ELEVATION ANGLE ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER TERMINAL PLACEMENT
First Claim
1. A system for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal, the system comprising:
- a camera device for capturing an image of the sky; and
a display device for displaying the image of the sky captured by the camera device;
wherein one of the camera device and the display device generates an elevation limit marking on the image of the sky displayed by the display device;
wherein the elevation limit marking defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions.
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Abstract
A system and a method for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal include a camera device for capturing an image of the sky and a display device for displaying the image of the sky captured by the camera device. One of the camera device and the display device generates an elevation limit marking in the image of the sky displayed by the display device. The elevation limit marking in the image of the sky defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions.
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57 Claims
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1. A system for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal, the system comprising:
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a camera device for capturing an image of the sky; and a display device for displaying the image of the sky captured by the camera device; wherein one of the camera device and the display device generates an elevation limit marking on the image of the sky displayed by the display device; wherein the elevation limit marking defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A camera device for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal, the camera device comprising:
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an image sensor capturing an image of the sky; wherein the camera device generates an elevation limit marking in the image of the sky that will be displayed by a display device; wherein the elevation limit marking defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all of the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A display device for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal, the display device comprising:
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a display screen for displaying an image of the sky captured by a camera device; and a processor; wherein the display device includes a software application, which when executed by the processor adds an elevation limit marking to the image of the sky displayed on the display screen; and wherein the elevation limit marking defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions.
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55. A display device for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal, the display device comprising:
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a display screen for displaying an image of the sky captured by a camera device; wherein the display device includes firmware, hardware, software, or any combination thereof, that adds an elevation limit marking to the image of the sky displayed on the display screen; and wherein the elevation limit marking defines an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions.
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56. A method for estimating the elevation angle of one or more objects surrounding a user terminal, the method comprising:
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capturing an image of the sky with a camera device that is disposed on, attached to, disposed in, or disposed adjacent, to the user terminal; superimposing an elevation limit marking on the image of the sky, the elevation limit marking defining an elevation angle above a horizon of the earth that all the one or more objects in a field of view of the camera device must remain below so that the user terminal has an unobstructed view of the sky in all azimuthal directions; and displaying the image of the sky on a display device to ascertain the location of each of the one or more objects in the image relative to the elevation limit marking. - View Dependent Claims (57)
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