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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:
Nov. 23, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Ian Buchan, San Jose, CA (US);

Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Cupertino, CA (US);

Jessica Liu Strohmann, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sandeep Louis D'Souza, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/38 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00067 (2013.01); G01N 29/2437 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0433 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06K 9/38 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); H01L 41/0825 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor system, a low-frequency vibration source and a control system. The ultrasonic sensor system may include an ultrasonic receiver and an ultrasonic transmitter configured for transmitting ultrasonic waves in a first frequency range (e.g., 1 MHz to 30 MHz). The low-frequency vibration source may be configured for generating low-frequency vibrations in a second frequency range (e.g., the range of 5 Hz to 2000 Hz). The control system may be configured for synchronizing the generation of the first low-frequency vibrations and the transmission of the first ultrasonic waves.


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