Patents Assigned to UWINLOC
  • Patent number: 11774538
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a bit sequence to be transmitted at a frequency fb. A set of codes is determined in advance, wherein each code is associated with a possible value from a block of Nb bits, and each code includes an ordered set of Ns binary symbols intended to be transmitted at a frequency fs. The method includes splitting the bit sequence into N blocks of Nb bits, the frequency fs and the numbers N and Nb being selected such that Ns×fb=N×Nb×fs, associating a code with each of the N blocks according to the value from the blocks, interleaving the binary symbols of the N codes respectively corresponding to the N blocks of bits to be transmitted, the interleaved binary symbols being transmitted at a frequency fc such that N×fs=fc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: UWINLOC
    Inventor: Jan Mennekens
  • Patent number: 11646758
    Abstract: An emitting method, by an emitting device to at least one receiving station, of UWB messages, the emitting device including a simplex communication module for the emitting of UWB messages, a module for receiving wireless electrical energy suitable for receiving emitted electrical energy and for storing the electrical energy received in an electric accumulator, the method including a charging of the electric accumulator by the module for receiving wireless electrical energy, an evaluation of a criterion of sufficient electrical energy for the emitting of a UWB message, when the criterion of sufficient electrical energy for the emitting of a UWB message is satisfied, a selecting of a random emission delay and an emitting of the UWB message, by the simplex communication module, after the expiration of the random emission delay selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: UWINLOC
    Inventor: Jan Mennekens
  • Patent number: 11609298
    Abstract: A method for controlling the integrity of at least one useful datum includes acquiring at least one UWB message coming from a transmitter by a wireless interface; demodulating the at least one UWB message and decoding of at least one useful datum; determining the position of the UWB transmitter by a reception of a plurality of messages transmitted by the transmitter and an analysis of the time-of-flight differences between these messages; associating the calculated position with the at least one useful datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: UWINLOC
    Inventor: Luc Antolinos
  • Patent number: 11146106
    Abstract: A radio-frequency energy harvesting circuit includes an antenna suitable for receiving the radio-frequency energy, a converter suitable for converting the radio-frequency energy received into a direct current electrical voltage, the “RF/DC converter”, an electrical energy storage capacity and an interface circuit arranged between an output port of the RF/DC converter and the electrical energy storage capacity. The interface circuit is a passive electrical circuit including a resistive load placed in series between the output port of the RF/DC converter and the electrical energy storage capacity, the resistive load being of static value equal to or greater than 400 kilo-ohms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: UWINLOC
    Inventor: Jan Mennekens
  • Patent number: 10651889
    Abstract: A method for the detection of a pulse of a signal received by a receiver device, the received signal corresponding to data emitted with a predetermined period Tc, each piece of data being encoded by a presence or an absence of a pulse. The method includes: temporally offsetting of the received signal according to a predetermined number Ns of delays corresponding to different multiples of Tc, so as to generate Ns delayed signals; correlating, at a time that is a candidate for the detection of a pulse, the received signal with each of the delayed signals, in so as to obtain Ns correlation values associated with the candidate time; calculating a maximum correlation value among the Ns correlation values associated with the candidate time; and detecting a pulse of the received signal according to the maximum correlation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: UWINLOC
    Inventor: Jan Mennekens