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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:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Francesco Restuccia, Boston, MA (US);
Emrecan Demirors, Boston, MA (US);
Tommaso Melodia, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/44 (2006.01); H04R 1/22 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/44 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01); H04B 11/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/222 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
An underwater acoustic communication system for a mobile electronic device, such as a smartphone, has a communication unit with one or more ultrasonic transducers to transmit and receive underwater ultrasonic signals. The communication unit is connected to an audio auxiliary interface of the mobile electronic device. A processing unit in communication with the auxiliary interface receives RF signals from and transmits RF signals to the communication unit via the audio auxiliary interface.