Determining Distance Patents (Class 342/118)
  • Patent number: 12120544
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for reducing the overhead of low layer positioning reports. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) performs at least one positioning measurement of at least one downlink positioning reference signal (DL-PRS) received from at least one transmission-reception point (TRP) during a positioning session, and reports, to a positioning entity via low layer signaling, a relative value of the at least one positioning measurement relative to an expected value of the at least one positioning measurement, wherein the relative value of the at least one positioning measurement is a difference between the expected value of the at least one positioning measurement and a measured value of the at least one positioning measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Weimin Duan, Alexandros Manolakos, Tingfang Ji, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 12067647
    Abstract: Vehicles and methods for augmenting rearview displays for vehicles are provided. An exemplary method is provided for augmenting a rearview display for a vehicle having a gate moveable between a closed configuration and an opened configuration. The method includes collecting dynamic pixel images of an area behind the vehicle using a camera connected to the vehicle. Further, the method includes, in response to a command, displaying graphical overlays to the collected dynamic pixel images on a display screen, via a processor, wherein the graphical overlays depict an outline of the gate and/or projected path of the gate in the opened configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yun Qian Miao, Norman J Weigert, Ralph David Schlottke
  • Patent number: 12020264
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for tracking user activity with products in an environment. In an embodiment, a processor detects that a user has entered an environment, and responsively uniquely identifies the user. The processor determines that the user interacts with a product of a plurality of products within the environment, and responsively updates a profile of the user with indicia of the product. The processor determines whether the user is attempting to exit the environment, and, in response to determining that the user is attempting to exit the environment, prompts the user to confirm that the user intends to remove the product from the environment based on the updated profile. The processor receives input from the user confirming that the user intends to remove the product from the environment, and responsively further updates the profile based on the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Punchh Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Jayan, Andrew McElroy, Kumar Ujjwal
  • Patent number: 11774584
    Abstract: An image generating device for a radar includes a receiving module configured to receive a radar signal from an antenna and process the radar signal to generate an echo, an edge image generator configured to generate an edge echo image based on the echo acquired at a first time instance, a projected image generator configured to generate a projected echo image based on the echo acquired at a second time instance, and a superimposition generator configured to superimpose the edge echo image on the projected echo image based on the first and second time instances, to generate a superimposed echo image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaya Nose
  • Patent number: 11641367
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting intrusion on a CAN bus or vehicle network and neutralizing unauthorized intrusions. The system monitors the bit timing characteristics of CAN bus messages, message establishes trusted bit timing characteristics, and identifies unauthorized CAN bus messages. The device neutralizes unauthorized messages on the CAN bus by injecting data on the CAN bus at the appropriate time, preventing the unauthorized messages from being received, and presents alerts upon detection of the one or more of intrusions. It can be used as a standalone or hard-wired system, and may be accessible to the ODB-II port, relay or fuse port on a vehicle and may put other electronic control units on the vehicle into a safe operating mode upon receipt of the intrusion, neutralize all CAN message identifiers or set the intrusion detection flag to TRUE for all CAN message identifiers, sent by the same electronic control unit node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Voyomotive, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Sloan, Robert Vogt, IV
  • Patent number: 11626486
    Abstract: A back-gate carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFETs) provides: (1) reduced parasitic capacitance, which decreases the energy-delay product (EDP) thus improving the energy efficiency of digital systems (e.g., very-large-scale integrated circuits) and (2) scaling of transistors to smaller technology nodes (e.g., sub-3 nm nodes). An exemplary back-gate CNFET includes a channel. A source and a drain are disposed on a first side of the channel. A gate is disposed on a second side of the channel opposite to the first side. In this manner, the contacted gate pitch (CGP) of the back-gate CNFET may be scaled down without scaling the physical gate length (LG) or contact length (LC). The gate may also overlap with the source and/or the drain in this architecture. In one example, an exemplary CNFET was demonstrated to have a CGP less than 30 nm and 1.6× improvement to EDP compared to top-gate CNFETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Max Shulaker, Tathagata Srimani, Samuel Fuller, Yosi Stein, Denis Murphy
  • Patent number: 11564198
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a wireless device includes an interface and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface. The interface is configured to receive assistance information from a first node. The assistance information includes data associated with a first reference TP. The first reference TP may be located in a cell having two or more TPs. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a first reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement using the data associated with a first reference TP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Iana Siomina
  • Patent number: 11511731
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: recognizing a forward vehicle in response to the processing of image data captured by an image sensor disposed at the vehicle so as to have a field of view of the outside of the vehicle; obtaining a distance from the forward vehicle in response to the processing of detecting data captured by a radar disposed at the vehicle so as to have a detecting area of the outside of the vehicle; obtaining a change amount of vertical movement of the forward vehicle in the image data in response to the distance from the forward vehicle that is equal to or less than a reference distance; obtaining a height of an obstacle on a road surface corresponding to the change amount; obtaining the height of the obstacle on the road surface in the image data in response to the distance from the forward vehicle that exceeds the reference distance; identifying a driving speed of the vehicle; identifying a reference height corresponding to the driving speed of the vehicle; and outputting deceleration guide information
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HL Klemove Corp.
