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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Charles Kasimer Sestok, IV, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/527 (2006.01); G01S 15/10 (2006.01); G01S 15/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 7/527 (2013.01); G01S 15/101 (2013.01); G01S 15/36 (2013.01); G01S 2015/932 (2013.01); G01S 2015/938 (2013.01);
Abstract
One example includes an ultrasonic ranging system. The system includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal and to receive reflected ultrasonic signal paths having been reflected from a plurality of target objects during a ranging operation. The system also includes a ranging processor configured to detect a location associated with the plurality of target objects based on monitoring phase information associated with the reflected ultrasonic signal paths.