ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,281, issued on May 5, was assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).
"Switchable mode ultra-wideband module" was invented by Garth Wesley Hopkins (Lisle, Ill.), Oddy Khamharn (Lombard, Ill.), Maged Riad (Roselle, Ill.) and Adelaide Zhang (Northbrook, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connectivity module of a vehicle includes Bluetooth and ultra-wideband radios. A processor operatively connected to the Bluetooth radio and the ultra-wideband radio operates the connectivity module in an anchor mode or a tag mode based at least in part upon a proximity of the vehicle to a movable barrier operator. When in the anchor mode ...