    Inventor: Sang Yeob Lee
  • Patent number: 11423195
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for simulating target detection and recognition. The method includes providing a user entry area for receiving user entered ground truth attributes defining one or more respective simulated physical objects, and providing a user entry area for receiving user entered collection attributes defining one or more collections, each collection being a simulation of automated target recognition applied to simulated sensor output associated with simulated sensing of the one or more simulated physical objects. The method further includes simulating detection of the one or more simulated physical objects and recognition based on the ground truth attributes and the collection attributes, generating detection data about at least one detected object based on the simulated target detection, and displaying the detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher M. Jengo, Suhail Shabbir Saquib, Matthew Goldstein, Allan B. Liburd
  • Patent number: 11402489
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to passive multi-person location tracking utilizing signal polarization. An embodiment of a system includes multiple receivers, including a first receiver at a first location and a second receiver at a second location, each receiver including one or more receiver antennas to receive polarized radio signals; a transmitter located at a third location to transmit polarized radio signals, the transmitter including antennas for a first signal at a first polarization direction and a second signal at a second, different polarization direction; and a processing system to receive channel state information from each receiver, and to track a plurality of individuals utilizing the received channel state information, wherein the tracking of the plurality of individuals is based at least in part on analysis of a polarization parameter and a set of location parameters generated for each of multiple reflection paths based on the channel state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Sangki Yun, Kyu-Han Kim, Christina Vlachou
  • Patent number: 11341849
    Abstract: A method and apparatus according to the invention can include energizing a wireless communication device coupled to a processor of a vehicular entity thus establishing a secure channel or communication area around the vehicular entity; exchanging information and data with other vehicular entities entering the established channel or communication area; regulating some vehicle parameters of said vehicular entity for driving the departure and/or travelling of the vehicular entity according to the received information and data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Troia, Antonino Mondello
  • Patent number: 11333750
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a position of a non-cooperative object using a reflected signal from Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) system is disclosed. The method enables the ownship to detect a non-cooperative intruder, an aircraft which does not have a functioning transponder. The position and altitude of the non-cooperative intruder are determined from reflected signals by a phased array antenna or mechanically scanned directional antenna (MSDA) to perform tracking and avoidance of the non-cooperative object. In the case that a phased array antenna or MSDA is not available, a co-altitude assumption is applied to conservatively determine an avoidance area around the non-cooperative object, which defines coordinates to be tracked and avoided by the ownship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SEAMATICA AEROSPACE LTD.
