Personal electronic device providing enhanced user environmental awareness
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1. A device, comprising:
- a personal electronic device including a logic circuit and a user interface; and
at least one micro-impulse radar operatively coupled to the logic circuit and configured to probe one or more regions near the personal electronic device;
wherein the logic circuit is configured to receive or generate micro-impulse radar data including information about the probed one or more regions and, in cooperation with the user interface, at least conditionally provide information about the one or more regions to a user.
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Abstract
A personal electronic device is configured to provide enhanced user awareness of the environment responsive to data from a micro-impulse radar (MIR).
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1. A device, comprising:
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a personal electronic device including a logic circuit and a user interface; and at least one micro-impulse radar operatively coupled to the logic circuit and configured to probe one or more regions near the personal electronic device; wherein the logic circuit is configured to receive or generate micro-impulse radar data including information about the probed one or more regions and, in cooperation with the user interface, at least conditionally provide information about the one or more regions to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 41, 42, 44, 50)
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operating a micro-impulse radar operatively coupled to a personal electronic device to produce micro-impulse radar data; and at least conditionally outputting user-perceptible data responsive to the micro-impulse radar data. - View Dependent Claims (60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81, 89, 92, 94, 95, 97, 100, 108, 109, 110, 111)
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187. A system, comprising:
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a network resource configured to receive micro-impulse radar data from one or more personal electronic devices; and communications circuitry configured to operatively couple one or more personal electronic devices to the network resource, each personal electronic device being operatively coupled to at least one micro-impulse radar, and each personal electronic device being configured to transmit the micro-impulse radar data to the network resource; wherein the network resource further comprises; a logic circuit configured to analyze the micro-impulse radar data from the one or more personal electronic devices and perform one or more logical operations responsive to the micro-impulse radar data.
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223. A method for determining an environment of a personal electronic device, comprising:
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receiving micro-impulse radar data from one or more personal electronic devices; analyzing the micro-impulse radar data; and performing one or more logical operations responsive to the micro-impulse radar data. - View Dependent Claims (224, 225, 227, 235, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 247, 248, 255, 259)
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