US Patent Issued to Viasat on Nov. 3 for "Satellite antenna with sensor for line-of-sight detection" (Georgia, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,488, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Satellite antenna with sensor for line-of-sight detection" was invented by John R. Zlogar (Atlanta), Philip A. Lampe (Encinitas, Calif.) and Kurt A. Zimmerman (Dunwoody, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Determining alignment and clear line-of-sight (LOS) of a satellite antenna using sensor data from an LOS sensor of the satellite antenna. Described techniques include storing first sensor data captured by the LOS sensor at a first time, the first sensor data indicating a first LOS condition of the satellite antenna corresponding to the satellite antenna having a ...