    Inventors: Yake Li, Siu Donald O'Young
  • Patent number: 11307304
    Abstract: An object detection device includes: first and second transmission/reception units transmitting and receiving an exploration wave to detect a peripheral object; and a processing unit determining a position of an object based on reception results of the first and second transmission/reception units. The processing unit calculates a first point based on first and second exploration waves, calculates a second point based on third and fourth exploration waves, determines that the object exists on a line segment interconnecting the first and second points when a distance between the first and second points is less than a predetermined value, and determines that the object exists on the line segment and line segments extended from both ends of the line segment when the distance between the first and second points is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakagaki, Moritaka Miwa, Masato Sugiyama, Tsubasa Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11271916
    Abstract: A system that prevents accomplishment of unauthorized communication between a terminal and a communication peer is provided. The system includes a measurement unit and a process execution unit. The measurement unit is arranged on at least one of the terminal or the communication peer to obtain a measured value corresponding to a distance between the terminal and the communication peer. The process execution unit determines whether the measured value is appropriate and controls actuation for authentication of the terminal through wireless communication performed between the terminal and the communication peer based on the determination result. The measurement unit executes a process for obtaining the measured value in a time period during which the communication for the authentication is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori Kosugi, Shigenori Nitta, Masateru Furuta, Tadashi Fukagai, Masayuki Kawamura, Yuki Kono
  • Patent number: 11253200
    Abstract: A garment (e.g., a shirt) for monitoring biometric properties of the wearer of the garment is disclosed. The garment may include sensors for monitoring or assessing biometric properties such as, but not limited to, respiration properties, heart properties, and motion properties. These properties may be assessed together to provide an assessment of vital signs and body position (e.g., three-dimensional body position) of the wearer of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CIPHER SKIN
    Inventors: Phillip Bogdanovich, Craig Weller
  • Patent number: 11243307
    Abstract: A method for processing a signal from a coherent lidar includes a coherent source, the method comprising steps consisting of: generating a first beat signal and a second beat signal, using respectively a first detection assembly and a second detection assembly for a plurality of n time intervals, determining n respective values of spectral density using a transform in the frequency domain of the cross-correlation between the first and second beat signals, determining a mean value of the spectral density using said n values of spectral density, determining a piece of location information on the target using the mean value of said spectral density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Grégoire Pillet, Patrick Feneyrou
  • Patent number: 11237264
    Abstract: A method for locating an RFID transponder is proposed. The method comprises generating a plurality of measurement signals based on a magnetic field measured by a plurality of sensors. The method further comprises determining a respective degree of correlation for each of the plurality of measurement signals with a reference signal. The reference signal is based on a data sequence assigned to the RFID transponder. In addition, the method comprises determining a position of the RFID transponder based on the degrees of correlation of the plurality of measurement signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Rafael Psiuk, Tobias Draeger, Joern Thielecke, Alfred Mueller, Maximilian Singh
  • Patent number: 11223431
    Abstract: Methods for tracking a signal origin by a spectrum analysis and management device are disclosed. Signal characteristics of other known emitters are used for obtaining a position of an emitter of a signal of interest. In one embodiment, frequency difference of arrival technique is implemented. In another embodiment, time difference of arrival technique is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel R. Garcia, Daniel Carbajal
  • Patent number: 11209522
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a radar apparatus. The radar apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits a first chirp. The first chirp is scattered by one or more obstacles to generate a first plurality of scattered signals. A plurality of receivers receives the first plurality of scattered signals. Each receiver of the plurality of receivers generates a digital signal in response to a scattered signal of the first plurality of scattered signals. A processor is coupled to the plurality of receivers and receives the digital signals from the plurality of receivers. The processor performs range FFT (fast fourier transform) and angle FFT on the digital signals received from the plurality of receivers to generate a first matrix of complex samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sandeep Rao, Karthik Ramasubramanian
  • Patent number: 11210517
    Abstract: This disclosure is enables various technologies involving various actions based on an object detecting a defined area and the defined area detecting the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TransRobotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Sayf Alalusi
  • Patent number: 11202673
    Abstract: A non-invasive electrodynamic radiative electroporation system and method for safe in vivo delivery of specific radiant energy to physiologically inaccessible sites for selective destruction of biomolecular function of virions, particularly Covid-19 and its variants. The system and method applies a computer or like controller to generate, modulate, direct and deliver applied external electric fields from plural antennas to target tissues in the full respiratory tract, including lung microstructures, cardiovascular tissues and neuron networks. Electric fields exceeding a critical threshold-value interact with the virus lipid bilayer membranes, intra-membrane organelles, mRNA, and biomolecular scaffold assemblies, to destroy virion function through irreversible electroporation and electropermeabilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Lawrence Jacobowitz, Alan M. Victor
