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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Qiang Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert W. Brumley, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In some aspects, a mobile device may receive, from a transmitting device, the signal by a plurality of antennas. The mobile device may measure one or more phase differences among the signal received at the plurality of antennas. The mobile device may determine a first set of possible values for the angle of arrival that are consistent with the one or more phase differences. The mobile device may measure one or more signal values using one or more sensors of the mobile device. The mobile device may for each of the first set of possible values, determining a confidence score based on the one or more signal values. The mobile device may select, based on the confidence scores, one of the first set of possible values as the angle of arrival.