Method and apparatus for sensing an environmental condition during frequency hopping

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10224903
APP PUB NO 20170331460A1
SERIAL NO

15665275

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A method includes receiving a series of radio frequency (RF) signals, where, from RF signal to RF signal of the series of RF signals, a carrier frequency is changed in accordance with a frequency hopping pattern. The method further includes, while receiving the series of RF signals, sensing an environmental condition by, for a frequency hop of at least some frequency hops of the frequency hopping pattern, adjusting a characteristic of a wireless sensor to maintain proximal alignment of a resonant frequency of the wireless sensor with the carrier frequency corresponding to a present frequency of the at least some frequency hops and generating a value to represent the adjustment of the characteristic, where a set of values is generated for the at least some frequency hops and where the set of values is used to determine a sensed value of the environmental condition.

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  • RFMICRON, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pitner, Greg Austin, US 1 2
Rokhsaz, Shahriar Austin, US 96 794

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