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Granted Patent B2
US 11,757,490 · App. 17/160,464 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Data transmission from a user terminal to another apparatus

Inventors: Gerd Kilian (Erlangen, DE); Michael Schlicht (Erlangen, DE); Josef Bernhard (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
H04B5/0006H04B5/0031H04R3/00
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Patent No.
US 11,757,490
App. No.
17/160,464
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data from a user terminal to another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic actuator of a loudspeaker of the user terminal, and a step of driving the electromagnetic actuator by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic actuator, a magnetic field which carries the data.

Claims (17)

1. An apparatus for receiving data which a magnetic field carries, the apparatus comprising:

an LC oscillating circuit configured to detect the magnetic field which carries the data, and

a microcontroller configured to evaluate the detected magnetic field to receive the data,

wherein the LC oscillating circuit is connected directly to an input or inputs of a comparator of the microcontroller.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the microcontroller is configured to change, responsive to an interrupt of the comparator, from an operating mode of reduced current consumption to a normal operating mode.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the microcontroller is configured to provide the comparator with an offset voltage to increase a signal threshold for triggering the interrupt.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 ,

wherein the microcontroller is configured to reduce or switch off the offset voltage while receiving the data.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the microcontroller is configured to evaluate switching times of the comparator to receive the data.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the microcontroller is configured to connect the apparatus to a wireless network based on the received data.

7. System, the system comprising:

an apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , and

a user terminal for transmitting data to the apparatus, the user terminal comprising a loudspeaker comprising an electromagnetic actuator, the user terminal comprising a signal generator, the signal generator being configured to generate a signal for driving the electromagnetic actuator, and to drive the electromagnetic actuator by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic actuator, a magnetic field which carries the data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2021
From: KILIAN, GERD; SCHLICHT, MICHAEL; BERNHARD, JOSEF
To: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Reel/Frame 055666/0945 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018212957.6 · Aug 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2019070081 · Jul 25, 2019
Related Publication 20210152216A1 · May 20, 2021
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