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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Anthony Miranto, Kenmore, NY (US);
Jack Conway Kitchens, Town of Tonawanda, NY (US);
Stephen Michael Gojevic, Lockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G01H 11/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0436 (2013.01); B06B 1/0207 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); B06B 1/0629 (2013.01); B06B 1/0688 (2013.01); G01H 11/08 (2013.01); G01S 7/5202 (2013.01); G01S 7/52026 (2013.01); G01S 7/52079 (2013.01); G01S 7/52085 (2013.01); G01S 15/8913 (2013.01); G01S 15/8925 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0433 (2013.01); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); B06B 2201/20 (2013.01); B06B 2201/56 (2013.01); B06B 2201/70 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for ultrasonic sensing, wherein an ultrasonic receiver array includes multiple ultrasonic sensor pixels, and each sensor pixel includes an ultrasonic receiver configured to read an ultrasonic signal. An ultrasonic transmitter array, composed of multiple elements, transmits ultrasonic signals which may be reflected from an object and received at the ultrasonic receivers, wherein a sensor controller applies excitation signals to the transmitter array with a temporal delay between excitation signals.