Near field communication management
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsHideto Horikoshi, Masaki Oie
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided to enable a close arrangement of a near-field communication device and a capacitive sensor that prevents interference of the capacitive sensor. The apparatus includes a first processing unit that executes first processing for detecting a detection target based on an output signal of a capacitive sensor. The apparatus also includes a second processing unit that executes second processing using radio by causing an alternating magnetic flux to be emitted from a coil connected to an electromagnetic coupling wireless module and arranged close to the capacitive sensor, wherein the second processing unit controls the operation of the second processing according to the operating state of the first processing.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a first processing unit configured to execute first processing for detecting a detection target based on an output signal of a capacitive sensor;
- and
- a second processing unit configured to execute second processing using radio by causing an alternating magnetic flux to be emitted from a coil connected to an electromagnetic coupling wireless module and arranged close to the capacitive sensor, wherein the second processing unit controls operation of the second processing according to an operating state of the first processing.
An electronic component comprising:
- a capacitive sensor;
- and
- a coil connected to an electromagnetic coupling wireless module and arranged close to the capacitive sensor.
A method comprising:
- executing first processing, by a first processing unit, for detecting a detection target based on an output signal of a capacitive sensor;
- and
- executing second processing, by a second processing unit, using radio by causing an alternating magnetic flux to be emitted from a coil connected to an electromagnetic coupling wireless module and arranged close to the capacitive sensor, wherein operation of the second processing is controlled according to an operating state of the first processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.