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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Zubeir Bocus, Bristol, GB;
Ziming Zhu, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining a direction of arrival of a signal at a device comprising an antenna with multiple antenna elements, in a processor of the device configured to calculate an average signal for each antenna element based on the signal received at the antenna element over N time slots, determine respective phases of the average signals and determine at least one of an azimuth and elevation angle of the signal using the determined phases and information of the location of the antenna elements.