System and method for communicating
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorsOsman Ahmed, R. Michael Stitt
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Abstract
A system and method including a first device provided on an object and configured to receive wireless communication signals from a remote device in accordance with a device signaling protocol. The first device may include a high-frequency interface operable to transmit and receive communication signals via a physical medium, where the high-frequency interface is configured to communicate via the physical medium in accordance with same device signaling protocol utilized for wireless communications.
Claims25
A system comprising:
- a first object device disposed in a fixed position relative to an object, the first object device having a first antenna system configured to receive wireless communication signals from a remote device in accordance with a device signaling protocol;
- the first object device including a first high-frequency interface operable to transmit and receive communication signals via a physical medium, the first high-frequency interface configured to communicate via the physical medium in accordance with the device signaling protocol;
- a second object device disposed in a fixed position relative to the object, the second object device having a second antenna system configured to receive wireless signals from the remote device in accordance with the device signaling protocol;
- the second object device including a second high-frequency interface operable to transmit and receive communication signals with the first object device via the physical medium, the second high-frequency interface configured to communicate via the physical medium in accordance with the device signaling protocol;
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- a control system configured to obtain signal information pertaining to the wireless signals received from the remote device, the control system configured to determine a range of the remote device relative to the object based on the signal information, wherein the signal information is transmitted from the second object device to the first object device via the physical medium in accordance with the device signaling protocol.
A method of communicating between first and second object devices disposed on an object, the first and second object devices coupled together via a physical medium, the method comprising:
- receiving, in the first object device, wireless communication signals from a remote device in accordance with a device signaling protocol;
- determining signal information pertaining to the wireless communication signals received from the remote device;
- transmitting, via the physical medium coupled to the first object device, communication signals in accordance with the device signaling protocol, wherein the signal information is encoded in the communication signals;
- receiving, in the second object device, wireless communication signals from the remote device in accordance with the device signaling protocol;
- receiving, via the physical medium coupled to the second object device, the communication signals transmitted in accordance with the device signaling protocol;
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- determining a range of the remote device relative to the object based on the signal information received from the first object device.
An object device disposed on an object and configured to determine a range of a remote device, the object device comprising:
- an antenna system configured to receive wireless communication signals transmitted by the remote device in accordance with a device signaling protocol;
- a high-frequency interface operable to transmit and receive communication signals via a physical medium, the high-frequency interface configured to communicate via the physical medium in accordance with the device signaling protocol;
- a control system configured to determine a range of the remote device relative to the object based on signal information obtained with respect to the wireless communication signals transmitted by the remote device;
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- the control system operably coupled to the high-frequency interface, the control system configured to direct transmission and reception of communication signals via the high-frequency interface for transmission and receipt of data from another object device disposed on the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.