TERMINAL DEVICE AND ANTENNA SWITCHING METHOD

• US 20150318625A1
• Filed: 04/24/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCNT LLC
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Nakamura, Takafumi
• Granted Patent: US 9,748,667 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00

Abstract

A terminal device includes a first memory that stores a position of each of antennas included in a main body of a terminal device for each of holding manners for the main body of the terminal device, a second memory, a processor coupled to the second memory, configured to detect a holding manner for the main body of the terminal device including the antennas, detect a shape indicating a shadow of an object pointing to a surface of the terminal device, identify a holding hand that holds the main body of the terminal device, based on the detected shape, and switch an antenna which overlaps with the holding hand to another antenna based on the identified holding hand and the position of each antenna stored in the first memory, the antenna corresponding to the detected holding manner.

Claims

1. A terminal device comprising:

a first memory that stores a position of each of antennas included in a main body of a terminal device for each of holding manners for the main body of the terminal device;

a second memory;

a processor coupled to the second memory, configured to

detect a holding manner for the main body of the terminal device including the antennas,

detect a shape indicating a shadow of an object pointing to a surface of the terminal device,

identify a holding hand that holds the main body of the terminal device, based on the detected shape, and

switch an antenna which overlaps with the holding hand to another antenna based on the identified holding hand and the position of each antenna stored in the first memory, the antenna corresponding to the detected holding manner.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1,

wherein the processor identifies the holding hand based on a flattening of the shape.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1,

wherein the processor identifies the holding hand based on an area of the shape.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1,

wherein the processor identifies the holding hand based on a major axis of the shape.

5. The terminal device according to claims 1,

wherein the processor detects the shape by an electrostatic strength.

6. A machine readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations on a terminal device including antennas, the operations comprising:

detecting a holding manner for a main body of the terminal device;

detecting a shape indicating a shadow of an object pointing to a surface of the terminal device;

identifying a holding hand that holds the main body of the terminal device, based on the shape; and

switching an antenna which overlaps with the holding hand to another antenna based on the identified holding hand and the position of each antenna of the main body of the terminal device, the antenna corresponding to the detected holding manner.

7. A method of switching an antenna, the method comprising:

detecting a holding manner for a main body of a terminal device including antennas;

detecting a shape indicating a shadow of an object pointing to a surface of the terminal device;

identifying a holding hand that holds the main body of the terminal device, based on the shape; and

switching an antenna which overlaps with the holding hand to another antenna based on the identified holding hand and the position of each antenna of the main body of the terminal device, the antenna corresponding to the detected holding manner.