Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ranging apparatus and method
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Application No.: US16004226Application Date: 2018-06-08
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Publication No.: US10768280B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Wolfgang Eber , Bernhard Spiess , Filippo Casamassima
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Rajeev Madnawat
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4542f188
- Main IPC: G01S7/4861
- IPC: G01S7/4861 ; G01S7/4865 ; H04L27/10 ; G01S7/487 ; G01S11/02 ; H04B14/02

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a range-classifying-module for a radio receiver, the range-classifying-module configured to: receive a signal representative of a chirp from a transmitter, determine the presence of one or more pulses in the received signal; and classify the receiver as either proximal to or distal from the transmitter based on: one or more characteristics of the one or more pulses; in addition to a time-of-arrival of the one or more pulses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190004155A1 RANGING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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