Bluetooth based motion detection systems

• US 10,462,633 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Haverinen, Anssi, Zhang, Xiaoxin, Zhang, Ning, Kesireddy, Sandeep
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mathew, Max
• Application Number:
  US15/621,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20180262866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 455 412
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/12 of transmit antennas, e.g. of the amplitude or phase
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/20 of receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0822 according to predefined selection scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for detecting motion based on wireless signals. In some implementations, a receiving device may receive, from a transmitting device, a packet containing a sequence. In some aspects, the packet may be a Bluetooth packet, and the sequence may be contained in a supplemental information appended to the Bluetooth packet. The receiving device may estimate angle information of the packet based on the sequence, and determine a difference between the estimated angle information and a reference angle. The angle information may be an angle of arrival (AoA) or an angle of departure (AoD) of the packet. The receiving device may detect motion based on the determined difference.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more transceivers configured to receive wireless signals from a transmitting device via a plurality of receive antennas;

one or more processors; and

a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to;

receive, from the transmitting device, a reference packet containing a reference sequence;

determine phase differences between signal components of the reference sequence arriving via the plurality of receive antennas;

determine a reference angle based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

receive, from the transmitting device, a wireless signal via the plurality of receive antennas, the wireless signal including a packet containing a sequence known by the apparatus;

determine phase differences between signal components of the sequence arriving via the plurality of receive antennas;

determine at least one of an angle of arrival (AoA) or an angle of departure (AoD) of the packet based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

determine a difference between at least one of the AoA or the AoD and the reference angle; and

detect a presence or absence of motion of an object other than the apparatus or the transmitting device in the vicinity of the apparatus and the transmitting device based on the determined difference.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions to detect motion causes the apparatus to:

detect the presence of motion based on the difference being greater than or equal to a value; and

detect the absence of motion based on the difference being less than the value.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the packet comprises a Bluetooth packet, and the sequence is contained in a supplemental information appended to the Bluetooth packet.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sequence comprises a plurality of tones and wherein execution of the instructions further causes the apparatus to:

switch signal reception operations between the plurality of receive antennas based on an antenna switching schedule.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sequence is received from a plurality of transmit antennas of the transmitting device, wherein the sequence comprises a plurality of tones, and wherein execution of the instructions causes the apparatus to:

receive an antenna switching schedule from the transmitting device; and

determine from which of the plurality of transmit antennas each of the tones is transmitted based at least in part on the antenna switching schedule.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions further causes the apparatus to:

determine a direction of motion of the object based at least in part on the determined difference.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein execution of the instructions further causes the apparatus to:

perform one or more operations based on at least one of the detected motion and the determined direction of motion.

8. A method of motion detection using wireless signals, the method performed by a receiving device and comprising:

receive, from a transmitting device, a reference packet containing a reference sequence;

determine phase differences between signal components of the reference sequence arriving via a plurality of receive antennas;

determine a reference angle based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

receiving, from the transmitting device via the plurality of receive antennas, a packet containing a sequence known by the receiving device;

determining phase differences between signal components of the sequence arriving via the plurality of receive antennas;

determining at least one of an angle of arrival (AoA) or an angle of departure (AoD) of the packet based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

determining a difference between at least one of the AoA or the AoD and the reference angle; and

detecting a presence or absence of motion of an object other than the receiving device or the transmitting device in the vicinity of the receiving device and the transmitting device based on the determined difference.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the detecting comprises:

detecting the presence of motion based on the difference being greater than or equal to a value; and

detecting the absence of motion based on the difference being less than the value.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the packet comprises a Bluetooth packet, and the sequence is contained in a supplemental information appended to the Bluetooth packet.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the sequence comprises a plurality of tones, and the method further comprises:

switching signal reception operations between the plurality of receive antennas based on an antenna switching schedule.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the sequence is received from a plurality of transmit antennas of the transmitting device, wherein the sequence comprises a plurality of tones, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an antenna switching schedule from the transmitting device; and

determining from which of the plurality of transmit antennas each of the tones is transmitted based at least in part on the antenna switching schedule.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a direction of motion of the object based at least in part on the determined difference.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

performing one or more operations based on at least one of the detected motion and the determined direction of motion.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a receiving device, cause the receiving device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a transmitting device, a reference packet containing a reference sequence;

determine phase differences between signal components of the reference sequence arriving via a plurality of receive antennas;

determine a reference angle based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

receiving, from the transmitting device via the plurality of receive antennas, a packet containing a sequence known by the receiving device;

determining phase differences between signal components of the sequence arriving via the plurality of receive antennas;

determining at least one of an angle of arrival (AoA) or an angle of departure (AoD) of the packet based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

determining a difference between at least one of the AoA or the AoD and the reference angle; and

detecting a presence or absence of motion of an object other than the receiving device or the transmitting device in the vicinity of the receiving device and the transmitting device based on the determined difference.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein execution of the instructions for detecting motion causes the receiving device to perform operations further comprising:

detecting the presence of motion based on the difference being greater than or equal to a value; and

detecting the absence of motion based on the difference being less than the value.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the packet comprises a Bluetooth packet, and the sequence is contained in a supplemental information appended to the Bluetooth packet.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein execution of the instructions causes the receiving device to perform operations further comprising:

determining a direction of motion of the object based at least in part on the determined difference.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein execution of the instructions causes the receiving device to perform operations further comprising:

performing one or more operations based on at least one of the detected motion and the determined direction of motion.

20. A receiving device, comprising:

means for receiving, from a transmitting device, a reference packet containing a reference sequence;

means for determining phase differences between signal components of the reference sequence arriving via a plurality of receive antennas;

means for determining a reference angle based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

means for receiving, from the transmitting device via the plurality of receive antennas, a packet containing a sequence known by the receiving device;

means for determining phase differences between signal components of the sequence arriving via the plurality of receive antennas;

means for determining at least one of an angle of arrival (AoA) or an angle of departure (AoD) of the packet based at least in part on the determined phase differences;

means for determining a difference between at least one of the AoA or the AoD and the reference angle; and

means for detecting a presence or absence of motion of an object other than the receiving device or the transmitting device in the vicinity of the receiving device and the transmitting device based on the determined difference.

21. The receiving device of claim 20, wherein the means for detecting is to:

detect the presence of motion based on the difference being greater than or equal to a value; and

detect the absence of motion based on the difference being less than the value.

22. The receiving device of claim 20, wherein the packet comprises a Bluetooth packet, and the sequence is contained in a supplemental information appended to the Bluetooth packet.

23. The receiving device of claim 20, wherein the sequence comprises a plurality of tones and wherein the receiving device further comprises:

means for switching signal reception operations between the plurality of receive antennas based on an antenna switching schedule.

24. The receiving device of claim 20, wherein the sequence is received from a plurality of transmit antennas of the transmitting device, wherein the sequence comprises a plurality of tones, and wherein the receiving device further comprises:

means for receiving an antenna switching schedule from the transmitting device; and

means for determining from which of the plurality of transmit antennas each of the tones is transmitted based at least in part on the antenna switching schedule.

25. The receiving device of claim 20, wherein the receiving device further comprises:

means for determining a direction of motion of the object based at least in part on the determined difference.

26. The receiving device of claim 25, wherein the receiving device further comprises:

means for performing one or more operations based on at least one of the detected motion and the determined direction of motion.