Patents Examined by Helena H Seraydaryan
  • Patent number: 11714182
    Abstract: A component-based system and method for rapidly generating artificial intelligence-enhanced real-time, multi-dimensional gridded aerial object classification and trajectory (state and orbital state vector) forecasts utilizing digital radar signals data collected at high rates of volume and velocity. The system performs data storage, retrieval, manipulation, communication, processing, and end user application tasks for accurate aerial object classification and vector forecasts. The data component serves as a data cache to store, retrieve, and manipulate data utilizing a plurality of functions under conditions of variable internet connectivity. The processing component includes an artificial intelligence machine learning component and logic for manipulating the data to generate gridded projections that are arrayed spatially and temporally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: James L. Regens, Quint D. Avenetti
  • Patent number: 11675066
    Abstract: A system for using radio frequency (RF) communication signals to extract situational awareness information thorough deep learning. Pre-processing is performed to maximally preserve discriminating features in spatial, temporal and frequency domains. A specially designed neural network architecture is used for handling complex RF signals and extracting spatial, temporal and frequency domain information. Data collection and training is used so that the learning system desensitizes from features orthogonal to the underlying classification problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Biao Chen, Yang Liu, Tiexing Wang
  • Patent number: 11656330
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for improving the accuracy of a phase associated with the radar signal by identifying a spectral signature associated with a radio frequency (RF) impairment and performing digital predistortion to enhance the radar performance and to compensate for the impairment that causes offset or imbalance of the phase rotator output cause signal distortion or otherwise degrade of the phase of the signal. The self-calibrating mechanism of the present disclosure is configured to identify the impairments, determine a spectral signature associated with the impairment, and optimize the phase error through digital predistortion of the RF signal based at least in part on the spectral signature associated with the impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Vincent Doare, Julien Orlando
  • Patent number: 11656331
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for emulating echo signals using test equipment, including an antenna and an I/Q mixer, in response to a radar signal transmitted by a radar under test. The method includes receiving the radar signal from the radar under test, where a reflection component of the radar signal is reflected from at least the antenna; mixing the received radar signal as a local oscillator (LO) signal with I and Q signals at the I/Q mixer to output a mixing product as a radio frequency (RF) signal, where a leakage component of the LO signal leaks through the I/Q mixer; substantially canceling the reflection component of the radar signal using the leakage component of the LO signal; and transmitting the RF signal as the emulated echo signal to the radar under test, wherein the emulated echo signal indicates at least a range to the emulated target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Bourde, Gregory Douglas Vanwiggeren
  • Patent number: 11650283
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko Saito, Masaru Sakurai, Syunichi Iizuka, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11650285
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a radar apparatus. The radar apparatus includes a transmit unit that generates a first signal in response to a reference clock and a feedback clock. The first signal is scattered by one or more obstacles to generate a second signal. A receive unit receives the second signal and generates N samples corresponding to the second signal. N is an integer. A conditioning circuit is coupled to the transmit unit and the receive unit. The conditioning circuit receives the N samples corresponding to the second signal, and generates N new samples using an error between the feedback clock and the reference clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sachin Bharadwaj, Karthik Subburaj
  • Patent number: 11635507
    Abstract: In implementations of systems for estimating three-dimensional trajectories of physical objects, a computing device implements a three-dimensional trajectory system to receive radar data describing millimeter wavelength radio waves directed within a physical environment using beamforming and reflected from physical objects in the physical environment. The three-dimensional trajectory system generates a cloud of three-dimensional points based on the radar, each of the three-dimensional points corresponds to a reflected millimeter wavelength radio wave within a sliding temporal window. The three-dimensional points are grouped into at least one group based on Euclidean distances between the three-dimensional points within the cloud. The three-dimensional trajectory system generates an indication of a three-dimensional trajectory of a physical object corresponding to the at least one group using a Kalman filter to track a position and a velocity a centroid of the at least one group in three-dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Anne Healey, Haoliang Wang, Ding Zhang
  • Patent number: 11619704
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko Saito, Masaru Sakurai, Syunichi Iizuka, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11609306
    Abstract: According to an aspect, method in a radar receiver system comprising, receiving a radar signal reflected from a target on a plurality of antennas, wherein the radar signal is a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal comprising plurality of chirps, extracting a plurality of range bins from the radar signal, generating a plurality of reference angles and a plurality of reference velocities from a plurality of reference parameters, determining a plurality of reference weights from the plurality of reference angles and plurality of reference velocities, filtering the radar signal with the filter weights set to equal to the plurality of reference weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Ganesan Thiagarajan
  • Patent number: 11573332
    Abstract: A complex and intricate GNSS antenna that is created using inexpensive manufacturing techniques is disclosed. The antenna combines a loop antenna and a cross dipole antenna together, in a single plane, to create an optimal GNSS gain pattern. The antenna structure is symmetric and right-hand circular polarized to force correct polarization over a wide range of frequency and beamwidth. The feed structure is part of the antenna radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hemisphere GNSS, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Feller
  • Patent number: 11567191
    Abstract: A method and apparatus with vehicle radar control is disclosed. An apparatus with vehicle radar control includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver including a transmitting antenna array and a receiving antenna array, and at least one processor configured to collect environmental information of the vehicle, determine a radar mode of the vehicle based on the collected environmental information, generate one or more control signal configured to control one or more of the transmitting antenna array and the receiving antenna array based on the determined radar mode, and provide the generated one or more control signals to the RF transceiver, wherein one or more of the transmitting antenna array and the receiving antenna array operate according to the one or more generated control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11525909
    Abstract: A measurement method performed at a receiving device involves sequentially receiving RF signals, each comprising a different set of at least first and second tones at differing frequencies. Complex gain responses (CGRs) for each of the first and second tones of each of the RF signals are measured. A phase offset is determined between: i) a phase of the CGR of the second tone of a first RF signal, and ii) a phase of the CGR of the first tone of a second RF signal. A coherent channel frequency (CCF) response of the second tone of the second RF signal is computed by adjusting a phase of the CGR of the second tone of the first RF signal by the phase offset. A processor executes a signal paths calculation algorithm using the CCF response of the second tone of the second RF signal to determine an angle or time of arrival of the first RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Tong, Jacob Christopher Sharpe
  • Patent number: 11520032
    Abstract: A method and electronic device for object detection. The electronic device includes at least a first antenna pair comprising a first transmitter antenna configured to transmit signals and a first receiver antenna configured to receive signals, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the first transmitter antenna to transmit a first signal, generate a channel impulse response (CIR) based on receiving, by the first receiver antenna, a reflection of the first signal, determine a location of at least one leakage peak in the CIR, compare a first segment of taps in the CIR prior to the at least one leakage peak with a second segment of taps in the CIR after the leakage peak, and determine an object is present based on symmetry between the first and second segments of taps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengda Huang, Vutha Va, Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 11513213
    Abstract: A method for processing a radar signal is provided. The method may include receiving chirps of a radar signal, sampling the radar signal, dividing the samples that correspond to the chirp of the radar signal into at least two virtual chirps, and processing the radar signal based on the at least two virtual chirps. Also, a corresponding device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andre Roger, Farhan Bin Khalid, Romain Ygnace
  • Patent number: 11513210
    Abstract: A sensor cluster device including a radar sensor configured to receive electromagnetic waves reflected from an object so as to acquire information on the object, a lidar sensor configured to receive laser beams reflected from the object so as to acquire information on the object, a camera sensor configured to acquire information from an image in which surroundings of the object are captured, an infrared sensor that detects heat radiated from peripheral objects in the surroundings of the object to observe the object and the peripheral objects, a body member having a front surface on which the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor are installed, and a heat dissipation member configured to discharge heat, which is transferred to the body member, to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Su Chun, Hee Chang Roh
  • Patent number: 11460537
    Abstract: A microstrip mixer of a microwave-doppler detecting module has a shared port, a local oscillator signal input port and a mixing output port and includes two mixer tubes. The local oscillator signal input port is electrically connected with the shared port and is electrically connected with an end of one of the mixer tubes through the shared port. The local oscillator signal input port is also electrically connected with the mixing output port and is electrically connected with an end of the other mixer tube through the mixing output port. The other ends of the two mixer tubes are respectively grounded. Accordingly, the microstrip mixer is configured to have an open structure having three ports, which is more flexible and enhances the applicability thereof while reducing the size of the microwave-doppler detecting module utilizing the microstrip mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Gaodi Zou
  • Patent number: 11454698
    Abstract: A device includes one or more processors configured to receive radar data, and generate a plurality of occupancy grid maps based on the radar data. Each of the occupancy grid maps corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of candidate angles. The one or more processors is also configured to select one of the candidate angles as a sensor mount angle based on the occupancy grid maps, and trigger an action based on the sensor mount angle and the radar data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Muhammad Zubair Ikram, Adeel Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11448745
    Abstract: An FMCW radar is used to sense an object. A sensor device that senses an object by using an FMCW radar is provided. The sensor device includes: a signal processing unit that acquires a reception signal that is based on a reception wave of the FMCW radar, and senses the object; and a phase converting unit that acquires phase information from the reception signal, and tracks the object by monitoring a peak BIN, and a phase offset between the peak BIN and another BIN based on the phase information. As the reception signal, the signal processing unit may use micro-vibration data about the object to sense the object. A system including: a transceiving unit that transmits and receives an FMCW radar signal; and the sensor device according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Takeuchi, Willem Johan Stapelbroek
  • Patent number: 11434003
    Abstract: A drone deterrence system includes a housing configured to be secured to a structure. A motion detector is disposed on or within the housing, and is configured to detect motion within a predetermined range. A tracker is disposed on or within the housing, and is configured to track motion of a drone within the predetermined range. A control unit is in communication with the motion detector and the tracker, and is configured to take action to deter the drone from remaining in the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jagdish T. Madhav, Lionel Cain
  • Patent number: 11422219
    Abstract: Determining alignment and clear line-of-sight (LOS) of a satellite antenna using sensor data from an LOS sensor of the satellite antenna. Described techniques include storing first sensor data captured by the LOS sensor at a first time, the first sensor data indicating a first LOS condition of the satellite antenna corresponding to the satellite antenna having a beam LOS with a satellite of the satellite communication system that is aligned and unobstructed. The techniques may include receiving second sensor data captured by the LOS sensor at a second time after the first time, the second sensor data indicating a second LOS condition of the satellite antenna. The techniques may include determining an LOS condition change for the satellite antenna between the first time and the second time based on a comparison of the second sensor data with the first sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Zlogar, Philip A. Lampe, Kurt A. Zimmerman