Mounting base, communication device, antenna characteristic correction member, and communication system

A communication device, comprising:

• a device body configured to include an antenna;
• and
• a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on a human body, wherein, when the device body is mounted or held on a mounting base provided with a
• correcting unit configured to correct an antenna characteristic of the antenna, a contact portion that comes into contact with the human body or an approach portion that comes close to the human body at a time of wearing on the human body comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit;
• wherein the communication device further comprises
• a detecting unit configured to detect contact or approach between the contact portion or the approach portion and the mounting base,
• a control unit configured to control transmission power of the antenna according to a detection result;
• the detecting unit further including
• an engagement portion configured to engage with a member formed in the mounting base, and
• a switch configured to perform switching between an ON state and an OFF state by the member engaging with the engagement portion;
• and
• the control unit controls the transmission power of the antenna according to the switching of the switch.

An antenna characteristic correction member, comprising:

• a correcting unit configured to correct an antenna characteristic of a communication device that includes an antenna and is worn on a human body;
• and
• a holding portion configured to hold the correcting unit on an object in a manner that the correcting unit and the communication device mounted or held on the object comes into contact with or comes close to each other;
• the communication device including
• a device body configured to include the antenna,
• a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on the human body, wherein, when the device body is mounted or held on the mounting base provided with the correcting unit configured to correct the antenna characteristic of the antenna,
• a contact portion that comes into contact with the human body or an approach portion that comes close to the human body at a time of wearing on the human body comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit,
• a detecting unit configured to detect contact or approach between the contact portion or the approach portion and the mounting base, and
• a control unit configured to control transmission power of the antenna according to a detection result,
• wherein the detecting unit includes
• an engagement portion configured to engage with a member formed in the mounting base, and
• a switch configured to perform switching between an ON state and an OFF state by the member engaging with the engagement portion, and
• the control unit controls the transmission power of the antenna according to the switching of the switch.

A communication system, comprising:

• a communication device that includes a device body configured to include an antenna and a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on a human body;
• and
• a mounting base that includes a mounting portion on which the communication device is mounted or held in a manner that the communication device comes into contact with or comes close to the mounting portion, and a correcting unit configured to correct an antenna characteristic of the antenna of the communication device, the correcting unit being installed in a manner that the communication device mounted or held on the mounting portion comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit;
• the communication device including
• a device body configured to include the antenna,
• a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on the human body, wherein, when the device body is mounted or held on the mounting base provided with the correcting unit configured to correct the antenna characteristic of the antenna,
• a contact portion that comes into contact with the human body or an approach portion that comes close to the human body at a time of wearing on the human body comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit,
• a detecting unit configured to detect contact or approach between the contact portion or the approach portion and the mounting base, and
• a control unit configured to control transmission power of the antenna according to a detection result,
• wherein the detecting unit includes
• an engagement portion configured to engage with a member formed in the mounting base, and
• a switch configured to perform switching between an ON state and an OFF state by the member engaging with the engagement portion, and
• the control unit controls the transmission power of the antenna according to the switching of the switch.

A mounting base, comprising:

• a mounting portion on which a communication device is mounted or held in a manner that the communication device comes into contact with or comes close to the mounting portion, the communication device including an antenna and being worn on a human body;
• and
• a correcting unit configured to correct an antenna characteristic of an antenna of the communication device, the correcting unit being installed in a manner that the communication device mounted or held on the mounting portion comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit;
• the communication device including
• a device body configured to include the antenna,
• a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on the human body, wherein, when the device body is mounted or held on the mounting base provided with the correcting unit configured to correct the antenna characteristic of the antenna,
• a contact portion that comes into contact with the human body or an approach portion that comes close to the human body at a time of wearing on the human body comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit,
• a detecting unit configured to detect contact or approach between the contact portion or the approach portion and the mounting base, and
• a control unit configured to control transmission power of the antenna according to a detection result,
• wherein the device body includes a concave portion configured to engage with a convex portion having predetermined permittivity, the concave portion being formed in the contact portion or the approach portion, the convex portion being formed in the mounting base,
• the detecting unit includes
• a capacitor configured to include a pair of electrodes formed to face an inner surface of the concave portion, and
• a sensor configured to detect a change in capacitance of the capacitor, and
• the control unit controls the transmission power of the antenna based on the change in the capacitance of the capacitor detected by the sensor when the convex portion is inserted between the electrodes of the capacitor with engagement of the concave portion and the convex portion.

