Patents Assigned to ZaiNar, Inc.
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Patent number: 11271713Abstract: A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first synchronization signal at a first time according to a first clock of the first node; back-coupling the first synchronization signal to generate a first self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the first self-receive signal according to the first clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the second synchronization signal according to the first clock. The method also includes, at the second node: transmitting the second synchronization signal at a second time according to a second clock of the second node; back-coupling the second synchronization signal to generate a second self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the second self-receive signal according to the second clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the first synchronization signal according to the second clock. The method S100 further includes calculating a time bias and a propagation delay between the pair of nodes based on the time-of-arrivals.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Mainak Chowdhury, Alexander Hooshmand, Daniel M. Jacker
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Patent number: 11271709Abstract: A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first calibration signal at a first time-of-departure measured by the first node; and transmitting a second calibration signal at a second time-of-departure measured by the first node. The method also includes, at a second node: receiving the first calibration signal at a first time-of-arrival measured by the second node; and receiving the second calibration signal at a second time-of-arrival measured by the second node. The method further includes: defining a first calibration point and a second calibration point in a set of calibration points, each calibration point comprising a time-of-departure and a time-of-arrival of each calibration signal; calculating a regression on the set of calibration points; and calculating a frequency offset between the first node and the second node based on the first regression.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Daniel M. Jacker, Mainak Chowdhury, Alexander Hooshmand
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Patent number: 10932094Abstract: A method of determining a reference clock in a mesh network includes receiving multiple signals, correlating the multiple signals with a local signal generated by the first node to determine a coarse set of time differences, refining the coarse set of time differences using a phase of a carrier signal of the multiple signals to produce a refined set of time differences, and using the refined set of time differences to define a reference clock.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Daniel Jacker
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Patent number: 10911211Abstract: A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first calibration signal at a first time-of-departure measured by the first node; and transmitting a second calibration signal at a second time-of-departure measured by the first node. The method also includes, at a second node: receiving the first calibration signal at a first time-of-arrival measured by the second node; and receiving the second calibration signal at a second time-of-arrival measured by the second node. The method further includes: defining a first calibration point and a second calibration point in a set of calibration points, each calibration point comprising a time-of-departure and a time-of-arrival of each calibration signal; calculating a regression on the set of calibration points; and calculating a frequency offset between the first node and the second node based on the first regression.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Daniel M. Jacker, Mainak Chowdhury, Alexander Hooshmand
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Patent number: 10903915Abstract: A system for generating a self-receive signal including: a signal generator; a signal processor including an analog-to-digital converter; and an antenna. The system also includes a passive coupling device including: an antenna port electromagnetically coupled to the antenna; a transmit port electromagnetically coupled to the signal generator; and a receive port electromagnetically coupled to the signal processor. The system additionally includes an impedance matching network: electromagnetically interposed between the antenna port and the antenna; and configured to shift an impedance of the antenna to a load impedance different from a characteristic impedance of the passive coupling device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip Kratz, Mainak Chowdhury
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Patent number: 10903866Abstract: A system for generating a self-receive signal includes: a signal generator; a first signal processor; a second signal processor; and an antenna. The system also includes a first passive coupling device: defining a first input port electromagnetically coupled to the signal generator; defining a first transmitted port; defining a first coupled port electromagnetically coupled to the first signal processor; and characterized by a first phase balance between the first transmitted port and the first coupled port. The system further includes a second passive coupling device: defining a second input port electromagnetically coupled to the antenna; defining a second transmitted port electromagnetically coupled to the first transmitted port; defining a second coupled port electromagnetically coupled to the second signal processor; and characterized by a second phase balance between the second transmitted port and the second coupled port substantially similar to the first phase balance.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip Kratz, Mainak Chowdhury
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Patent number: 10859666Abstract: A method including, at each node in each pair of nodes in a network: transmitting an outbound synchronization signal; generating a self-receive signal based on the outbound synchronization signal; detecting the self-receive signal at a self-receive TOA; detecting an inbound synchronization signal; based on the pair of self-receive TOAs and the pair of synchronization TOAs, for each pair of nodes in the network: calculating a pairwise time offset and distance; for each node in the network: based on the set of pairwise distances, calculating a location and a time bias of the node. The method also includes: at each node in the network, detecting a localization signal, transmitted by a device, at a localization TOA; and calculating a location of the device based on, for each node in the network, the localization signal detected at the node, and the time bias and the relative location of the node.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip Kratz, Daniel Jacker, Mainak Chowdhury, Alexander Hooshmand
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Patent number: 10833840Abstract: A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first synchronization signal at a first time according to a first clock of the first node; back-coupling the first synchronization signal to generate a first self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the first self-receive signal according to the first clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the second synchronization signal according to the first clock. The method also includes, at the second node: transmitting the second synchronization signal at a second time according to a second clock of the second node; back-coupling the second synchronization signal to generate a second self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the second self-receive signal according to the second clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the first synchronization signal according to the second clock. The method S100 further includes calculating a time bias and a propagation delay between the pair of nodes based on the time-of-arrivals.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Mainak Chowdhury, Alexander Hooshmand, Daniel M. Jacker
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Patent number: 10681500Abstract: A method of determining a reference clock in a mesh network includes receiving multiple signals, correlating the multiple signals with a local signal generated by the first node to determine a coarse set of time differences, refining the coarse set of time differences using a phase of a carrier signal of the multiple signals to produce a refined set of time differences, and using the refined set of time differences to define a reference clock.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Daniel Jacker
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Patent number: 10627474Abstract: A method including, at each node in each pair of nodes in a network: transmitting an outbound synchronization signal; generating a self-receive signal based on the outbound synchronization signal; detecting the self-receive signal at a self-receive TOA; detecting an inbound synchronization signal; based on the pair of self-receive TOAs and the pair of synchronization TOAs, for each pair of nodes in the network: calculating a pairwise time offset and distance; for each node in the network: based on the set of pairwise distances, calculating a location and a time bias of the node. The method also includes: at each node in the network, detecting a localization signal, transmitted by a device, at a localization TOA; and calculating a location of the device based on, for each node in the network, the localization signal detected at the node, and the time bias and the relative location of the node.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip Kratz, Daniel Jacker, Mainak Chowdhury, Alexander Hooshmand
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Patent number: 10455350Abstract: A method of determining a reference clock in a mesh network includes receiving multiple signals, correlating the multiple signals with a local signal generated by the first node to determine a coarse set of time differences, refining the coarse set of time differences using a phase of a carrier signal of the multiple signals to produce a refined set of time differences, and using the refined set of time differences to define a reference clock.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Daniel Jacker