公开(公告)号：US20170328997A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15590976

申请日：2017-05-09

Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

Inventor： Brian Silverstein ,  Eric Marschalkowski ,  Eden Sherry ,  Andrew Goldenson

IPC: G01S13/88 ,  H04B1/3827 ,  G08B21/18 ,  G01S13/52 ,  G01S13/06 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G01S7/41

CPC classification number: G01S13/886 ,  G01S7/003 ,  G01S7/41 ,  G01S13/06 ,  G01S13/52 ,  G01S13/56 ,  G01S13/867 ,  G01S13/87 ,  G01S13/88 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H04B1/3827 ,  H04L12/2803

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for utilizing radar in smart devices. In one aspect, an electronic device includes: (1) circuit boards; (2) a housing encasing the circuit boards; (3) a communications module coupled to the circuit boards, including one or more antennas and configured for communicating with remote devices; (4) a radar module coupled to the circuit boards, configured for generating radar data for a home environment and including: (a) low power radar transmitters; and (b) radar receivers; (5) one or more processors mounted to one of the circuit boards, the processors configured to: (a) govern operation of the communications module and the radar module; (b) determine location and/or movement of detected objects in the home environment; and (c) detect anomalies associated with the detected objects; and (6) a power source coupled to the processors, the communications module, and the radar module.

公开(公告)号：US20170328995A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15485127

申请日：2017-04-11

Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

Inventor： Eric Marschalkowski ,  Brian Silverstein ,  Eden Sherry ,  Andrew Goldenson

IPC: G01S13/87 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W4/04 ,  G01S13/86 ,  G01S13/58 ,  G01S13/42 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G01S7/00 ,  H04W72/00

CPC classification number: H04W4/33 ,  G01S7/006 ,  G01S13/42 ,  G01S13/56 ,  G01S13/58 ,  G01S13/86 ,  G01S13/878 ,  G01S13/88 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W8/005

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for determining locations of a plurality of electronic devices within a home. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing system having one or more processors and memory. The method includes: (1) obtaining device identification information for a plurality of electronic devices; (2) broadcasting, via a standard wireless communication protocol, a request based on the device identification information that a particular electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices be enabled to transmit or reflect location information using a radar technique; (3) receiving a signal from the particular electronic device, the signal indicating a location of the particular electronic device using a radar technique; and (4) determining the location of the particular electronic device based on the received signal.

公开(公告)号：US20190024350A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US15654000

申请日：2017-07-19

Applicant: Google Inc.

Inventor： Brian Silverstein ,  Lawrence Chang ,  Mary Reilly, JR. ,  David Sloo

IPC: E03B7/07 ,  E03B1/04 ,  E03C1/05 ,  E03C1/04 ,  G01S13/06 ,  H04L12/28

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating water conservation and smart water control are provided. Water conservation and smart water control can be achieved using a smart water apparatus having the ability to approximate distance, mass, and/or specific characteristics of an object such as a human or inanimate object and adjust flow rate of water and/or temperature of the water based on the approximated distance, mass, and/or specific characteristics of an object. The smart water apparatus can be embodied, for example, in a network connected shower head or a network connected faucet.

公开(公告)号：US20170329449A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15481289

申请日：2017-04-06

Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

Inventor： Brian Silverstein ,  Eden Sherry

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G01S13/56 ,  G01S13/88

Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for implementing radar-based touch interfaces. In one aspect, a computing device includes: (1) a casing; (2) a radar transceiver configured to detect one or more objects in the vicinity of the computing device; and (3) one or more controllers coupled to the radar transceiver, the one or more controllers configured to, for each detected object in the one or more detected objects: (a) determine whether the detected object is in contact with the casing based on data received from the radar transceiver; (b) in accordance with a determination that the detected object is in contact with the casing, identifying an input command based on at least one of: a location of the detected object, and a movement of the detected object; and (c) adjust operation of the computing device based on the input command.