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Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Higher Ground Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert S. Reis, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Bruce L. McKinley, South Riding, VA (US);

Assignee:

Higher Ground LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 17/40 (2015.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/40 (2015.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04B 7/18517 (2013.01); H04B 7/18582 (2013.01);
Abstract

Satellite acquisition, for enabling a user device to engage in satellite communications, may be implemented using augmented reality (AR). An AR display may be presented to a user, and the user may use the AR display to point the user device toward a desired satellite. The process may include offsetting the position of a satellite icon representing the desired satellite in the AR display if acquisition is unsuccessful and thus indicating that the user device should be pointed to the offset position. In the case of a non-geosynchronous earth-orbit (non-GEO) satellite, such as a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite, the position of the satellite icon representing such a non-GEO satellite may be compensated for satellite movement during a satellite acquisition attempt.


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