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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Akihiko Shiotsuki, Osaka, JP;
Sotaro Shinkai, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Nagoshi, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiko Arashin, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Yurugi, Osaka, JP;
Wataru Noguchi, Hyogo, JP;
Toyoshi Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Akihiko Shiotsuki, Osaka, JP;
Sotaro Shinkai, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Nagoshi, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiko Arashin, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Yurugi, Osaka, JP;
Wataru Noguchi, Hyogo, JP;
Toyoshi Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of directional patterns are classified into groups and stored in a directional pattern memory, such that among the plurality of directional patterns, the directional patterns strongly correlated with each other are classified into the same group, while the directional patterns weakly correlated with each other are classified into the different groups. One directional pattern is selected from each group in the directional pattern memory. One directional pattern is determined from the selected directional patterns, in accordance with a communication quality of signals each received when each one of the selected directional patterns is set for steerable antenna element. The determined directional pattern is set for the steerable antenna element.