Granted Patent B2

US 12,494,576 · App. 17/993,419 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventor: Sang Heun Lee (Seoul, KR)

Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation

H01Q3/34G01S19/51H01Q3/30G01S19/393G01S19/42G01S19/47

Abstract

Claims (61)

1 . An air mobility comprising:

a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver;

an antenna array; and

a controller electrically coupled to the GNSS receiver and the antenna array,

wherein the controller is configured to

identify a first location of the air mobility including an altitude of the air mobility based on an output of the GNSS receiver,

identify a first relative direction of facing a communication target with respect to the first location of the air mobility,

control the antenna array so that a wireless signal emitted by the antenna array is deflected in the first relative direction,

predict a second relative direction of facing the communication target based on a movement of the air mobility, and

control the antenna array so that the wireless signal emitted by the antenna array is deflected in the second relative direction,

wherein the controller is configured to receive a location of a moving communication target from the moving communication target while controlling the antenna array to emit the wireless signal omni-directionally, and

wherein the controller is configured to identify the first relative direction based on the received location of the moving communication target and a location of the air mobility.

2 . The air mobility of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

store a location of the communication target in advance, and

identify the first relative direction based on the stored location of the communication target and the location of the air mobility.

3 . The air mobility of claim 2 , further including:

an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor,

wherein the controller is configured to:

identify a moving velocity and a moving direction of the air mobility based on an output of the acceleration sensor and an output of the angular velocity sensor, and

predict a second location of the air mobility based on the moving velocity and the moving direction of the air mobility.

4 . The air mobility of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to correct the second location of the air mobility based on an output of the GNSS receiver.

5 . The air mobility of claim 1 , further including:

an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor electrically connected to the controller,

wherein the controller is configured to:

identify a moving velocity and a moving direction of the air mobility based on an output of the acceleration sensor and an output of the angular velocity sensor, and

predict a second location of the air mobility based on the moving velocity and the moving direction of the air mobility.

6 . The air mobility of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to:

identify a moving velocity and a moving direction of the moving communication target based on communication with the moving communication target, and

predict the location of the communication target based on the moving velocity and the moving direction of the communication target.

7 . The air mobility of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to:

correct a second location of the air mobility based on an output of the GNSS receiver, and

correct the location of the moving communication target based on the communication with the moving communication target.

8 . The air mobility of claim 1 ,

wherein the antenna array includes a plurality of antennae, and

wherein the controller is configured to provide wireless signals including different phase delays to the plurality of antennae so that the wireless signals by the antenna array are deflected.

9 . A method of controlling an air mobility, which includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver and an antenna array, the mothed comprising:

identifying, by a controller, a first location of the air mobility including an altitude of the air mobility based on an output of the GNSS receiver;

identifying, by the controller, a first relative direction of facing a communication target with respect to the first location of the air mobility;

deflecting a wireless signal emitted by the antenna array in the first relative direction thereof;

predicting, by the controller, a second relative direction of facing the communication target based on a movement of the air mobility; and

deflecting the wireless signal emitted by the antenna array in the second relative direction thereof,

wherein the deflecting of the wireless signal in the first relative direction further includes receiving, by the controller, a location of a moving communication target from the moving communication target while controlling the antenna array to emit the wireless signal omni-directionally, and

identifying, by the controller, the first relative direction based on the received location of the moving communication target and a location of the air mobility.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the deflecting of the wireless signal in the first relative direction includes:

storing a location of the communication target in advance, and

identifying, by the controller, the first relative direction based on the stored location of the communication target and a location of the air mobility.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the deflecting of the wireless signal in the second relative direction includes:

identifying, by the controller, a moving velocity and a moving direction of the air mobility based on an output of an acceleration sensor and an output of an angular velocity sensor of the air mobility, and

predicting, by the controller, a second location of the air mobility based on the moving velocity and the moving direction of the air mobility.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further including correcting the second location of the air mobility based on an output of the GNSS receiver.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the deflecting of the wireless signal in the second relative direction includes:

identifying, by the controller, a moving velocity and a moving direction of the air mobility based on an output of an acceleration sensor and an output of an angular velocity sensor of the air mobility, wherein the acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor are electrically connected to the controller, and

predicting, by the controller, a second location of the air mobility based on the moving velocity and the moving direction of the air mobility.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the deflecting of the wireless signal in the second relative direction further includes:

identifying, by the controller, a moving velocity and a moving direction of the moving communication target based on communication with the moving communication target, and

predicting, by the controller, the location of the communication target based on the moving velocity and the moving direction of the communication target.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further including:

correcting, by the controller, a second location of the air mobility based on an output of the GNSS receiver; and

correcting, by the controller, the location of the moving communication target based on the communication with the moving communication target.

16 . The method of claim 9 , further including:

providing, by the controller, wireless signals including different phase delays to a plurality of antennae of the antenna array so that the wireless signals by the antenna array are deflected.

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