Back to results
US 8,947,180 B2Granted
Signal transmission device, electronic device, and signal transmission method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHirofumi Kawamura
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A signal transmission device includes: a transmitting device that transmits a transmission subject signal through a first waveguide as a wireless signal; and a receiving device that receives the wireless signal of the transmission subject signal transmitted from the transmitting device through a second waveguide, wherein the wireless signal is transmitted between the transmitting device and the receiving device in a state where the first waveguide faces the second waveguide.
Claims14
A signal transmission device comprising:
- a transmitting device that transmits a transmission subject signal as a wireless signal;
- a first waveguide through which the transmission subject signal passes, the first waveguide being fixed to the transmitting device, and the transmission subject signal being outputted at a first edge of the first waveguide;
- a receiving device that receives the wireless signal of the transmission subject signal transmitted from the transmitting device;
- a second waveguide through which the transmission subject signal passes, the second waveguide being fixed to the receiving device, and the transmission subject signal being inputted at a second edge of the second waveguide;
- and
- a third waveguide through which the transmission subject signal passes, the transmission subject signal being inputted at a third edge of the third waveguide and outputted at a fourth edge of the third waveguide, wherein
- the transmission subject signal is transmitted between the transmitting device and the receiving device in a state where the first edge of the first waveguide faces the third edge of the third waveguide, and the fourth edge of the third waveguide faces the second edge of the second waveguide,
- the third edge of the third waveguide does not extend beyond the first edge of the first waveguide in a first direction so that the first waveguide and the third waveguide do not overlap with each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
- the fourth edge of the third waveguide does not extend beyond the second edge of the second waveguide in the first direction so that the second waveguide and the third waveguide do not overlap with each other in the second direction.
6 more elements
A signal transmission method in which signal transmission of a transmission subject signal as a wireless signal is performed between a transmitting device and a receiving device, the method comprising:
- providing a first waveguide in the first electronic device, the transmission subject signal passing through the first waveguide, the first waveguide being fixed to the transmitting device, and the transmission subject signal being outputted at a first edge of the first waveguide;
- providing a second waveguide in the second electronic device, the transmission subject signal passing through the second waveguide, the second waveguide being fixed to the receiving device, and the transmission subject signal being inputted at a second edge of the second waveguide;
- providing a third waveguide, the transmission subject signal passing through the third waveguide, the transmission subject signal being inputted at a third edge of the third waveguide and outputted at a fourth edge of the third waveguide, and
- transmitting the transmission subject signal between the first and second electronic devices in a state where the first edge of the first waveguide faces the third edge of the third waveguide, and the fourth edge of the third waveguide faces the second edge of the second waveguide, wherein
- the third edge of the third waveguide does not extend beyond the first edge of the first waveguide in a first direction so that the first waveguide and the third waveguide do not overlap with each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
- the fourth edge of the third waveguide does not extend beyond the second edge of the second waveguide in the first direction so that the second waveguide and the third waveguide do not overlap with each other in the second direction.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.