Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Octavio Alejandro Santana

Lennart Yseboodt

Anteneh Alemu Abbo

Hugo Veenstra

Paul Mattheijssen

Paulus Thomas Maria Van Zeijl

Neil Christopher Bird

Martinus Theodorus Bennebroek

Jozef Louis Van Meerbergen

A distance measurement arrangement provides a distance indication based on a delay between an electromagnetic signal, transmitted in a transmission mode, and a reflection of the electromagnetic signal, received in a reception mode. The distance measurement arrangement includes an antenna module having a plurality of antennas for transmitting the electromagnetic signal and for receiving the reflection. A beam-forming module defines respective magnitude and phase relationships with respect to respective antennas so as to cause the antenna module to provide a directional antenna pattern in at least one the two modes. A beam-forming and steering control module controls the respective magnitude and phase relationships as a function of a direction command. A 3-D picture can be formed by applying respective direction commands so as to obtain respective distance indications for respective portion in a two-dimensional picture.

Distance measurement

A sensor device includes at least one autonomous streaming module. Predetermined internal events of the autonomous streaming module or predetermined external events from streaming data at an interface to a smart shell of the autonomous streaming module are detected. An operational mode of a component or subsystem within the smart shell of the autonomous streaming module is controlled in response to the detection.

Wireless sensor node architecture with autonomous streaming

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Octavio Alejandro Santana