Abstract: To estimate a positional relationship between devices having transmitted and received signals with higher accuracy. A control device includes a control unit that compares reliability parameters that are indexes indicating a degree of whether or not a signal is appropriate as a processing target for estimating a positional relationship between each of the plurality of communication devices and the other communication device, calculated on the basis of the signals received from the other communication device by the communication device, and performs control for estimating the positional relationship on the basis of a signal transmitted and received between the communication device that has received a signal that is more appropriate as a processing target for estimating the positional relationship and the other communication device.

Abstract: A communication device comprising: a wireless communication section; and a control section configured to correlate a first signal with a second signal from another communication device at a designated interval, convert a data matrix including an array of a plurality of correlation computation results into a format including a matrix product of an expanded modal matrix and an expanded signal matrix, estimate the expanded signal matrix that minimizes a predetermined norm, and estimate reception time of the second signal on a basis of the expanded signal matrix that minimizes the predetermined norm.

Abstract: An authentication system includes a terminal and a key authentication unit arranged in a communication peer that communicates with the terminal. The key authentication unit receives key information of the terminal carried by a user through wireless communication and performs key authentication that verifies authenticity of the key information. The authentication system further includes detectors that are arranged at different locations and detect biological information of the user and a biometric authentication unit that uses the biological information to perform biometric authentication. The authentication system further includes a controller that controls actuation of the communication peer based on a location of one of the detectors that detected the biological information, an authentication result of the key authentication, and an authentication result of the biometric authentication.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a plurality of wireless communication sections, each of which is configured to wirelessly receive a signal from another communication device; and a control section configured to select a wireless communication section from which a specific reception time corresponding to an optimum parameter that is a reliability parameter indicating that the specific reception time is most appropriate for a processing target is detected, as a transmission communication section serving as a wireless communication section that transmits a signal from among the plurality of wireless communication sections, and configured to measure a distance between the transmission communication section and the other communication device on the basis of the specific reception time detected from a correlation computation result obtained from signals transmitted/received between the other communication device and the selected transmission communication section.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a plurality of wireless communication sections, each of which is configured to wirelessly receive a signal from another communication device; and a control section configured to detect a specific element in chronological information based on respective pulse signals received by the plurality of wireless communication sections, on the basis of respective pieces of chronological information including, as elements related to time, information that chronologically changes and that is obtained when the plurality of wireless communication sections receive the respective pulse signals transmitted from the other communication device, verify whether each of a plurality of the detected specific elements is based on the pulse signal coming through a shortest path, and estimate an angle from which the pulse signal has come while using axes extending from reference point, on the basis of the plurality of specific elements that are verified as elements based on the pulse signals.

Abstract: To provide a novel and improved communication device, control device, program, and system capable of estimating a positional relation between devices with higher accuracy. A communication device includes a control unit configured to control transmission and reception of signals by at least first and second antennas in conformity with a specific communication standard. The control unit controls a mode for transmission and reception of the signals by the first and second antennas in accordance with the signals transmitted to and received from another communication device.

Abstract: To provide a novel and improved control device and storage medium capable of performing control based on a positional relation with higher accuracy. A control device includes a control unit configured to perform control based on a presence area of a first communication device determined using a signal transmitted and received between the first communication device and at least one second communication device. The control unit performs control related to an operation of a controlled device in accordance with a second presence area when a first presence area determined based on a coordinate position of the first communication device on an arbitrary coordinate system associating the first communication device with the second communication device is inconsistent with the second presence area determined based on a distance between the first and second communication devices.

Abstract: To provide a novel and improved control device and storage medium capable of performing control based on a positional relation with higher accuracy. A control device includes a control unit configured to perform control based on a presence area of a second communication device estimated using signals transmitted and received between a first communication device and the second communication device. The control unit performs control based on a presence area estimated most often among a plurality of presence areas estimated from signals transmitted and received a plurality of times during a certain time length.

Abstract: A communication device controls wireless communications dependent on radio propagation environments. The communication device includes a wireless communication section configured to receive wireless signals from another communication device, and a control section configured to control a repetition process of repeatedly executing a measurement process on a basis of a reliability parameter calculated through the measurement process. The measurement process includes reception of the wireless signals and calculation of the reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates whether a first incoming wave is an appropriate process target, the first incoming wave being a signal detected as a signal that meets a predetermined detection standard among the received wireless signals, wherein the reliability parameter includes a third reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates unsuitability of a combined wave for the first incoming wave.

Abstract: A communication device controls wireless communication depending on radio propagation environments. The communication device includes a wireless communication section configured to receive wireless signals from another communication device, and a control section configured to control a repetition process of repeatedly executing a measurement process on a basis of a reliability parameter calculated through the measurement process. The measurement process including reception of the wireless signals and calculation of the reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates whether a first incoming wave is an appropriate process target, the first incoming wave being a signal detected as a signal that meets a predetermined detection standard among the received wireless signals, wherein the reliability parameter includes a fourth reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates suitability of a situation of receiving the wireless signal.

