US 10,764,573 B2Granted

Host-independent VHF-UHF active antenna system

AssigneeEthertronics, Inc.

InventorsMichael Roe, John Shamblin, Vahid Manian, Dhaval Bhavnagari

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Abstract

An antenna system for use with a media device is provided. The antenna system includes a multi-mode active antenna configurable to operate in a plurality of modes. Each mode of the plurality of has a distinct radiation pattern. The antenna system includes a supplemental tuner that is separate from a primary tuner associated with the media device. The antenna system includes a switching device movable between at least two positions to selectively couple the active antenna to the supplemental tuner. When the switching device is in a first position, the active antenna is coupled to the supplemental tuner. When the switching device is in a second position, the active antenna is coupled to the media device.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An antenna system for use with a media device, the antenna system comprising:

a multi-mode active antenna configurable to operate in a plurality of modes associated with a ultra-high frequency (UHF) band or a very-high frequency (VHF) band, each of the plurality of modes having a distinct radiation pattern;
a supplemental tuner that is separate from a primary tuner associated with the media device;
the supplemental tuner selectively coupled to the multi-mode active antenna;
and
one or more controllers configured to:
obtain data indicative of performance of the multi-mode active antenna in each of the plurality of modes while the supplemental tuner is coupled to the multi-mode active antenna;
determine one of the plurality of modes as a selected mode for the multi-mode active antenna based, at least in part, on the data indicative of performance of the multi-mode active antenna in each of the plurality of modes;
and
configure the multi-mode active antenna in the selected mode.

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Facts

Application: 16/562,820Filed 6 Sep 2019 · continuation
Priority: 20 Jun 2017
Published: US 2019/0394456 A126 Dec 2019
Granted: 1 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H04N 17/04
Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details: for receivers
H01Q 1/24
By structural association with other equipment or articles: with receiving set
H01Q 1/36
Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas: structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials…
H01Q 1/38
Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith: formed by a conductive layer on an…

Family

Application62/522,111Us provisional application · filed 20 Jun 2017
Application16/007,291Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Jun 2018
US 2019/0394456 A1Pre-grant publication · published 26 Dec 2019
US 10,419,749 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0367791 A1Published application
US 10,764,573 B2This patent

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