With Remote Cooperating Station Patents (Class 342/125)
  • Patent number: 11736902
    Abstract: A method and wireless devices (WDs) for geo-location of wireless devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a first WD includes: transmitting a sequence of ranging signals and receiving a plurality of ranging response signals from a second WD, the ranging response signals being responsive to the ranging signals. For each of the plurality of ranging response signals, a received sequence of bits is determined. A correlation between the received sequence of bits and an expected sequence of bits is determined. The method also includes determining a subset of the plurality of received sequences of bits deemed not to arise from noise, and determining the subset being based at least in part on the correlations. The method also includes determining a distance between the first WD and the second WD based at least in part on a plurality of received sequences in the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Passler, Graham K. Smith, Ryan Busser, Olivia Turner, Steven Romanow
  • Patent number: 11535323
    Abstract: A telescopic apparatus comprises a first tube, a second tube, and a non-contact detector. The second tube is configured to be telescopically received in the first tube. The non-contact detector is provided inside at least one of the first tube and the second tube configured to detect a position of the second tube relative to the first tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto Shirai, Yuki Sakagawa, Yoshimitsu Miki, Norikazu Taki
  • Patent number: 11486990
    Abstract: A method for radio measuring applications, wherein at least a first radio node operates as an initiator and at least a second radio node as a transponder, in a first step a first carrier frequency is transmitted by the initiator as an initial signal and received by the transponder. In a second step a response signal with a second carrier frequency is transmitted by the transponder and received by the initiator, during a measurement cycle at least one step sequence of the first and the second step is performed. First the first steps of all sequence of steps and subsequently at least a portion of the second steps of the step sequences are performed in succession, the first carrier frequency assumes a value within a predetermined frequency domain for each repetition, and the initial signals and the response signals are mutually coherent at least within the measurement cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Metirionic GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Eggert
  • Patent number: 11422250
    Abstract: A wireless ranging system (700) estimates a distance (703) between wireless devices (701, 702) by calibrating the devices through exchanging calibration packets (512, 524) to adjust transceiver settings for performing phase measurements at the wireless devices, and then transmitting a measurement packet (704) from a first wireless device to a second wireless device to synchronize the first and second wireless devices and to perform a two-way IQ data capture sequence at different carrier frequencies during processing of the measurement packet so that the first and second wireless devices each measure phase values for each of the plurality of different carrier frequencies, where the phase values at each of the first and second wireless devices are processed to generate a combined phase offset vector which is processed to determine a first estimated distance between the first and second wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Khurram Waheed, Jose Santiago Lopez Ramirez, Raja Venkatesh Tamma
  • Patent number: 11368183
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe a system and method for synchronizing time, frequency, and phase among a plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ENSCO, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Goff, William Todd Faulkner, Robert Barlow Alwood, Bradley David Farnsworth, Edward Joseph Kreinar, David W. A. Taylor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11175396
    Abstract: A method and a system for high-resolution measurement of distance between two objects by means of electromagnetic waves is such that measurements are performed in a reliable, simple, and quick manner with low bandwidth and high accuracy even in complicated multipath environments and/or with moving objects. The method includes determination of a supposed distance and/or supposed relative speed between first and second objects from an object of measurement by comparing the object of measurement with a set of stored and/or calculated reference objects of measurement. The reference objects of measurement relate to different distances and different relative speeds, each reference object being associated with a distance and a speed. The supposed distance and/or speed is assumed to be the distance and/or speed that is associated with the stored and/or calculated reference object of measurement that best fits, is closest to, and/or is most similar to the object of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Rönne Reimann
  • Patent number: 11161611
    Abstract: A system for aircraft collision avoidance includes a first aircraft, the first aircraft configured to detecting at least a projected flight path of at least a second aircraft, determine, as a function of the at least a projected flight path, that the first aircraft is on a collision course with the at least a second aircraft, select a collision avoidance maneuver, the collision avoidance maneuver including at least a flight path for the first aircraft and at least a flight path for the at least a second aircraft, and transmit the collision avoidance maneuver to the at least a second aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Gerard Fairley
  • Patent number: 11126926
    Abstract: Circuitry of a pulse generation program compiler is operable to parse pulse generation program source code comprising a declaration of a non-stream variable, a declaration of a stream variable, and one or more stream processing statements that reference the stream variable. The circuitry of the pulse generation program compiler is operable to generate, based on the declaration of the non-stream variable, a machine for execution by a quantum controller and a quantum orchestration server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tal Shani, Yonatan Cohen, Nissim Ofek, Itamar Sivan
  • Patent number: 11118912
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a magnetic positioning system and method that allows the position of a receiver to be determined in environments containing conducting material such as concrete. A number of transmitters create modulated magnetic fields which are distorted as they propagate through the conducting materials. A finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation of the environment is used to generate an accurate model of the fields within the environment. A receiver is used to measure the field strength of each transmitter. The receiver position is determined by evaluating the misfit between the received fields and the values in the FDTD model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: VITAL ALERT COMMUNICATION INC.
