IP Library Granted Patent US 11,522,288
Granted Patent B2
US 11,522,288 · App. 16/606,957 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Signal receiving method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium and electronic device

Inventor: Zongmin Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
H01Q3/385H01Q3/22H01Q3/44H04B1/18
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Patent No.
US 11,522,288
App. No.
16/606,957
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal receiving method and apparatus, a computer readable storage medium and an electronic device are disclosed. The signal receiving method includes: acquiring a maximum scanning angle range of a phased-array antenna; and reducing the maximum scanning angle range by a binary search method, based on power of signals received by the phased-array antenna, until a difference between a maximum and a minimum of a reduced scanning angle range is less than a set value; and using the reduced scanning angle range to receive a signal.

Claims (56)

1. A signal receiving method, comprising:

acquiring a maximum scanning angle range of a phased-array antenna; and

reducing the maximum scanning angle range by a binary search method, based on power of signals received by the phased-array antenna, until a difference between a maximum and a minimum of a reduced scanning angle range is less than a set value; and

using the reduced scanning angle range to receive a signal,

wherein the reducing the maximum scanning angle range by the binary search method, based on the power of the signals received by the phased-array antenna, until the difference between the maximum and the minimum of the reduced scanning angle range is less than the set value, comprises:

determining an angle corresponding to the maximum scanning angle range as a to-be-processed angle; and

executing an angle range reduction operation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the angle range reduction operation comprises:

determining an angle range corresponding to the to-be-processed angle as the reduced scanning angle range, in response to an angle value of the to-be-processed angle being less than the set value;

dividing the to-be-processed angle into two symmetrical angles according to an angular bisector of the to-be-processed angle, in response to the angle value of the to-be-processed angle being not less than the set value;

controlling a direction of a main lobe of the phased-array antenna to point to directions of angular bisectors of the two symmetrical angles in turn;

acquiring the power of the signals received by the phased-array antenna in the directions of the angular bisectors of the two symmetrical angles respectively; and

selecting, from the two symmetrical angles, a corresponding angle with larger power of the received signal as the to-be-processed angle and executing the angle range reduction operation again.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum scanning angle range is from −60° to +60°.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the set value is 0.1°.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the phased-array antenna is a phased-array liquid crystal antenna.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the set value is a minimum angle scanning interval of the phased-array antenna.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

aligning a main lobe of the phased-array antenna to a direction of one of the maximum and the minimum of the reduced scanning angle range to receive the signal.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing instructions, wherein in a case where the computer readable storage medium runs on a processing unit, the processing unit executes the signal receiving method according to claim 1 .

9. A signal receiving apparatus, comprising:

an acquisition module, configured to acquire a maximum scanning angle range of a phased-array antenna; and

a reduction module, configured to reduce the maximum scanning angle range by a binary search method, based on power of signals received by the phased-array antenna, until a difference between a maximum and a minimum of a reduced scanning angle range is less than a set value, wherein the reduced scanning angle range is used for receiving a signal,

wherein the reduction module is further configured to:

determine an angle corresponding to the maximum scanning angle range as a to-be-processed angle; and

execute an angle range reduction operation.

10. An electronic device, comprising the signal receiving apparatus according to claim 9 .

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the angle range reduction operation comprises:

determining an angle range corresponding to the to-be-processed angle as the reduced scanning angle range, in response to an angle value of the to-be-processed angle being less than the set value;

dividing the to-be-processed angle into two symmetrical angles according to an angular bisector of the to-be-processed angle, in response to the angle value of the to-be-processed angle being not less than the set value;

controlling a direction of a main lobe of the phased-array antenna to respectively point to directions of angular bisectors of the two symmetrical angles;

acquiring the power of the signals received by the phased-array antenna in the directions of the angular bisectors of the two symmetrical angles respectively; and

selecting, from the two symmetrical angles, a corresponding angle with larger power of the received signal as the to-be-processed angle and executing the angle range reduction operation again.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the maximum scanning angle range is from −60° to +60°.

13. A signal receiving apparatus, comprising:

a processing unit; and

a memory, configured to store instructions that are capable of being executed by the processing unit, wherein

the executable instructions, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform operations comprising:

acquiring a maximum scanning angle range of a phased-array antenna; and

reducing the maximum scanning angle range by a binary search method, based on power of signals received by the phased-array antenna, until a difference between a maximum and a minimum of a reduced scanning angle range is less than the set value, and

using the reduced scanning angle range to receive a signal;

wherein the operations further comprise:

determining an angle corresponding to the maximum scanning angle range as a to-be-processed angle; and

executing an angle range reduction operation.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the angle range reduction operation comprises:

determining an angle range corresponding to the to-be-processed angle as the reduced scanning angle range, in response to an angle value of the to-be-processed angle being less than the set value;

dividing the to-be-processed angle into two symmetrical angles according to an angular bisector of the to-be-processed angle, in response to the angle value of the to-be-processed angle being not less than the set value;

controlling a direction of a main lobe of the phased-array antenna to respectively point to directions of angular bisectors of the two symmetrical angles;

acquiring the power of the signals received by the phased-array antenna in the directions of the angular bisectors of the two symmetrical angles; and

selecting, from the two symmetrical angles, a corresponding angle with larger power of the received signal as the to-be-processed angle and executing the angle range reduction operation again.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the maximum scanning angle range is from −60° to +60°.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the set value is 0.1°.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the phased-array antenna is a phased-array liquid crystal antenna,

the set value is a minimum angle scanning interval of the phased-array antenna, and

the operations further comprise:

aligning a main lobe of the phased-array antenna to a direction of one of the maximum and the minimum of the reduced scanning angle range to receive the signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061251/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2019
From: LIU, ZONGMIN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050780/0189 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810242145.0 · Mar 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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