IP Library Granted Patent US 10,181,636
Granted Patent B2
US 10,181,636 · App. 14/969,304 · Granted Jan 15, 2019

Antenna system

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Patent No.
US 10,181,636
App. No.
14/969,304
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an antenna system including a glass antenna that is disposed in window glass that is installed in a window opening that is formed in a metal body of a vehicle, wherein the glass antenna is to receive a radio wave in a MF band or in a LF band; an in-vehicle antenna that is disposed at an inner side of the vehicle compared to the metal body of the vehicle, wherein the in-vehicle antenna is positioned in a vicinity of the glass antenna; and a canceler to cancel a noise signal of the in-vehicle antenna in a received signal of the glass antenna.

Claims (28)

1. An antenna system comprising:

a glass antenna disposed in window glass installed in a window opening that is formed in a metal body of a vehicle, wherein the glass antenna receives a mixed signal (S+N) comprising a radio wave in a MF band or in a LF band (S) and a noise signal generated inside the vehicle (N);

an in-vehicle antenna disposed at an inner side of the vehicle compared to the metal body of the vehicle, wherein the in-vehicle antenna is positioned in a vicinity of the glass antenna and receives the noise signal (N); and

a canceler to cancel the noise signal (N) received by the in-vehicle antenna in the mixed signal (S+N) received by the glass antenna.

2. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a shortest distance between the glass antenna and the in-vehicle antenna is less than or equal to 500 mm.

3. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the in-vehicle antenna is disposed so that a longitudinal direction of the in-vehicle antenna matches with that of the glass antenna.

4. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the in-vehicle antenna is formed so that receiving performance of the in-vehicle antenna to receive a radio wave in the MF band or in the LF band is approximately equivalent to that of the glass antenna.

5. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the in-vehicle antenna is disposed between a lining that covers the metal body and the metal body.

6. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the in-vehicle antenna is formed of an AV line.

7. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least a part of the glass antenna is positioned in a vicinity of an opening edge of the window opening.

8. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a shortest distance between the glass antenna and an opening edge of the window opening is less than or equal to 100 mm.

9. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the glass antenna is disposed at an upper portion of the window glass.

10. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the glass antenna is an AM glass antenna and the radio wave (S) is an AM broadcast wave.

11. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the canceler comprises a phase inverter.

12. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the canceler comprises a differential amplifier.

13. The antenna system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the canceler comprises a transformer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2015
From: FUNATSU, TOSHIFUMI; TERASHIMA, FUMITAKA
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037293/0398 →