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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:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Humatics Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory L. Charvat, Guilford, CT (US);

David A. Mindell, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Humatics Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 9/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 9/26 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 11/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); G01S 5/0284 (2013.01); G01S 5/14 (2013.01); G01S 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 13/878 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2216 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/247 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/521 (2013.01); H01Q 1/525 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01); H01Q 9/0428 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0492 (2013.01); H01Q 9/26 (2013.01); H01Q 9/27 (2013.01); H04B 5/0056 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); G01S 5/0215 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system comprising: an interrogator device, comprising: a first transmit antenna configured to transmit radio-frequency (RF) signals circularly polarized in a first rotational direction; and a first receive antenna configured to receive RF signals circularly polarized in a second rotational direction different from the first rotational direction; and a target device, comprising: a second receive antenna configured to receive RF signals circularly polarized in the first rotational direction and a second transmit antenna configured to transmit, to the interrogator device, RF signals circularly polarized in the second rotational direction.


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