Array and method for improved wireless communication
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsDavid Kelly Wurmfeld, Jeff Pharr
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Abstract
A system for communicating with a wireless device including a base including a front surface; a plurality of communication coils disposed on the front surface and arranged in a matrix, the coils being tuned to a near-field communication frequency; a selector coupled to the coils; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor coupled to the selector and executing the instructions to perform operations. The operations include at least receiving a plurality of feedback signals associated with the coils; identifying a selected one of the coils associated with a strongest one of the feedback signals; and causing the selector to couple the selected coil with a wireless communication module.
Claims16
A system for communicating with a wireless device comprising:
- a base comprising a front surface;
- a plurality of communication coils disposed on the front surface and arranged in a matrix, the coils being tuned to a near-field communication frequency;
- a selector coupled to the coils;
- a plurality of feedback receivers, each of the feedback receivers being:
- disposed on the substrate, behind the front surface, and arranged in the matrix separated from the coils by an insulative layer deposited over the feedback receivers;
- associated with a respective one of the coils;
- below the respective one of the coils;
- and within a threshold distance from the respective one of the coils;
- at least one memory storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the selector and executing the instructions to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from the plurality of feedback receivers, a plurality of feedback signals associated with the coils;
- identifying a selected one of the coils associated with a strongest one of the feedback signals;
- and causing the selector to couple the selected coil with a wireless communication module.
An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:
- a base comprising a front surface;
- a plurality of communication coils, the coils being:
- disposed parallel to the front surface;
- arranged in a matrix;
- and tuned to a near-field communication frequency;
- a selector coupled to each of the coils;
- a plurality of feedback receivers, each of the feedback receivers being:
- disposed on the substrate, behind the front surface, and arranged in the matrix separated from the coils by an insulative layer deposited over the feedback receivers;
- associated with a respective one of the coils;
- below the respective one of the coils;
- and within a threshold distance from the respective one of the coils;
- at least one memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the selector and executing the instructions to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from the plurality of feedback receivers, a plurality of feedback signals associated with the coils;
- identifying a selected one of the coils associated with a strongest one of the feedback signals;
- and causing the selector to couple the selected coil with a wireless communication module.
A method of communication with a wireless device comprising:
- receiving, from a plurality of feedback receivers, a plurality of feedback signals associated with a plurality of communication coils;
- identifying a selected one of the coils associated with a strongest one of the feedback signals;
- causing a selector coupled to the coils to connect a wireless communication module with the selected coil;
- and
- initiating wireless communications with the wireless device using the selected coil, wherein the coils are arranged in a matrix on a base and being tuned to a near-field communication frequency;
- and the feedback receivers are:
- disposed on the substrate, behind the front surface, and arranged in the matrix separated from the coils by an insulative layer deposited over the feedback receivers;
- associated with a respective one of the coils;
- below the respective one of the coils;
- and within a threshold distance from the respective one of the coils.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.