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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. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Raymond Michael Stitt, Ada, MI (US);
Eric John Smith, Holland, MI (US);
Tyler Lloyd Zoerner, Kentwood, MI (US);
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Pref., JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method to wirelessly synchronize, monitor, or communicate, or a combination thereof, amongst sensors (e.g., sensors, hubs, sensor controllers, etc.) in a Bluetooth Low Energy-based microlocation system. The system or method, or both, may use the BLE hardware (e.g., transmitters, receivers, antennas, etc.) to interleave a communications protocol within the connection interval gaps of the BLE protocol used to communicate with devices.