Abstract: To provide a vehicle antenna device which includes multiple antennas, the frequency bands of radio waves to be transmitted and received by the multiple antennas being at least partially different from each other, proximate to each other and which can reduce the degradation of the transmission/reception sensitivity of each of the multiple antennas. A vehicle antenna device to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a first antenna capable of transmitting and receiving radio waves of a first frequency band; and a second antenna proximate to the first antenna and capable of transmitting and receiving radio waves of a second frequency band including a frequency band higher than the first frequency band, wherein at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna is disposed in or on window glass of the vehicle or in the vicinity of the window glass, and wherein the second antenna includes a power supply unit to which a high-pass filter is connected.

Abstract: A vehicle antenna includes: a vehicle window glass an electronic device provided in a vicinity of a vehicle width direction central portion at or near upper portion of the vehicle window glass; and an antenna attached to the upper portion of the vehicle window glass such that a normal to a radiation surface passes through a principal surface. A vehicle width direction central position of the antenna is separated from a reference position that is a vehicle width direction center of the electronic device.

Abstract: An antenna system includes a glass plate, a resin layer, and an antenna, wherein a predetermined frequency of 3 GHz or greater is defined as F, a transmission coefficient S21 of the glass plate concerning an incident wave of F is defined as S21G, S21 of a laminate concerning the F is defined as S21GR, a frequency closest to F at which S21 of the glass plate becomes a maximum is defined as FP, S21 of the glass plate concerning an incident wave of FP is defined as S21GP, a frequency closest to F among frequencies of incident waves at which S21 of the glass plate becomes a minimum is defined as FV, and S21 of the glass plate concerning an incident wave of FV is defined as S21GV, and wherein a thickness of the resin layer is configured such that: S21GR?S21G?(S21GP?S21GV)×0.2.

Abstract: A window glass apparatus for a vehicle including a first bus bar provided in or on the glass plate and including an upper portion extending in a direction along an upper edge of the glass plate; a second bus bar provided in or on the glass plate and including a lower portion extending in a direction along a lower edge of the glass plate; and an antenna disposed in a space near the upper portion and configured to transmit and receive a radio wave having a certain frequency; wherein the glass plate has a heating area extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, and a non-heating area extending above the upper portion; wherein the heating area is an area where a conductive member is disposed, the conductive member being configured to flow a direct current in an up-down direction.

Abstract: An antenna and an antenna apparatus for vehicle that can achieve reduction in size are provided. The antenna includes a dielectric body, a radiation conductor disposed on a first principal surface side of the dielectric body, and a ground conductor disposed on a second principal surface side of the dielectric body. The ground conductor is a planar conductor disposed within a rectangular region having a length LG1 in a first direction and a length LG2 in a second direction. When the ground conductor is divided into a first region and a second region, the ground conductor includes a slit that starts extending toward the inside of the ground conductor starting from an outer edge of the ground conductor in the first region.

Abstract: An antenna system for vehicle includes a vehicle and a MIMO antenna that is mounted on the vehicle and that transmits and receives radio waves of a predetermined frequency. The MIMO antenna includes antennas including a first antenna that mainly transmits and receives a first polarized wave and a second antenna that mainly transmits and receives a second polarized wave orthogonal to the first polarized wave, and the antennas are dispersedly arranged on the vehicle. One of the first antenna and the second antenna are arranged based on at least one of (1) a configuration in which one is arranged in a central region and another one is arranged in a first peripheral region or a second peripheral region and (2) a configuration in which one is arranged in a first region and another one is arranged in a second region.

Abstract: An antenna system for a vehicle includes a plurality of antenna sets provided on or in proximity to a dielectric arranged on front and rear sides or on right and left sides of the vehicle, or arranged on both thereof, wherein a first antenna set includes first and second antennas, a second antenna set includes third and fourth antennas, a third antenna set includes fifth and sixth antennas, a fourth antenna set includes seventh and eighth antennas, each of the first, third, fifth, and seventh antennas has a higher antenna gain for transmitting and receiving a horizontally polarized wave than transmitting and receiving a vertically polarized wave, and each of the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth antennas has a higher antenna gain for transmitting and receiving the vertically polarized wave than transmitting and receiving the horizontally polarized wave.

Abstract: An antenna includes a first conductor plate and a second conductor plate, the second conductor plate being disposed in the first conductor plate so as to be apart from the first conductor plate with a distance between both plates; wherein the first conductor plate includes a first U-shaped portion, the first U-shaped portion being formed in a U-shape so as to include a first side portion, a second side portion opposed to the first side portion, and a first front portion connected between the first side portion and the second side portion; wherein the second conductor plate includes a second U-shaped portion, the second U-shaped portion being formed in a U-shape so as to include a third side portion, a fourth side portion opposed to the third side portion, and a second front portion connected between the third side portion and the fourth side portion.

Abstract: A vehicle antenna system having high transmission and reception efficiency is provided. A vehicle antenna system includes an antenna that is attached to a vehicle and is capable of transmitting and receiving radio waves of a predetermined frequency band. The antenna is attached to the vehicle in such a way that an elevation angle of the antenna with respect to a horizontal plane becomes large in a predetermined angle range in accordance with the height of a communication frequency band.

