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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. 27, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Chirp Microsystems, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard J. Przybyla, Emeryville, CA (US);

David A. Horsley, Berkeley, CA (US);

Mitchell H. Kline, Alameda, CA (US);

Assignee:

CHIRP MICROSYSTEMS, INC., Berkeley, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/26 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/30 (2006.01); G01S 5/18 (2006.01); G01S 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/26 (2013.01); G01S 5/0036 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); G01S 5/18 (2013.01); G01S 5/30 (2013.01); G01S 11/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/00 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tracking method is disclosed. The method may include displaying visual content on a screen. A base station may be stationary with respect to the screen while the visual content is being displayed. In contrast, one or more objects may move with respect to the screen while the visual content is being displayed. The one or more objects may be tracked so that the movement thereof may be used to alter the visual content. Such tracking may involve the base station and the one or more objects sending and/or receiving one or more ultrasonic pulses. Time-difference-of-arrival and/or time-of-flight of the one or more ultrasonic pulses may then be used to estimate a relative location and/or a relative orientation of the one or more objects with respect to the base station in three dimensional space.


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