Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – With vehicle
Patent
1998-01-30
2000-03-28
Wong, Don
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
With vehicle
343876, H01Q 132
Patent
active
060437839
ABSTRACT:
A windowpane antenna apparatus for use in a vehicle according to the present invention, includes a plurality of conductive strips arranged in a windowpane of the vehicle so as to have a predetermined pattern, function designation switches turned on to transmit/receive predetermined waves, an arithmetic unit for performing an arithmetic operation of obtaining a combination of the plurality of conductive strips in order to form a desired antenna having antenna characteristics matching a function designated by the function designation switches, and a selective connecting switch for selecting one or some of the conductive strips based on the combination of the conductive strips obtained by the arithmetic unit and connecting the selected some of the conductive strips to form the desired antenna.
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Briggs David
Endo Hiroshi
Saito Masatoshi
Tachihara Hiroyuki
Harada Industry Co. Ltd.
Ho Tan
White John P.
Wong Don
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