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 by emitting a pulse in the probed one or more regions;
wherein the logic circuit is configured to,receive micro-impulse radar data including information about at least one of spatial location of an object, shape of an object, direction of movement of an object, velocity of movement of an object, or density of an object in the one or more regions,process the transmitted return signal to generate micro-impulse radar data including information about at least one of spatial location of an object, shape of an object, direction of movement of an object, velocity of movement of an object, or density of an object in the probed one or more regions,analyze the micro-impulse radar data to determine if a hazard condition exists for a user based on at least one of a presence of a person other than the user within the one or more regions, a proximity and velocity of movement of an object relative to the user, a void in the one or more regions, or an uneven terrain in the one or more regions, andin cooperation with the user interface, at least conditionally provide information about the one or more regions to the 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 by emitting a pulse in the probed one or more regions; wherein the logic circuit is configured to, receive micro-impulse radar data including information about at least one of spatial location of an object, shape of an object, direction of movement of an object, velocity of movement of an object, or density of an object in the one or more regions, process the transmitted return signal to generate micro-impulse radar data including information about at least one of spatial location of an object, shape of an object, direction of movement of an object, velocity of movement of an object, or density of an object in the probed one or more regions, analyze the micro-impulse radar data to determine if a hazard condition exists for a user based on at least one of a presence of a person other than the user within the one or more regions, a proximity and velocity of movement of an object relative to the user, a void in the one or more regions, or an uneven terrain in the one or more regions, and in cooperation with the user interface, at least conditionally provide information about the one or more regions to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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emitting a pulse from a micro-impulse radar operatively coupled to a personal electronic device including a logic circuit configured to process a return signal responsive to the emitted pulse to produce micro-impulse radar data; receiving a return signal responsive to the pulse; processing the return signal to produce micro-impulse radar data including at least one of spatial location of an object, shape of an object, direction of movement of an object, velocity of movement of an object, or density of an object; analyzing the micro-impulse radar data to determine if a hazard condition exists for a user based on at least one of a presence of a person other than the user within the one or more regions, a proximity and velocity of movement of an object relative to the user, a void in the one or more regions, or an uneven terrain in the one or more regions; and at least conditionally outputting user-perceptible data responsive to the micro-impulse radar data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system, comprising:
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at least one micro-impulse radar configured to emit a pulse, receive a return signal responsive to the emitted pulse, and process the return signal responsive to the emitted pulse to generate micro-impulse radar data including at least one of spatial location of an object, shape of an object, direction of movement of an object, velocity of movement of an object, or density of an object; one or more personal electronic devices each being operatively coupled to at least one of the at least one micro-impulse radars and configured to transmit the micro-impulse radar data to a network resource; the network resource configured to receive micro-impulse radar data from the one or more personal electronic devices; and communications circuitry operatively coupling the one or more personal electronic devices 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 including determining if a hazard condition exists for a user based on at least one of a presence of a person other than the user within the one or more regions, a proximity and velocity of movement of an object relative to the user, a void in the one or more regions, or an uneven terrain in the one or more regions.
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38. A method for determining an environment of a personal electronic device, comprising:
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emitting a pulse from a micro-impulse radar operatively coupled to one or more personal electronic devices operatively coupled to one or more logic circuits; receiving a return signal responsive to the emitted pulse; processing the return signal to produce micro-impulse radar data including at least one of spatial location of an object, shape of an object, direction of movement of an object, velocity of movement of an object, or density of an object; receiving micro-impulse radar data from one or more personal electronic devices at the one or more logic circuits; analyzing the micro-impulse radar data using the one or more logic circuits to determine characteristics of objects in a region probed by a pulse from the micro-impulse radar; and performing one or more logical operations responsive to the micro-impulse radar data using the one or more logic circuits to determine if a hazard condition exists for a user based on at least one of a presence of a person other than the user within the one or more regions, a proximity and a velocity of movement of an object relative to the user, a void in the one or more regions, or an uneven terrain in the one or more regions. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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