Detection of electronic device presence using emitted Wi-Fi signals
US12177692B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2024 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Machine learning-based methods are disclosed to identify and/or count a number of electronic devices present in an area using emitted passive Wi-Fi signals. The identification and/or counting of Wi-Fi-enabled devices improves private and public security in determining human presence. The disclosed methods use trained machine learning models that learns the relationship between real-time Wi-Fi probe request broadcast behavior distribution and the number of electronic devices present. The disclosed methods can include use of other wireless data transfer protocols, such as Bluetooth and Cellular.
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