US 12,228,686 B2
Systems and methods to identify an entity using a 3D layout
Ved Prakash Sajjan K Agarwal, Dubai (AE)
Assigned to Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/763,689
Filed by Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/059095
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/086370, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342059 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/52004 (2013.01) [G01S 15/8993 (2013.01); G01S 2007/52012 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
triggering, with at least one processor, an acoustic wave generator to generate a first predefined acoustic wave;
directing, or causing the direction of, with the at least one processor, a plurality of the first predefined acoustic waves toward a 3-dimensional (3D) layout associated with an entity of a plurality of entities, wherein each of the plurality of entities is registered with a corresponding unique 3D layout embedded with a predefined number of 3D geometric figures, wherein the 3D geometric figures of the 3D layout comprise a plurality of predefined shapes, the plurality of predefined shapes comprising at least one of the following: a cylinder, a cone, a cube, a cuboid, a triangular pyramid, a square pyramid, or any combination thereof;
receiving, with the at least one processor, a first plurality of modified acoustic waves, reflected by the 3D layout, in relation to each of the plurality of the first predefined acoustic waves;
storing, with the at least one processor, the first plurality of modified acoustic waves as a plurality of calibrated acoustic waves for the entity;
directing, or causing the direction of, with the at least one processor, a plurality of a second predefined acoustic waves onto the 3D layout of the entity;
receiving, with the at least one processor, a second plurality of modified acoustic waves, reflected by the 3D layout, in relation to each of the plurality of the second predefined acoustic waves;
in response to receiving the second plurality of modified acoustic waves from the 3D layout, comparing, with the at least one processor, the second plurality of modified acoustic waves with the plurality of calibrated acoustic waves associated with the plurality of entities;
determining, with the at least one processor, the entity associated with the 3D layout based on a match between a modified acoustic wave of the second plurality of modified acoustic waves and a calibrated acoustic wave from the plurality of calibrated acoustic waves;
in response to determining the entity, retrieving, with the at least one processor, information associated with the entity, the information associated with the entity comprising at least three of the following: a name of the entity, a location of the entity, a type of the entity, identification details of the entity, information to initiate a payment transaction involving the entity, and or any combination thereof; and
based on the information associated with the entity, initiating, with the at least one processor, a payment transaction for the entity associated with the 3D layout.