Patents Assigned to ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
  • Patent number: 12631718
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for powering a wireless monitoring system are described. In one example, a described method comprises: positioning and powering a transmitter at a first location in a venue; positioning and powering a receiver at a second location in the venue; transmitting a wireless signal from the transmitter through a wireless multipath channel of the venue; receiving the wireless signal by the receiver through the wireless multipath channel, wherein the wireless signal is impacted by the wireless multipath channel and a modulation of an object undergoing a motion in the venue; obtaining a set of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal; and monitoring the object and the motion of the object based on the set of CI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Lun Mai, Jeng-Feng Lee, David N. Claffey, Hangfang Zhang, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai, Beibei Wang, Oscar Chi-Lim Au, K. J. Ray Liu
  • Patent number: 12625226
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing are described. In one example, a described system in a wireless data communication network comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on a standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, and a receiver. The wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer. The receiver is configured to: receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol through a wireless channel of a venue, and perform a plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai
  • Patent number: 12621699
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing are described. In one example, a described system in a wireless data communication network comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on a standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, and a receiver. The wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer. The receiver is configured to: receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol through a wireless channel of a venue, and perform a plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai
  • Patent number: 12596187
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing are described. In one example, a described system in a wireless data communication network comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on a standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, and a receiver. The wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer. The receiver is configured to: receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol through a wireless channel of a venue, and perform a plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai
  • Patent number: 12493666
    Abstract: Wireless sensing using classifier probing and refinement is described. In one example, a described method comprises: computing output analytics by a classifier based on input data constructed based on raw measurement data; mapping each output analytics to a respective mapped outcome; identifying at least one reference input data each associated with a reference output analytics and a reference mapped outcome; each reference input data being one of the input data for the classifier for which a respective reference outcome is available and is different from the reference mapped outcome; and for each reference input data for the classifier: computing a respective plurality of perturbed output analytics by the classifier, generating selected perturbed input data based on the plurality of perturbed output analytics; and re-training the classifier based on the selected perturbed input data and the associated reference outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Sai Deepika Regani, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12439288
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing are described. In one example, a described system in a wireless data communication network comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on a standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, and a receiver. The wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer. The receiver is configured to: receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol through a wireless channel of a venue, and perform a plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai
  • Patent number: 12414000
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing are described. In one example, a described system in a wireless data communication network comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on a standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, and a receiver. The wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer. The receiver is configured to: receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol through a wireless channel of a venue, and perform a plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai
  • Patent number: 12413999
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing are described. In one example, a described system in a wireless data communication network comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on a standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, and a receiver. The wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer. The receiver is configured to: receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol through a wireless channel of a venue, and perform a plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai
  • Patent number: 12413450
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing are described. In one example, a described system in a wireless data communication network comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on a standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, and a receiver. The wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer. The receiver is configured to: receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol through a wireless channel of a venue, and perform a plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai
  • Patent number: 12352844
    Abstract: Wireless sensing for in-vehicle child presence detection is described. In one example, a described method comprises: obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of a wireless channel in a vehicle; computing a motion statistics (MS) based on channel information (CI) of the TSCI in a time period; detecting a motion of a user in the time period by comparing the motion statistics with a first threshold, wherein the motion of the user is detected when the motion statistics exceed the first threshold; constructing a 2-dimensional (2D) transform matrix based on 1-dimensional (1D) transforms of CI of TSCI in sliding time windows in the time period; detecting a number of horizontal streaks of the 2D transform matrix; detecting a breathing motion of the user in the time period based on the number of detected horizontal streaks of the 2D transform matrix and an associated criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Sakila S. Jayaweera, Beibei Wang, Guozhen Zhu, Weihang Gao, Chenshu Wu, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12352889
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing based on deep learning are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Guozhen Zhu, Beibei Wang, Weihang Gao, Yuqian Hu, Chenshu Wu, Xiaolu Zeng, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12352882
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for radio-assisted signal estimation are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a sensor configured to obtain a baseband mixture signal in a venue; a transmitter configured to transmit a first radio signal through a wireless channel of the venue; a receiver configured to receive a second radio signal through the wireless channel; and a processor. The baseband mixture signal comprises a mixture of a first source signal and an additional signal. The first source signal is generated by a first motion of a first object in the venue. The second radio signal differs from the first radio signal due to the wireless channel and at least the first motion of the first object in the venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Muhammed Zahid Ozturk, Chenshu Wu, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12324647
