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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoxin Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Parthiban Ellappan, Virudhunagar, IN;
Rishabh Raj, Jamshedpur, IN;
Assignee:
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G01S 13/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01S 13/50 (2013.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/227 (2020.02);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein address these and other issues by providing radio frequency (RF) sensing to determine the status of a driver or other occupant of the vehicle. RF sensing may be provided by existing radios of a vehicle, such a Wi-Fi transceiver, and may therefore provide RF sensing functionality to a vehicle with little added cost. RF sensing can be leveraged to implement safety features such as detecting an unattended child or pet in a vehicle, detecting driver alertness, and the like.