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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184050 | Antenna alignment and monitoring system and method using GNSS An antenna alignment and monitoring system is provided for telecom antennas and includes a pair of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antennas mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) for installation in a telecom antenna enclosure. Multiple telecom antennas ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179313 | Antenna tracking profile estimation Estimation of a desired antenna tracking profile is provided for a radio frequency autotracked (RFAT) antenna in the absence of a ground reference. A first RFAT antenna subsystem has a first antenna and a first antenna positioning mechanism (APM), each mounted on a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169367 | Radio-frequency device, and radio-frequency tag communication device A radio-frequency device includes a PAA processing portion configured to control a directivity of reception of a receiver antenna device, a received-signal-strength detecting portion configured to detect a strength of the received signal received by the receiver ant... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164520 | Master antenna controller A Master Antenna Controller is provided comprising a RET Master which may replace several devices, provide full RET control based on the AISG 1.1 and 2.0 standards, provide extensive, screen-guided, intuitive RET diagnostics functionality, and provide an alignment t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8154450 | Optimization for finding direction of arrival in smart antennas A smart antenna system may exploit space diversity by employing an array of antennas whose radiation pattern can be aligned in a direction of arrival (DoA) of a specific signal to be decoded. Smart antennas can be installed on a base station side and/or on a user te... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8125384 | Enhancing reception of signals in global positioning systems (GPS) receiver module An antenna assembly for receiving the GPS signals in a global positioning system (GPS) receiver module automatically orients the antenna to better receive the GPS signals. The antenna is oriented by a positioner (e.g., a counterweight) that automatically rotates a f... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8094073 | Robust VSAT tracking algorithm A system and method to normalize a tracking control signal in a directional antenna system to reduce interference from an interfering adjacent transponder is presented. The system and method scans for the tracking signal along a scan path to produce a received signa... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089403 | Mobile terminal A mobile communication terminal includes a terminal body portion, a display portion mounted on the terminal body portion to be rotatable to a first display position and a second display position while being substantially parallel to a surface of the terminal body po... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085198 | Smart antenna system and failure detection method for smart antenna system Disclosed herein is a smart antenna system including an antenna body with changeable directivity, and a control device that optimizes receiving conditions of the antenna body by changing the directivity of the antenna body with a control signal based on a selected c... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8026848 | Radio-based position location systems, antenna configurations, and methods for determining antenna configurations A radio-based position location system for determining a relative position of a first object with respect to a second object may include a first radio operatively associated with the first object. A first directional antenna having at least a high gain region is mou... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7956806 | Tracking arrangement for a communications system on a mobile platform Systems and methods are provided for orienting an antenna in a communications system on a mobile platform to orient a peak of the antenna pattern in a direction associated with a signal source. A signal from a signal source is received at the antenna. A signal stren... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7924223 | Satellite ground terminal incorporating a smart antenna that rejects interference This device combines multiple elements that function like a single smart antenna that performs both connectivity and spatial discrimination functions. The antenna functions in both receive and transmit modes. The apparatus utilizes commonly used components to distin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7898476 | Method and system for controlling the direction of an antenna beam In one embodiment, a system for controlling the direction of an antenna beam includes a location identifier, an orientation sensor, and an antenna beam controller. The location identifier determines a transmit antenna location indicating the location of a transmit a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7880674 | Tracking system for flat mobile antenna Tracking system for flat mobile antenna, which includes: sensors for angular velocity (1), which sense the rotation of the antenna around their axes; sensors, sensing the orientation of the antenna according to vertical axis (2); control block (3 | 02/01/2011 |
| 7855680 | Alignment method for multi-satellite consumer receiver antennas A method, apparatus and system for aligning an antenna reflector with satellites in a satellite configuration. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises aligning the reflector in azimuth and elevation with a first signal transmitted by a first sate... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7843385 | Antenna device An antenna device includes: an antenna base portion; an antenna mount portion which is supported by the antenna base portion and rotated around an azimuth axis and which supports a main reflector with two struts; a frame structure group including a plurality of fram... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7808429 | Beam steering control for mobile antennas A method and apparatus for steering a beam from a phased array antenna mounted on a mobile platform. Rate sensors mounted on the phased array antenna are used to update lower bandwidth data from the mobile platform, resulting in improved pointing performance. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800537 | System and method for antenna tracking A method includes determining if a dynamics requirement for an antenna positioner is exceeded, and employing a combination of mechanical and electronic beam steering techniques to steer a single antenna beam if the dynamics requirement is exceeded. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7768452 | Null-fill antenna, omni antenna, and radio communication equipment A wide-angle null-fill antenna with no null in the depression angle range, an omni antenna using the same, and radio communication equipment. A null-fill antenna comprises a first antenna array including antenna elements arranged with a prescribed point as the cente... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764229 | Steerable directional antenna system for autonomous air vehicle communication A system and method for communication with an autonomous air vehicle are provided. The system comprises a steerable antenna array including a plurality of directional antenna elements each selectable to receive a video signal from the air vehicle. An antenna control... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7724188 | Gimbal system angle compensation Gimbal system angle compensation methods and systems are provided. A particular method includes pointing an antenna at a first target using an initial set of at least four gimbal angles and determining first bore sight pointing errors resulting from a pointing direc... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7701392 | Antenna system Disclosed is an antenna system, including: an antenna which can switch directivity thereof when receiving an analog television broadcasting signal; a switching section to switch the directivity of the antenna; a measurement section to measure radio wave quality of t... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696926 | Apparatus for identifying target satellite in satellite communication antenna and method thereof Provided is an apparatus and method for identifying a target satellite in a satellite communication antenna. The apparatus includes: a power splitting unit for splitting a signal inputted through the satellite communication antenna to more than two signals; a tuner ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7692584 | Antenna system driven by intelligent components communicating via data-bus, and method and computer program therefore It is disclosed an antenna system drivable in at least one degree of freedom, comprising a target value provider configured to provide at least one target value, a data-bus configured to relay the at least one target value, at least one sensor unit configured to pro... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7675462 | Method and system for the alignment of an earth station antenna with a satellite antenna There is described a method for the alignment of an earth station antenna with a satellite antenna, wherein a reference signal, emitted by the earth station antenna is analyzed in a monitoring station, wherein the reference signal is used as a carrier for authentica... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671797 | Coordinate-based system, method and computer program product for adjusting an antenna A system, method, and computer program product are provided. In use, a plurality of coordinates is identified. Further, at least one aspect of an antenna is adjusted based on the coordinates. In addition, the coordinates include source coordinates that indicate a lo... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667645 | GPS gyro calibration GPS gyro calibration methods and systems are described. In an embodiment, a ground station can receive antenna position data for a spot beam antenna from a global positioning system (GPS) platform where the antenna position data indicates a boresight direction of th... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663542 | Antenna autotrack control system for precision spot beam pointing control The present invention provides a system and a method for improving spacecraft antenna pointing accuracy utilizing feedforward estimation. The present invention takes advantage of the fact that spacecraft antenna pointing error has periodic behavior with a period of ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663543 | Alignment method for multi-satellite consumer receiver antennas A method, apparatus and system for aligning an antenna reflector with satellites in a satellite configuration. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises aligning the reflector in azimuth and elevation with a first signal transmitted by a first sate... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7656351 | Method of designing a low cost multibeam phased array antenna for communicating with geostationary satellites A method for electronically scanning a predetermined geostationary orbital arc segment around the earth with an antenna system. The antenna system includes a planar array. A number of fixed electronic squints is selected. Lengths of the total plurality of fixed dela... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7642960 | Command, control and communications with intelligent antennas A system and method to provide a means of communication, command and control between a mobile antenna and a satellite receiver that allows the receiver to send tuning information to the antenna and the antenna to provide feedback to the receiver when a signal has be... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633441 | Steerable antenna and receiver interface for terrestrial broadcast Antennas with steerable antenna patterns and techniques for using such antennas are described. In accordance with the invention, antenna patterns with one or more NULLs are used. Through the use of digital control signals the antenna pattern is steered so that a sou... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7535419 | Method for data exchange between military aircraft and device for carrying out this method A device for user data transmission implemented in an aircraft for transmitting user data to a relay aircraft. The device includes a controllable directional antenna arrangement and an antenna steering module that is structured and arranged to control radiation prop... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7528773 | Satellite beacon for faster sky-search and pointing error identification An apparatus for determining the identity of a first detected satellite and to determine a second scan position for a satellite of interest based in part on the identity of the first detected satellite is disclosed. In one example the identity of the first detected ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522102 | Antenna beam steering An antenna steering system is provided that includes a plurality of gyro sensors fixedly located in close proximity to an antenna, for example a phased array antenna. The gyro sensors measure angular rotation of the antenna about an X-axis of the antenna, about a Y-... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7508342 | Satellite antenna positioning system A system and method for automatically positioning an antenna aperture on a mobile platform in a manner to avoid blockages created by other components/subsystems on the mobile platform between the line of sight of the antenna aperture and a satellite and to avoid int... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7501982 | Antenna alignment method A method for antenna alignment includes defining a first link budget for wireless communication between first and second communication systems via respective first and second antennas in a normal operational mode in which a main lobe of the first antenna points towa... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7436370 | Device and method for polarization control for a phased array antenna A method of configuring a phased array antenna having a plurality of radiators, each said radiator elements capable of radiating or receiving signals in one of two orthogonal polarizations determined to achieve a pseudo-random mix of horizontally and vertically pola... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421321 | System for obtaining vehicular information System for obtaining information about a vehicle or a component therein includes sensors arranged to generate and transmit a signal upon receipt and detection of a radio frequency (RF) signal and a multi-element, switchable directional antenna array. Each antenna el... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414576 | Precision RF antenna pointing A precision antenna pointing system and methods are disclosed. Antenna pointing error is determined by detecting RF signal phases at locations along the edge of an antenna reflector. A set of signal phase reference harnesses are used to compensate for harness induce... | 08/19/2008 |