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for enhanced wireless monitoring of vital signs are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal through a wireless channel of a venue; a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal through the wireless channel; and a processor. The received wireless signal differs from the transmitted wireless signal due to the wireless channel that is impacted by a periodic motion of a vital sign of an object in the venue. The processor is configured for: obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless channel based on the received wireless signal, computing a two dimensional (2D) decomposition of the time series of CI (TSCI), enhancing the 2D decomposition, and monitoring the periodic motion of the vital sign based on the enhanced 2D decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Beibei Wang, Sakila Sandeepani Jayaweera Samaranayake Arachchige Dona, Xiaolu Zeng, Wei-Hsiang Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12290230
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless monitoring and tracking are described. In one example, a described method of a wireless monitoring system comprises: transmitting a wireless signal that is impacted by a wireless multipath channel in a venue and a modulation of an object undergoing a motion in the venue, to obtain a set of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel; performing a monitoring task by monitoring the object and the motion; determining a plurality of admissible system states of the wireless monitoring system, wherein each admissible system state is associated with a respective setting of at least one of: the wireless signal, a series of sounding signals in the wireless signal, or the monitoring task; choosing one of the admissible system states to be a system state of the wireless monitoring system based on the monitoring task; and applying a setting associated with the chosen admissible system state to the wireless monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Lun Mai, Jeng-Feng Lee, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai, Dan Bugos, Hangfang Zhang, Beibei Wang, Oscar Chi-Lim Au, K. J. Ray Liu
  • Patent number: 12272375
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for radio-based voice activity detection are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a radio signal through a wireless channel of a venue; a receiver configured to receive the radio signal through the wireless channel, wherein the wireless channel is impacted by a voice activity of a target voice source in the venue; and a processor. The processor is configured for: computing a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless channel based on the radio signal, and detecting the voice activity of the target voice source based on the time series of CI (TSCI) of the wireless channel, without using any media signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Muhammed Zahid Ozturk, Chenshu Wu, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au, Min Wu
  • Patent number: 12256360
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing and proximity detection are described. For example, a described method comprises: transmitting, by a first wireless device, a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel in a venue; receiving, by a second wireless device, the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel, wherein the received wireless signal differs from the transmitted wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel and a movement of an object in the venue; obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the received wireless signal; computing a first motion statistics based on a time-domain correlation of channel information (CI) in the TSCI; computing a second motion statistics based on a frequency-domain correlation of the CI in the TSCI; and detecting a proximity of the object to a target in the venue based on the first motion statistics and the second motion statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuqian Hu, Guozhen Zhu, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12216190
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing based on linkwise motion statistics (link-MS) are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuqian Hu, Beibei Wang, Sai Deepika Regani, Peng Zan, Chenshu Wu, Dan Bugos, Xiaolu Zeng, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12153156
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless monitoring with improved accuracy are described. In one example, a described method comprises: transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel of a venue, wherein the wireless multipath channel is impacted by a motion of an object in the venue; receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel, wherein the received wireless signal differs from the transmitted wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel and the motion; obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the received wireless signal; performing a classification of a sliding time window by analyzing channel information (CI) of the TSCI in the sliding time window; computing a motion information (MI) for the sliding time window based on the TSCI and the classification of the sliding time window; and monitoring the motion of the object based on the MI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Muhammed Zahid Ozturk, Sai Deepika Regani, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai, Yi Han, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12078510
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for map reconstruction based on wireless tracking are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a sensor configured to collect sensing data in a venue and obtain a plurality of trajectories, and a processor. Each trajectory is a time series of spatial coordinates (TSSC) representing a path traversed by a respective object in the venue. Each TSSC is accompanied by at least one respective time series of sensing data (TSSD) collected while the respective object traverses the path in the venue. The processor is configured for: segmenting each TSSC and its accompanying at least one TSSD into segments, bundling the plurality of trajectories based on similarity measures between pairs of the segments, fusing the bundled trajectories to generate fused trajectories, computing a shape of the fused trajectories, and generating a map of the venue based on the computed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Guozhen Zhu, Chenshu Wu, Beibei Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au
  • Patent number: 12066572
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for monitoring an object expression are described. In one example, a described apparatus in a venue comprises a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured for: receiving a wireless signal from a transmitter through a wireless multipath channel that is impacted by an expression of an object in the venue, wherein the object has at least one movable part and is expressed in the expression with respect to a setup in the venue; and obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal received by the receiver. The processor is configured for computing information associated with the object based at least partially on the TSCI obtained when the object is expressed in the expression, and performing, based on the information associated with the object, a task associated with at least one of the object and the venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Sai Deepika Regani, Qinyi Xu, Beibei Wang, Min Wu, Oscar Chi-Lim Au, K. J. Ray Liu