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US 10,374,273 B2Granted
Connector device, communication device, and communication system
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorKenichi Kawasaki
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Abstract
A connector device of the present disclosure includes two waveguides configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal, a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the two waveguides, and a control unit that is provided on a side of the waveguide, which is on a transmission side to transmit a radio-frequency signal, between the two waveguides and that stops transmission of the radio-frequency signal according to the connection state of the two waveguides, the state being monitored by the state monitoring unit.
Claims15
A connector device, comprising:
- a first waveguide configured to transmit a first radio-frequency signal, wherein the first waveguide is on a transmission side of the connector device;
- a second waveguide configured to receive the first radio-frequency signal;
- a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide,
- wherein the state monitoring unit comprises a leakage detector configured to detect leakage of a radio wave from a connection part of the first waveguide and the second waveguide, the leakage of the radio wave is detected based on a correlation between a signal of the radio wave leaked from the connection part and the first radio-frequency signal transmitted by the first waveguide;
- and
- a control unit is on the transmission side,
- wherein the control unit is configured to stop transmission of the first radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide monitored by the state monitoring unit.
4 more elements
A connector device, comprising:
- a first waveguide configured to transmit a first radio-frequency signal, wherein the first waveguide is on a transmission side of the connector device;
- a second waveguide configured to receive the first radio-frequency signal, wherein the second waveguide is on a reception side of the connector device;
- a state monitoring unit on the reception side of the connector device, wherein
- the state monitoring unit is configured to:
- monitor a connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide;
- receive the first radio-frequency signal;
- and
- transmit a return control signal corresponding to a result of the monitoring,
- wherein the return control signal is a second radio-frequency signal;
- and
- a control unit on the transmission side of the connector device, wherein the control unit is configured to:
- stop transmission of the first radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide;
- and
- receive the return control signal from the state monitoring unit.
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A first communication device, comprising:
- a connector device configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal to a second communication device, wherein the connector device includes:
- a first waveguide configured to transmit the radio-frequency signal to a second waveguide of the second communication device;
- a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the first wavequide and the second wavequide,
- wherein the state monitoring unit comprises a leakage detector configured to detect leakage of a radio wave from a connection part of the first wavequide and the second wavequide, the leakage of the radio wave is detected based on a correlation between a signal of the radio wave leaked from the connection part and the radio-frequency signal transmitted by the first wavequide;
- and
- a control unit configured to stop transmission of the radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first wavequide and the second wavequide monitored by the state monitoring unit.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a first communication device;
- a second communication device;
- and
- a connector device configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal between the first communication device and the second communication device,
- wherein the connector device includes:
- a first wavequide in the first communication device;
- a second wavequide in the second communication device;
- a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the first wavequide and the second wavequide,
- wherein the state monitoring unit comprises a leakage detector configured to detect leakage of a radio wave from a connection part of the first wavequide and the second wavequide, the leakage of the radio wave is detected based on a correlation between a signal of the radio wave leaked from the connection part and the radio-frequency signal transmitted by the first wavequide;
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- a control unit on a transmission side of the connector device that transmits the radio-frequency signal,
- wherein the control unit is configured to stop transmission of the radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide monitored by the state monitoring unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.