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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Richard Owen, Regensburg, DE;
Christian Morhart, Obertraubling, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/29 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/29 (2013.01); H04B 7/0842 (2013.01);
Abstract
A diversified antenna system is suitable for vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. The antenna system has a first antenna arrangement and a directional antenna arrangement. The first antenna arrangement has a blind spot from which it cannot receive a signal. The directional antenna arrangement is configured to receive signals from the blind spot of the first antenna arrangement. A vehicle is provided with such an antenna system and communication is effected between vehicles or between vehicles and infrastructures.