Patent ID: 11897422
Assignee: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for establishing a location with respect to a portable device and an object, the system comprising:
a plurality of antennas, each of the plurality of antennas configured to receive wireless communications and provide one or more antenna outputs corresponding to wireless communications;
a controller capable of directing communications between a fixed position device and the portable device, the controller operable to direct a locator to determine the location of the portable device with respect to the object based on one or more first antenna outputs of the plurality of antenna outputs; and
wherein the controller is configured, in response to one or more second antenna outputs of the plurality of antenna outputs satisfying a mode transition criterion, to direct the locator to determine the location of the portable device based on the one or more first antenna outputs, wherein the mode transition criterion is varied at a first rate that is less than a second rate for determining if the one or more second antenna outputs satisfies the mode transition criterion.