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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. 17, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arnold Jason Gum, San Diego, CA (US);

Danlu Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 5/02521 (2020.05); G01S 5/145 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method for obtaining data at a vehicle for automobile navigation based on cellular radio frequency (RF) sensing comprising obtaining, with a camera at the vehicle, a camera image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further comprises determining a failure condition of the camera preventing object detection of the camera image, wherein the failure condition is caused by inclement weather, blockage on a lens of the camera, electrical failure of the camera, or a combination thereof. The method further comprises responsive to determining the failure condition of the camera, configuring a cellular communication interface of the vehicle to obtain cellular RF sensing data of the environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further comprises performing the automobile navigation support based at least in part on cellular RF sensing data of the environment surrounding the vehicle.


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