EP 1696503 B1 20191120 - Mobile wireless communications device with human interface diversity antenna and related method of operating such a device
Title (en)
Mobile wireless communications device with human interface diversity antenna and related method of operating such a device
Title (de)
Mobiles drahtloses Kommunikationsgerät mit Mensch / Diversityantennen - Schnittstelle und zugehöriges Verfahren zum Betrieb eines derartigen Geräts
Title (fr)
Dispositif de communication sans fil mobile avec une interface antenne en diversité /homme et procédé de fontionnement correspondant un tel dispositif
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 05251173 A 20050228
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1696503A1] A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable handheld housing, and a wireless transceiver carried by the housing. A pair of an antennas are positioned in side-by-side relation preferably in the upper portion of the portable handheld housing. A human interface diversity controller is connected to the wireless transceiver to preferentially operate with the plurality of antennas based upon a relative position of the portable handheld housing with respect to a hand of a human user. The device can select or weight the antennas based upon the position of the device when being held by a user.
IPC 8 full level
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/245 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01)
Citation (examination)
- WO 03050917 A1 20030619 - SKYCROSS INC [US]
- EP 1333576 A1 20030806 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]
- EP 1378962 A2 20040107 - FUJITSU LTD [JP]
- US 6850785 B1 20050201 - LEYTEN LUKAS [NL], et al
- EP 1280230 A1 20030129 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]
- EP 1124391 A1 20010816 - TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC [US], et al
- US 6396439 B1 20020528 - HALLBJOERNER PAUL [SE]
- EP 0883206 A2 19981209 - FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR LV MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1696503 A1 20060830; EP 1696503 B1 20191120; CA 2536427 A1 20060603; CA 2536427 C 20090908
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 05251173 A 20050228; CA 2536427 A 20060227