公开(公告)号：US5764185A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-09

申请号：US704924

申请日：1996-08-28

申请人： Tomoaki Fukushima ,  Yoji Isota

发明人： Tomoaki Fukushima ,  Yoji Isota

IPC分类号： G01S3/42 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q3/04 ,  H01Q3/06 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H01Q3/00

CPC分类号： H01Q3/06 ,  H01Q1/3233 ,  H01Q3/04

摘要： A method and apparatus for controlling an antenna and a tracking antenna system using them. A rate sensor detects the angular rate of the vehicle turning. On the basis of the detected value, an error correction circuit determines the steering angle of the antenna. If it is judged from the determined angle that the vehicle is not turning or only slightly turning, a motor driving circuit suspends driving of a motor and at the same time a linear actuator locks a major gear. If it is judged that an accumulated error of a control target which is determined on the basis of the output of the rate sensor is not negligible, the error correction circuit starts a closed-loop control on the basis of a receiving signal level. In such a manner, the power consumption in the motor can be reduced.

摘要翻译： 一种用于控制天线的方法和装置以及使用它们的跟踪天线系统。 速率传感器检测车辆转向的角速度。 基于检测值，纠错电路确定天线的转向角。 如果从确定的角度判断车辆没有转弯或仅仅转动，则电动机驱动电路暂停电动机的驱动，同时线性致动器锁定主齿轮。 如果判断出基于速率传感器的输出确定的控制目标的累积误差不可忽略，则纠错电路基于接收信号电平开始闭环控制。 以这种方式，可以降低电动机的功率消耗。

公开(公告)号：US06556165B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-29

申请号：US09985489

申请日：2001-11-05

申请人： Tomoaki Fukushima ,  Ichiro Shirokawa ,  Hidetaka Yamauchi ,  Yoshihiko Konishi ,  Akio Iida

发明人： Tomoaki Fukushima ,  Ichiro Shirokawa ,  Hidetaka Yamauchi ,  Yoshihiko Konishi ,  Akio Iida

IPC分类号： G01S700

CPC分类号： H01Q3/04 ,  H01P1/067 ,  H01Q3/08

摘要： An AC power source applies power to a primary coil that is provided in a fixed part. An AC current flowing through the primary coil induces electromotive force in a secondary coil that is provided in a movable part. The AC electromotive force induced in the secondary coil is converted by an AC/DC converter into DC power, which is input to a drive control section.

公开(公告)号：US06529161B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-04

申请号：US09933826

申请日：2001-08-22

申请人： Tomoaki Fukushima ,  Takeo Shimizu ,  Akio Iida

发明人： Tomoaki Fukushima ,  Takeo Shimizu ,  Akio Iida

IPC分类号： H01Q300

CPC分类号： H01Q1/125

摘要： An antenna controller comprises an antenna beam control unit for controlling the direction of an antenna beam of an antenna, an inertial navigation system for acquiring motion information on a motion of the mobile body, an antenna beam direction calculation unit for calculating the direction of the antenna based on the motion information from the inertial navigation system to direct the antenna beam toward the geostationary satellite, a motion information acquisition unit for separately acquiring motion information on the motion of the mobile body, and a motion estimation unit for estimating a delay of the motion information acquired by the inertial navigation system based on the motion information acquired by the inertial navigation system and the motion information acquired by the motion information acquisition unit, and for estimating motion information to be sent to the antenna beam direction calculation unit in consideration of the estimated delay. The motion information acquisition unit has a 3-axis angular-velocity sensor. As an alternative, the motion information acquisition unit has a 3-axis magnetic bearing sensor.

