US 12,395,232 B2
Backscatter device placement and placement calibration
Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA); Domenico Ficara, Essertines-sur-Yverdon (CH); Amine Choukir, Lausanne (CH); Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); and Ugo Mario Campiglio, Morges (CH)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,410.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/501,796, filed on May 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0378407 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/155 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01)
CPC H04B 7/155 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0708 (2013.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying and mapping a plurality of ambient energy sources in a Three-Dimensional (3D) space;
categorizing each of the plurality of ambient energy sources as one of the following: a stationary and controllable ambient energy source, a stationary and uncontrollable ambient energy source, and a mobile ambient energy source; and
determining an amount of ambient energy available at each of a plurality of sub-spaces of the 3D space, wherein determining the amount of ambient energy available at each of the plurality of sub-spaces comprises:
determining a first amount of ambient energy that is continuously available at each of the plurality of sub-spaces of the 3D space, and
determining a second amount of ambient energy that is likely available at each of the plurality of sub-spaces of the 3D space.