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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Conway Kitchens, Buffalo, NY (US);
John Keith Schneider, Williamsville, NY (US);
Stephen Michael Gojevic, Lockport, NY (US);
Evan Michael Breloff, Kenmore, NY (US);
James Anthony Miranto, Kenmore, NY (US);
Emily Kathryn Brooks, Kenmore, NY (US);
Fitzgerald John Archibald, Richmond Hill, CA;
Alexei Stoianov, Toronto, CA;
Raj Kumar, San Diego, CA (US);
Sai Praneeth Sreeram, Anantapur, IN;
Nirma Lnu, Hyderabad, IN;
Sandeep Louis D'Souza, San Diego, CA (US);
Nicholas Ian Buchan, San Jose, CA (US);
Yipeng Lu, Davis, CA (US);
Chin-Jen Tseng, Fremont, CA (US);
Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Cupertino, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may include a cover layer, a layer of first metamaterial proximate (or in) the cover layer, a light source system configured for providing light to the layer of first metamaterial and a receiver system. The first metamaterial may include nanoparticles configured to create ultrasonic waves when illuminated by light. The receiver system may include an ultrasonic receiver system configured to receive ultrasonic waves reflected from a target object in contact with, or proximate, a surface of the cover layer. The control system may be configured to receive ultrasonic receiver signals from the ultrasonic receiver system corresponding to the ultrasonic waves reflected from the target object and to perform an authentication process and/or an imaging process that is based, at least in part, on the ultrasonic receiver signals.