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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Mario Schuehler, Effeltrich, DE;
Lars Weisgerber, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, DE;
Johannes Arendt, Erlangen, DE;
Rainer Wansch, Baiersdorf, DE;
Heinrich Milosiu, Erlangen, DE;
Frank Oehler, Adelsdorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for determining information on a position of a transmitter with an antenna apparatus, a control apparatus and a data processing apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes several different directional characteristics that each relate to an amount of spatially different receive sensitivities of the antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes signal outputs, wherein the directional characteristics are allocated to the signal outputs. The control apparatus connects one signal output of the antenna apparatus to an information reading apparatus and further signal outputs of the antenna apparatus to the data processing apparatus. The information reading apparatus determines data transmitted with the signals from the received signals. The data processing apparatus evaluates received signals with respect to their physical characteristics. Further, the invention relates to a respective method.