Determining Distance Patents (Class 342/118)
  • Patent number: 10436592
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area. In one embodiment, the method comprises collecting data from a pedestrian moving in the area, and using the data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the area. These specified parameters are used to determine a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area. In one embodiment, the pattern of movement is a walking pattern of the pedestrian, and the data collected from the pedestrian identifies a multitude of positions of the pedestrian's feet. In an embodiment, the specified parameters include a lateral gap between the feet of the pedestrian, and a length of a stride of the pedestrian. A sequence of values may be collected for each of these parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Jean-Yves Clement
  • Patent number: 10421452
    Abstract: A vehicle, system and method of driving the vehicle. A radar system obtains a measured location of an object in an environment of the vehicle. A processor predicts a location of the object, determines a distance between the predicted location of the object and the measured location of the object, determines a confidence level for the predicted location the object based on the determined distance, selects a tracking state for the object based on the confidence level, and drives the vehicle to avoid the object according to the tracking state of the object. The processor and radar system may be onboard the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Igal Bilik, Shahar Villeval, Ishai Eljarat, Gonen Barkan
  • Patent number: 10422682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar level gauge comprising a signal generator for generating electromagnetic waves and an antenna for emitting the electromagnetic waves in a container and for receiving electromagnetic waves reflected by the container. The radar level gauge also comprises a safety device for verifying the functional capability or for improving the measuring quality of the radar level gauge, said safety device having a reflector and an adjustment device and/or a reduction device and being suitably designed to adjust the reflector and/or the reduction device at least between a first position, in which the reflector reflects the electromagnetic waves and a second position, in which the reflector reflects the electromagnetic waves in a reduced manner. The safety device also has at least one additional sensor for detecting a measured variable in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventor: Clemens Hengstler
  • Patent number: 10419065
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves that propagates along a surface of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys a plurality of communication signals, obtaining, from the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves, at least one communication signal from the plurality of communication signals, and distributing the at least one communication signal to at least one communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Peter Wolniansky, Paul Shala Henry
  • Patent number: 10401486
    Abstract: A method for locating objects using an FMCW radar in which a ramp-shaped frequency-modulated radar signal is transmitted whose modulation pattern has a plurality of successive ramps having different gradients, received radar echoes are mixed down with the transmitted signal into a baseband, the baseband signal is recorded ramp-by-ramp and transformed into a respective spectrum, for each signal peak found in the spectrum, a noise estimation is carried out in order to distinguish between radar targets and noise or clutter, and by comparing the frequency positions of the mutually corresponding signal peaks in the spectra obtained for various ramp gradients, the distances and relative velocities of the radar targets are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Schoor
  • Patent number: 10382395
    Abstract: A method of controlling an industrial process run in a plant includes sending field data from the process to a data acquisition module. The data acquisition module converts the field data into Internet protocol (IP) field data. The IP field data is provided to an IP broker having a memory that stores the IP field data arranged in a tree of topics. The IP broker has a stored publisher/subscriber pattern including a plurality of clients including a first client subscribed by a published message to the IP broker that includes at least a selected topic from the tree of topics. Upon receipt of an update of the IP field data including the selected topic, the IP broker publishes the updated IP field data according to the publisher/subscriber pattern over a permanently open IP connection that is received by at least the first client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Ruud De Ligt
  • Patent number: 10374838
    Abstract: A circuit in a wireless communications terminal/device and a method is described for reducing an image distortion. By measuring three gain mismatches of I path and Q path of a transceiver, and estimating a value of an IQ mismatch coefficient based on the three gain mismatches; and applying a measurement adjustment to the I path or the Q path based on the value of the IQ mismatch coefficient, the image distortion is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Jiang, Jamil Mark Forrester, Zhihang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10354456
    Abstract: A toll gate section determining apparatus may include an information providing device that provides information by use of a camera, a radar, and a navigation device; a toll gate section determining device that determines a toll gate section based on movement information and line information of a neighboring vehicle, which are provided from the camera and the radar, and map information provided from the navigation device; and a vehicle control device that controls longitudinal driving or transverse driving of a vehicle when a current section is determined as the toll gate section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Doo Jin Um, Kyoung Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10324164
    Abstract: Methods for characterizing radar can include the steps of receiving a plurality of radar emissions, and determining a plurality of Pulse Repetition Intervals (PRIs) corresponding to the emissions. A plurality of clocks Xi can be calculated using the PRIs. A clock range and a clock interval can be defined for the plurality of calculated clocks Xi and a clock X can be estimated, but only for the clocks Xi that are within the defined clock range. Countdowns Ci can be determined using the calculated clock X, and a mode M and crystal b can be calculated based on Ci. Clock X, countdowns Ci, mode M and crystal b, when considered together can accurately characterize a specific radar emission (and radar the emission came from). The systems and methods can be accomplished using emissions that are being received in real time using a receiver and emissions data from a database simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Erin L. Daly, Mark W. Owen, Warran Ho Can, Gregory K. Fleizach, Everett W. Sappenfield
  • Patent number: 10324168
