EP2398171A3 - Antenna controlling apparatus and method for controlling antenna - Google Patents

Antenna controlling apparatus and method for controlling antenna Download PDF

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EP2398171A3
EP2398171A3 EP11158031A EP11158031A EP2398171A3 EP 2398171 A3 EP2398171 A3 EP 2398171A3 EP 11158031 A EP11158031 A EP 11158031A EP 11158031 A EP11158031 A EP 11158031A EP 2398171 A3 EP2398171 A3 EP 2398171A3
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antenna
satellite
controlling
receiving position
move
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Kenji Nakamura
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Toshiba Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H40/00—Arrangements specially adapted for receiving broadcast information
    • H04H40/18—Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
    • H04H40/27—Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95
    • H04H40/90—Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/125—Means for positioning
    • H01Q1/1257—Means for positioning using the received signal strength
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/02—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole
    • H01Q3/04—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole for varying one co-ordinate of the orientation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/02—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole
    • H01Q3/04—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole for varying one co-ordinate of the orientation
    • H01Q3/06—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole for varying one co-ordinate of the orientation over a restricted angle
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/02—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole
    • H01Q3/08—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an antenna control apparatus (16) includes a movement controller (102), a measuring module (103), and an acquiring module (104). The movement controller (102) controls a moving module (22) that moves an antenna (21) to a receiving position in response to a change of a target satellite from which the satellite broadcasting is received to move the antenna (21) from a reference position to the receiving position. The measuring module (103) measures a moving time required to move the antenna (21) from the reference position to the receiving position for each satellite. The acquiring module (104) acquires, when the target satellite changes from one to another, a timeout period required to move the antenna (21) from a receiving position of the one satellite to that of the other satellite based on moving times measured for the satellites.
EP11158031A 2010-06-17 2011-03-14 Antenna controlling apparatus and method for controlling antenna Withdrawn EP2398171A3 (en)

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JP2010138614A JP4818447B1 (en) 2010-06-17 2010-06-17 Antenna control apparatus and antenna control method

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US5585804A (en) * 1992-11-18 1996-12-17 Winegard Company Method for automatically positioning a satellite dish antenna to satellites in a geosynchronous belt

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EP0196607A2 (en) * 1985-03-25 1986-10-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba A satellite broadcasting receiving system
US5345591A (en) * 1991-07-10 1994-09-06 Fujitsu Limited Receiving satellite switching apparatus
US5585804A (en) * 1992-11-18 1996-12-17 Winegard Company Method for automatically positioning a satellite dish antenna to satellites in a geosynchronous belt
US5583514A (en) * 1994-03-07 1996-12-10 Loral Aerospace Corp. Rapid satellite acquisition device

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