  • Patent number: 11199406
    Abstract: Calibrating an unstable sensor of a mobile device. Systems and methods for calibrating a sensor of a mobile device determine a first estimated position of the mobile device without using any measurement from the sensor of the mobile device, generate a second estimated position of the mobile device using a measurement from the sensor, estimate a sensor error of the sensor using the first estimated position and the second estimated position, and use the sensor error to determine a calibration value for adjusting one or more measurements from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: NextNav, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dormody, Ganesh Pattabiraman, Abijith Kumar, Thomas Wolf, Gary Parsons, Christian Gates, Deepak Joseph, Badrinath Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 11191445
    Abstract: Markers and related systems and methods are provided for localizing lesions within a patient's body, e.g., within a breast. The marker includes one or more photosensitive diodes for transforming light pulses striking the marker into electrical energy, one or more antennas, and a switch coupled to the photodiodes and antennas such that the light pulses cause the switch to open and close and modulate radar signals reflected by the marker back to a source of the signals. The antenna(s) may include one or more wire elements extending from a housing, one or more antenna elements printed on a substrate, or one or more chip antennas. Optionally, the marker may include a processor coupled to the photodiodes for identifying signals in the light pulses or one or more coatings or filters to allow selective activation of the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Cianna Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Greene, Nikolai Rulkov, Jonathan White
  • Patent number: 11155248
    Abstract: A method for determining a slope of a roadway on which a vehicle is located includes imputing image data, supplied by an image sensor, pertaining to surroundings of the vehicle, identifying a defined reference object in the surroundings of the vehicle using the image data, determining an angle relationship between the reference object and the surroundings, estimating a slope of the roadway with reference to the determined angle relationship, and generating a signal indicative of the slope of the roadway. A device for determining a slope of a roadway on which a vehicle is located is configured to execute such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Sven Plecko
  • Patent number: 11143508
    Abstract: A navigational device includes a microprocessor, a target marking system, a digital tilt sensor, and a digital compass to determine mapping coordinates of a remote point from an observation point. A user first visually targets the remote point using the target marking system. The digital tilt sensor then determines an angle of inclination to the remote point from the observation point. The digital compass then determines a bearing angle to the remote point from the observation point. The GPS module then determines the GPS coordinates of the observation point. Lastly, the microprocessor determines mapping coordinates of the remote point based upon the angle of inclination data, the angle of bearing data, and the GPS coordinates of the observation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Abraham Joseph Mitchell, Terry Alan Wheelwright
  • Patent number: 11138869
    Abstract: A detector 10 for an alarm system 100 is operable to monitor a monitored area for disturbances. The detector includes a first neural network which has been trained to discriminate false alarms which should not result in an alarm being triggered by the alarm system 100 in a normal mode of operation from disturbances for which an alarm should be triggered in the normal mode of operation. The detector 10 is configured to receive an input from a user instructing the detector 10 to enter a training mode. The input includes a categorization setting instructing the detector 10 to label subsequent disturbances recorded whilst the detector 10 is in the training mode as either disturbances indicative of a false alarm, or as disturbances for which the alarm should be triggered in the normal mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomasz Lisewski, Radoslaw Rusek
  • Patent number: 11114733
    Abstract: Antenna assemblies for vehicles, such as RADAR sensor antenna assemblies. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an antenna block defining a first waveguide on a first side of the antenna block and a second waveguide on a second side of the antenna block. The assembly may comprise a vertical waveguide extending from the first side of the antenna block to the second side of the antenna block. The vertical waveguide may be functionally coupled with the first waveguide and the second waveguide. One or both of the first and second waveguides may comprise a transitional region configured to facilitate redirection of electromagnetic waves to the vertical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott B. Doyle, Angelos Alexanian, Konstantinos Konstantinidis
  • Patent number: 11080974
    Abstract: A selective intrusion detection system includes a Doppler transceiver configured and adapted to receive Doppler return signals indicative of moving targets present in a surveillance space. A processor is operatively connected to the Doppler transceiver to convert Doppler return signals into spectrograms and to determine whether any given spectrogram is indicative of presence of a human or another moving target, like a domestic pet. An alarm is operatively connected to the processor, wherein the processor and alarm are configured to provide an alert in the event the processor determines any given spectrogram is indicative of a human, and to forego providing an alert in the event the processor determines any given spectrogram is indicative of another moving target only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathias Pantus, Jeroen te Paske, Pascal van de Mortel, Leon Mintjens, Sorin Costiner, Michael Giering, Robert Labarre, Mark Vogel, Vijaya R. Lakamraju
  • Patent number: 11054500
