US 12,292,464 B2
System and method for the automated validation of a semi-anechoic chamber
Phillip C. Miller, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed by Phillip C. Miller, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/407,253.
Application 18/407,253 is a continuation of application No. 18/162,661, filed on Jan. 31, 2023, granted, now 11,867,739.
Application 18/162,661 is a continuation of application No. 17/878,733, filed on Aug. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,567,115, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142507 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 27/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01C 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 29/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 29/105 (2013.01) [G01B 11/0608 (2013.01); G01C 3/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for the automated validation of a semi-anechoic chamber comprising:
receiving a validation arrangement at a microcontroller of a transmit assembly, the validation arrangement comprising a validation location within the semi-anechoic chamber and a validation transmit height, the transmit assembly further comprising a mast and a motor communicatively coupled to the microcontroller of the transmit assembly;
autonomously moving the transmit assembly within the semi-anechoic chamber such that the transmit assembly is at the validation location and a measurement point of a transmit antenna releasably coupled to the transmit assembly is at the validation transmit height;
sending an instruction to a microcontroller of a receive assembly also within the semi-anechoic chamber, the instruction comprising a validation distance and a validation receive height, the receive assembly further comprising a mast and a motor communicatively coupled to the microcontroller of the receive assembly;
autonomously moving the receive assembly within the semi-anechoic chamber such that the measurement point of a receive antenna releasably coupled to the receive assembly is at the validation receive height and the measurement point of the transmit antenna is separated from the measurement point of the receive antenna by the validation distance; and
obtaining a validation measurement corresponding to the validation arrangement using a measurement system communicatively coupled to the transmit antenna and the receive antenna.