Patent ID: 9147935
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A mobile wireless communication device comprising: a communication device housing; an antenna module configured to provide an antenna pattern having a directional beam to transmit electromagnetic energy of outgoing signals and to receive electromagnetic energy of incoming signals; a beam-altering module communicatively coupled to the antenna module and configured to alter a three-dimensional direction that the directional beam is pointing; and a three-dimensional orientation sensor module communicatively coupled to the beam-altering module and configured to obtain three-dimensional orientation information for the communication device, the three-dimensional orientation information indicative of a three-dimensional orientation of the wireless communication device; wherein the beam-altering module is configured to determine, based on the three-dimensional orientation information, a desired change in three-dimensional direction of the directional beam in order to compensate for a change in three-dimensional orientation of the wireless communication device; and wherein the antenna module is configured to change the three-dimensional direction that the directional beam is pointing based on the determined desired change in three-dimensional direction of the directional beam.