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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Philippe Tarbouriech, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Philippe Tarbouriech, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microvision, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for detecting the frequency to which a broadcast receiver is tuned. In one embodiment, a sensing unit emits a chirp signal over a range of broadcast bands and monitors the output of the radio receiver to detect the frequency to which the radio receiver is tuned. In another embodiment, a sensing unit demodulates radio signals across a range of frequencies and compares the demodulated signals to observed audio output of the radio receiver.