing circuit and a received data selection determining circuit. The storing circuit sequentially stores a first received data until the first received data reaches a predetermined data size. When it is assumed that a radio signal complies to a second communication method, a first period is longer than a second period. The first period is a period from a first time when a reception of the radio signal is started to a second time when the first received data with the data size is stored. The second period is a period from the first time to a time when a second reception start signal is detected. The received data selection determining circuit determines a selection of the first received data, when the second reception start signal is not detected at the second time.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device configured to comply with a plurality of communication methods, the device comprising:

a rectifying circuit configure to rectify a radio signal received at an antenna;

a first converting circuit configured to sequentially convert an output signal of the rectifying circuit into first received data in a conversion process for a first communication method;

a second converting circuit configured to sequentially convert the output signal of the rectifying circuit into second received data in a conversion process for a second communication method;

a first reception start signal detecting circuit configured to detect a first reception start signal specified in the first communication method from the first received data;

a second reception start signal detecting circuit configured to detect a second reception start signal specified in the second communication method from the second received data, the second reception start signal being longer and more complicated than the first reception start signal;

a storing circuit configured to sequentially store the first received data until the first received data reaches a predetermined data size, after the first reception start signal is detected, and in which, when it is assumed that the radio signal complies to the second communication method, a first period is equal to or longer than a second period, the first period being a period from a time when a reception of the radio signal is started to a time when the first received data with the data size is stored, the second period being a period from a time when a reception of the radio signal is started to a time when the second reception start signal is detected;

a received data selection determining circuit configured to determine a selection of the first received data when the second reception start signal is not detected at the time the first received data with the data size is stored in the storing circuit, and determine a selection of the second received data when the second reception start signal is detected; and

a receiving circuit configured to receive the first received data or the second received data that is determined in the received data selection determining circuit.

2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an error detecting circuit configured to prevent the receiving circuit from receiving the first received data when an error is detected from the first received data.

3. The wireless communication device according to claim 2,

wherein, when detecting an error, the error detecting circuit causes the first reception start signal detecting circuit to detect the first reception start signal again.

4. The wireless communication device according to claim 2,

wherein the error detecting circuit detects an error when the first received data does not correspond to an expected value.

5. The wireless communication device according to claim 2,

wherein the error detecting circuit detects an error when detecting a reception end signal before a storage of the first received data with the data size is completed.

6. The wireless communication device according to claim 1,

wherein the received data selection determining circuit stops an operation of the second reception start signal detecting circuit when determining the selection of the first received data, and

stops an operation of the first reception start signal detecting circuit when determining a selection of the second received data.

7. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a third converting circuit configured to sequentially convert the output signal of the rectifying circuit into third received data in a conversion process for a third communication method; and

a third reception start signal detecting circuit configured to detect a third reception start signal specified in the third communication method from the third received data;

wherein the second reception start signal is longer and more complicated than the first reception start signal and the third reception start signal,

the storing circuit sequentially stores the third received data until the third received data reaches the data size, after the third reception start signal is detected and, when it is assumed that the radio signal complies to the second communication method, a third period is equal to or longer than the second period, the third period being a period from a time when a reception of the radio signal is started to a time when the third received data with the data size is stored,

the received data selection determining circuit determines a selection of the third received data when the second reception start signal is not detected at the time the third received data with the data size is stored in the storing circuit, and

the receiving circuit receives the first, second or third received data that is determined in the received data selection determining circuit.

8. The wireless communication device according to claim 7,

wherein the first communication method is a communication method of Type A in ISO/IEC 14443,

the second communication method is a communication method of Type F in ISO/IEC 18092,

the third communication method is a communication method of Type B in ISO/IEC 14443, and

the data size is equal to or more than seven bits.

9. The wireless communication device according to claim 7, further comprising:

an error detecting circuit configured to prevent the receiving circuit from receiving the first or third received data when detecting an error from the first or third received data.

10. The wireless communication device according to claim 9,

wherein, when detecting an error, the error detecting circuit causes the first and third reception start signal detecting circuits to detect the first or third reception start signal again.

11. The wireless communication device according to claim 9,

wherein the error detecting circuit detects an error when the first or third received data does not correspond to an expected value.

12. The wireless communication device according to claim 11,

wherein the expected value of the first received data is 0x26, 0x52, or 0x35, and

the expected value of the third received data is 0x05.

13. The wireless communication device according to claim 7,

wherein the received data selection determining circuit stops operations of the second and third reception start signal detecting circuits when determining the selection of the first received data,

stops operations of the first and third reception start signal detecting circuits when determining the selection of the second received data, and

stops operations of the first and second reception start signal detecting circuits when determining the selection of the third received data.

14. A wireless communication device comprising:

a rectifying circuit configure to rectify a radio signal received at an antenna;

a first converting circuit configured to sequentially convert an output signal of the rectifying circuit into first received data in a conversion process for a first communication method;

a second converting circuit configured to sequentially convert the output signal of the rectifying circuit into second received data in a conversion process for a second communication method;

a reception start signal detecting circuit configured to detect a first reception start signal specified in the first communication method from the first received data, and detect a second reception start signal specified in the second communication method from the second received data, the second reception start signal being longer and more complicated than the first reception start signal;

a storing circuit configured to sequentially store the first received data until the first received data reaches a predetermined data size, after the first reception start signal is detected;

an error detecting circuit configured to detect an error from the first received data;

a received data selection determining circuit configured to determine a selection of the first received data, when the error detecting circuit does not detect an error at the time the first received data with the data size is stored in the storing circuit, and determine a selection of the second received data, when the second reception start signal is detected; and

a receiving circuit configured to receive the first received data or the second received data that is determined in the received data selection determining circuit.

15. The wireless communication device according to claim 14,

wherein, when detecting an error, the error detecting circuit prevents the receiving circuit from receiving the first received data.

16. The wireless communication device according to claim 15,

wherein, when detecting an error, the error detecting circuit causes the reception start signal detecting circuit to detect the first reception start signal again.

17. The wireless communication device according to claim 14,

wherein, when it is assumed that the radio signal complies to the second communication method, a first period is shorter than a second period, the first period being a period from a time when a reception of the radio signal is started to a time when the first received data with the data size is stored, the second period being a period from a time when a reception of the radio signal is started to a time when the second reception start signal is detected.

18. A wireless communication device comprising:

a rectifying circuit configure to rectify a radio signal received at an antenna;

a converting circuit configured to sequentially convert an output signal of the rectifying circuit into received data;

a reception start signal detecting circuit configured to detect a predetermined reception start signal from the received data;

a storing circuit configured to sequentially store the received data until the received data reaches a predetermined data size, after the reception start signal is detected;

an error detecting circuit configured to detect an error from the received data; and

a receiving circuit configured to receive the received data when the error detecting circuit does not detect an error at the time the received data with the data size is stored in the storing circuit.

19. The wireless communication device according to claim 18 complying with a communication method of Type A or Type B in ISO/IEC 14443.

20. The wireless communication device according to claim 18,

wherein the error detecting circuit detects an error when the received data with the data size stored in the storing circuit does not correspond to an expected value.