    Abstract: A method for spatially filtering data includes receiving a plurality of signal parameter vectors including spatial-type information derived from a sensor and associated with a signal emitter, determining error magnitudes of a plurality of first and second coordinates, and transmitting the plurality of coordinates to at least two arrays of differing sparsity in an array data structure when the error magnitudes differ by a predetermined amount, where each array is representative of a physical spatial domain from which a plurality of signals are received by the sensor. The method also includes determining a plurality of elliptical error region probability objects representative of probability density functions of the plurality of coordinates, where each object is stored in association with at least one of the at least two arrays, and determining an intersection region between the plurality of objects that is representative of a location of the signal emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Gary Alan Ray
  • Patent number: 10324179
    Abstract: A first multifunction radar transceiver comprises a first transmitter and a first receiver. The transmitter is operable to transmit a first radar burst. The receiver is operable to receive reflections of the first radar burst and reflections of a second radar burst transmitted by a second multifunction radar transceiver. The receiver is operable to generate, based on characteristics of the received reflections of the first radar burst and the received reflections of the second radar burst, a first scene representation. The receiver is operable demodulate the second radar burst to recover a second scene representation. The receiver is operable to combine the first scene representation and the second scene representation to generate a composite scene representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Ling, Stefan Szasz
  • Patent number: 10324167
    Abstract: A method of spatially filtering signal parameter vector data includes receiving, at a computing device, a first signal parameter vector at a first time and a second signal parameter vector at a second time occurring after the first time. The first and second signal parameter vectors are derived from a plurality of signals received at a sensor, and include first and second signal data blocks, respectively. The method also includes transmitting, to at least a first and second element of an array data structure representative of a physical spatial domain, the first and second signal data blocks, respectively, and determining an elliptical error region probability object having a center and a pair of axes containing the first and second signal data blocks. The center represents a highest probability location of a signal emitter at the second time and the pair of axes represents the spatial error of the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Gary Alan Ray
  • Patent number: 10308220
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus to secure a system for passive unlocking of a vehicle system, particularly a vehicle unlocking system, against relay station attacks. The system comprises a vehicle-based device that can send on a first radio frequency and receive on a second radio frequency, and a driver-based device that can receive on the first radio frequency and send on the second radio frequency. The vehicle-based device and/or the driver-based device are also able to receive on a radio frequency that the other device can receive. One of the two devices send at least one ambient noise signal sequence to the other device. The ambient noise signal sequences received by both are compared with one another with cross-correlation. A current situation is deemed safe if the cross-correlation is strong and a phase shift is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Holger Mueller, Andreas Springer, Uwe Zank
  • Patent number: 10310087
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and classifying objects that are proximate to an autonomous vehicle can include receiving, by one or more computing devices, LIDAR data from one or more LIDAR sensors configured to transmit ranging signals relative to an autonomous vehicle, generating, by the one or more computing devices, a data matrix comprising a plurality of data channels based at least in part on the LIDAR data, and inputting the data matrix to a machine-learned model. A class prediction for each of one or more different portions of the data matrix and/or a properties estimation associated with each class prediction generated for the data matrix can be received as an output of the machine-learned model. One or more object segments can be generated based at least in part on the class predictions and properties estimations. The one or more object segments can be provided to an object classification and tracking application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankit Laddha, J. Andrew Bagnell, Varun Ramakrishna, Yimu Wang, Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10295672
    Abstract: A lidar system and method to enable simultaneous accurate and high spatial and temporal resolution measurements of atmospheric temperature, wind, and water vapor. The technology employs a laser (101), a telescope (110), an acousto-optic modulator (105) or an electro-optic modulator (205), a Thulium-doped fiber amplifier (206), and an optical circulator (108) which projects a laser signal into the atmosphere toward a phenomenon to be studied. The laser is reflected or backscattered by the atmospheric phenomena and retrieved by the telescope (110), where the laser is processed by a signal sampler and processor (114) for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Farzad Cyrus Foroughi Abari, Scott M Spuler
  • Patent number: 10298295
    Abstract: A method can be used for detecting a potential presence of an object by a reader capable of mutually communicating via a contactless communications protocol. An antenna of the reader transmits a magnetic field on a carrier signal having a sub-carrier modulated by a first data sequence. The modulated sub-carrier is non-interpretable by the object. The antenna of the reader receives a signal resulting from the transmission. The reader demodulates the sub-carrier of the resulting signal so as to extract a second data sequence from the resulting signal. The first data sequence and second data sequence are correlated and the potential presence or absence of the object is determined based upon the result of the correlating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Tramoni
  • Patent number: 10279893
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a rotorcraft includes receiving a first sensor value comprising a first coarse resolution portion and a first fine resolution portion, receiving a second sensor value comprising a second coarse resolution portion and a second fine resolution portion, and determining that the second coarse resolution portion corresponds with the second fine resolution portion when a difference between the second sensor value and the first sensor value is within a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: John Wesley Melton, Stephanie Baynham
  • Patent number: 10269127
