Robert Boschgmbh

Martin Coors

Vivek Jain

Lakshmi Venkatraman

Abtin Keshavarzian

Huang Lee

Sushanta Mohan Rakshit

Murat Senel

Horace Arlen Olive, Jr

Arlen Olive

A system includes one or more ultra-wideband (UWB) transmit apparatuses configured to communicate an UWB signal that encodes radio packets that includes at least a preamble and a start frame delimiter (SFD) enabling a receiver to recover a reception timestamp and a channel impulse response (CIR) of the transmission, wherein the one or more UWB transmit apparatuses are located in a fixed position and configured to divide a space into a plurality of subspaces configured to be assigned an attribute associated with the subspaces, including one or more UWB receivers configured to extract CIR information from the one or more radio packets received from a UWB transceiver, and trigger an event in response to a determination of the receiver being either located in one of a plurality of subspaces, or leaving or entering the one of the plurality of subspaces, wherein the determination is made utilizing at least the CIR information.

Ultra wide band based zone determination system

A vehicle access system having a plurality of system nodes arranged throughout a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle access system employs a communication protocol which utilizes two way ranging (TWR) and time distance of arrival (TDoA) localization processes to determine a position of a target portable device. The communication protocol selects the optimal combination of TWR and TDoA estimations, depending on a number of system nodes that are in communication range of the target portable device, to provide the greatest accuracy with the best power efficiency at the target portable device. Particularly, the communication protocol minimizes the number of messages sent and received by the target portable device, thereby improving the power efficiency thereof. Furthermore, the communication protocol schedules messages between the system nodes and target portable device so as to minimize the wake time of the target portable device, thereby further improving the power efficiency thereof.

Ultra-wideband based vehicle access system and communication protocol for localization of a target device

A system for powering components in a vehicle seat enables electronic components within the vehicle seat to receive power without wires connecting the seat to a vehicle body. The system includes a power transmitter that generates an electromagnetic field, and a power receiver located within the vehicle seat and the electromagnetic field. The power receiver is configured to generate electrical power from the electromagnetic field and deliver the power to at least one component in the vehicle seat.

Contactless power transfer system

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Martin Coors