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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Durham, NC (US);
Timothy Sleasman, Durham, NC (US);
Jonah Gollub, Durham, NC (US);
David Smith, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/56 (2006.01); H01Q 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/0086 (2013.01); G01S 13/56 (2013.01); H01Q 9/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods relating to sensing the presence of a lifeform. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting the presence of a lifeform in a building or room using dynamic metasurface aperture (DMA), which overcome many limitations of currently available radio frequency (RF) or infrared (IR)-based systems.