# US 12,191,979 B2 · Radio wave monitoring apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,191,979 B2 - Document ID: US12191979B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/787,613 - Filed: 2020-11-19 - Published: 2022-12-29 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-25 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Tomomichi Murakami; Bruce Michael Lachlan; Hiroyuki Shimizu; Hiroshi Shono - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191979B2 ## CPC - H04H 20/12: Arrangements for observation, testing or troubleshooting - H04H 60/29: Arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services - G01R 29/08: Measuring electromagnetic field characteristics - H04B 17/309: Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters - H04N 17/00: Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details - H04H 60/42: for identifying broadcast areas - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A radio wave monitoring apparatus includes a television receiver which is capable of receiving a radio wave in a television broadcast frequency band and generates reception quality information, and a wireless communication device which is capable of establishing communication in an area to be monitored and a wider area than the area to be monitored and transmits the reception quality information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radio wave monitoring apparatus comprising: a television receiver which is capable of receiving a radio wave in a television broadcast frequency band and generates reception quality information; and a wireless communication device which is capable of establishing communication in an area to be monitored and a wider area than the area to be monitored and transmits the reception quality information, wherein operation of a circuit block that is redundant to radio wave monitoring in the television receiver is stopped, only when an input signal indicates a great change, the circuit block is rendered operative to acquire the reception quality information, and an AGC signal is monitored, and when the AGC signal changes by an amount equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the reception quality information is acquired. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the radio wave in the television broadcast frequency band includes a radio wave other than a television signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device includes an LPWA communication device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device transmits the reception quality information to a transmission station. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device sends the reception quality information to a server so as to store the reception quality information in the server. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a GNSS receiver, wherein a position and a height obtained by the GNSS receiver are transmitted by the wireless communication device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a GNSS receiver, wherein time information by the GNSS receiver is transmitted by the wireless communication device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the radio wave monitoring apparatus includes an antenna. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the radio wave monitoring apparatus includes a television antenna and an LPWA antenna. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the radio wave monitoring apparatus includes a television antenna, an LPWA antenna, and a GNSS antenna. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the radio wave monitoring apparatus includes a single antenna capable of being used for a plurality of purposes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the radio wave monitoring apparatus includes a combination of a solar cell and the antenna. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit block includes a video-audio signal multiplexing unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit block includes a digital demodulation unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit block includes an error correction unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit block includes an entire demodulation unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the entire demodulation unit includes an ADC, a digital demodulation unit, an error correction unit, a video-audio signal multiplexing unit, a logic unit, and a communication unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The radio wave monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reception quality information includes at least an RSSI, an SNR, and a BER.