Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Geofencing for wireless communications
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Application No.: US15245014Application Date: 2016-08-23
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Publication No.: US10165398B2Publication Date: 2018-12-25
- Inventor: John Erik Hershey , Michael Joseph Dell'Anno , Michael James Hartman
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent Nitin Joshi
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H01Q19/06 ; H01Q1/24 ; H04B10/11 ; H01Q15/02 ; H01Q21/06 ; H04W4/021

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a system includes a Luneburg lens antenna system configured to selectively provide wireless communication to a plurality of stations, and one or more sensors configured to collect data related to an occupancy status of each of the plurality of stations. The system also includes a controller coupled to the Luneburg lens antenna system and the one or more sensors, wherein the controller is configured to determine the occupancy status of each of the plurality of stations based on the data collected by the one or more sensors, and the controller is further configured to change operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system based on the occupancy status of each of the plurality of stations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180063674A1 GEOFENCING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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