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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2013
Applicants:
Tad Hogg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert A. Freitas, Jr., Pilot Hill, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tad Hogg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert A. Freitas, Jr., Pilot Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/72 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/72 (2013.01); H04B 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides devices and methods for using acoustics to communicate between a macro-scale transceiver and a micro-device or between multiple micro-devices. The micro-devices may passively scatter sound from a transceiver or actively generate sound. Acoustic waves can also provide power to a micro-device.