    Inventors: Michael James Roper, Peter Kwasniok, Maxim Ralchenko
  • Patent number: 11082265
    Abstract: In one example, a processing system of a mobile channel sounding transmitter including at least one processor may establish a wireless side link between the mobile channel sounding transmitter and a channel sounding receiver, transmit, to the channel sounding receiver, a wireless synchronization signal via the wireless side link, and transmit at least one channel sounding waveform in accordance with the wireless synchronization signal. In another example, a processing system of a channel sounding receiver including at least one processor may establish a wireless side link between a mobile channel sounding transmitter and the channel sounding receiver, obtain, from the mobile channel sounding transmitter, a wireless synchronization signal via the wireless side link, and obtain, from the mobile channel sounding transmitter, at least one channel sounding waveform in accordance with the wireless synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Aditya Chopra, Saeed Ghassemzadeh, Arunabha Ghosh, Andrew Thornburg
  • Patent number: 10962632
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods to provide wireless ranging are shown. A first electronic device includes a memory containing stored instructions that can perform a method for determining a distance between the first electronic device and a second electronic device. For each frequency in a selected set of frequencies, the method sets the transceiver to the respective frequency, sends a first tone having the frequency and a first phase to the second electronic device and receives a second tone having the first frequency and a second phase. For each selected frequency, the first electronic device determines the phase difference between the second tone and the controllable oscillator, receives a phase difference from the second electronic device, and calculates a phase delay for the frequency. The first electronic device calculates a phase delay difference for pairs of the frequencies; and determines the distance using these phase delay differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Marius Moe, Espen Wium, Tomas Motos, Hagen Clemens Graf
  • Patent number: 10917138
    Abstract: One example discloses a near-field communications device, including: an energy harvesting circuit configured to be coupled to a near-field antenna that is responsive to non-propagating quasi-static near-field energy; wherein the harvesting circuit is configured to harvest energy from the non-propagating quasi-static near-field energy; and wherein the harvesting circuit includes a harvesting filter configured to input a first set of near-field energy and output a second set of near-field energy; and wherein the second set of near-field energy is a sub-set of the first set of near-field energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Anthony Kerselaers
  • Patent number: 10847042
    Abstract: A system having components coupled to an aircraft and components remote from the aircraft processes radar-augmented data, transmits information between aircraft system components and/or remote system components, and dynamically determines locations and states of the aircraft, while the aircraft is in flight. Based on the locations and states of the aircraft, the system generates instructions for flight control of the aircraft toward a flight path appropriate to the locations of the aircraft, and can update flight control instructions as new data is received and processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Reliable Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Rose, Matthew T. Nehrenz, John P. Couluris, Juerg Frefel
  • Patent number: 10815005
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing marker transmits a reply signal in response to receiving radar signals emitted by a UAV. The landing marker can include a passive transponder that emits the reply signal, with the reply signal being a harmonic of the fundamental frequency of the radar signal emitted by the UAV. The landing marker can also include a transmitter to transmit the reply signal. Additionally, the landing marker can include sensors to monitor the environment about the landing marker and this environmental information can be transmitted to the UAV as part of the reply signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Michael Wilcox, Joshua John Watson, Scott Raymond Harris
  • Patent number: 10809371
    Abstract: A method for measuring a distance R separating a vehicle and an identifier for accessing and starting the vehicle includes N sequences Sqp, p?[1;N]. Each sequence Sqp includes: transmission, from a transmitter of the vehicle to a receiver of the identifier, of a first signal of frequency fp; measurement, by a computer of the identifier, of a phase ?vip, modulo 2?, of the received first signal, in relation to a second signal of phase ?ip(t)=?0ip+2?fpt; transmission, from a transmitter of the identifier to a receiver of the vehicle, of the second signal; and calculation, by a computer of the vehicle, of a phase ?ivp, modulo 2?, of the received second signal, in relation to the first signal; calculation of the average ?p of the phase ?vip and of the phase ?ivp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Eric Leconte
  • Patent number: 10739464
    Abstract: A satellite modem, a GPS device, and a method are provided. The satellite modem requests current location information from a GPS device and waits no more than a preconfigured amount of time to receive the current location information. When the satellite modem receives the current location information, the satellite modem determines whether the current location information indicates a location in which the satellite modem is authorized to operate. When the satellite modem determines that the current location information indicates a location in which the satellite modem is not authorized to operate, the satellite modem performs at least one action from a group of actions including preventing the satellite modem from operating normally, permitting the satellite modem to operate with a reduced functionality, and transmitting a message to a network management center indicating that the satellite modem is not located at an authorized location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Emanuel Girard Harrington, Dillon James Nichols, Yong Kang Yuan
  • Patent number: 10721674
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which is capable of identifying an exact distance to a transmitting apparatus. A received radio wave intensity is measured when a radio wave transmitted from a transmitting apparatus via a short-range wireless communication is received, and a distance to the transmitting apparatus is identified based on a distance management table in which the received radio wave intensity and a distance associated with the received radio wave intensity are managed. A received radio wave intensity at a reference position a predetermined distance away from the transmitting apparatus is measured. The distance management table is calibrated based on the measured received radio wave intensity at the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 10712435
    Abstract: A distance measuring device includes a calculating section that calculates, based on phase information acquired by a first device and a second device, at least one of which is movable, a distance between the first device and the second device. The first device includes a first transceiver that transmits three or more first carrier signals and receives three or more second carrier signals using an output of a first reference signal source. The second device includes a second transceiver that transmits the three or more second carrier signals and receives the three or more first carrier signals using an output of a second reference signal source. The calculating section calculates the distance based on a phase detection result obtained by reception of the first and second carrier signals and corrects the calculated distance based on information concerning an amplitude ratio of the first carrier signals received by the second transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yutaka Shimizu, Shoji Ootaka, Ichiro Seto, Katsuya Nonin
  • Patent number: 10697951
    Abstract: An in soil data collection and analysis system and process is disclosed where the data from a plurality of in soil sensors is combined with other data that is acquired by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to create a fused data set that can be used to determine an appropriate corrective action or response to the fused data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Sean M. Baity
  • Patent number: 10692318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating a distance (d) between a vehicle (10) fitted with a first wireless communication module (12) and an identifier (20) fitted with a second wireless communication module (22), including the following steps: generating a randomly ordered list; receiving, by at least one of the first and second wireless communication modules (12, 22), electromagnetic signals having a frequency that changes consecutively from among a plurality of frequencies in accordance with said list; for each frequency in the plurality of frequencies, measuring a reception phase of the electromagnetic signal having the relevant frequency; estimating said distance (d) on the basis of the measured phases. An electronic unit (11) for a vehicle (10) is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Eric Leconte
  • Patent number: 10686432
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to electronic devices, and more specifically, to a waveform generation circuit for input devices. One or more embodiments provide a new waveform generator for an integrated touch and display driver (TDDI) and methods for generating a waveform for capacitive sensing with a finely tunable sensing frequency. A waveform generator includes accumulator circuitry, truncation circuitry, and saturation circuitry. The accumulator circuitry is configured to accumulate the phase increment value based on a clock signal, and output the accumulated phase increment value. The truncation circuitry configured to drop one or more bits of the accumulated phase increment value to output a truncated value. The saturation circuitry is configured to compare the truncated value to a saturation limit and output a signal corresponding to accessed data samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, David Sobel, Damien Berget
  • Patent number: 10661920
    Abstract: The system can include a hardware processor in communication with the computer-readable storage. The instructions, when executed by the hardware processor, are configured to cause the system to receive a plurality of photographs of space objects within a time domain. Each of the plurality of photographs can correspond to a latitude domain, a longitude domain, and a timestamp within the time domain. The system can also receive image data derived from the plurality of photographs. The system can also receive a user selection of a latitude range within the latitude domain, a longitude range within the longitude domain, and a time range within the time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Lee Hendrix, William Alexander Therien
  • Patent number: 10638324
    Abstract: A method and fake base station for detecting subscriber identity are disclosed. The method includes: capturing at least one wireless message containing an encrypted subscriber identity of a fifth generation mobile phone system transmitted from a mobile subscriber apparatus; transmitting a reject message of the fifth generation mobile phone system for the mobile subscriber apparatus; capturing at least one wireless message of the fourth generation mobile phone system transmitted from the mobile subscriber apparatus; detecting an unencrypted subscriber identity from the at least one captured wireless message of the fourth generation mobile phone system; and transmitting a disconnect message of the fourth generation mobile phone system for the mobile subscriber apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: EXFO OY
    Inventor: Jukka Kemppainen
