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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Leonardo William Estevez, Rockwall, TX (US);
Yuming Zhu, Plano, TX (US);
Sujeet Milind Patole, Richardson, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In one example, a method performed by electronic circuitry comprises: causing a transducer to transmit a first signal; receiving a second signal from the transducer; computing distances responsive to a time between the first and second signals; determining a vibration characteristic based on the distances; reading reference vibration characteristics from data in a memory; comparing the input vibration characteristic to the reference vibration characteristics; and responsive to the comparing, performing at least one of: providing a signal representing a status of the comparing; or updating the data in the memory.
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