Apparatus and method for controlling stabilization of satellite-tracking antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10020575-B2
Application number	US-201715665815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	Aug 10, 2016
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus and method for controlling stabilization of a satellite-tracking antenna, the apparatus including: an antenna driving unit driving the antenna to track a satellite based on preset satellite position information and position information collected by an inertia sensor and an encoder; a point detecting unit detecting a point where an amplitude of a satellite reception signal is maximum; an elevation measuring unit measuring an elevation value corresponding to the point; and a controller controlling an azimuth motor and an elevation motor to enable the antenna to face the point, when the measured value is out of a first range, the controller controlling the azimuth motor to have an azimuth value corresponding to the point and controlling the elevation motor to have an elevation value less than the measured value corresponding to the point, when the measured value is in the first range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for controlling stabilization of a satellite-tracking antenna, the apparatus comprising:
an antenna driving unit driving the antenna to track a satellite based on preset satellite position information and position information collected by an inertia sensor and an encoder that are provided at the antenna;
a point detecting unit detecting a point where an amplitude of a satellite reception signal of the antenna is maximum;
an elevation measuring unit measuring an elevation value of the antenna corresponding to the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal of the antenna is maximum; and
a controller controlling an azimuth motor and an elevation motor of the antenna to enable the antenna to face the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, when the measured elevation value of the antenna is out of a first preset range,
the controller controlling the azimuth motor of the antenna to have an azimuth value corresponding to the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum and controlling the elevation motor of the antenna to have an elevation value less than the measured elevation value corresponding to the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, when the measured elevation value of the antenna is in the first preset range, wherein when a movement of the satellite is detected after the antenna faces the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, the controller generates a driving command signal for the elevation motor based on a value obtained by adding an elevation change value in consequence of the movement of the satellite to the measured elevation value corresponding to the point.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the point detecting unit detects the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal of the antenna is maximum, and the point is a point where a tracking error is ‘zero’ according to an angle between a current facing direction of the antenna and a direction where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when a movement of the satellite is detected after the antenna faces the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, the controller generates a driving command signal for the azimuth motor based on a value obtained by adding an azimuth change value in consequence of the movement of the satellite to the azimuth value corresponding to the point.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the movement of the satellite is detected after the antenna faces the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, and the measured elevation value of the antenna is in the first preset range, and the measured elevation value is larger than a value in a second preset range that is less than 90 degrees and exceeds a value obtained by subtracting a tracking error from 90 degrees, the controller generates the driving command signal for the elevation motor based on a value obtained by subtracting an integral value for a preset constant value from the value obtained by adding the elevation change value in consequence of the movement of the satellite to the measured elevation value corresponding to the point.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein when the movement of the satellite is detected after the antenna faces the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, and the measured elevation value of the antenna is in the first preset range, and the measured elevation value is less than a value in a third preset range that is less than the value in the second preset range and exceeds the value obtained by subtracting the tracking error from 90 degrees, the controller generates the driving command signal for the elevation motor based on a value obtained by subtracting an initial integral value for the preset constant value from the value obtained by adding the elevation change value in consequence of the movement of the satellite to the measured elevation value corresponding to the point.

6. A method of controlling stabilization of a satellite-tracking antenna, the method comprising:
driving, by an antenna driving unit, the antenna to track a satellite based on preset satellite position information and position information collected by an inertia sensor and an encoder that are provided at the antenna;
detecting, by a point detecting unit, a point where an amplitude of a satellite reception signal of the antenna is maximum;
measuring, by an elevation measuring unit, an elevation value of the antenna corresponding to the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal of the antenna is maximum;
controlling, by a controller, an azimuth motor and an elevation motor of the antenna to enable the antenna to face the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, when the measured elevation value of the antenna is out of a first preset range; and
controlling, by the controller, the azimuth motor of the antenna to have an azimuth value corresponding to the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, and controlling the elevation motor of the antenna to have an elevation value less than the measured elevation value corresponding to the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, when the measured elevation value of the antenna is in the first preset range, wherein when a movement of the satellite is detected after the antenna faces the point where the amplitude of the satellite reception signal is maximum, the controller generates a driving command signal for the elevation motor based on a value obtained by adding an elevation change value in consequence of the movement of the satellite to the measured elevation value corresponding to the point.

Assignees

• Agency Defense Dev

Inventors

• JO Hyun-Wook
• HEO Jong-Wan
• Jang Myung-Jin
• KWON Kun-Sup

Classifications

• H01Q3/08 Primary

  for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation · CPC title

• G01S3/38

  using adjustment of real or effective orientation of directivity characteristic of an antenna or an antenna system to give a desired condition of signal derived from that antenna or antenna system, e.g. to give a maximum or minimum signal (G01S3/16, G01S3/28 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q19/19

  comprising one main concave reflecting surface associated with an auxiliary reflecting surface · CPC title

• G01S3/42

  the desired condition being maintained automatically · CPC title

• H01Q1/1257

  using the received signal strength · CPC title