Radio wave reflection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10637150-B2
Application number	US-201415104674-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2014
Priority date	Dec 26, 2013
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

A mounting unit (210) securely mounts a radio wave reflection device (200) on a stable installation place such as a pole (20). A reflector unit (300) holds two reflectors (350, 360) at a tilt angle of 45°, allowing the two reflectors (350, 360) to be coaxial and rotatable independently of each other. A joint unit (220) connects the reflector unit (300) and the mounting unit (210). The joint unit (220) has rotational freedom along two axes (AZ axis and EL axis) orthogonal to each other. A radio wave reflecting device that relays, by reflection, radio communications between a first antenna device and a second antenna device distant from each other is thereby provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A radio wave reflection device that relays, by reflection, radio communications between a first antenna device and a second antenna device distant from each other, comprising:
a mounting unit that securely mounts the radio wave reflection device on a stable installation place;
a reflector unit that holds two reflectors; and
a joint unit that connects the reflector unit and the mounting unit, wherein
the two reflectors are respectively held at a specified tilt angle with respect to support shafts, have reflective surfaces facing each other, are coaxial with each other, and at least one of the two reflectors is rotatable about the support shaft, and
the joint unit has rotational freedom along two axes orthogonal to each other.

2. The radio wave reflection device according to claim 1 , wherein the two reflectors are respectively held at a tilt angle of 45° with respect to the support shafts.

3. The radio wave reflection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an angle measurement means that measures an elevation angle and an azimuth angle of the reflector unit, wherein
a main scope that is displaced together with the reflector unit can be attached to the reflector unit.

4. The radio wave reflection device according to claim 3 , wherein the angle measurement means is an angle scale for reading a rotational angle of each rotational axis of the joint unit.

5. The radio wave reflection device according to claim 3 , wherein the angle measurement means is one of an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor incorporated into the reflector unit.

6. The radio wave reflection device according to claim 1 , wherein a scope can be attached to a rotating support shaft of each of the two reflectors.

7. The radio wave reflection device according to claim 1 , wherein an angle scale for reading a rotational angle is placed on a rotating support shaft of each of the two reflectors.

8. A method for installing a radio wave reflection device that relays, by reflection, radio communications between a first antenna device and a second antenna device distant from each other, the radio wave reflection device including a mounting unit that securely mounts the radio wave reflection device on a stable installation place, a reflector unit that holds two reflectors at a tilt angle of 45° and which reflectors are coaxial and rotatable independently of each other, and a joint unit that connects the reflector unit to the mounting unit and has rotational freedom along two axes orthogonal to each other, the method comprising:
measuring a direction of the first antenna device and a direction of the second antenna device;
specifying a plane of incidence defined by the first antenna device, the second antenna device and the radio wave reflection device;
adjusting an angle of the joint unit so that a normal to the plane of incidence and a rotational axis of the two reflectors coincide with each other; and
pointing the two reflectors respectively in the direction of the first antenna device and the direction of the second antenna device.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Tanabe Kosuke

Classifications

• H04B7/145

  Passive relay systems · CPC title

• H01Q15/14 Primary

  Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures {(electromagnetic shields H01Q1/526)} · CPC title

• H01Q19/185

  wherein the surfaces are plane · CPC title

• H01Q15/18

  comprising plurality of mutually inclined plane surfaces, e.g. corner reflector {(H01Q15/16 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H01Q19/104

  using a substantially flat reflector for deflecting the radiated beam, e.g. periscopic antennas (periscopic fed Cassegrain antennas H01Q19/191; passive relays H04B7/145) · CPC title