Patents by Inventor Ben Eitel
Ben Eitel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230007617Abstract: Communication device comprising circuitry configured to measure a first phase of a first measurement signal transmitted by a first node to a second node, measure a second phase of a second measurement signal transmitted by the second node to the first node, repeat the measurements of the first and second phases one or more times, receive phase information from the first node and/or the second node, the phase information including third phase information acquired by the second node from measurements of a third phase of the first measurement signals and/or fourth phase information acquired by the first node from measurements of a fourth phase of the second measurement signals, and estimate a distance difference using the measured first and second phases and the received phase information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Ben EITEL, Thomas HANDTE
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Patent number: 11473911Abstract: A heading determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor in sensor coordinates, position input circuitry configured to obtain a position estimate of the magnetic field sensor, and estimation circuitry configured to derive, from a magnetic map, a local azimuth distortion value in a reference coordinate system at the current position of the magnetic field sensor indicated by the obtained position estimate and to estimate the heading of the magnetic field sensor in the reference coordinate system based on the obtained magnetic field sensor data and the derived local azimuth distortion value.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Ben Eitel, Daniel Schneider, Mark Veltman
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Patent number: 11445507Abstract: Communication devices and corresponding methods for RF-based communication and position determination are disclosed. An initiator communication device (1) comprises an antenna unit (10) configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a beamforming unit (11) configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna unit to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected beams, a control unit (12) configured to control the beamforming unit (11) in a training phase to perform beamforming for determining an initiator line of sight, LOS, beam to a responder communication device (2), and a processing unit (13) configured to determine the initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information of the initiator LOS beam and to determine the position of said communication device using the determined initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information in a measurement phase.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Handte, Dana Ciochina, Daniel Schneider, Nabil Sven Loghin, Ben Eitel, Felix Fellhauer
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Patent number: 11366184Abstract: A position determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor, detection circuitry configured to detect temporal variations of the magnetic field and to generate temporal variation information indicating the detected temporal variation of the magnetic field, and magnetic fingerprinting circuitry configured to determine a first position estimate of the sensor position by comparing the obtained magnetic field sensor data with a magnetic map comprising magnetic fingerprints of a region around the magnetic field sensor and using the generated temporal variation information.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Ben Eitel, Daniel Schneider, Mark Veltman
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Patent number: 11255674Abstract: A position determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor, separation circuitry configured to separate the obtained magnetic sensor data into low frequency sensor data including frequencies below a frequency threshold and high frequency sensor data including frequencies above the frequency threshold, fingerprint combining circuitry configured to determine a combined magnetic fingerprint based on the low frequency sensor data and the high frequency sensor data, and position determination circuitry configured to determine the sensor position of the magnetic field sensor by comparing the combined magnetic fingerprint with a magnetic map.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Ben Eitel, Daniel Schneider, Mark Veltman
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Patent number: 11029161Abstract: A position determination device, for example for indoor positioning, includes data input circuitry configured to obtain at least one magnetic field vector sensed by a magnetic sensor, data processor circuitry configured to determine the magnetic magnitude and a further magnetic parameter of the at least one obtained magnetic field vector, comparison circuitry configured to compare the determined magnetic magnitude with a predetermined magnetic magnitude map of a region around the magnetic sensor to obtain a first estimate of the sensor position and to compare the determined further magnetic parameter with a corresponding predetermined further parameter map of a region around the magnetic sensor to obtain a second estimate of the sensor position, and position determination circuitry configured to weight the first and second estimates of the sensor position according to determined weight information and to determine the sensor position from the weighted first and second estimates.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Rolf Noethlings, Ben Eitel
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Publication number: 20210099989Abstract: Communication devices and corresponding methods for RF-based communication and position determination are disclosed. An initiator communication device (1) comprises an antenna unit (10) configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a beamforming unit (11) configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna unit to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected beams, a control unit (12) configured to control the beamforming unit (11) in a training phase to perform beamforming for determining an initiator line of sight, LOS, beam to a responder communication device (2), and a processing unit (13) configured to determine the initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information of the initiator LOS beam and to determine the position of said communication device using the determined initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information in a measurement phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Thomas HANDTE, Dana CIOCHINA, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Nabil Sven LOGHIN, Ben EITEL, Felix FELLHAUER
