US 12,075,512 B2
Communication apparatus and communication control method to control a communication interval for wireless communication
Yu Shigeta, Tokyo (JP); and Tetsu Eto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/310,612
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/006638
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/170396, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174778 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/28 (2018.02) [H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
communicate wirelessly with an external apparatus;
acquire environmental information including sensing data output from a sensor group, wherein the environmental information includes location information;
determine the communication apparatus has left a specific area based on the location information;
set an operation mode for the wireless communication; and
dynamically control, based on the determination that the communication apparatus has left the specific area, an interval of the wireless communication such that a first communication interval of the wireless communication in the selected operation mode is shorter than a second communication interval of the wireless communication in the selected operation mode, wherein
the first communication interval is for the wireless communication performed when the communication apparatus has left the specific area, and
the second communication interval is for the wireless communication performed when the communication apparatus is in the specific area.