Enable a radiating element based on an orientation signal
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCheng-Fang Lin, Huai-Yung Yen, Wan Lin Su
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to enabling a radiating element based on an orientation signal. For example, a method may include receiving at a controller of a computing device an orientation signal from an orientation sensor. The orientation signal corresponds to a first orientation of an antenna element of the computing device. The method may also include enabling via the controller a first radiating element of the antenna element based on the orientation signal. The method may further include disabling via the controller a second radiating element of the antenna element based on the orientation signal.
Claims15
A computing device comprising:
- an orientation sensor;
- a display panel including a plurality of sides;
- an antenna element located entirely on a same side of the plurality of sides, wherein the antenna element includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, and a switching element to selectively enable one of the first radiating element and the second radiating element to alter the power output of the antenna element;
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- a controller to:
- enable the first radiating element within the antenna element, via the switching element, to transmit an output signal based on the orientation signal received from the orientation sensor causing the antenna element to have a first power output that is compliant with a specific absorption rate (SAR) limit when the antenna element is in the first orientation, wherein the orientation signal corresponds to a first orientation of the antenna element;
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- disable the second radiating element within the antenna element, via the switching element, based on the orientation signal, wherein the second radiating element has a second power output that exceeds the SAR limit when the antenna element is in the first orientation.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a controller of a computing device having a display panel including a plurality of sides, an orientation signal from an orientation sensor, wherein the orientation signal corresponds to a first orientation of an antenna element of the computing device, wherein the antenna element is located entirely on a same side of a plurality of sides of and includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, and a switching element;
- enabling, at the controller, the first radiating element within the antenna element, via the switching element, to transmit an output signal based on the orientation signal causing the antenna element to have a first power output that is compliant with a specific absorption rate (SAR) limit when the antenna element is in the first orientation;
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- disabling, at the controller, the second radiating element within the antenna element, via the switching element, based on the orientation signal, wherein the first radiating element has the first power output that is different than a second power output of the second radiating element.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a controller of a computing device having a display panel including a plurality of sides to:
- receive an orientation signal from an orientation sensor, wherein the orientation signal corresponds to a first orientation of an antenna element that is in closer physical proximity to a user than a second orientation of the antenna element, wherein the antenna element is located entirely on a same side of a plurality of sides of the display panel and includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, and a switching element to selectively enable one of the first radiating element and the second radiating element to alter the power output of the antenna element;
- enable the first radiating element within the antenna element, via the switching element, to transmit an output signal based on the orientation signal causing the antenna element to have a first power output that is compliant with a specific absorption rate (SAR) limit when the antenna element is in the first orientation;
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- disable the second radiating element within the antenna element, via the switching element, based on the orientation signal, wherein the second radiating element has a second power output that exceeds the SAR limit when the antenna element is in the first orientation.
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