US 11063625

Here is a concise summary of US Patent 11063625:

US Patent 11063625: Steerable antenna device

• Title: Steerable antenna device
• Assignee: Massively Broadband LLC
• Inventors: Theodore S. Rappaport
• Filing Date: 2013-08-14
• Issue Date: 2021-07-13
• Abstract: Wireless devices, particularly mobile devices such as cellphones, PDAs, computers, and navigation devices, among others, that transmit or receive data across multiple frequency bands, incorporate at least one steerable antenna. These devices can be configured to transmit and receive across various bands (e.g., GSM, Bluetooth, UWB). They are capable of identifying "zones or spans of directions" to avoid radiating beams at frequencies of 10 GHz or higher. Signals can be received via either the steerable antenna or another antenna. Furthermore, the wireless devices can be set to radiate in a pattern distinct from their receiving pattern.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Independent Claim 1 (Method for Avoiding Radiation): This claim describes a method for a wireless device, equipped with at least one steerable antenna, to prevent radiating energy toward a user or physical structure. The method involves:

  1. Detecting Orientation: Using sensors (such as cameras, microphones, ultrasound, range finders, capacitive sensors, gyroscopes, light detectors, or motion detectors), the device determines its orientation relative to the user or structure in three-dimensional space.
  2. Determining Avoidance Zones: Based on this detection, the device calculates specific "zones or spans of directions" where the user or structure is located relative to its steerable antenna.
  3. Adjusting Radiation Pattern: The device then adjusts the steerable antenna's radiation patterns to direct its energy in specific "particular directions" while ensuring that "nulls or dead zones" (areas of minimal radiation) are created in the previously identified avoidance zones. The steerable antenna operates on one or multiple frequency bands, radiating at frequencies between 10 GHz and 500 GHz.

• Independent Claim 11 (Wireless Device for Avoiding Radiation): This claim describes a wireless device engineered to avoid radiating a user or structure. The device comprises:

  1. Sensors: One or more sensors (including cameras, microphones, audio/ultrasound sensors, range finders, capacitive sensors, gyroscopes, light/motion detectors) that detect the device's orientation relative to a user or structure in three-dimensional space.
  2. Processors: One or more processors connected to these sensors.
  3. Steerable Antenna: At least one steerable antenna connected to the processors, which can adjust its beam radiation patterns to steer energy in particular directions and create nulls or dead zones in others. This antenna radiates at frequencies between 10 GHz and 500 GHz and operates on one or multiple bands.
  4. Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium: A storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by the processors, cause the device to: receive signals from the sensors, compute the "zones or spans of directions" where the user or structure is located, and adjust the antenna's radiation patterns to avoid radiating into those zones.
  5. Receiver: A receiver for receiving over-the-air signals.

• Independent Claim 23 (Steerable Antenna System for Avoiding Radiation): This claim outlines a steerable antenna system designed to be used in a wireless device to avoid radiating a user or structure. The system includes:

  1. Sensors: One or more sensors (such as cameras, microphones, audio/ultrasound transducers, ultrasound sensors, range finders, capacitive sensors, gyroscopes, light detectors, or motion detectors) to detect the wireless device's orientation relative to a user or structure in three-dimensional space.
  2. Computation Module: A computation module connected to the sensors, configured to determine "zones or spans of directions" corresponding to the user's or structure's location.
  3. Steerable Antenna: At least one steerable antenna connected to the computation module, which radiates at frequencies between 10 GHz and 500 GHz. This antenna is configured to adjustably radiate beams in directions outside the determined avoidance zones, steering energy in particular directions while creating nulls or dead zones in others. The antenna operates on one or multiple bands.
  4. Receiver: A receiver for receiving signals.

USPTO and CAFC 2026 Docket Search:
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