Adaptive control of a personal electronic device responsive to a micro-impulse radar

• US 9,103,899 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2011
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Kare, Jordin T., Hyde, Roderick A., Wood, JR., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sotomayor, John B
• Assistant Examiner(s): WINDRICH, MARCUS E
• Application Number:
  US13/136,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20120276849A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• Field of Search: 342/57, 342/58, 342/357.4, 342/357.25, 34235754-35757
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/003 Bistatic radar systems; Multistatic radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/0209 Systems with very large relative bandwidth, i.e. larger than 10 %, e.g. baseband, pulse, carrier-free, ultrawideband
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/04 Systems determining presence of a target based on relative movement of target G01S13/56
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/50 Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/867 Combination of radar systems with cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/88 Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications electromagnetic prospecting or detecting of objects, e.g. near-field detection, G01V3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/886 for alarm systems alarms with electrical actuation G08B13/22
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/003 Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/411 Identification of targets based on measurements of radar reflectivity G01S7/415 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/412 based on a comparison between measured values and known or stored values

Abstract

In an embodiment, a personal electronic device includes a logic circuit and at least one micro-impulse radar operatively coupled to the personal electronic device. The micro-impulse radar is configured to probe a region near the personal electronic device to produce micro-impulse radar data. The logic circuit is configured to provide an operating parameter to the personal electronic device based on the micro-impulse radar data.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a personal electronic device including a logic circuit;

a communication interface operatively coupled to the logic circuit;

at least one micro-impulse radar operatively coupled to the personal electronic device and configured to probe one or more regions near the personal electronic device to produce micro-impulse radar data, at least a portion of the micro-impulse radar being disposed inside of the personal electronic device; and

wherein the logic circuit is configured to suspend alerts for incoming messages across the communication interface based on the micro-impulse radar data that includes;

information about relative position of one or more persons near the user within a region of the one or more regions in a range of the at least one micro-impulse radar; and

information about changes in position of the one or more persons relative to the user over a period of time;

wherein the logic circuit is configured to identify the user based on one or more of a comparison of a stored phenotypic data of the user and a phenotypic data extracted from the micro-impulse radar data or based on a physical contact of the user with the personal electronic device;

wherein the logic circuit is further configured to provide at least one operating parameter for the personal electronic device responsive to inference that the user is likely in the conference.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the micro-impulse radar is operatively coupled to the personal electronic device via an exposed interface.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the micro-impulse radar is located entirely inside the personal electronic device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the micro-impulse radar is configured to probe one or more selected subsets of the one or more regions.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the micro-impulse radar is configured to probe one or more selected directions from the micro-impulse radar.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more regions near the personal electronic device correspond one or more regions probed by the micro-impulse radar.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more regions near the personal electronic device correspond with one or more regions not visible from the personal electronic device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device further comprises:

a user interface operatively coupled to the logic circuit.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the personal electronic device is configured to output a representation of one or more operating parameters selected or changed responsive to micro-impulse radar data from the micro-impulse radar.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the logic circuit is further configured to analyze the micro-impulse radar data.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the logic circuit is configured to determine from the micro-impulse radar data when the user is positioned to interact with the personal electronic device.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the logic circuit is configured to determine when the user is not positioned to interact with the personal electronic device.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the personal electronic device further comprises:

a communication interface operatively coupled to the logic circuit;

wherein the logic circuit is configured suspend alerts when the user is not positioned to interact with the personal electronic device.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the personal electronic device further comprises:

a communication interface operatively coupled to the logic circuit;

wherein the logic circuit is configured to process incoming data according to no-answer conditions including forwarding the incoming data to at least one of a storage device and a network having storage when the user is not positioned to interact with the personal electronic device.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device further comprises:

a communication interface operatively coupled to the logic circuit and configured to communicate with a remote resource on a communication network.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the micro-impulse radar data includes information related to a motion of one or more objects in the one or more regions.

17. The device of claim 1, wherein the micro-impulse data includes information related to one or more physiological parameters of one or more persons in the one or more regions.

18. The device of claim 1, wherein the micro-impulse data includes spectral information corresponding to the one or more regions.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device further comprises:

one or more second sensors operatively coupled to the logic circuit;

wherein the logic circuit is configured to select one or more operating parameters for the personal electronic device responsive to data or signals from the one or more second sensors and responsive to the micro-impulse radar data.