Patent ID: 9214717
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a housing having a top side, a bottom side, a left side and a right side, wherein each of the sides lies in a unique plane such that no two sides lie in a common plane; a first antenna mounted at a first position of the housing on a first side; a second antenna mounted at a second position of the housing on a second side; a hand position monitoring system operative to determine a position of a hand of a user grasping the housing of the device, wherein the hand position monitoring system comprises a first pair of sensors and a second pair of sensors, each of the sensors of the first pair being positioned at opposing ones of the sides comprising the left side and the right side, each of the sensors of the second pair being positioned at alternate and opposing ones of the sides comprising the top side and the bottom side, wherein one of the first pair of sensors is further positioned on the first side adjacent to the first antenna such that a second of the first pair of sensors is positioned at a side opposing the first antenna, and wherein one of the second pair of sensors is further positioned on the second side adjacent to the second antenna such that a second of the second pair of sensors is positioned at a side opposing the second antenna; and an antenna selection system operative to selectively and alternately activate the first antenna and the second antenna responsive to the hand position monitoring system determining that the hand is in a vicinity of the first antenna or the second antenna, wherein input from either the first sensor or the second sensor of the first pair of sensors causes the antenna selection system to activate the second antenna, and wherein input from either the first sensor or the second sensor of the second pair of sensors causes the antenna selection system to activate the first antenna.