US 10,951,331 B1 · Process based antenna configuration

Abstract

Techniques for process based antenna configuration are described, and may be implemented via a wireless device to identify different usage scenarios and to adapt antenna configurations to optimize wireless performance based on the scenarios. For instance, the described techniques enable a wireless device to be calibrated for wireless communication by identifying different obstruction states of a wireless device that correspond to ways that the wireless device is held (e.g., grasped) by a user in different scenarios. The obstruction states are then correlated to antenna positions in the wireless device to prioritize (e.g., activate) antennas that are relatively unobstructed, such as by activating unobstructed antennas and/or deactivating obstructed antennas. Further, calibration can take into specific processes (e.g., applications) and specific users to calibrate an optimize wireless performance based on ways in which a user typically interacts with a process.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

detecting a calibration event indicating that a wireless device is to be calibrated for wireless connectivity and based on a process that resides on the wireless device;
initiating calibration based on the calibration event, the calibration including:
identifying one or more obstruction states that each identify one or more regions of the wireless device that are occluded in a respective obstruction state;
determining, for each of the one or more obstruction states, a performance parameter for each antenna of a set of antennas of the wireless device, each performance parameter being based on whether a respective antenna is at least partially occluded in a respective obstruction state;
generating a state record identifying the process, one or more of the antennas, and respective performance parameters for the one or more of the antennas;
and
causing the state record to be available for configuring the set of antennas of the wireless device.

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A wireless device comprising:

a sensor system;
a set of antennas;
and
a connectivity module implemented to:
receive data from the sensor system describing an obstruction state that identifies one or more regions of the wireless device that are occluded while a particular process is active on the wireless device;
determine for the obstruction state a performance parameter for each antenna of the set of antennas, each performance parameter being based on whether a respective antenna is at least partially occluded in the obstruction state;
detect a launch event indicating that the process is launched on the wireless device;
and
configure based on the launch event, one or more of the antennas based on a respective performance parameter for the one or more antennas.

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A method comprising:

receiving data from a sensor system describing an obstruction state that identifies one or more regions of a wireless device that are occluded while a particular process is active on the wireless device;
determining for the obstruction state a performance parameter for each antenna of a set of antennas of the wireless device, each performance parameter being based on whether a respective antenna is at least partially occluded in the obstruction state;
detecting a launch event indicating that the process is launched on the wireless device;
and
configuring, based on the launch event, one or more of the antennas based on a respective performance parameter for the one or more antennas.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Process based antenna configuration

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Abstract

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