Patents by Inventor Dana HOFFMANN

Dana HOFFMANN 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).

  • Apparatus and method for processing RFID signals
    Patent number: 8994506
    Abstract: A method of processing RFID data packets at an RFID receiver includes performing channel estimation and data detection on a first received RFID data packet in a single-user reception mode, the first RFID data packet being transmitted by a first RFID tag and in response to detection of a second received RFID data packet from a second RFID tag while the first RFID data packet is being processed in the single-user reception mode, performing channel estimation and data detection in a multi-user reception mode to recover data transmitted from both the first and second RFID tags in a collision-less manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Lutz Lampe, Dana Hoffmann
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RFID SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20130234834
    Abstract: A method of processing RFID data packets at an RFID receiver includes performing channel estimation and data detection on a first received RFID data packet in a single-user reception mode, the first RFID data packet being transmitted by a first RFID tag and in response to detection of a second received RFID data packet from a second RFID tag while the first RFID data packet is being processed in the single-user reception mode, performing channel estimation and data detection in a multi-user reception mode to recover data transmitted from both the first and second RFID tags in a collision-less manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
    Inventors: Lutz LAMPE, Dana HOFFMANN