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US 12,028,776 · App. 17/551,587 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

System and method for processing using multi-core processors, signals and AI processors from multiple sources to create a spatial map of selected region

Inventors: Bradley Michael Eckert (San Francisco, CA); Luca Rigazio (Los Gatos, CA); Vinod Khosla (Menlo Park, CA); Neal Khosla (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Koko Home, Inc.
H04W4/029H04W4/33
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Patent No.
US 12,028,776
App. No.
17/551,587
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an example, the present technique includes a method for capturing information from a spatial region to monitor human activities and create a spatial map of the spatial region. In an example, the technique allows a user of a cell phone to move from one location to another location and be tracked using rf backscattering, and each location being identified by the user by communicating a label via a cell phone or other mobile device.

Claims (10)

1. A method for capturing information from a spatial region to create a spatial map of the spatial region, the method comprising: placing an apparatus within the spatial region, the apparatus including a processor; a radio frequency module comprising at least one transmitting antenna and at least one receiving antenna, the radio frequency module configured to emit electromagnetic radiation in the spatial region, to receive back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals from the spatial region, and transmit information associated with the back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals to the processor; moving a mobile phone within the spatial region while the apparatus remains in a stationary position; tracking a first location of the mobile phone with vector coordinates using the received back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals; receiving, from a user, via input at the mobile phone through a wireless connection between the mobile phone and the apparatus, a first label identifying the tracked location; mapping, with the processor, the received first label to the tracked first location to create the spatial map; storing, in a memory coupled to the processor, the created spatial map; and continuing the moving, tracking, receiving, mapping, and storing for other locations using vector coordinates with labels associated with each of the other locations to update the created spatial map.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the received first label is selected from a television, a computer, a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen, a door, a living room, a garage, a chair, a refrigerator, a sofa, or other object within the spatial region.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the moving, tracking and receiving is repeated for multiple locations in the spatial region.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first label is selected from a list of objects.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first label is selected from a list of subregions of the spatial region.

6. An apparatus for capturing information from a spatial region to create a spatial map of the spatial region, the apparatus comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; a radio frequency module comprising at least one transmitting antenna and at least one receiving antenna, the radio frequency module configured to emit electromagnetic radiation in the spatial region, to receive back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals from the spatial region, and transmit information associated with the back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals to the processor; a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to cause the processor to execute a method, the method comprising tracking a first location of a mobile phone with vector coordinates using the received back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals; receiving, from a user, via input at the mobile phone through a wireless connection between the mobile phone and the apparatus, a first label related to the tracked first location; mapping the received first label to the first tracked location to create the spatial map; storing, in the memory coupled to the processor, the created spatial map; and continuing the moving, tracking, receiving, mapping, and storing for other locations using vector coordinates with labels associated with each of the other locations to update the created spatial map.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the received first label is selected from a television, a computer, a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen, a door, a living room, a garage, a chair, a refrigerator, a sofa, or other object within the spatial region.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the tracking and receiving is repeated for multiple locations in the spatial region.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first label is selected from a list of objects.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first label is selected from a list of subregions of the spatial region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2024
From: ECKERT, BRADLEY MICHAEL; RIGAZIO, LUCA; KHOSLA, VINOD; KHOSLA, NEAL
To: KOKO HOME, INC.
Reel/Frame 067462/0668 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16840060 · Apr 3, 2020
Related Publication 20220182791A1 · Jun 9, 2022
Cited By (1)
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