Wireless communication device

• US 9,977,705 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2015
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• 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:
  US14/936,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20160062813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 455 69, 455522, 455 134, 4553431, 455515, 455 411, 455 412, 455 73, 455 68, 455 413, 455559, 455558, 4551501, 455214, 455337, 375148, 375364, 375334, 375332, 375114, 375363, 327210, 714755, 714794, 348730, 370208, 370210, 370480, 370482, 370465
• 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 comprising:

a first converting circuit configured to decode a signal inputted from an external using a first communication method and to generate first received data;

a second converting circuit configured to decode a signal inputted from the external using a second communication method and to generate second received data;

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

a second reception start signal detecting circuit configured to receive the second received data and to detect a second reception start signal specified in the second communication method;

a storing circuit configured to store the first received data in response to detection information outputted from the first reception start signal detecting circuit;

a received data selection determining circuit configured to determine a selection of the second received data only when the second reception start signal detecting circuit outputs detection information;

a receiving circuit configured to receive the first received data, that is outputted from the storing circuit, or the second received data.

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

an error detecting circuit configured to detect an error in the first received data.

3. The wireless communication device according to claim 2,

wherein the first reception start signal detecting circuit detects the first reception start signal again in response to error detection signal outputted from the error detecting circuit.

4. The wireless communication device according to claim 2,

wherein the error detecting circuit compares the first received data with an expected value.

5. The wireless communication device according to claim 2,

wherein the error detecting circuit compares the first received data with a reception end signal.

6. The wireless communication device according to claim 1,

wherein the received data selection determining circuit 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 6,

wherein the storing circuit stores the first received data until the first received data reaches a predetermined data size.

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 data size is equal to or more than seven bits, and

the second reception start signal is longer and more complicated than the first reception start signal.

9. A wireless communication device comprising:

a first converting circuit configured to decode a signal inputted from an external using a first communication method and to generate first received data;

a second converting circuit configured to decode a signal inputted from the external using a second communication method and to generate second received data;

a third converting circuit configured to decode a signal inputted from the external using a third communication method and to generate third received data;

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

a second reception start signal detecting circuit configured to receive the second received data and to detect a second reception start signal specified in the second communication method;

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

a storing circuit configured to store the first received data or the third received data in response to detection information outputted from the first reception start signal detecting circuit or in response to detection information outputted from the third reception start signal detecting circuit;

a received data selection determining circuit configured to determine a selection of the second received data only when the second reception start signal detecting circuit outputs detection information;

a receiving circuit configured to receive any one of the first received data, that is outputted from the storing circuit, the third received data, that is outputted from the storing circuit, or the second received data.

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

an error detecting circuit configured to detect an error in the first received data or the second received data.

11. The wireless communication device according to claim 10,

wherein the first and third reception start signal detecting circuits respectively detect the first and third reception start signals again in response to error detection signal outputted from the error detecting circuit.

12. The wireless communication device according to claim 10,

wherein the error detecting circuit compares the first received data with a first expected value and compares the third received data with a second expected value.

13. The wireless communication device according to claim 10,

wherein the error detecting circuit compares the first received data with a first reception end signal and compares the third received data with a second reception end signal.

14. The wireless communication device according to claim 13,

wherein the first expected value is 0×

26, 0×

52, or 0×

35 corresponding to the commands in NFC-A,

the second expected value is 0×

05 corresponding to the commands in NFC-B.

15. The wireless communication device according to claim 9,

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

16. The wireless communication device according to claim 15,

Wherein the storing circuit stores the first received data until the first received data reaches a predetermined data size.

17. The wireless communication device according to claim 16,

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,

the data size is equal to or more than seven bits, and

the second reception start signal is longer and more complicated than the first reception start signal.

18. A wireless communication device comprising:

a converting circuit configured to decode a signal inputted from an external and to generate received data;

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

a storing circuit configured to store the received data until the received data reaches a predetermined data size in response to detection information outputted from the reception start signal detecting circuit;

an error detecting circuit configured to detect an error in the received data;

a receiving circuit configured to receive the received data in response to the error that is detected by the error detecting circuit wherein,

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, the receiving circuit receives the received data, and

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

19. The wireless communication device according to claim 18,

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

20. The wireless communication device according to claim 19,

wherein the storing circuit stores the received data until the received data reaches a predetermined data size,

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

the wireless communication device uses a communication method of Type A or Type B in ISO/IEC 14443.