Abstract: A communication device controls wireless communications depending on radio propagation environments. The communication device includes a wireless communication section configured to receive wireless signals from another communication device, and a control section configured to control a repetition process of repeatedly executing a measurement process on a basis of a reliability parameter calculated through the measurement process. The measurement process includes reception of the wireless signals and calculation of the reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates whether a first incoming wave is an appropriate process target, the first incoming wave being a signal detected as a signal that meets a predetermined detection standard among the received wireless signals, wherein the reliability parameter includes a first reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates whether the first incoming wave itself is an appropriate detection target.

Abstract: An authentication system includes a first controller that performs wireless communication with a mobile terminal and a first authentication unit that executes authentication of the mobile terminal including ID authentication and code authentication through the wireless communication performed between the first controller and the mobile terminal. The first authentication unit executes the code authentication by determining whether a terminal-side calculation result obtained by the mobile terminal matches a controller-side calculation result obtained by the first controller. The authentication system further includes a second controller that communicates with the mobile terminal and a second authentication unit that applies encryption communication using a portion of the terminal-side calculation result and a portion of the controller-side calculation result to communication performed between the second controller and the mobile terminal and authenticates the encryption communication.

Abstract: An authentication system includes an authentication unit that performs an authentication process between a first communication device and a second communication device when the first communication device and the second communication device communicate. The authentication unit performs the authentication process by transmitting authentication information from one of the first communication device and the second communication device to the other one, calculating the authentication information with an encryption code in each of the first communication device and the second communication device, and evaluating a calculation result. During a processing series in the authentication process, the authentication unit performs a first authentication based on part of the calculation result transmitted between the first and second communication device, and a second authentication based on another part of the calculation result transmitted between the first and second communication device.

Abstract: A position detection system includes a measurement unit that obtains a measurement value related to transmission and reception of radio waves from when the radio waves are transmitted from one of first and second communication devices to the other one of the first and second communication devices to when the one of the first and second communication devices receives a response to the radio waves to detect a positional relationship of the first and second communication devices. The measurement unit obtains the measurement value related to the transmission and reception of radio waves during each of first communication in which the first communication device transmits radio waves to the second communication device and receives a response to the radio waves and second communication in which the second communication device transmits radio waves to the first communication device and receives a response to the radio waves.

Abstract: A position detection system includes a measurement unit that obtains a measurement value related to transmission and reception of radio waves from when the radio waves are transmitted from one of first and second communication devices to the other one of the first and second communication devices to when the one of the first and second communication devices receives a response to the radio waves to detect a positional relationship of the first and second communication devices. The measurement unit obtains multiple measurement values by performing communication to obtain the measurement value a multiple number of times in which a parameter of the communication is changed.

Abstract: An authentication system includes a first controller that performs wireless communication with a mobile terminal and a first authentication unit that executes authentication of the mobile terminal including ID authentication and code authentication through the wireless communication performed between the first controller and the mobile terminal. The first authentication unit executes the code authentication by determining whether a terminal-side calculation result obtained by the mobile terminal matches a controller-side calculation result obtained by the first controller. The authentication system further includes a second controller that communicates with the mobile terminal and a second authentication unit that applies encryption communication using a portion of the terminal-side calculation result and a portion of the controller-side calculation result to communication performed between the second controller and the mobile terminal and authenticates the encryption communication.

Abstract: An authentication system includes a terminal and a key authentication unit arranged in a communication peer that communicates with the terminal. The key authentication unit receives key information of the terminal carried by a user through wireless communication and performs key authentication that verifies authenticity of the key information. The authentication system further includes detectors that are arranged at different locations and detect biological information of the user and a biometric authentication unit that uses the biological information to perform biometric authentication. The authentication system further includes a controller that controls actuation of the communication peer based on a location of one of the detectors that detected the biological information, an authentication result of the key authentication, and an authentication result of the biometric authentication.

Abstract: A communication device comprising: a plurality of wireless communication sections; and a control section configured to repeatedly perform a measurement process including transmission of a signal from a representative wireless communication section, reception of the signal from another communication device by the plurality of wireless communication sections, and calculation of a reliability parameter with regard to at least any of the wireless communication sections, control a selection process of selecting the representative wireless communication section each time the measurement process is repeated, and control a positional parameter determination process on a basis of the reliability parameter, the positional parameter determination process being a process of determining a positional parameter indicating a position of the other communication device on a basis of a plurality of a first incoming waves obtained through repetition of the measurement process.

Abstract: A communication device comprising: a plurality of wireless communication sections; and a control section configured to control a repetition process of repeatedly performing a measurement process, on a basis of a reliability parameter calculated through the measurement process, and control a selection process of selecting a representative wireless communication section each time the measurement process is repeated in the repetition process, the measurement process including transmission of a signal from the representative wireless communication section, reception of the signal by the plurality of wireless communication sections, and calculation of the reliability parameter with regard to at least any of the wireless communication sections.

Abstract: A communication device comprising: a wireless communication section; and a control section configured to correlate a first signal with a second signal from another communication device at a designated interval, convert a data matrix including an array of a plurality of correlation computation results into a format including a matrix product of an expanded modal matrix and an expanded signal matrix, estimate the expanded signal matrix that minimizes a predetermined norm, and estimate reception time of the second signal on a basis of the expanded signal matrix that minimizes the predetermined norm.