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Publication number: 20210021332Abstract: A multi-antenna receiver comprises two or more antennas configured to receive RF signals, pre-filter circuitry configured to split, per antenna, the RF signal received by the respective antenna into two or more sub-signals in different signal bands, selection circuitry configured to select, per signal band, one or more sub-signals according to a selection criterion and to combine, per signal band, the selected sub-signals to obtain a combined signal per signal band, analog-to-digital conversion circuitry configured to convert, per signal band, the combined signals into the digital domain, and recombining circuitry configured to recombine the combined signals converted into the digital domain to obtain a reconstructed signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Ben EITEL, Martin FRITZ, Arthur WITT, Robert FISCHER
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Patent number: 10852387Abstract: A method for determining a location of a client device in a wireless network including the client device and at least three network devices, each of the three network devices having a known location comprises a pairwise exchanges of messages between at least three different pairs of network devices of said at least three network devices. In the pairwise exchange messages, wherein in a pairwise message exchange time difference information of the time difference between reception of a message and subsequent transmission of a message is included. This time difference information is used in the determination of the location of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Handte, Daniel Schneider, Ben Eitel
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Patent number: 10855398Abstract: A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented, particularly for use in a system according to IEEE 802.11. The apparatus comprises an encoder configured to encode input data into cell words according to a low density parity check code, LDPC, and a modulator configured to modulate said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation and to assign bit combinations to constellation values of the used non-uniform constellation, wherein said modulator is configured to use, based on the total number N of constellation points of the constellation and the code rate R, a particular non-uniform constellation, which has been optimized using the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR).Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Handte, Daniel Schneider, Nabil Sven Loghin, Ben Eitel
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Publication number: 20200370889Abstract: A heading determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor in sensor coordinates, position input circuitry configured to obtain a position estimate of the magnetic field sensor, and estimation circuitry configured to derive, from a magnetic map, a local azimuth distortion value in a reference coordinate system at the current position of the magnetic field sensor indicated by the obtained position estimate and to estimate the heading of the magnetic field sensor in the reference coordinate system based on the obtained magnetic field sensor data and the derived local azimuth distortion value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Ben EITEL, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Mark VELTMAN
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Publication number: 20200348135Abstract: An orientation determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data comprising at least two magnetic field measurements sensed by one or more magnetic field sensors at spatially separate positions and/or in separate frequency ranges and/or at different times and/or at different codes, position input circuitry configured to obtain a position estimate of the one or more positions of the one or more magnetic field sensors, at which the magnetic field sensor data have been acquired, and estimation circuitry configured to derive, from a magnetic map, azimuth and inclination data at the one or more positions of the one or more magnetic field sensors indicated by the obtained position estimate and to estimate the orientation of the orientation determination device based on the obtained magnetic field sensor data and the azimuth and inclination data derived from the magnetic map.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Ben EITEL, Daniel SCHNEIDER
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Patent number: 10827496Abstract: Communication devices and corresponding methods for RF-based communication and position determination are disclosed. An initiator communication device (1) comprises an antenna unit (10) configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a beamforming unit (11) configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna unit to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected beams, a control unit (12) configured to control the beamforming unit (11) in a training phase to perform beamforming for determining an initiator line of sight (LOS), beam to a responder communication device (2), and a processing unit (13) configured to determine the initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information of the initiator LOS beam and to determine the position of said communication device using the determined initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information in a measurement phase.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Handte, Dana Ciochina, Daniel Schneider, Nabil Sven Loghin, Ben Eitel, Felix Fellhauer
