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US 11,240,635 B1Granted
System and method for processing using multi-core processors, signals, and AI processors from multiple sources to create a spatial map of selected region
AssigneeKoko Home, Inc.
InventorsBradley Michael Eckert, Luca Rigazio, Vinod Khosla, Neal Khosla
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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.
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A method for capturing information from a spatial region to monitor human activities and create a spatial map of the spatial region, the method comprising:
- placing an apparatus including a housing, the housing having sufficient structural strength to protect an interior region within the housing;
- a height characterizing the housing from a bottom region to a top region;
- a plurality of levels within the housing numbered from 1 to N, each of the N levels configured with one or more modules;
- a processor device comprising a micro-processing unit, a digital signal processing unit, and an image processing unit, the processor device provided in one of the N levels in the housing;
- a radio frequency module comprising a plurality of transmitting antenna and a plurality of receiving antenna and comprising a serial bus coupled to the micro-processing unit, the radio frequency module being configured 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 device, the radio frequency module being provided in the housing;
- and a wireless network module comprising an interface coupled to the micro-processing unit with a wireless connection, the wireless network module being provided in the housing;
- connecting a cellular mobile device with the apparatus using the wireless connection;
- moving the cellular mobile device within the spatial region while the apparatus remains in a stationary position;
- tracking a location of the cellular mobile device using the back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals;
- inputting label information identifying the location using the cellular mobile device and transferring the label information through the wireless connection to the apparatus;
- storing the label information into one of a plurality of memory resources;
- storing location information about the location into one of the plurality of memory resources, the location information including a vector coordinate of the location;
- mapping the label information to the location to create mapping information;
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- storing the mapping information including the label information with the location information to create the spatial map;
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- continuing the moving, tracking, inputting, mapping, and storing for other locations numbered from 1 to M with information numbered from 1 to M associated with each of the other locations to update the spatial map.
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A system for capturing information from a spatial region to monitor human activities, the system comprising:
- an apparatus including—a housing, the housing having sufficient structural strength to protect an interior region within the housing;
- a height characterizing the housing from a bottom region to a top region;
- a plurality of levels within the housing numbered from 1 to N, each of the N levels configured with one or more modules;
- a processor device comprising a micro-processing unit, a digital signal processing unit, and an image processing unit, the processor device provided in one of the N levels in the housing;
- a radio frequency module comprising a plurality of transmitting antenna and a plurality of receiving antenna and comprising a serial bus coupled to the micro-processing unit, the radio frequency module being configured 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 device, the radio frequency module being provided in the housing;
- and a wireless network module comprising an interface coupled to the micro-processing unit with a wireless connection, the wireless network module being provided in the housing;
- a mobile device communicating with the apparatus using the wireless connection and configured with the wireless connection to allow the mobile device within the spatial region while the apparatus remains in a stationary position and the mobile device is connected to the apparatus using the wireless connection, the mobile device being configured with the apparatus to track a location of the mobile device using the back scattered electromagnetic radiation signals and to input label information identifying the location using the mobile device and transferring the label information through the wireless connection to the apparatus;
- a plurality of memory resources configured for storing the label information into one of the plurality of memory resources and storing location information about the location into one of the plurality of memory resources, the location information including a vector coordinate of the location;
- a display device comprising a spatial map of the spatial region, the spatial map comprising a plurality of mapping information including the label information associated with the location for a particular user;
- and a mapping module coupled to the display device and one or more of the plurality of memory resources, and configured to receive the label information, and the location information and transfer the label information and the location information on the spatial map.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.