Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antenna device, antenna control method, and program
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Application No.: US16968715Application Date: 2019-01-15
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Publication No.: US11296406B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Hiroshi Ikematsu
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2018-080179 20180418
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/000932 WO 20190115
- International Announcement: WO2019/202789 WO 20191024
- Main IPC: H01Q3/08
- IPC: H01Q3/08 ; H01Q3/26 ; H01Q3/38

Abstract:
A planar antenna includes a plurality of antenna elements and transmits and receives a radio wave to and from a target. An attitude controller is attached to the planar antenna and controls an attitude of the planar antenna mechanically. An antenna controller controls the attitude controller such that the planar antenna points in a predetermined direction with respect to the target. A scan controller controls beam scanning performed by the planar antenna and adjusts an excitation phase of each of the antenna elements in accordance with a signal level of a reception signal generated from a radio wave received from the target during performance of the beam scanning, thereby directing a beam from the planar antenna toward the target. The scan controller limits a range of the beam scanning to a range within which no grating lobe occurs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200381820A1 ANTENNA DEVICE, ANTENNA CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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