Apparatus and method for determining a position of a transmitter

US10935622B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Mario Schuehler · Effeltrich, DE
• Lars Weisgerber · Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, DE
• Johannes Arendt · Erlangen, DE
• Rainer Wansch · Geiselhöring, DE
• Heinrich Milosiu · Erlangen, DE
• Frank Oehler · Höchstadt an der Aisch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/0617
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for determining information on a position of a transmitter with an antenna apparatus, a control apparatus and a data processing apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes several different directional characteristics that each relate to an amount of spatially different receive sensitivities of the antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes signal outputs, wherein the directional characteristics are allocated to the signal outputs. The control apparatus connects one signal output of the antenna apparatus to an information reading apparatus and further signal outputs of the antenna apparatus to the data processing apparatus. The information reading apparatus determines data transmitted with the signals from the received signals. The data processing apparatus evaluates received signals with respect to their physical characteristics. Further, the invention relates to a respective method.