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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Higher Ground Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert S. Reis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bruce L. McKinley, South Riding, VA (US);
Higher Ground LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An anticipated direction to a signal source is determined by a communication device having an antenna. The communication device receives video images in a field of view of a camera and determines, using sensors of the communication device, an antenna direction. The antenna direction is the direction that the antenna of the communication device is pointing. The communication device displays, using a display screen, the video images, an antenna direction indicator, and a guiding icon. The antenna direction indicator indicates the antenna direction relative to the field of view of the camera, and the guiding icon represents a direction offset from the anticipated direction. An energy value of a signal received from the signals source is determined by the communication device using the antenna, and a position of the guiding icon on the display screen is updated based on the anticipated direction.