US 12,085,656 B2
Method for finding signal direction using modal antenna
Olivier Pajona, Antibes (FR); Michael Roe, San Diego, CA (US); Mohd Faizal Mohd Zaini, Juan les Pins (FR); Sebastian Rowson, San Diego, CA (US); and Laurent Desclos, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego), Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by KYOCERA AVX Components (San Diego), Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/332,369.
Application 18/332,369 is a continuation of application No. 17/194,885, filed on Mar. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,714,155.
Application 17/194,885 is a continuation of application No. 15/979,971, filed on May 15, 2018, granted, now 10,942,243, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 15/979,971 is a continuation of application No. 14/660,086, filed on Mar. 17, 2015, granted, now 9,983,290, issued on May 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/954,506, filed on Mar. 17, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324493 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 3/28 (2006.01); G01S 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 3/28 (2013.01) [G01S 3/06 (2013.01); G01S 3/16 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 25/04 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for obtaining an angle of arrival of a signal incoming to a communication device having a modal antenna, the method comprising:
obtaining, by one or more processors, a data with each of a plurality of modes in which the modal antenna is configurable, each mode of the plurality of modes associated with a different angle of a plurality of angles;
determining, by the one or more processors, an angle of arrival of the signal based at least in part on the data associated with each of a plurality of modes, wherein the data associated with the plurality of modes comprise a phase shift of a signal strength during a transition between modes of the antenna.