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Publication number: 20200228234Abstract: A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented, particularly for use in a system according to IEEE 802.11. The apparatus comprises an encoder configured to encode input data into cell words according to a low density parity check code, LDPC, and a modulator configured to modulate said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation and to assign bit combinations to constellation values of the used non-uniform constellation, wherein said modulator is configured to use, based on the total number N of constellation points of the constellation and the code rate R, a particular non-uniform constellation, which has been optimized using the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Thomas HANDTE, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Nabil Sven LOGHIN, Ben EITEL
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Publication number: 20200011963Abstract: A method for determining a location of a client device in a wireless network including the client device and at least three network devices, each of the three network devices having a known location comprises a pairwise exchanges of messages between at least three different pairs of network devices of said at least three network devices. In the pairwise exchange messages, wherein in a pairwise message exchange time difference information of the time difference between reception of a message and subsequent transmission of a message is included. This time difference information is used in the determination of the location of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Thomas HANDTE, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Ben EITEL
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Patent number: 10416279Abstract: A method for determining a location of a client device in a wireless network including the client device and at least three network devices, each of the three network devices having a known location comprises a pairwise exchanges of messages between at least three different pairs of network devices of said at least three network devices. In the pairwise exchange messages, wherein in a pairwise message exchange time difference information of the time difference between reception of a message and subsequent transmission of a message is included. This time difference information is used in the determination of the location of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Handte, Daniel Schneider, Ben Eitel
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Publication number: 20190200339Abstract: Communication devices and corresponding methods for RF-based communication and position determination are disclosed. An initiator communication device (1) comprises an antenna unit (10) configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a beamforming unit (11) configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna unit to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected beams, a control unit (12) configured to control the beamforming unit (11) in a training phase to perform beamforming for determining an initiator line of sight (LOS), beam to a responder communication device (2), and a processing unit (13) configured to determine the initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information of the initiator LOS beam and to determine the position of said communication device using the determined initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information in a measurement phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Thomas Handte, Dana Ciochina, Daniel Schneider, Nabil Sven Loghin, Ben Eitel, Felix Fellhauer
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Publication number: 20190113346Abstract: A position determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor, separation circuitry configured to separate the obtained magnetic sensor data into low frequency sensor data including frequencies below a frequency threshold and high frequency sensor data including frequencies above the frequency threshold, fingerprint combining circuitry configured to determine a combined magnetic fingerprint based on the low frequency sensor data and the high frequency sensor data, and position determination circuitry configured to determine the sensor position of the magnetic field sensor by comparing the combined magnetic fingerprint with a magnetic map.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Ben Eitel, Daniel Schneider, Mark Veltman
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Publication number: 20180356475Abstract: A position determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor, detection circuitry configured to detect temporal variations of the magnetic field and to generate temporal variation information indicating the detected temporal variation of the magnetic field, and magnetic fingerprinting circuitry configured to determine a first position estimate of the sensor position by comparing the obtained magnetic field sensor data with a magnetic map comprising magnetic fingerprints of a region around the magnetic field sensor and using the generated temporal variation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Ben EITEL, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Mark VELTMAN
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Publication number: 20180274931Abstract: A position determination device, for example for indoor positioning, includes data input circuitry configured to obtain at least one magnetic field vector sensed by a magnetic sensor, data processor circuitry configured to determine the magnetic magnitude and a further magnetic parameter of the at least one obtained magnetic field vector, comparison circuitry configured to compare the determined magnetic magnitude with a predetermined magnetic magnitude map of a region around the magnetic sensor to obtain a first estimate of the sensor position and to compare the determined further magnetic parameter with a corresponding predetermined further parameter map of a region around the magnetic sensor to obtain a second estimate of the sensor position, and position determination circuitry configured to weight the first and second estimates of the sensor position according to determined weight information and to determine the sensor position from the weighted first and second estimates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Rolf NOETHLINGS, Ben EITEL