Patents by Inventor Michael Gottinger
Michael Gottinger 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).
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Patent number: 11994608Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for exchanging signals between at least two non-coherent transceiver units which respectively have initially non-synchronous, in particular controllable, clock sources, having the following steps: a synchronization in which clock offsets and/or clock rates of the clock sources of the at least two transceiver units are adapted; a full-duplex measuring process in which a first transmission signal of the first transceiver unit is transmitted to the second transceiver unit and a second transmission signal of the second transceiver unit is transmitted to the first transceiver unit via a radio channel; with synchronization prior to the full-duplex measuring process being carried out in such a way that a time offset and/or a frequency offset between the transmission signals at least substantially remain(s) constant during a transmission time of the full-duplex measuring process.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Symeo GmbHInventors: Michael Gottinger, Igor Bilous, Peter Georg Gulden, Martin Vossiek
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Publication number: 20240125894Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a radar system for detecting the surroundings of a moving object, in particular a vehicle and/or a transport device, such as in particular a crane, wherein the system is mounted or mountable on the moving object, wherein the radar system comprises at least one first, non-coherent, and at least one second, non-coherent, radar module with at least one antenna, wherein the radar modules are arranged or can be arranged distributed on the moving object, wherein at least one first radar module is configured differently from at least one second radar module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Perter Gulden, Michael Gottinger, Martin Vossiek, Marcel Hoffman
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Patent number: 11906655Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for capturing surroundings of a moving object, in particular a vehicle and/or a transportation apparatus, such as a crane, in particular, wherein the system is mounted or mountable on the moving object, wherein the radar system comprises at least two non-coherent radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) having at least one transmitter antenna and at least one receiver antenna, wherein the radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) are arranged or arrangeable in distributed fashion on the moving object, wherein provision is made of at least one evaluation device which is configured to process transmitted and received signals of the radar modules to form modified measurement signals in such a way that the modified measurement signals are coherent in relation to one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Symeo GmbHInventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden, Mark Christmann, Christoph Mammitzsch
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Publication number: 20230314588Abstract: A method for signal processing of radar signals of a radar system (100) has at least two radar units (10, 20) arranged at a known distance from one another. At least one spatial field of vision (FoV) of the radar system (100) is captured with radar signals of the at least two radar units (10, 20). A discrete total coordinate system is generated from the field of vision (FoV). Measurement data of the at least two radar units (10, 20) of the radar system (100) generated by the detection of the field of vision (FoV) are co-registered. A multidimensional, vector velocity ({right arrow over (v)}) for at least one resolution cell of the discrete total coordinate system and/or a multidimensional, vector velocity ({right arrow over (v)}100) for the radar system (100) are generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Marcel Hoffmann, Michael GOTTINGER, Martin VOSSIEK, Mark CHRISTMANN, Peter GULDEN
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Patent number: 11774551Abstract: A method for compensating for noise in a secondary radar system is described. The method includes, using a first transceiver, transmitting, in temporally overlapping manner, a first transmission signal containing a first interfering component and a second transmission signal containing a second interfering component, and compensating for at least one of phase shifts or frequency shifts resulting from the first and second interfering components by evaluation of the first and second transmission signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Symeo GmbHInventors: Martin Vossiek, Peter Gulden, Michael Gottinger
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Patent number: 11733348Abstract: Phase noise compensation can be performed in a primary radar system, such as in transceiver hardware. A first reflected reception signal can be received, corresponding to a reflection of a first transmission signal from an object, and a first measurement signal can be generated using mixing or correlation of the first reflected reception signal and the first transmission signal. A second measurement signal can be similarly generated from a second transmission signal and a second reflected reception signal. The first and second measurement signals include respective components including complex conjugate representations of each other. The components correspond to interfering components associated with phase noise, and such respective components can cancel each other to suppress phase noise.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Symeo GmbHInventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden
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Publication number: 20220404456Abstract: The invention describes a method for reducing interference effects in a radar system, which has at least two transceiver units (S1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —a transmission step (VS1), in which a first transmission signal (sigTX1) of the first transceiver unit (S1) is sent and received to and by a second transceiver unit (S2) and a second transmission signal (sigTX2) of the second transceiver unit (S2) is sent and received to and by the first transceiver unit (S1) via a radio channel (T), wherein the transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) are modulated according to an orthogonal frequency multiplex method; and—a pre-correction step (VS2), in which correction values (?1, ?n, ?2) are determined from the received transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) and in particular are exchanged between the transceiver stations (S1, S2), wherein the received transmission signals (sigRX1, sigRX2) are postprocessed on the basis of the corType: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Michael GOTTINGER, Peter GULDEN, Martin VOSSIEK
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Publication number: 20220334217Abstract: A radar method, in particular a primary radar method, in which at least one first and at least one second transceiver unit (S1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, and transmit and receive signals simultaneously or overlapping in time, wherein a respective comparison signal, in particular mixed signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t) are formed from a signal transmitted and received by the respective transceiver unit, wherein a phase correction is formed for each of a plurality of sample values, preferably a phase correction value for each of a plurality of sample values from the comparison signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t), in particular in such a way that, preferably by a mathematical operation, a measure is formed of a phase difference per sample value between the at least two signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Peter GULDEN, Martin VOSSIEK, Michael GOTTINGER
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Patent number: 11353570Abstract: Transmitting-receiving devices, such as within a radar system, can use a clock generator from which various higher-frequency signals are derived. For example, respective transmitting-receiving devices can include high-frequency (HF) generators. The present subject matter concerns a system and a method for providing measurement signals having increased coherence as compared with signals originally transmitted by the transmitting-receiving devices. Such measurement signals can be exchanged for synchronization. Increased coherence can enhance overall system performance, such as to assist in separating returns associated with weaker targets from those associated with stronger targets, or to provide enhanced angular resolution, as illustrative examples.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Symeo GmbHInventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden
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Publication number: 20220043111Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating, in particular for imaging and/or for a MIMO method, a radar system comprising at least one first radar unit for emitting and receiving signals and at least one second radar unit for emitting and receiving signals, which form a total radar array, wherein only a partial radar array of the total radar array is used in the evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Symeo GmbHInventors: Yassen DOBREV, Peter Georg GULDEN, Mark CHRISTMANN, Michael GOTTINGER
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Publication number: 20220043105Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for exchanging signals between at least two non-coherent transceiver units which respectively have initially non-synchronous, in particular controllable, clock sources, having the following steps: a synchronization in which clock offsets and/or clock rates of the clock sources of the at least two transceiver units are adapted; a full-duplex measuring process in which a first transmission signal of the first transceiver unit is transmitted to the second transceiver unit and a second transmission signal of the second transceiver unit is transmitted to the first transceiver unit via a radio channel; with synchronization prior to the full-duplex measuring process being carried out in such a way that a time offset and/or a frequency offset between the transmission signals at least substantially remain(s) constant during a transmission time of the full-duplex measuring process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Symeo GmbHInventors: Michael GOTTINGER, Igor BILOUS, Peter Georg GULDEN, Martin VOSSIEK
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Publication number: 20210405183Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for capturing surroundings of a moving object, in particular a vehicle and/or a transportation apparatus, such as a crane, in particular, wherein the system is mounted or mountable on the moving object, wherein the radar system comprises at least two non-coherent radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) having at least one transmitter antenna and at least one receiver antenna, wherein the radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) are arranged or arrangeable in distributed fashion on the moving object, wherein provision is made of at least one evaluation device which is configured to process transmitted and received signals of the radar modules to form modified measurement signals in such a way that the modified measurement signals are coherent in relation to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Martin VOSSIEK, Michael GOTTINGER, Peter GULDEN, Mark CHRISTMANN, Christoph MAMMITZSCH
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Patent number: 11016169Abstract: A method is described in particular for reducing interference due to phase noise in a radar system, in which in a first noncoherent transceiver unit (NKSE1) a first signal (sigTX1) is generated and transmitted, in particular emitted, via a path (SP), in a further, in particular second noncoherent transceiver unit (NKSE2), a first signal (sigTX2) is generated and transmitted, in particular emitted, via the path (SP), the signals (sigTX1 and sigTX2) are received directly or indirectly in the respective other transceiver unit and are processed further therein as received signals sigRX12 and sigRX21, in the first transceiver unit (NKSE1), a comparison signal (sigC12) is formed from its first signal (sigTX1) and from such a first signal (sigRTX2) received from the further transceiver unit (NKSE2) via the path (SP), and in the further transceiver unit (NKSE2), a further comparison signal (sigC21) is formed from its first signal (sigTX2) and from such a first signal (sigTX1) received from the first transceiver unitType: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Symeo GmbHInventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Fabian Kirsch, Peter Gulden
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Patent number: 11009598Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for determining the angular position, the location, and/or the velocity, in particular the vectorial velocity, of a target, wherein a first transceiver unit and at least one second transceiver unit, which is spatially separated in particular from the first transceiver unit, are not synchronized, but a measurement beginning of the first transceiver unit and the second transceiver unit is triggered in a wireless or wired manner with a chronological deviation ?tn, wherein measurements of the transceiver units are coherently processed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Symeo GmbHInventors: Yassen Dobrev, Peter Gulden, Mark Christmann, Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger
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Publication number: 20210080541Abstract: Method for compensating for noise, in particular phase noise, in a primary radar system, wherein a first transmission signal with a first interfering component caused by the noise is transmitted by a transceiving unit, wherein at least one second transmission signal with a second interfering component caused by the noise is transmitted at the same time as or in a manner temporally overlapping the first transmission signal by the transceiving unit, wherein the transmission signals are such that, if the transmission signals are processed further and evaluated, phase and/or frequency shifts resulting from the interfering components are at least partially compensated for.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden
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Publication number: 20210080540Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compensating for noise, in particular phase noise, in a radio location system, comprising a first and a second non-coherent transceiving unit, wherein a first measurement signal (sm1(t)) and at least one second measurement signal (sm2(t)) are generated on the basis of signals transmitted by the first transceiving unit and received by the first transceiving unit, wherein a first frequency shift in the first measurement signal (sm1(t)) which is caused by noise, in particular phase noise, is opposite, in particular exactly opposite, a second frequency shift in the second measurement signal (sm2(t)) which is caused by the noise, in particular phase noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Peter Gulden, Michael Gottinger
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Publication number: 20200018840Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system comprising: —at least a first (SE1) and a second (SE2) transmitting-receiving device with in each case at least one transmitting antenna and at least one receiving antenna as well as a HE generator, and —a common clock generator for the HF generators of the transmitting-receiving devices, wherein at least one evaluation device is provided, which is configured to process transmitting, and receiving signals of the transmitting-receiving, devices (SE1, SE2) to modified measurement signals with increased coherence.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden
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Publication number: 20190107614Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for determining the angular position, the location, and/or the velocity, in particular the vectorial velocity, of a target, wherein a first transceiver unit and at least one second transceiver unit, which is spatially separated in particular from the first transceiver unit, are not synchronized, but a measurement beginning of the first transceiver unit and the second transceiver unit is triggered in a wireless or wired manner with a chronological deviation ?tn, wherein measurements of the transceiver units are coherently processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Yassen Dobrev, Peter Gulden, Mark Christmann, Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger