Patent ID: 6069462
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A control unit for controlling a rotary motor driven antenna for use with a T.V. in which the channels of the T.V. are selected by signals transmitted by a wireless remote control channel selector, said control unit having a microprocessor, said microprocessor having a programmable random access memory to store in associated relation information representing the appropriate desired antenna position for each desired T.V. channel to be selected by each signal transmitted by the remote control channel selector and information representing the transmitted signal for which the desired antenna position has been stored, said control unit having a receiver to detect the said transmitted channel selector signals, said receiver being connected through said microprocessor to access from said random access memory the information for the appropriate desired antenna position for the T.V. channel selected by the channel selector signal detected, a power output circuit for connection to the antenna motor for rotating the antenna, a read only memory connected to said microprocessor and programmed to provide instruction to said output circuit under control of said microprocessor to effect antenna rotation in an amount as computed by said microprocessor to rotate the antenna from an existing position to the appropriate position for the channel selected as detected by said control unit receiver and accessed from said random access memory.