Communication device and detection method

• US 9,357,338 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2014
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Iida, Sachio
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US14/305,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20150004906A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/67.11, 455/509
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/556 involving covert channels, i.e. data leakage between processes inhibiting the analysis of circuitry or operation with measures against power attack G06F21/755
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/73 for taking measurements, e.g. using sensing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/79 Radio fingerprint
• 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

Abstract

There is provided a device including a communication device including a measurement portion configured to measure a reflection coefficient of an antenna that performs proximity wireless communication, during transmission of a transmission signal by the antenna, and a judgment portion configured to judge whether a value of the reflection coefficient measured by the measurement portion changes exceeding a value of a reflection coefficient of the antenna in a normal state and a predetermined threshold value.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a measurement portion configured to measure a reflection coefficient of an antenna that performs proximity wireless communication, during transmission of a transmission signal by the antenna;

a judgment portion configured to judge whether a value of the reflection coefficient measured by the measurement portion changes exceeding a value of a reflection coefficient of the antenna in a normal state and a predetermined threshold value; and

a communication control portion configured to stop the transmission of the transmission signal from the antenna when the value of the reflection coefficient measured by the measurement portion changes exceeding the value of the reflection coefficient of the antenna in the normal state and the predetermined threshold value as a result of the judgment of the judgment portion.

2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the judgment portion performs the judgment, based on the reflection coefficient of the antenna when a state where a communication partner of the antenna to be assumed is not present is defined as the normal state.

3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the judgment portion performs the judgment, based on the reflection coefficient of the antenna when a state where a communication partner of the antenna to be assumed is present is defined as the normal state.

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

a separation portion configured to separate the transmission signal to be transmitted from the antenna and a reception signal to be received by the antenna.

5. The communication device according to claim 4, wherein the separation portion is a hybrid transformer.

6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein a same frequency band is used in the transmission from the antenna and reception by the antenna.

7. A judgment method comprising:

measuring a reflection coefficient of an antenna that performs proximity wireless communication, during transmission of a transmission signal by the antenna;

judging whether a value of the reflection coefficient measured in the measurement step changes exceeding a value of a reflection coefficient of the antenna in a normal state and a predetermined threshold value; and

stopping the transmission of the transmission signal from the antenna when the measured value of the reflection coefficient changes exceeding the value of the reflection coefficient of the antenna in the normal state and the predetermined threshold value as a result of the judgment of the judgment portion.

8. The judging method according to claim 7, further comprising:

performing the judgment based on the reflection coefficient of the antenna when a state where a communication partner of the antenna to be assumed is not present is defined as the normal state.

9. The judging method according to claim 7, further comprising:

performing the judgment based on the reflection coefficient of the antenna when a state where a communication partner of the antenna to be assumed is present is defined as the normal state.

10. The judging method according to claim 7, further comprising:

separating the transmission signal to be transmitted from the antenna and a reception signal to be received by the antenna.

11. The judging method according to claim 7, wherein

a same frequency band is used in the transmission from the antenna and reception by the antenna.