    Abstract: A radar system includes a transmitter including a power amplifier (PA) for amplifying a local oscillator (LO) signal, to generate an amplified signal. The radar system also includes a receiver including an IQ generator for generating an I signal based on the LO signal and for generating a Q signal based on the LO signal and a low noise amplifier (LNA) for amplifying a looped back signal, to generate a receiver signal. The receiver also includes a first mixer for mixing the receiver signal and the I signal, to generate a baseband I signal and a second mixer for mixing the receiver signal and the Q signal, to generate a baseband Q signal. Additionally, the radar system includes a waveguide loopback for guiding the amplified signal from the transmitter to the receiver as the looped back signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Samala Sreekiran, Krishnanshu Dandu, Ross Kulak
  • Patent number: 10989808
    Abstract: A method, a device and a storage medium for extracting height and deformation information of a high voltage transmission tower by using SAR tomography are disclosed. A Spaceborne satellite is used to obtain a plurality of high resolution SAR images of a region having a high voltage transmission tower. The images are then pre-processed via registration, dechirp and phase compensation to obtain observation data. The observation data is then discretized. Then the discretized observation data is resampled by using singular value decomposition, and Akaike information criterion is used to estimate the number of scattering points in the resampled observation data. The obtained number of the scattering points is used to eliminate the singular values in the reconstructed signal. Finally, the sparsity of the observation data is used together with compression sensing to realize signal reconstruction, thereby extracting the height and deformation rate at a position on the high voltage transmission tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Yan Chen, Yunping Chen, Jing Chen
  • Patent number: 10935655
    Abstract: A system may include a surface penetrating radar system. The system may further include a battery system of a vehicle. At least a portion of the battery system of the vehicle may also be at least a portion of the surface penetrating radar system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Byron McCall Stanley
  • Patent number: 10859691
    Abstract: A method for determining a range of a target includes receiving a first time based radar return signal, converting the first time based radar return signal into a first frequency domain signal, detecting a peak of the first frequency domain signal, the peak corresponding to a coarse target range, receiving a second time based radar return signal, using the detected peak of the first frequency domain signal and the second time based radar return signal, converting the second time based radar return signal into a second frequency domain signal, and detecting a peak of the second frequency domain signal, the peak corresponding to a fine target range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Munish Sharma, Pooja Agrawal
  • Patent number: 10852144
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area. In one embodiment, the method comprises collecting data from a pedestrian moving in the area, and using the data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the area. These specified parameters are used to determine a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area. In one embodiment, the pattern of movement is a walking pattern of the pedestrian, and the data collected from the pedestrian identifies a multitude of positions of the pedestrian's feet. In an embodiment, the specified parameters include a lateral gap between the feet of the pedestrian, and a length of a stride of the pedestrian. A sequence of values may be collected for each of these parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Jean-Yves Clement
  • Patent number: 10830873
    Abstract: In some examples, a radar system includes first direct digital synthesizer (DDS) circuitry and first phase-locked loop (PLL) circuitry configured to generate a first sinusoidal signal based on a first DDS signal generated by the first DDS circuitry. In some examples, the radar system further includes transmitter circuitry configured to generate a radar signal based on the first sinusoidal signal. In some examples, the radar system also includes one or more antennas configured to transmit the radar signal and receive a return signal based on the radar signal. In some examples, the radar system includes second DDS circuitry, second PLL circuitry configured to generate a second sinusoidal signal based on a second DDS signal generated by the second DDS circuitry, and receiver circuitry configured to process the return signal based on the second sinusoidal signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Vacanti, Marc M. Pos
  • Patent number: 10823849
    Abstract: A tracking-distance-measuring system capable of tracking a torso object is provided. The tracking-distance-measuring system includes: an image sensor, a controller, a distance-measuring device, and an actuator device. The image sensor is configured to capture an input image. The controller is configured to analyze the input image to recognize a torso object from the input image, and calculate an offset distance between a center of the torso object and a central axis of the input image. The actuator device is configured to carry the distance-measuring device. The controller controls the actuator device to calibrate an offset angle between the distance-measuring device and the recognized torso object according to the offset distance. In response to calibrating the offset angle, the distance-measuring device emits energy and receives reflected energy to detect an object distance of the torso object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Chien-Hung Liu
  • Patent number: 10816641
