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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:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/10 (2006.01); G01S 3/50 (2006.01); G01S 5/08 (2006.01); G01S 5/04 (2006.01); G01S 1/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/10 (2013.01); G01S 1/02 (2013.01); G01S 3/50 (2013.01); G01S 5/0231 (2013.01); G01S 5/04 (2013.01); G01S 5/08 (2013.01); G01S 5/0242 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of methods for determining a location of a mobile device, a mobile device, and a location beacon system are described. In an embodiment, a method for determining a location of a mobile device involves receiving, at a dual-antenna receiver of the mobile device, a plurality of ultra wide band (UWB) signals from a group of unsynchronized beacons having a quadrilateral formation, at the mobile device, determining angle of arrival (AoA) information from the UWB signals, and at the mobile device, calculating the location of the mobile device based on the AoA information. Other embodiments are also described.