ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,928, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Antenna switching" was invented by Ruei-Ting Miau (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antenna switching can improve wireless connectivity of a computing device by selectively enabling one or more antenna modules. The antenna modules can be positioned along edges of the computing device to reduce the likelihood that multiple antenna modules are obstructed at once. Each antenna module can include an ultra-wideband (UWB) sensor and communication antenna (e.g., a Wi-Fi antenna) for wireless connectivity. A radio frequency (RF) controlle...