Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems, apparatus, and methods for selecting antennas
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Application No.: US16883848Application Date: 2020-05-26
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Publication No.: US10998641B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Christopher William Bruhn , Paul Langer
- Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/22
- IPC: H01Q1/22 ; H01Q21/24 ; H04N5/64 ; H01Q3/04 ; H01Q1/00 ; H01Q3/02 ; H01Q3/24

Abstract:
A set-top box includes a housing including an interior having a base and a top and a first sidewall extending from a perimeter of the base to the top; an antenna coupled to the housing; one or more electric motors coupled the antenna; one or more orientation sensors coupled to the housing; a controller coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the antenna, the one or more electric motors, and the one or more orientation sensors, the controller configured to receive information from the one or more orientation sensors, determine an orientation of the housing based on the information from the one or more orientation sensors, and actuate the one or more electric motors to change an orientation of the antenna based on the orientation of the housing; and a transmitter within the housing selectively connectable to the antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200287299A1 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR SELECTING ANTENNAS Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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