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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Friedrich-alexander-universitaet Erlangen-nuernberg, Erlangen, DE;
Jochen Seitz, Nuremberg, DE;
Thorsten Vaupel, Homberg, DE;
Stephen Haimerl, Seubersdorf, DE;
Joern Thielecke, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device having a receiver and an orientation determiner. The receiver has a plurality of antennas for receiving a signal from a stationary transmitter. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas is arranged to have a different receiving direction. The receiver is configured to detect a signal strength of the signal received with each antenna in order to obtain a plurality of detected signal strengths. The orientation determiner is configured to determine an orientation of the mobile device relative to the stationary transmitter based on the plurality of detected signal strengths.