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Concept for determining an orientation of a mobile device

US9529075B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventors

Jochen Seitz · Nuremberg, DE
Thorsten Vaupel · Homberg (Efze), DE
Stephen Haimerl · Dietenhofen, DE
Joern Thielecke · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2014
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 26, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W24/08
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device having a receiver and an orientation determiner. The receiver has a plurality of antennas for receiving a signal from a stationary transmitter. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas is arranged to have a different receiving direction. The receiver is configured to detect a signal strength of the signal received with each antenna in order to obtain a plurality of detected signal strengths. The orientation determiner is configured to determine an orientation of the mobile device relative to the stationary transmitter based on the plurality of detected signal strengths.

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