摘要翻译： 天线控制器包括用于控制天线的天线波束的方向的天线波束控制单元，用于获取关于移动体的运动的运动信息的惯性导航系统，用于计算天线方向的天线波束方向计算单元 基于来自惯性导航系统的运动信息将天线波束引导到地球静止卫星，运动信息获取单元，用于分别获取关于移动体的运动的运动信息，以及运动估计单元，用于估计运动的延迟 由惯性导航系统基于由惯性导航系统获取的运动信息和由运动信息获取单元获取的运动信息获取的信息，并且用于估计要发送到天线波束方向计算单元的运动信息，以考虑估计的 延迟。 运动信息获取单元具有3轴角速度传感器。 作为替代，运动信息获取单元具有3轴磁性轴承传感器。

公开(公告)号：US06559805B2

公开(公告)日：2003-05-06

申请号：US09986291

申请日：2001-11-08

申请人： Hidetaka Yamauchi ,  Ichiro Shirokawa ,  Tomoaki Fukushima

发明人： Hidetaka Yamauchi ,  Ichiro Shirokawa ,  Tomoaki Fukushima

IPC分类号： H01Q300

CPC分类号： H01Q3/02 ,  H01Q3/08

摘要： There is disclosed an antenna apparatus used for satellite communication or the like and including an antenna rotating in an azimuth angle direction and an elevation angle direction, which can be miniaturized without using a slip ring for ensuring electrical connection between a stationary portion and a movable portion. A rotary member 3 is rotated by rotation of a motor 5 to rotate an antenna 11 about an azimuth axis. On the other hand, a motor 9 is rotated to rotate a rotary member 7, and a relative rotary shaft 14 is rotated by relative rotation between the rotary member 3 and the rotary member 7. The rotation of the relative rotary shaft 14 rotates the antenna 11 about an elevation angle axis by rotation transmission through a bevel gear 18 and a bevel gear 19.

公开(公告)号：US06538602B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-25

申请号：US10054948

申请日：2002-01-25

申请人： Koichi Natsume ,  Tomoaki Fukushima

发明人： Koichi Natsume ,  Tomoaki Fukushima

IPC分类号： H01Q300

CPC分类号： H01Q3/08 ,  H01Q1/125 ,  H01Q1/1257

摘要： An axial-discrepancy amount calculating section 21 calculates discrepancy amounts between an azimuth angle and an elevation angle of a satellite 9 in the mobile object-fixed coordinate system computed by a satellite direction computing section 19 and an azimuth angle and an elevation angle of an antenna in the gimbal coordinate system detected after the antenna is directed by a peak direction drive controlling section 12 to a direction in which a peak received signal is given, and then commands an axial-discrepancy amount correcting section 20 to change the axial discrepancy amount.

摘要翻译： 轴向偏差量计算部21计算由卫星方向计算部19计算出的移动体固定坐标系中的卫星9的方位角与仰角的偏差量，以及天线的方位角和仰角 在将天线由峰值方向驱动控制部分12引导到给出峰值接收信号的方向之后的万向坐标系中，然后命令轴向差异量校正部分20来改变轴向偏差量。

公开(公告)号：US6075482A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-13

申请号：US944190

申请日：1997-10-06

申请人： Tomoaki Fukushima

发明人： Tomoaki Fukushima

IPC分类号： G01C19/00 ,  G01S7/03 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q3/04 ,  H01Q3/10 ,  H01Q3/00

CPC分类号： H01Q1/3275 ,  H01Q3/04 ,  H01Q3/10

摘要： An antenna controller mounted on a movable body is provided for controlling antenna driving for satellite tracking. The antenna controller comprises a step tracking circuit for performing step tracking operation on a turning face of the movable body while receiving electromagnetic waves from a satellite, and for calculating an antenna pointing direction in which an intensity of the electric wave is strongest. An antenna driving circuit drives the antenna in the antenna pointing direction, while a reference output correcting circuit adds a correction quantity to a reference output of a rate sensor based on a result of the step tracking operation.

摘要翻译： 提供安装在移动体上的天线控制器，用于控制用于卫星跟踪的天线驱动。 天线控制器包括步进跟踪电路，用于在接收来自卫星的电磁波的同时在可移动体的转动面上执行步进跟踪操作，并且用于计算电波强度最强的天线指向方向。 天线驱动电路以天线指向的方向驱动天线，而参考输出校正电路基于步进跟踪操作的结果，将校正量与速率传感器的基准输出相加。