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US 10,310,092 B2Granted
Satellite signal receiving apparatus and antenna pattern adjusting method thereof
AssigneeGetac Technology Corporation
InventorShang Ming Chiu
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Abstract
A satellite signal receiving apparatus and an antenna pattern adjusting method thereof are provided. A coupling relationship between a main antenna and a plurality of pattern adjustment antennas is adjusted to thereby adjust an angle of the antenna pattern so that the average intensity of satellite signals attributed to target satellites and received by an antenna array is higher than a first preset intensity.
Claims11
A satellite signal receiving apparatus, comprising:
- an antenna array for receiving satellite signals from a plurality of satellites, the plurality of satellites comprising a plurality of target satellites, and the antenna array comprising:
- a main antenna for radiating an antenna pattern;
- at least one pattern adjustment antenna for being coupled with the antenna pattern to adjust an angle of the antenna pattern;
- a control unit coupled to the main antenna and the at least one pattern adjustment antenna to calculate an average intensity of the satellite signals of the plurality of target satellites, determine whether the average intensity is lower than a first preset intensity, and adjust a coupling relationship between the main antenna and the at least one pattern adjustment antenna if the average intensity is lower than the first preset intensity, so as to adjust the angle of the antenna pattern so that the average intensity of satellite signals of the target satellites received by the antenna array is higher than the first preset intensity;
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- a plurality of switches coupled between the at least one pattern adjustment antenna and a ground, respectively, so that the control unit controls ON states of the switches to adjust the coupling relationship between the main antenna and the at least one pattern adjustment antenna;
- wherein the control unit selects from the plurality of satellites a plurality of candidate satellites having satellite signal intensity higher than a threshold intensity and calculates an average angle of elevation of the candidate satellites;
- wherein the control unit calculates the average intensity of satellite signals of the plurality of satellites and adds the calculated average intensity of satellite signals of the plurality of satellites to a second preset intensity to obtain the threshold intensity;
- and
- wherein the control unit determines whether the average angle of elevation is smaller than a threshold angle and, if the average angle of elevation is not smaller than the threshold angle, does not adjust the angle of the antenna pattern.
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An antenna pattern adjusting method, comprising the steps of:
- calculating, by a control unit, wherein the control unit is part of a satellite signal receiving apparatus comprising an antenna array and the control unit, an average intensity of satellite signals of a plurality of target satellites received at the antenna array, the antenna array comprising a main antenna and at least one pattern adjustment antenna and the control unit being coupled to the main antenna and the at least one pattern adjustment antenna;
- determining, by the control unit, whether the average intensity is lower than a first preset intensity;
- adjusting, by the control unit, a coupling relationship between the main antenna and the at least one pattern adjustment antenna if the average intensity is lower than the first preset intensity, to thereby adjust an angle of the antenna pattern so that the average intensity of the satellite signals of the target satellites received by the antenna array is higher than the first preset intensity;
- selecting, by the control unit, a plurality of candidate satellites having satellite signal intensity higher than a threshold intensity from a plurality of satellites;
- calculating, by the control unit, an average angle of elevation of the plurality of candidate satellites relative to a pattern of the antenna array;
- calculating, by the control unit, the average intensity of satellite signals of the plurality of satellites;
- adding, by the control unit, the calculated average intensity of satellite signals of the plurality of satellites to a second preset intensity to obtain the threshold intensity;
- determining, by the control unit, whether the average angle of elevation is smaller than a threshold angle;
- and
- not adjusting the angle of the antenna pattern if the average angle of elevation is not smaller than the threshold angle.
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