Patents by Inventor Roget Kou

Roget Kou 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).

  • Localization and communication systems and methods
    Patent number: 11579238
    Abstract: A method is provided for localizing mobile tags using a system including a plurality of anchors located at known locations, the method including: transmitting a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) localization packets using respective anchors of the plurality of anchors, in which each of the plurality of localization packets is transmitted by a respective anchor of the plurality of anchors at a different respective delay time; and transmitting an update UWB packet with either an anchor of the plurality of anchors that does not transmit one of the localization packets, or with a mobile tag, in which the localization packets include no payloads, the update packet includes a payload, and in which successive ones of the plurality of localization packets and the update packet overlap with each other in time. A system for localizing mobile tags is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Usman Raza, James Pegg, Roget Kou
  • LOCALISATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220381871
    Abstract: A method is provided for localizing mobile tags using a system including a plurality of anchors located at known locations, the method including: transmitting a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) localization packets using respective anchors of the plurality of anchors, in which each of the plurality of localization packets is transmitted by a respective anchor of the plurality of anchors at a different respective delay time; and transmitting an update UWB packet with either an anchor of the plurality of anchors that does not transmit one of the localization packets, or with a mobile tag, in which the localization packets include no payloads, the update packet includes a payload, and in which successive ones of the plurality of localization packets and the update packet overlap with each other in time. A system for localizing mobile tags is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Usman Raza, James Pegg, Roget Kou