Method, apparatus, and system for movement tracking

    公开(公告)号:US11639981B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US17492642

    申请日:2021-10-03

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for movement tracking are described. In one example, a described system comprises: at least one sensor configured to generate at least one sensing information (SI); a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one sensor; and a set of instructions stored in the memory. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain at least one time series of SI (TSSI) from the at least one sensor, analyze the at least one TSSI, track a movement of an object in a venue based on the at least one TSSI, compute an incremental distance associated with the movement of the object in a first incremental time period based on the at least one TSSI, compute a direction associated with the movement of the object in a second incremental time period based on the at least one TSSI, and compute a next location of the object at a next time based on at least one of: a current location of the object at a current time, a current orientation of the object at the current time, the incremental distance, the direction, or a map of the venue.

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS MICRO MOTION MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20210311166A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17352185

    申请日:2021-06-18

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for wirelessly monitoring a micro motion of an object are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured for transmitting a first wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel of a venue; a receiver configured for receiving a second wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel; and a processor. The second wireless signal differs from the first wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel and a motion of an object in the venue. The processor is configured for: obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the second wireless signal, wherein each channel information (CI) of the TSCI comprises N1 CI components; selecting N2 CI components from the N1 CI components based on a first analysis of the N1 CI components; computing a micro-motion (MM) statistics based on the N2 selected CI components and the first analysis; monitoring the motion of the object based on a second analysis of the MM statistics; performing a task based on the first analysis and the second analysis; and generating a response based on the task, the first analysis and the second analysis.

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MAP RECONSTRUCTION BASED ON WIRELESS TRACKING

    公开(公告)号:US20230014580A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17891037

    申请日:2022-08-18

    IPC分类号: G01C21/00 H04W64/00

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for map reconstruction based on wireless tracking are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a sensor configured to collect sensing data in a venue and obtain a plurality of trajectories, and a processor. Each trajectory is a time series of spatial coordinates (TSSC) representing a path traversed by a respective object in the venue. Each TSSC is accompanied by at least one respective time series of sensing data (TSSD) collected while the respective object traverses the path in the venue. The processor is configured for: segmenting each TSSC and its accompanying at least one TSSD into segments, bundling the plurality of trajectories based on similarity measures between pairs of the segments, fusing the bundled trajectories to generate fused trajectories, computing a shape of the fused trajectories, and generating a map of the venue based on the computed shape.

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS WRITING TRACKING

    公开(公告)号:US20210232235A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US17180763

    申请日:2021-02-20

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless writing tracking are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured for transmitting a first wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel of a venue; a receiver configured for receiving a second wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel; and a processor. The second wireless signal comprises a reflection of the first wireless signal by a tip of a writing instrument in the venue. The processor is configured for: obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the second wireless signal, wherein each CI comprises at least one of: a channel state information (CSI), channel impulse response (CIR), channel frequency response (CFR), or received signal strength index (RSSI); and tracking a movement of the tip of the writing instrument based on the time series of CI (TSCI).

    Method, apparatus, and system for radio based sleep tracking

    公开(公告)号:US11771366B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US17888429

    申请日:2022-08-15

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 A61B5/11 A61B5/0507

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for radio-based sleep tracking are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a first wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel in a venue; a receiver configured to receive a second wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel, wherein the second wireless signal differs from the first wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel which is impacted by a sleeping motion of an object in the venue; and a processor. The processor is configured for: obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the second wireless signal, wherein each channel information (CI) of the TSCI comprises N1 components, wherein N1 is a positive integer larger than one, computing N1 component-wise analytics each associated with one of the N1 components of the TSCI, identifying N2 largest component-wise analytics among the N1 component-wise analytics, wherein N2 is a positive integer less than N1, computing at least one first motion statistics based on the N2 largest component-wise analytics of the TSCI, and monitoring the sleeping motion of the object based on the at least one first motion statistics.

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS VITAL MONITORING USING HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20230081472A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17945995

    申请日:2022-09-15

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless vital sign monitoring are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal through a wireless channel of a venue; a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal through the wireless channel that is being impacted by an object motion of an object in the venue; and a processor. At least one of the transmitter or the receiver comprises an array of antennas used to transmit or receive the wireless signal. The object motion comprises at least one non-periodic body motion of the object and at least one periodic vital-sign motion of the object. The processor is configured for: segmenting space around the venue into a plurality of sectors based on a beamforming and the received wireless signal, wherein each sector of the plurality of sectors is associated with a spatial direction relative to the array of antennas, obtaining a plurality of time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless channel based on the beamforming, wherein each time series of CI (TSCI) of the plurality of TSCI is associated with a respective sector of the plurality of sectors, isolating the object motion of the object in the plurality of TSCI to generate a plurality of isolated TSCI, compensating for the at least one non-periodic body motion of the object in the plurality of isolated TSCI to generate a plurality of compensated TSCI, and monitoring the at least one periodic vital-sign motion of the object based on the plurality of compensated TSCI.

    Method, apparatus, and system for wireless writing tracking

    公开(公告)号:US11592913B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US17180763

    申请日:2021-02-20

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless writing tracking are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured for transmitting a first wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel of a venue; a receiver configured for receiving a second wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel; and a processor. The second wireless signal comprises a reflection of the first wireless signal by a tip of a writing instrument in the venue. The processor is configured for: obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the second wireless signal, wherein each CI comprises at least one of: a channel state information (CSI), channel impulse response (CIR), channel frequency response (CFR), or received signal strength index (RSSI); and tracking a movement of the tip of the writing instrument based on the time series of CI (TSCI).

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS SENSING BASED ON CHANNEL INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220308195A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17838228

    申请日:2022-06-12

    IPC分类号: G01S13/00 G01S13/56

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless sensing based on channel information are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel of a venue, wherein the wireless multipath channel is impacted by a motion of an object in the venue; a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel, wherein the received wireless signal differs from the transmitted wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel and the motion of the object; and a processor. The processor is configured for: obtaining N1 time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the received wireless signal, computing N4 selected projections based on the N1 TSCI, and performing a sensing task associated with the motion of the object based on the N4 selected projections. N4 is a positive integer. N1=N2*N3. N2 is a quantity of transmit antennas on the transmitter. N3 is a quantity of receive antennas on the receiver. Each TSCI is associated with a respective transmit antenna of the transmitter and a respective receive antenna of the receiver.

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SOUND SENSING BASED ON WIRELESS SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20220026531A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17492598

    申请日:2021-10-02

    摘要: Methods, apparatus and systems for sound sensing based on radio signals are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a first wireless signal through a wireless channel of a venue; a receiver configured to receive a second wireless signal through the wireless channel, wherein the second wireless signal comprises a reflection of the first wireless signal by at least one object in the venue; and a processor. The processor is configured for: obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless channel based on the second wireless signal, determining a presence of a vibrating object in the venue based on the time series of CI (TSCI), extracting a sound signal from the TSCI, and reconstructing at least one speech based on the sound signal.