Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless ranging using physical and virtual responders
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Application No.: US17371225Application Date: 2021-07-09
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Publication No.: US11558071B2Publication Date: 2023-01-17
- Inventor: Ayman F. Naguib , Arun Yadav , Robert Golshan
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04B1/38
- IPC: H04B1/38 ; H04B1/00

Abstract:
An electronic device configures two or more virtual responders associated with different subsets of capabilities of a physical responder in the electronic device, where the physical responder comprises a radio-frequency (RF) transceiver and multiple antennas, and where a given virtual responder corresponds to the RF transceiver and a given antenna. Then, the electronic device performs, based at least in part on wirelessly communication with a second electronic device and using at least the virtual responders, measurements on wireless signals from the second electronic device to the electronic device, where the measurements correspond to a time of flight of the wireless signals. Next, the electronic device determines, based at least in part on the measurements, a range between the electronic device and the second electronic device, where the determination uses the measurements from different virtual responders to correct for an environmental condition and/or increase an accuracy of the determined range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210344362A1 Wireless Ranging Using Physical and Virtual Responders Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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