Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Many to many ranging techniques
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Application No.: US17368215Application Date: 2021-07-06
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Publication No.: US11758364B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Yagil Burowski , Subash Marri Sridhar , Ayman Naguib , Robert Golshan
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: KILPATRICK, TOWNSEND AND STOCKTON LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/029
- IPC: H04W4/029 ; H04W4/02

Abstract:
A mobile device can include ranging circuitry to determine distance to another mobile device. Ranging between multiple mobile devices can present challenges due to clock drift between the devices resulting in missed messages due to collisions between ranging messages. Techniques can be implemented to reduce the number of collisions by designating time slots for ranging sessions based on timing from a coordinator mobile device. Alternative techniques allow for splitting up channels at different time amount different pairs of devices. The ranging techniques can be used to share information between devices with a predefined distance for applications such as augmented reality.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210337360A1 MANY TO MANY RANGING TECHNIQUES Public/Granted day:2021-10-28
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