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Ranging apparatus and method

US10768280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 2018
Grant dateSep 8, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B14/026
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a range-classifying-module for a radio receiver, the range-classifying-module configured to: receive a signal representative of a chirp from a transmitter, determine the presence of one or more pulses in the received signal; and classify the receiver as either proximal to or distal from the transmitter based on: one or more characteristics of the one or more pulses; in addition to a time-of-arrival of the one or more pulses.

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