  • Patent number: 10634737
    Abstract: Device for determining position in space relative to a similar device includes a movable enclosure on which two loop antennas are mounted, besides, the device includes, for each antenna, an EMF sensor of induced EMF when an RF signal is emitted by the similar device is emitted, and a processor that calculates amplitudes and orientations of magnetic field generated by antennas of the similar device, wherein direction vector is based on directions and orientations of magnetic field strengths. An RF signal generator generates an RF signal of a predetermined frequency and amplitude for the antennas, where the EMF sensors operate alternately with the RF signal generator; and a unit for determining the direction to the similar device based on a gradient of magnetic field emitted by the antennas of the similar device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Aleksej Vladimirovich Chechendaev
  • Patent number: 10591609
    Abstract: A system for determining a location in a disadvantaged signal environment includes three aerial vehicles hovering at high altitude and spaced apart to form a triangle, and a mother aerial vehicle positioned a distance away and at a lower altitude. The mother aerial vehicle acquires and transmits coarse geolocation information, using a pulse compression, high-power X Band radar and directional antenna, to each of the three aerial vehicles to direct them to coarse geo-positions above designated respective ground locations. One of the three aerial vehicles has a synthetic aperture radar for producing a terrain strip-map that is mensurated against a map database to provide fine position adjustments for each of the three aerial vehicles, which are also also configured to transmit a respective signal coded with its latitude, longitude, and altitude, for a computing device to perform time difference of arrival measurements of the signals to determine its location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Telephonics Corp.
    Inventor: John Anthony Pierro
  • Patent number: 10595219
    Abstract: A method in a first network node for determining a latency of a transmission link between the first network node and a second network node in a communications network. The first network node transmits an electromagnetic signal to the second network node over the transmission link as a first Frequency-Division Multiplexed (FDM) signal comprised in a first electromagnetic carrier also comprising payload data. The first network node receives the electromagnetic signal from the second network node over the transmission link, wherein the electromagnetic signal has been transmitted from the second network node as a second FDM signal comprised in a second electromagnetic carrier also comprising payload data. The first network node determines the latency of the transmission link based on a phase difference between the transmitted electromagnetic signal and the received electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Boris Dortschy, Patryk Urban
  • Patent number: 10559212
    Abstract: A system includes a flight plan database and a flight plan engine. The flight plan database is configured to store a local flight plan. The local flight plan includes one or more flight actions associated with a plan event condition including at least one of a time, a waypoint, or a position. The flight plan engine is configured to, while a platform is in an operational state, compare the plan event condition of at least one flight action to a current event condition to determine an action state of the at least one flight action, generate a group flight plan including the at least one action based on the action state, and transmit the group flight plan to one or more remote platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason L. Langer, Mark A. Jannusch
  • Patent number: 10547964
    Abstract: A method for estimating accuracy of a position determination based on distance-dependent measurements is disclosed. The method comprises: storing area information in relation to pre-defined geographical areas, wherein the area information for each pre-defined geographical area includes accuracy information relating to accuracy of position determinations based on distance-dependent measurements in the pre-defined geographical area; receiving a request for an accuracy estimate; determining an area affiliation based on received position information in said request, wherein the area affiliation defines at least one applicable geographical area among the pre-defined geographical areas, wherein the position of the receiving unit is located within the at least one applicable geographical area; and determining the accuracy estimate based on the stored area information for the at least one applicable geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: COMBAIN MOBILE AB
    Inventors: Björn Lindquist, Rikard Windh
  • Patent number: 10542381
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods of aircraft surveillance and tracking. A method for aircraft tracking includes partitioning an airspace region into multiple sectors and generating multiple data structures corresponding respectively to each of the multiple sectors. Each data structure has a primary identifier and at least one secondary identifier that matches the primary identifier corresponding to the at least one other sector. The method includes receiving at least one data packet from an aircraft located within one of the multiple sectors, storing the aircraft data from the data packet within the data structure corresponding to the one of the sectors, storing the aircraft data within each of the data structures that has a secondary identifier matching the primary identifier, and for each of the multiple sectors, sending each aircraft within the sector aircraft data stored within the data structure corresponding to the sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Pedro Taboso, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Montejano