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining the position of an object, in particular of a moving object, in a three dimensional space is made available. Here the device comprises at least two switchable transmitting antenna arrays having different vertical beam alignments and a number of receiving antennas arranged in a row. The transmitting antennas are arranged spaced apart by a distance that corresponds to the distance between the outer phase centers of the receiving antennas. Otherwise the transmitting antennas can be positioned arbitrarily around the receiving antenna. The horizontal beam sweep over a wide angle range is implemented by the “digital beam forming” method. The vertical object position is measured by comparing the amplitude of the received signals with sequentially operated transmitting antennas having different vertical beam directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ASTYX GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Koerber, Felix Hoehne
  • Patent number: 10819545
    Abstract: A method for correcting an error in the generation of a frequency by a frequency synthesizer of a terminal of a terrestrial wireless communication system. A query message is transmitted by the terminal. Error in the generation of the frequency of the query message is estimated by an access network as a function of a theoretical transmission frequency of the query message by the terminal and an actual frequency of reception of the query message by the access network. A response message comprising an item of correction information is transmitted by the access network. A frequency of reception by the terminal of a broadcast signal transmitted by the access network is generated by the frequency synthesizer of the terminal and as a function of the item of correction information received by the access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SIGFOX
    Inventor: Benoit Ponsard
  • Patent number: 10772070
    Abstract: A system for locating an object in a volume of space can include an electrical device having multiple antennae, and a switch coupled to the antennae. The system can also include a controller communicably coupled to the switch. The controller can measure, at a first time, a first parameter of a signal received at a first antenna. The controller can also operate the switch from a first position to a second position, where the first position enables the first antenna, and where the second position enables a second antenna. The controller can further measure, at a second time, a second parameter of the signal received at the second antenna. The controller can also determine, using the first parameter and the second parameter, a multi-dimensional location of the object in the volume of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Vrajesh Upendrabhai Patel, Leonardo Enrique Matute
  • Patent number: 10681664
    Abstract: Provided is a node unit which is branch-connected to another communication node via a transport medium, the node unit comprising: a delay measurement unit which transmits a test signal for measuring a delay to an adjacent node unit of the branch-connected upper stage via the transport medium and detects a loopback signal to which the test signal is looped back via the adjacent node unit of the upper stage, thereby measuring an upper stage transmission delay between the adjacent node unit of the upper stage and the node unit; a delay summation unit which, when an adjacent node unit of the branch-connected lower stage exists, receives a lower stage transmission delay transmitted from the adjacent node unit of the lower stage, and calculates a summed transmission delay by summing the upper stage transmission delay and the lower stage transmission delay; and a control unit which transmits the summed transmission delay to the adjacent node unit of the upper stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SOLiD, INC.
    Inventors: Doyoon Kim, Hyoungho Kim
  • Patent number: 10673658
    Abstract: A circuit in a wireless communications terminal/device and a method is described for reducing an image distortion. By measuring three gain mismatches of I path and Q path of a transceiver, and estimating a value of an IQ mismatch coefficient based on the three gain mismatches; and applying a measurement adjustment to the I path or the Q path based on the value of the IQ mismatch coefficient, the image distortion is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Jiang, Jamil Mark Forrester, Zhihang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10670700
    Abstract: Radio frequency motion sensors may be configured for operation in a common vicinity so as to reduce interference. In some versions, interference may be reduced by timing and/or frequency synchronization. In some versions, a master radio frequency motion sensor may transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal. A slave radio frequency motion sensor may determine a second radio frequency signal which minimizes interference with the first RF frequency. In some versions, interference may be reduced with additional transmission adjustments such as pulse width reduction or frequency and/or timing dithering differences. In some versions, apparatus may be configured with multiple sensors in a configuration to emit the radio frequency signals in different directions to mitigate interference between emitted pulses from the radio frequency motion sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Stephen McMahon, Przemyslaw Szkot, Redmond Shouldice
  • Patent number: 10663558
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a system for determining a location of a device is provided. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a management component, a plurality of microphones including a first microphone and a second microphone, at least one receiving component, the at least one receiving component coupled to the plurality of microphones and configured to receive signals from the plurality of microphones related to an acoustic signal detected by the plurality of microphones, determine a first timestamp of the acoustic signal using the signals received from the first microphone, determine a second timestamp of the acoustic signal using the signals received from the second microphone, and send the first timestamp and the second timestamp to the management component, the management component being configured to receive the first timestamp and the second timestamp and calculate the location of the device using the first timestamp and the second timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gary R. Ware
  • Patent number: 10644747
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves that propagates along a surface of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys a plurality of communication signals, obtaining, from the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves, at least one communication signal from the plurality of communication signals, and distributing the at least one communication signal to at least one communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Peter Wolniansky, Paul Shala Henry
