Radio communication system

• US 9,306,659 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2014
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyaoka, Hirosada
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US14/157,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20140134945A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 455/39
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/24 for communication between two or more posts wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts

Abstract

A radio communication system includes: a first member; a second member; a transmitting apparatus provided on the first member; and a receiving apparatus provided on the second member, wherein the first member and the second member are provided such that they can move relative to each other; and radio communication is performed when the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus face each other as the first member and the second member move relative to each other.

Claims

1. A first member in a radio communication system, the first member comprising:

a transmitting apparatus provided on the first member and configured to communicate with a receiving apparatus provided on a second member in the radio communication system, wherein

the first member is configurable such that the first member and the second member move relative to each other, and

the transmitting apparatus transmits radio communications to the receiving apparatus when the transmitting apparatus is configured to face the receiving apparatus as the first member and the second member move relative to each other.

2. The first member according to claim 1, wherein the first member is further configured to

have a same axis of rotation as the second member, and

rotate about the axis of rotation.

3. The first member according to claim 1, wherein the first member is slid.

4. The first member according to claim 1, further comprising a circuit configured to control the radio communication transmitted by the transmitting apparatus to the receiving apparatus.

5. The first member according to claim 4, wherein the circuit is configured to enable the radio communication transmitted by the transmitting apparatus based on position information that indicates positions of the first member and the second member.

6. The first member according to claim 5, wherein the radio communication utilizes a millimeter waveband.

7. A first member in a radio communication system, the first member comprising:

a receiving apparatus provided on the first member and configured to communicate with a transmitting apparatus provided on a second member in the radio communication system, wherein

the first member is configurable such that the first member and the second member move relative to each other, and

the receiving apparatus receives radio transmissions from the transmitting apparatus when the receiving apparatus is configured to face the transmitting apparatus as the first member and the second member move relative to each other.

8. The first member according to claim 7, wherein the first member is further configured to

have a same axis of rotation as the second member, and

rotate about the axis of rotation.

9. The first member according to claim 7, wherein the first member is slid.

10. A method of radio communication using a radio communication system including a first member, a second member, a transmitting apparatus provided on the first member and a receiving apparatus provided on the second member, the method comprising:

configuring the first member and the second member such that the first member and the second member move relative to each other;

moving the first member and the second member relative to each other; and

performing radio communication between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus when the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus face each other as the first member and the second member move relative to each other.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first member and the second member are provided on a same axis of rotation, and

the method further comprising

rotating the first member, the second member or both of the first member and the second member about the axis of rotation.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein in the moving, at least one of the first member and the second member is slid.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising

controlling the radio communication between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the radio communication between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus is enabled based on position information that indicates positions of the first member and the second member.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the radio communication utilizes a millimeter waveband.