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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Rameshwar Sundaresan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Brian S. Lingard, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Peter J. Gjeltema, Stow, MA (US);

Assignee:

BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 11/14 (2006.01); G01S 5/18 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 11/14 (2013.01); G01S 5/18 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); G01S 5/30 (2013.01); H04B 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a first apparatus configured to transmit a first signal having a first frequency to a second apparatus, receive, from the second apparatus, a second signal having a second frequency responsive to the first signal, determine a latency associated with the transmitted first signal and received second signal and, determine a distance between the first apparatus and the second apparatus based, at least in part, on the determined latencies. According to an example, the first apparatus further determines a direction of the second apparatus relative to the first apparatus. According to an example, at least one of the first signal or second signal comprises an ultrasonic or high-frequency signal.


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