  • Patent number: 10495744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for determining a distance, a transponder, a position detection apparatus, and a method therefor. The method for determining a distance comprises providing a position detection apparatus (101), and a transponder (105). The method further comprises generating (201) a pseudo number sequence, transmitting (202) the pseudo number sequence, receiving (203) the pseudo number sequence; modulate (204) the received pseudo number sequence by means of delaying the received pseudo number sequence a predetermined number of clock cycles from a group of at least two predetermined number of clock cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Utvecklingsavdelningen i Sverige AB
    Inventor: Kjell Wallin
  • Patent number: 10473773
    Abstract: A system and method synchronize two radars by transmitting a linear frequency modulated first signal from a first radar, receiving a first reflection at the first radar based on the first signal, transmitting a linear frequency modulated second signal from a second radar, and receiving a second reflection at the second radar based on the second signal. A fast Fourier transform is performed on the first reflection and on the second reflection to obtain a first frequency-domain signal and a second frequency-domain signal. The first frequency-domain signal and the second frequency-domain signal are converted to the time domain to obtain a first time-domain signal and a second time-domain signal. The first time-domain signal and the second time-domain signal are processed to obtain a time difference in transmission of the first signal and the second signal, and the two radars are adjusted based on the time difference to synchronize subsequent transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Pokrass, Igal Bilik
  • Patent number: 10461973
    Abstract: In a RFID sensor tag, a sensing element is connected to an oscillator such that an oscillation frequency of the oscillator is dependent on a value of a predetermined variable sensed by the sensing element. The oscillation frequency of the oscillator is a harmonic multiple N of a modulation frequency required for a backscattering modulator. A frequency divider is arranged at the output of the oscillator to produce the modulation frequency from the oscillation frequency. The oscillator can be designed and dimensioned such that a high sensitivity is obtained with all sensor values, and the desired modulation frequency is derived resulting oscillation frequency by selecting a suitable division ratio N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: METSO OYJ
    Inventors: Joona Nikunen, Ville Viikari
  • Patent number: 10444336
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a first apparatus configured to transmit a first signal having a first frequency to a second apparatus, receive, from the second apparatus, a second signal having a second frequency responsive to the first signal, determine a latency associated with the transmitted first signal and received second signal and, determine a distance between the first apparatus and the second apparatus based, at least in part, on the determined latencies. According to an example, the first apparatus further determines a direction of the second apparatus relative to the first apparatus. According to an example, at least one of the first signal or second signal comprises an ultrasonic or high-frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rameshwar Sundaresan, Brian S. Lingard, Peter J. Gjeltema
  • Patent number: 10424194
    Abstract: A pedestrian protection system using a beacon signal includes a beacon device mounted on a vehicle to transmit a beacon signal, a beacon signal receiver configured to receive the beacon signal transmitted by the beacon device of the vehicle, bollard devices disposed adjacent to one side of a crosswalk toward a sidewalk where a person waits to cross a street at the crosswalk, a pedestrian display device, a lighting device configured to brighten the crosswalk or the sidewalk, a speaker configured to notify the pedestrian or the waiting pedestrian of the approaching of the vehicle, and a controller configured to identify the approaching of the vehicle based on the beacon signal received from the beacon signal receiver, to receive information about the pedestrian or waiting pedestrian from the bollard device, and to control operations of the pedestrian display device and the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: PASSNET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Jung, Kyun-Ork Park
  • Patent number: 10408929
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for determining a distance between a master device and a slave device based, at least in part, on a received signal strength and based, at least in part, on a time interval including generation of a master ranging symbol and detection of a slave ranging symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Raghavendra R., Raghavendra Bhat, Viswanath Dibbur
  • Patent number: 10371823
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, a method for ranging of a PRN receiver including generating, at a PRN transmitting device that includes a processor and wireless transmitter and is in a line-of-sight position with the PRN receiver, at least two component codes, time shifting, with the processor of the PRN transmitting device, the at least two component codes relative to each other to form time shifted component codes, wirelessly transmitting, with the PRN transmitting device, the time shifted component codes to the PRN receiver with a predetermined modulation, and receiving the time shifted component codes with the PRN receiver that includes a PRN receiver processor, and determining a range estimate of the PRN receiver based on a combination of the time shifted component codes with the PRN receiver processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Isaac Jeng, Kamran Ghassemi
  • Patent number: 9747799
