Methods and apparatus to mitigate interference and to extend field of view in ultra-wideband systems

    公开(公告)号:US10103975B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US15246863

    申请日:2016-08-25

    Applicant: ZIH CORP.

    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating a first filtered signal by passing signal energy in a first radio frequency (RF) spectral band associated with a signaling bandwidth of an ultra-wideband (UWB) RF signaling system, generating a second filtered signal by passing signal energy in a second RF spectral band associated with the signaling bandwidth of the UWB RF signaling system, generating a plurality of digitized streams of pulses by identifying RF pulses in a respective filtered signal above a respective predetermined threshold, generating at least one time-stamped tag data packet, based on decoding a valid over-the-air packet corresponding to a plurality of RF pulses received according to a known burst pattern, selecting a time-stamped tag data packet from the at least one received time-stamped tag data packet, formulating a network data packet based on the selected time-stamped tag data packet, and outputting the network data packet.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MITIGATE INTERFERENCE AND TO EXTEND FIELD OF VIEW IN ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20190028385A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US16131616

    申请日:2018-09-14

    Applicant: ZIH CORP.

    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first detector configured to generate a first digitized stream of pulses and a second detector configured to generate a second digitized stream of pulses; a first packet decoder configured to decode a first valid over-the-air packet from the first digitized stream of pulses and generate a first time-stamped tag data packet; a second packet decoder configured to decode a second valid over-the-air packet from the second digitized stream of pulses; an arbiter configured to receive at least one of first and second time-stamped tag data packets and to select a time-stamped tag data packet from the at least one of the first and second time-stamped tag data packets; and a packet formatter to formulate a network data packet based on the selected time-stamped tag data packet.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REFERENCE REGENERATION IN REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20180077530A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:US15266137

    申请日:2016-09-15

    Applicant: ZIH CORP.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/026 H04W4/80 H04W56/0065

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reference regeneration in real time location systems are disclosed. An example disclosed method includes obtaining reference phase offsets from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) receivers; transmitting a first synchronization signal via a wireline link to obtain differential wireline coarse sync measurements; determining a residual offset table based at least in part on the differential wireline coarse sync measurements and the reference phase offsets; transmitting a second synchronization signal via the wireline link to obtain revised differential wireline coarse sync measurements; generating revised reference phase offsets by combining the revised differential wireline coarse sync offsets with the residual offset table; and determining a physical location of a RFID tag based at least in part on i) the revised reference phase offsets and ii) RFID receiver clock measurements corresponding to a time-of-arrival of over-the-air data transmitted from the RFID tag.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MITIGATE INTERFERENCE AND TO EXTEND FIELD OF VIEW IN ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20180062981A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-01

    申请号:US15246863

    申请日:2016-08-25

    Applicant: ZIH CORP.

    CPC classification number: H04L45/3065 H04B1/06 H04L43/106 H04L43/16 H04W72/082

    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating a first filtered signal by passing signal energy in a first radio frequency (RF) spectral band associated with a signaling bandwidth of an ultra-wideband (UWB) RF signaling system, generating a second filtered signal by passing signal energy in a second RF spectral band associated with the signaling bandwidth of the UWB RF signaling system, generating a plurality of digitized streams of pulses by identifying RF pulses in a respective filtered signal above a respective predetermined threshold, generating at least one time-stamped tag data packet, based on decoding a valid over-the-air packet corresponding to a plurality of RF pulses received according to a known burst pattern, selecting a time-stamped tag data packet from the at least one received time-stamped tag data packet, formulating a network data packet based on the selected time-stamped tag data packet, and outputting the network data packet.

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