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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Lars Weisgerber, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, DE;
Wolfram Strauss, Nuremberg, DE;
Mario Schuehler, Effeltrich, DE;
Alexander Popugaev, Erlangen, DE;
Rainer Wansch, Baiersdorf, DE;
Josef Bernhard, Nabburg, DE;
Abstract
An antenna device has a radiating unit having a plurality of antennas, configured to emit a radio signal with a radiation pattern. In addition, the antenna device has a calculator configured to generate and to apply to the plurality of antennas a plurality of feed signals based on an identification signal provided in order to generate the radio signal. The calculator is additionally configured to control the feed signals in a time-varying manner so that the radio signal is emitted with a time-varying radiation pattern.