Patent ID: 8009099
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G01S,H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas; a switching device, coupled to at least the antenna array, configured to select each of the plurality of antennas in the antenna array in sequence when performing direction of arrival determination; a receiver, coupled to at least the switching device, configured to receive signal information from the antenna array, wherein the signal information is a communication signal capable of conveying communication information comprising at least one of audio information and video information to and from the device; a controller configured to determine source identification information based on the received signal information; and a display configured to display a list of targets based on the source identification information, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a relative direction towards one of the displayed targets by calculating a direction of arrival estimation based on the received signal information, and to display the relative direction on the display, and further wherein the device is wireless communication device capable of at least one of long-range, short-range and near-field communications.