Abstract: An antenna system for vehicles includes a first antenna attached in a vicinity of a windshield of a vehicle; and a second antenna attached in a vicinity of a rear glass of the vehicle, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured to transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave in a predetermined frequency band F, and wherein defining a region A and a region B with respect to a vehicle center axis extending in a traveling direction of the vehicle, so as to bisect a vehicle width of the vehicle from a viewpoint in a direction normal to a horizontal plane, the first antenna is arranged in the region A, and the second antenna is arranged in the region B.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a first conductor plate including a first end portion and a second end portion, the first conductor plate being provided with a first feeding portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, a second conductor plate including a third end portion connected to the first feeding portion, a fourth end portion located at a position away from the first conductor plate, and a plate surface of which width in a direction parallel to the first conductor plate increases with a distance from the third end portion toward the fourth end portion, and a third conductor plate including a fifth end portion capacitively coupling with the fourth end portion, a sixth end portion connected, on a same side as the first end portion with respect to the first feeding portion, to the first conductor plate, and a counter portion opposite the plate surface.

Abstract: An antenna includes a flat conductor, and the flat conductor includes a first slot extending in a first direction, a second slot connected to the first slot and extending in a second direction, a third slot connected to the first slot and including another end that is open through an outer edge of the conductor, the third slot extending to one side of the first slot opposite from the second slot, and a fourth slot connected to the second slot, the fourth slot extending to one side of the second slot opposite from the first slot, wherein the third slot has a wide portion, and the fourth slot has a wide portion, and the outer edge includes an inclined portion inclined with respect to a virtual line that passes through the another end of the third slot and that is perpendicular to a direction in which the third slot extends.

Abstract: An antenna system includes a glass plate, a resin layer, and an antenna, wherein a predetermined frequency of 3 GHz or greater is defined as F, a transmission coefficient S21 of the glass plate concerning an incident wave of F is defined as S21G, S21 of a laminate concerning the F is defined as S21GR, a frequency closest to F at which S21 of the glass plate becomes a maximum is defined as FP, S21 of the glass plate concerning an incident wave of FP is defined as S21GP, a frequency closest to F among frequencies of incident waves at which S21 of the glass plate becomes a minimum is defined as FV, and S21 of the glass plate concerning an incident wave of FV is defined as S21GV, and wherein a thickness of the resin layer is configured such that: S21GR?S21G?(S21GP?S21GV)×0.2.

Abstract: An antenna system for a vehicle includes a plurality of antenna sets provided on or in proximity to a dielectric arranged on front and rear sides or on right and left sides of the vehicle, or arranged on both thereof, wherein a first antenna set includes first and second antennas, a second antenna set includes third and fourth antennas, a third antenna set includes fifth and sixth antennas, a fourth antenna set includes seventh and eighth antennas, each of the first, third, fifth, and seventh antennas has a higher antenna gain for transmitting and receiving a horizontally polarized wave than transmitting and receiving a vertically polarized wave, and each of the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth antennas has a higher antenna gain for transmitting and receiving the vertically polarized wave than transmitting and receiving the horizontally polarized wave.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a first conductor plate including a first end portion and a second end portion, the first conductor plate being provided with a first feeding portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, a second conductor plate including a third end portion connected to the first feeding portion, a fourth end portion located at a position away from the first conductor plate, and a plate surface of which width in a direction parallel to the first conductor plate increases with a distance from the third end portion toward the fourth end portion, and a third conductor plate including a fifth end portion capacitively coupling with the fourth end portion, a sixth end portion connected, on a same side as the first end portion with respect to the first feeding portion, to the first conductor plate, and a counter portion opposite the plate surface.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology is capable of executing electric field communication and includes an antenna, a medium side electrode, and a communication unit. The antenna is used for other communication different from the electric field communication. The communication unit is electrically connected to each of the antenna and the medium side electrode and executes the electric field communication by using the antenna and the medium side electrode.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an electrode for intra-body communication that can enhance communication performance. [Solution] According to the present disclosure, the electrode for intra-body communication is used in an electrostatic coupling-type intra-body communication method with a carrier frequency of 40 MHz or less, the electrode including: a first electrode configured to be capacitatively coupled with a human body; and a second electrode having a capacitance of coupling with the human body that is five times or more and 11 times or less with respect to a capacitance at which the first electrode is coupled with the human body. A capacitance of coupling generated between the first electrode and the second electrode is 3 pF or less.

Abstract: An antenna includes a flat conductor, and the flat conductor includes a first slot extending in a first direction, a second slot connected to the first slot and extending in a second direction, a third slot connected to the first slot and including another end that is open through an outer edge of the conductor, the third slot extending to one side of the first slot opposite from the second slot, and a fourth slot connected to the second slot, the fourth slot extending to one side of the second slot opposite from the first slot, wherein the third slot has a wide portion, and the fourth slot has a wide portion, and the outer edge includes an inclined portion inclined with respect to a virtual line that passes through the another end of the third slot and that is perpendicular to a direction in which the third slot extends.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an electrode for intra-body communication that can enhance communication performance. [Solution] According to the present disclosure, the electrode for intra-body communication is used in an electrostatic coupling-type intra-body communication method with a carrier frequency of 40 MHz or less, the electrode including: a first electrode configured to be capacitatively coupled with a human body; and a second electrode having a capacitance of coupling with the human body that is five times or more and 11 times or less with respect to a capacitance at which the first electrode is coupled with the human body. A capacitance of coupling generated between the first electrode and the second electrode is 3 pF or less.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology is capable of executing electric field communication and includes an antenna, a medium side electrode, and a communication unit. The antenna is used for other communication different from the electric field communication. The communication unit is electrically connected to each of the antenna and the medium side electrode and executes the electric field communication by using the antenna and the medium side electrode.