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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Dimitri Torfs, Stuttgart, DE;
Hugo Embrechts, Stuttgart, DE;
Gonzalo Bailador del Pozo, Stuttgart, DE;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a distance measurement system The system comprises a transmitter device and a receiver device. The transmitter device and the receiver device are clock-synchronized to each other. The transmitter device is configured to emit an ultrasonic signal at one or more predefined transmit times known to the transmitter and the receiver device. The receiver device is configured to receive the ultrasonic signal and to estimate a distance between the transmitter device and the receiver device based on the received ultra-sonic signal and the one or more predefined transmit times.