    Abstract: A modulating and demodulating section receives, from another radio device, a packet signal including at least position information of another vehicle in which the other radio device is mounted. A position information acquiring section acquires position information of the vehicle in which the radio device is mounted. An estimating section estimates a time taken for the vehicle and the other vehicle to encounter each other on the basis of these two pieces of position information. A deriving section derives a distance between the vehicle and the other vehicle on the basis of these two pieces of position information. A determining section provides notification of an encounter with the other vehicle in a case where the estimated time is equal to or less than a first threshold value or in a case where the derived distance is equal to or less than a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Shibata, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9715009
    Abstract: A system (100) for providing an integrated multi-sensor detection and countermeasure against commercial unmanned aerial systems/vehicles (44) and includes a detecting element (103, 104, 105), a tracking element (103,104, 105) an identification element (103, 104, 105) and an interdiction element (102). The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The tracking element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The identification/classification element utilizing data from the other elements generates the identification and threat assessment of the UAS. The interdiction element, based on automated algorithms can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: XiDrone Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwaine A. Parker, Damon E. Stern, Lawrence S. Pierce
  • Patent number: 9709662
    Abstract: A bistatic radar system may include a transmitter, a target at a first known position, a receiver at a second known position, and a transmitter position determination unit. The receiver is configured to receive one or more reflected radar signals transmitted from the transmitter and reflected off the target. The receiver is configured to receive one or more direct radar signals transmitted from the transmitter. The transmitter position determination unit is configured to determine a position of the transmitter based on a determination of a distance between the first and second known positions and a determination of a first angular difference between the reflected radar signal(s) and the direct radar signal(s) that are received by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James Bryan Baker, Gary Alan Ray
  • Patent number: 9689976
    Abstract: A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, an location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The location determining element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The interdiction element can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can cause disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: XiDrone Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwaine A. Parker, Damon E. Stern, Lawrence S. Pierce
  • Patent number: 9645229
    Abstract: A radar or sonar system amplifies the signal received by an antenna of the radar system or a transducer of the sonar system is amplified and then subject to linear demodulation by a linear receiver. There may be an anti-aliasing filter and an analog-to-digital converter between the amplifier and the linear receiver. The system may also have a digital signal processor with a network stack running in the processor. That processor may also have a network interface media access controller, where the system operates at different ranges, the modulator may produce pulses of two pulse patterns differing in pulse duration and inter-pulse spacing, those pulse patterns are introduced and used to form two radar images with the two images being derived from data acquired in a duration not more than twenty times larger than the larger inter-pulse spacing, or for a radar system, larger than one half of the antenna resolution time. One or more look-up tables may be used to control the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FLIR Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Richard Jales, Andrew Lawrence, Matthieu Maindrou
  • Patent number: 9608698
    Abstract: Communications between a base station and a transponder that is powered by the base station are effected using a signal differentiation approach. A first radio frequency signal is communicated between the base station and the transponder to power the transponder, with the first radio frequency signal including noise and data for authenticating communications between the base station and the transponder. A second radio frequency signal is communicated between the base station and the transponder, with the second radio frequency signal including data for authenticating communications between the base station and the transponder. The detection of noise presented via the first radio frequency signal is mitigated while detecting data in the second radio frequency signal, via signal differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Frans Sessink, Frank Verwaal
  • Patent number: 9584981
    Abstract: Method, hardware, device, computer program, and apparatus for positioning mobile devices in unmapped locations based on motion sensor and radio frequency measurements are described. A reference radio signal is received from a transmitter with an unknown absolute position and a reference range measurement is calculated. Mobile device motion sensor data is used to estimate a relative position of the mobile device. A sample radio signal is received from a transmitter with an unknown absolute position and a sample range measurement is calculated. The reference range measurement and the sample range measurement are compared. The estimated motion sensor based position is adjusted according to the result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nima Noorshams, Payam Pakzad, Ravi Palanki
  • Patent number: 9568601
