Patent ID: 11876575
Assignee: NEXTY ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electric field communication system communicating through an electric field, comprising:
a communication medium made of a material capable of transmitting the electric field, the communication medium comprising a component and a main body;
a first transmitter that generates an electric field dependent on a potential difference between a first electrode, which is disposed on a side of the communication medium and is connected to the communication medium via a coupling capacitance, and a second electrode connected to an earth ground via a coupling capacitance, with the first electrode being connected on a signal side of the first transmitter, and the second electrode being connected on a ground side of the first transmitter, the first transmitter in contact with the component;
a first receiver disposed in contact with the main body; and
a processing unit that detects that the component is detached from the main body when an intensity of a signal generated based on the electric field transmitted from the first transmitter is less than a threshold,
wherein the first transmitter and the first receiver communicate with each other through the electric field via the communication medium.