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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:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Kim Phan Le, Eindhoven, NL;
Jozef Thomas Martinus van Beek, Rosmalen, NL;
Mamuka Katukia, Waalre, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 11/24 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 11/24 (2013.01); G01F 1/662 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising an acoustic transducer arrangement configured to transmit at least one acoustic signal and configured to detect a reflection of said at least one acoustic signal, and a controller configured to determine a time-of-flight of the at least one acoustic signal, the controller further configured to determine at least a first value indicative of temperature based on said time-of-flight of the at least one acoustic signal and calibration information indicative of a relationship between time-of-flight and temperature in a space the apparatus is located.