A communication device, comprising:

• a device body configured to include an antenna;
• and
• a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on a human body, wherein, when the device body is mounted or held on a mounting base provided with a
• correcting unit configured to correct an antenna characteristic of the antenna, a contact portion that comes into contact with the human body or an approach portion that comes close to the human body at a time of wearing on the human body comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit;
• wherein the communication device further comprises
• a detecting unit configured to detect contact or approach between the contact portion or the approach portion and the mounting base,
• a control unit configured to control transmission power of the antenna according to a detection result,
• wherein the device body includes a concave portion configured to engage with a convex portion having predetermined permittivity, the concave portion being formed in the contact portion or the approach portion, the convex portion being formed in the mounting base,
• the detecting unit includes
• a capacitor configured to include a pair of electrodes formed to face an inner surface of the concave portion, and
• a sensor configured to detect a change in capacitance of the capacitor, and
• the control unit controls the transmission power of the antenna based on the change in the capacitance of the capacitor detected by the sensor when the convex portion is inserted between the electrodes of the capacitor with engagement of the concave portion and the convex portion.

An antenna characteristic correction member, comprising:

• a correcting unit configured to correct an antenna characteristic of a communication device that includes an antenna and is worn on a human body;
• and
• a holding portion configured to hold the correcting unit on an object in a manner that the correcting unit and the communication device mounted or held on the object comes into contact with or comes close to each other;
• the communication device including
• a device body configured to include the antenna,
• a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on the human body, wherein, when the device body is mounted or held on the mounting base provided with the correcting unit configured to correct the antenna characteristic of the antenna,
• a contact portion that comes into contact with the human body or an approach portion that comes close to the human body at a time of wearing on the human body comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit,
• a detecting unit configured to detect contact or approach between the contact portion or the approach portion and the mounting base, and
• a control unit configured to control transmission power of the antenna according to a detection result,
• wherein the device body includes a concave portion configured to engage with a convex portion having predetermined permittivity, the concave portion being formed in the contact portion or the approach portion, the convex portion being formed in the mounting base,
• the detecting unit includes
• a capacitor configured to include a pair of electrodes formed to face an inner surface of the concave portion, and
• a sensor configured to detect a change in capacitance of the capacitor, and
• the control unit controls the transmission power of the antenna based on the change in the capacitance of the capacitor detected by the sensor when the convex portion is inserted between the electrodes of the capacitor with engagement of the concave portion and the convex portion.

A communication system, comprising:

• a communication device that includes a device body configured to include an antenna and a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on a human body;
• and
• a mounting base that includes a mounting portion on which the communication device is mounted or held in a manner that the communication device comes into contact with or comes close to the mounting portion, and a correcting unit configured to correct an antenna characteristic of the antenna of the communication device, the correcting unit being installed in a manner that the communication device mounted or held on the mounting portion comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit;
• the communication device including
• a device body configured to include the antenna,
• a wearing portion configured to cause the device body to be worn on the human body, wherein, when the device body is mounted or held on the mounting base provided with the correcting unit configured to correct the antenna characteristic of the antenna,
• a contact portion that comes into contact with the human body or an approach portion that comes close to the human body at a time of wearing on the human body comes into contact with or comes close to the correcting unit,
• a detecting unit configured to detect contact or approach between the contact portion or the approach portion and the mounting base, and
• a control unit configured to control transmission power of the antenna according to a detection result,
• wherein the device body includes a concave portion configured to engage with a convex portion having predetermined permittivity, the concave portion being formed in the contact portion or the approach portion, the convex portion being formed in the mounting base,
• the detecting unit includes
• a capacitor configured to include a pair of electrodes formed to face an inner surface of the concave portion, and
• a sensor configured to detect a change in capacitance of the capacitor, and
• the control unit controls the transmission power of the antenna based on the change in the capacitance of the capacitor detected by the sensor when the convex portion is inserted between the electrodes of the capacitor with engagement of the concave portion and the convex portion.