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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2022
Applicants:

Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);

Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;

Inventor:

Eric J. Smith, Holland, MI (US);

Assignees:

DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract

A system and method for determining location information of a portable device relative to an object based on an environment of the object is provided. The system and method may determine an environment of the object based on a received signal characteristic of communications transmitted from a first object device disposed on the object. Based on the determined type of environment or a characteristic thereof, a locator or an adapter, or both, may be selected for determining location information about a portable device relative to the object.


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