    Abstract: Determining a speed and a range of an object by generating at least a first, second, and third interval-specific tone phase signals associated with at least three successive time intervals, wherein at least two of the generated and transmitted tones are different frequencies; determining at least a first, second and third interval-specific average phase value from the respective interval-specific tone phase signals; and then determining a range estimate of the object and determining a speed estimate of the object using at least two phase differences between the at least first, second and third interval-specific average phase values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Innophase Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Xu, Nicolo Testi, Yuanwei Jin
  • Patent number: 9558383
    Abstract: When multiple readers for RF transponders have to be placed in close proximity, such as in adjacent lanes of a highway toll barrier, they can be set to operate at different frequencies. When signals from two adjacent ones of the readers interfere, the resulting signal includes interference terms whose frequencies equal the sum of the reader frequencies and the difference between the reader frequencies. To remove such interference terms while passing the desired terms, a tag includes a low-pass or other frequency-selective filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Amtech Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Robert W. Tiernay
  • Patent number: 9551640
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for identifying a wire-pull test location on a wire of a microelectronic package. A first distance between a first terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package and a second terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package is determined. Based on the first distance, a second distance from either the first terminating location or the second terminating location is determined as the wire-pull test location for testing a strength of a connection of the wire to at least one of the first terminating location or the second terminating location. An adjustment is performed such that a visual guide is oriented on the wire at the wire-pull test location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. W. Lam, Katsuyuki Yonehara
  • Patent number: 9489848
    Abstract: A modulating and demodulating section receives, from another radio device, a packet signal including at least position information of another vehicle in which the other radio device is mounted. A position information acquiring section acquires position information of the vehicle in which the radio device is mounted. An estimating section estimates a time taken for the vehicle and the other vehicle to encounter each other on the basis of these two pieces of position information. A deriving section derives a distance between the vehicle and the other vehicle on the basis of these two pieces of position information. A determining section provides notification of an encounter with the other vehicle in a case where the estimated time is equal to or less than a first threshold value or in a case where the derived distance is equal to or less than a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Shibata, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9419685
    Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a power transmitter (21) transmitting electric power in a contactless manner, a data communicator (22) obtaining identification information of at least one power receiving device that has become possible to receive electric power transmitted from the power transmitter (21), a power receiving device finding/separation detector (261) counting a number of state switchings between a power unreceivable state and the power receivable state during a predetermined period of time, for each power receiving device of which identification information has been obtained, and a power transmission controller (263) controlling electric power transmission performed by the power transmitter (21), on the basis of the number of state switchings counted by the power receiving device finding/separation detector (261).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kitani
  • Patent number: 9372257
    Abstract: A radar or sonar system amplifies the signal received by an antenna of the radar system or a transducer of the sonar system is amplified and then subject to linear demodulation by a linear receiver. There may be an anti-aliasing filter and an analog-to-digital converter between the amplifier and the linear receiver. The system may also have a digital signal processor with a network stack running in the processor. That processor may also have a network interface media access controller, where the system operates at different ranges, the modulator may produce pulses of two pulse patterns differing in pulse duration and inter-pulse spacing, those pulse patterns are introduced and used to form two radar images with the two images being derived from data acquired in a duration not more than twenty times larger than the larger inter-pulse spacing, or for a radar system, larger than one half of the antenna resolution time. One or more look-up tables may be used to control the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Raymarine UK Limited
    Inventors: Richard Jales, Andrew Lawrence, Matthieu Maindrou
  • Patent number: 9071234
    Abstract: Embodiments of a high-resolution link-path delay estimator and method are generally described herein. The high-resolution link-path delay estimator may estimate a signal-path delay of a signal path between a master and remote device. The high-resolution link-path delay estimator may phase-shift a transmit signal of alternating symbols by phase-shift values and may sample a loopback signal. A noise-reduced version of the sampled signal output may be correlated with a step function to generate a correlation value for each of the phase-shift values. One of the phase-shift values may be selected to generate a fine-delay estimate which may be added to a coarse delay estimate to determine the signal-path delay. The coarse delay estimate may be an estimate of the signal-path delay to a nearest symbol period of the transmit signal and the fine-delay estimate may be an estimate to within a fraction of the symbol period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Brian A. Gunn, Bruce A. Jensen, Jayoung Nam