  • Patent number: 10644749
    Abstract: A method and system for tracking a course of a cable using electromagnetic waves. A first distance between a first transceiver and a second transceiver is determined by determining a total transmission time for a first wireless signal traveling in a linear line from the first transceiver to the second transceiver and back to the first transceiver in the linear line, wherein the first transceiver and the second transceiver each include a receiver and a transmitter. A second distance between the first transceiver and the second transceiver is determined by comparing a phase difference between the first signal received by the second transmitter and a second signal received by the second transmitter, wherein the second signal was transmitted from the first transceiver into the cable and received by the second transceiver wirelessly from the cable, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are phase aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Petra Sabine Buehrer, Florian Graf, Thorsten Muehge, Tim U. Scheideler, Raphael Waltert
  • Patent number: 10637707
    Abstract: Disclosed is a demodulation method to be used by an apparatus receiving a data packet transmitted in wired and wireless communications to recover data from a received signal. The apparatus receiving the data packet may recover or synchronize a symbol timing that is used to recover the data, and a demodulator included in the apparatus receiving the data packet may determine the symbol timing through different methods based on a length of a burst included in the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Pansoo Kim, Deock Gil Oh
  • Patent number: 10589747
    Abstract: A method for determining an incline of a road on which a vehicle is located includes importing image data of an environment of the vehicle, the image data being generated by an image sensor. The method further includes identifying a defined reference object in the environment of the vehicle from the image data and identifying a relationship between the identified reference object and a defined reference system of the image sensor. The method also includes estimating the incline of the road on the basis of the identified relationship and providing a signal representing the incline of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Sven Plecko
  • Patent number: 10579150
    Abstract: A gesture detection system uses two radar tones to concurrently detect absolute distance and relative movement of a target object. A radar-based detection device alternates transmitting a first radar tone and a second radar tone via a radar-emitting device, and then captures a first return signal and a second return signal that are generated by the first radar tone and second radar tone reflecting off the target object. The radar-based detection device demodulates the return signals into a first set of quadrature signals and a second set of quadrature signals and, in some cases, generates a first set of digital samples and second set of digital samples from the respective quadrature signals. Various aspects process the first set of digital samples and second set of digital samples to concurrently identify absolute distance and relative movement and, at times, determine an in-the-air gesture performed by the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Changzhan Gu, Jaime Lien
  • Patent number: 10573107
    Abstract: A method is provided for authenticating a transceiver in a keyless entry system for a vehicle. The method uses a collision avoidance radar system on the vehicle for authenticating a key fob radar transceiver. A lower power radar signal is transmitted from the vehicle. The lower power radar signal is transmitted below an ambient noise level to make the radar signal difficult for an attacker to detect. The key fob transceiver is then authenticated as being a legitimate transceiver for accessing the vehicle using the low power radar signal. A distance bounding scheme may be used to determine if the key fob is within a predetermined distance. Challenge/response communications may be used to authenticate that the key fob is the legitimate key fob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Jan-Peter Schat
  • Patent number: 10566699
    Abstract: A system and methods for RF (Radio Frequency) penetration imaging of one or more objects in a medium, the system including a generation and reception subsystem configured to generate and receive a plurality of RF signals, an RF antenna array including a plurality of antennas, the antennas being configured to transmit the RF signals towards the medium and receive a plurality of RF signals reflected from the medium, a data acquisition subsystem configured to receive and store the reflected RF signals, and a processor configured to estimate the distance between the surface of the target medium and the antenna array, the delay between the transmitted signals and the plurality of signals reflected from the object using a dedicated frequency sub-band of the received signals, the location of the antennas at each transmitting time, and determine whether there is an object within the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: VAYYAR IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Damian Hoffman, Jonathan Rosenfeld
  • Patent number: 10566845
    Abstract: Techniques for automated clock synchronization and control are discussed herein. For example, the techniques can include monitoring of transmissions for ‘known’ events and identifying timing or frequencies of such events. Deviations in the timing or frequencies of the events from expected times or frequencies may indicate that wireless power transmission system and receiver clocks are not synchronized. The deviations can be used to synchronize the clock for optimum wireless power transfer. Techniques are also described for enhancing clock control mechanisms to provide additional means for managing the adjustments of the clocks, as well as for enabling wireless power transmission systems to mimic client clock offsets for effective synchronization of events (e.g., beacon signals).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ossia Inc.
    Inventors: Hatem Zeine, Dale Mayes