A device is disclosed. The device includes a processor and a memory. The memory is coupled to the processor and having programming instructions to operate a vehicle via Near Field Communication (NFC). The device also includes a NFC controller coupled to a short range antenna, a passive NFC tag and a secure memory coupled to the NFC controller for storing a security code.

An integrated circuit for near field communication (NFC) is provided. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; a first transmitter disposed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to operate in a first NFC card mode, an NFC reader mode, and a peer-to-peer mode; a second transmitter disposed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to operate in a second NFC card mode; first transmitting pins connected to the semiconductor substrate and configured to transmit an output signal of the first transmitter to a first NFC antenna; second transmitting pins connected to the semiconductor substrate and configured to transmit an output signal of the second transmitter to a second NFC antenna; and a logic circuit disposed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to receive a control signal, and control an operation of the first transmitter and an operation of the second transmitter based on the control signal.

A device for near-field communication (NFC) and wireless power transfer. The device has an antenna resonant circuit that includes an antenna for transmitting and receiving signals, a multi-Q antenna matching circuit for adjusting a Q-factor of the antenna resonant circuit, and an antenna driver for driving the antenna through the multi-Q antenna matching circuit. The device also includes a microcontroller (MCU) configured to control the multi-Q antenna matching circuit to switch between a high-Q mode for wireless power transfer and a low-Q mode for NFC.

Communication which a user does not desire is prevented. As information processing device (1) includes: a region specifying section (23) which determines a given region of a display region of a display section (18) of a display device (11), the given region corresponding to an element image included in a screen displayed on the display section (18); and an antenna control section (24) which (i) controls, to be in a communication state, an antenna (150) which is included in the given region and (ii) controls another antenna (150) to be in a non-communication state.

In an example of a method for locating a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna, an indication of an imminent use of the NFC antenna is received. In response to receiving the indication, a light is caused to illuminate a location of the NFC antenna, a logo of the NFC antenna, or an area within proximity of the location of the NFC antenna in a pattern.

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an antenna, various implementations and methods therefor. Various embodiments are amenable to implementation with a receiver circuit that harvests power using energy from a radio frequency (RF) signal received, and a near-field communication (NFC) circuit. A first antenna collects and presents the RF signal to the receiver circuit, and a second antenna communicates NFC signals for the NFC circuit using an antenna portion shared with the first antenna.

A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology instrument and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to retrieve data stored on a circuit associated with an object to be inspected and use the data to perform an inspection on the object using the metrology device.

This information processing apparatus includes an instruction determining unit and a signal output unit. The instruction determining unit determines an instruction related to communication using a code image with an external apparatus. The signal output unit outputs, on the basis of the determined instruction related to the communication, a signal for controlling an operation related to communication of the external apparatus. Accordingly, high usability can be provided for communication with the external apparatus.

An accessory apparatus and an information display method are provided. The accessory apparatus include a housing, a display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a conductive pattern, a wireless communication circuit configured to support a short-range wireless communication protocol, at least one processor, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that allow the at least one processor to control the wireless communication circuit to operate in the first mode, operate in the second mode in which the second type of external electronic device is allowed to read the second data for the second time period following the first time period, detect the existence of the second type of external electronic device at one or more points of time in the first time period, and switch into the second mode when the existence of the second type of external electronic device is detected.

An apparatus and a method of providing a Near Field Communication (NFC) function in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes recognizing a tag and reading an NFC message from the tag, storing second data in the memory when the NFC message includes first data of a predetermined record type, the second data corresponding to other data except for the first data among all data included in the NFC message, determining whether a particular application corresponding to the first data has been installed, and when the particular application has been installed, executing the particular application and providing the second data to the particular application so as to enable the particular application to execute a particular function by using the second data.