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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2019
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Riccardo DeSalvo, Pasadena, CA (US);
Giuseppe Castaldi, Apice, IT;
Andrea Cusano, Caserta, IT;
Vincenzo Galdi, Benevento, IT;
Paolo Mattera, Benevento, IT;
Roberto Parente, Cerreto Sannita, IT;
Fereydoun Daneshgaran, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Joseph Minh Tien, Alhambra, CA (US);
Dustin Krogstad, Chino, CA (US);
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed apparatus may include at least one transponder that (1) is located on a wearable device worn by a user and (2) retransmits signals received at the transponder after shifting frequencies of the received signals to a certain frequency range. The apparatus may also include at least one radar device that (1) transmits a frequency-modulated radar signal to the transponder and (2) receives signals whose frequencies are within the certain frequency range. In addition, the apparatus may include a processing device that (1) detects a signal returned to the radar device from the transponder, (2) calculates, based on the returned signal, a distance between the transponder and the radar device, and then (3) determines, based on the distance between the transponder and the radar device, a current physical location of at least a portion of the user. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.