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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Katherine Grace August, Matawan, NJ (US);
Robert Duchatellier, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Norman R. Shaer, Freehold, NJ (US);
Theodore Sizer, II, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for inductive pick-up devices employing a diversity and adaptive antenna arrangement. By utilizing diversity and adaptive antennas, the pick-up can be installed by a consumer without use of a computer monitor or other device to determine alignment. In addition, the arrangement increases the level of signal available to a data decoding system. In combining the two types of pick-ups and using the best features of both, we additionally gain performance on synchronizing frame rate and picking up data.