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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew G. Dyor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Peter N. Glaskowsky, Carnation, WA (US);
Kimberly D. A. Hallman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael F. Koenig, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, WA (US);
Craig J. Mundie, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Desney S. Tan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, computer-readable storage mediums including computer-readable instructions and/or circuitry for control of transmission to a target device with communicating with one or more sensors in an ad-hoc sensor network may implement operations including, but not limited to: generating electrical power from at least one ambient source via at least one transducer; powering at least one transmitter via the electrical power from at least one ambient source to wirelessly transmit one or more sensor operation activation signals to one or more sensors; and at least one of powering one or more sensing operations of the one or more sensors or charging one or more power storage devices of the one or more sensors via the one or more sensor operation activation signals.