Antenna system using a motion sensor and method for operating the antenna system using a motion sensor

• US 10,454,159 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Jeon, Seul Ki, Kim, Hyun Sang, Hur, Nam Woong, Gwon, Jin Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Magallanes, Ricardo I
• Application Number:
  US15/359,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20170366281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/63 Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3241 particular used in keyless entry systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength

Abstract

An antenna system using a motion sensor includes an antenna having a plurality of axes within a smart device, whereby motion sensor sensing axis information is generated by movement or rotation of the plurality of axes of the antenna, and a controller for controlling the information sensed by the motion sensor and a strength of a signal of the antenna having the plurality of axes received in real time.

Claims

1. An antenna system using a motion sensor, comprising:

an antenna having a first axis and a second axis within a smart device, wherein the motion sensor senses a change in axis information which is generated by movement or rotation of the first axis and the second axis of the antenna from a first position to a second position; and

a controller for controlling the changed axis information sensed by the motion sensor and a strength of a signal of the antenna having the first axis and the second axis received in real time,

wherein the controller extracts a strength of the signal of the antenna having a third axis using the changed axis information sensed by the motion sensor and strengths of signals of the antenna having the first axis generated at the first and second positions and having the second axis generated at the first and second positions, and

wherein the controller compares the strength of the signal of the antenna having the first axis at the first position, the strength of the signal of the antenna having the second axis at the first position, the strength of the signal of the antenna having the first axis at the second position, the strength of the signal of the antenna having the second axis at the second position, and the changed axis information sensed by the motion sensor due to movement or rotation from the first position to the second position, with threshold values, respectively, to decide whether or not a user approaches a vehicle.

2. The antenna system of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor or a geomagnetic sensor.

3. A method for operating an antenna system using a motion sensor, comprising:

measuring a strength of a signal of a first-axis antenna at a first position and a strength of a signal of a second-axis antenna at the first position;

measuring a strength of a signal of the first-axis antenna at a second position and a strength of a signal of the second-axis antenna at the second position;

measuring a change in axis information sensed by the motion sensor depending on a movement from the first position to the second position;

comparing the changed axis information sensed by the motion sensor with the strengths of signals of the first-axis antenna and the second-axis antenna received in real time and measured at the first and second positions; and

extracting a strength of a signal of a third-axis antenna using the changed axis information sensed by the motion sensor and the strengths of the signals of the first-axis antenna generated at the first and second positions and the second-axis antenna generated at the first and second positions,

wherein the controller compares the strength of the signal of the antenna having the first axis at the first position, the strength of the signal of the antenna having the second axis at the first position, the strength of the signal of the antenna having the first axis at the second position, the strength of the signal of the antenna having the second axis at the second position, and the changed axis information sensed by the motion sensor due to movement or rotation from the first position to the second position, with threshold values, respectively, to decide whether or not a user approaches a vehicle.