Patents by Inventor Mattias SIMONSSON

Mattias SIMONSSON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240134031
    Abstract: A system adaptively filters out a representation of an object from a radar frame captured by a radar device, where a maximum signal strength at zero velocity is obtained in a range bin comprising a detection of the object in range Doppler representations of a set of radar frames captured during a time period before the radar frame. A motion vector is obtained representing a determined magnitude and direction of motion of the radar device at the time when the radar frame was captured. The motion of the radar device is due to an oscillatory movement of the radar device. A range Doppler representation of the radar frame is produced and a direction vector representing a direction from the radar device to the object is determined. A radial relative velocity between the object and the radar device is determined based on the obtained motion vector and the determined direction vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Axis AB
    Inventors: Anders Mannesson, Mattias Simonsson, Santhosh Nadig, Johan E. Åkesson, Sebastian Heunisch, Anders Skoog
  • Publication number: 20240103128
    Abstract: A TDM MIMO FMCW radar comprises an array of physical receivers with a first spacing in a first direction and a plurality of physical transmitters arranged with a second spacing in said first direction. A virtual array signal of a range-Doppler bin relating to a scene with a moving object is processed by a phase compensation method, which introduces a phase ambiguity between the subarrays. A positive or negative spatial phase change rate with respect to the first direction is computed based on elements of the compensated virtual array signal corresponding to one subarray at a time. From this, based on the spacings, a spatial phase change between a pair of the subarrays is predicted. Next, a residual phase shift between said pair of subarrays is determined by comparing an actual phase shift of the compensated virtual array signal and the predicted spatial phase shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Axis AB
    Inventors: Anders LLOYD, Anders MANNESSON, Bertil ROSLUND, Mattias SIMONSSON, Stefan ADALBJÖRNSSON
  • Publication number: 20240103129
    Abstract: A TDM MIMO FMCW radar comprises an array of physical receivers with a first spacing in a first direction and a plurality of physical transmitters arranged with a second spacing in said first direction. A virtual array signal of a range-Doppler bin relating to a scene with a moving object is processed by a phase compensation method, which introduces a phase ambiguity between the subarrays. For each of the subarrays, a frequency spectrum is computed of those elements of the compensated virtual array signal which correspond to consecutive virtual antenna elements generated by physical receivers belonging to the same row. Next, an amplitude-peak frequency is identified jointly for the frequency spectra of the subarrays. Next, a residual phase shift between a pair of the subarrays is determined by comparing, at the amplitude-peak frequency, the respective phases of the frequency spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Axis AB
    Inventors: Anders MANNESSON, Mattias Simonsson, Stefan Adalbjörnsson, Anders Lloyd, Bertil Roslund
  • Patent number: 11630183
    Abstract: A method for interference reduction between radar units. The method is performed by a radar unit and comprises: receiving one or more radar frames, wherein the one or more radar frames correspond to one or more respective time intervals during which the radar unit was activated to transmit and receive signals to produce data samples of the one or more radar frames; and determining whether the one or more radar frames have a higher presence of data samples that are subject to interference from other radar units in a first half of their corresponding time intervals than in a second, later, half of their corresponding time intervals. In case the presence is higher in the first half of their corresponding time intervals, a scheduled time interval of an upcoming radar frame to be produced by the radar unit is postponed, and otherwise it is advanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventors: Adham Sakhnini, Andreas Glatz, Axel Landgren, Mattias Simonsson, Anders Skoog, Anders Mannesson, Sebastian Heunisch, Stefan Adalbjörnsson, Karl Nordin
  • Publication number: 20210349179
    Abstract: A method for interference reduction between radar units. The method is performed by a radar unit and comprises: receiving one or more radar frames, wherein the one or more radar frames correspond to one or more respective time intervals during which the radar unit was activated to transmit and receive signals to produce data samples of the one or more radar frames; and determining whether the one or more radar frames have a higher presence of data samples that are subject to interference from other radar units in a first half of their corresponding time intervals than in a second, later, half of their corresponding time intervals. In case the presence is higher in the first half of their corresponding time intervals, a scheduled time interval of an upcoming radar frame to be produced by the radar unit is postponed, and otherwise it is advanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Axis AB
    Inventors: Adham SAKHNINI, Andreas GLATZ, Axel LANDGREN, Mattias SIMONSSON, Anders SKOOG, Anders MANNESSON, Sebastian HEUNISCH, Stefan ADALBJÖRNSSON, Karl NORDIN