    Abstract: Multiple objects detected by multiple sensors are subjected to a determination as to whether or not the objects are identical to each other. If there is an object in the multiple objects, of which object position becomes undetectable after the point when the multiple objects detected by the multiple sensors are determined to be the identical object, a determination is made as to whether or not the continuously detected object is an object identical to the object in a previous processing based on a predicted range calculated from a previously detected object position of the object becoming undetectable, and on a range of presence estimated from an object position of the continuously detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang Fang, Hirotoshi Ueda, Takuya Nanri
  • Patent number: 10254156
    Abstract: An optical sensor system may include an interrogation system coupled to one or more fiber-optic cables positioned in a wellbore. The interrogation system may interrogate a fiber Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor and one or more fiber Bragg sensors multiplexed in the fiber-optic cables. The optical sensor system may include a processing device to determine whether there is condition that may cause an error in the calculation of the cavity length of the fiber Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor in real-time based on a reference distance between peaks or valleys in the reflected light signal generated by the fiber Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor. The processing device may compare the reference distance to a distance between peaks or valleys detected in the spectrum to identify that an error condition exists and may correct the error prior to calculating the cavity length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Yunmiao Wang
  • Patent number: 10257467
    Abstract: Embodiments provide to a client device for displaying camera images of a controllable camera. The client device includes a screen and a display device for displaying a first image representation on the screen. The first image representation shows an actual camera image in an actual visual range of the camera. The client device also includes a selection device designed to select a desired visual range of the camera, and has a communications device designed to request and receive a desired camera image in the desired camera visual range. The display device is designed to display, in a second image representation, at least some portion of the actual camera image correctly in terms of position and size in the desired camera visual range and, in an additional image representation, to display the desired camera image correctly in terms of position and size in the desired camera visual range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Gottschlag, Stephan Heigl
  • Patent number: 10247596
    Abstract: A level measurement device for measuring a level (L) of a product, in particular a product contained in a container, comprising: mounting means for mounting said measurement device at a measurement site, an antenna comprising a dielectric antenna element for transmitting microwave signals (S) towards the product and/or for receiving echo signals (R) resulting from reflections of the transmitted microwave signals, and measurement electronics for determining the level (L) of the product based on a transit time needed for the microwave signals to travel to a surface of the product and of their echo signals to return to the device, is described allowing to prevent deposits to build up, which may eventually impair transmission and/or reception of the signals. To this extent, the measurement device according to the invention comprises a cap covering said dielectric antenna element and cleaning means for cleaning said cap are foreseen, which cause said cap to vibrate when they are activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO. KG
    Inventors: Alexandre Kutil, Rob Vermeulen
  • Patent number: 10223370
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a context-based content list for an electronic device. In some examples, a method performed under control of an electronic device may include gathering first information on or from one or more devices nearby the electronic device in response to a content file creation event on the electronic device; gathering second information on or from one or more devices nearby the electronic device in response to a content list creation event on the electronic device; calculating a similarity between the first information and the second information; and generating a content list based at least in part on the similarity between the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Shuichi Kurabayashi, Naofumi Yoshida, Kosuke Takano
  • Patent number: 10162052
    Abstract: A pre-warning method utilized in a vehicle radar system includes a first and a second millimeter-wave detection modules detecting dynamic information of a plurality of first targets and a plurality of second targets corresponding to the vehicle radar system in different dimensions of an area and obtaining a first and a second detection results, determining whether there are identical targets within the plurality of first targets and the plurality of second targets according to the first and the second detection results, determining 3-D dynamic information of at least an identical target after determining that the plurality of first targets and the plurality of second targets include the at least an identical target, and determining whether to trigger an alarm signal according to the 3-D dynamic information of the at least an identical target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
    Inventors: Jeng-Da Li, Hsin-Lung Hsiao, Chi-Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 10127818
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying that an emission received or captured from the external environment, or a received electromagnetic signal carrying a data, indicates an emergency vehicle in proximity to a substantially autonomous vehicle and that the emergency vehicle occupies a relative position and/or navigating a relative speed such that the substantially autonomous vehicle is a current or future obstruction for the emergency vehicle. A system comprising at least an aspect of the substantially autonomous vehicle is capable of causing the maneuver of the substantially autonomous vehicle to a position, such that substantially autonomous vehicle is not obstructing the emergency vehicle when at the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Clear Commute Ventures Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Ben Mandeville-Clarke
  • Patent number: 10120342
    Abstract: A method is for acquiring a time point where a glimmering pulse passes over a threshold. The method includes: converting a relationship between a pulse and a threshold into high and low level signals; segmenting output level signals. For a phase where a pulse signal passes over and is higher than a preset threshold and a phase where a pulse signal passes over and is lower than the preset threshold, the two phases respectively include several time points generated by several jumps, and the time point where a pulse passes over a threshold is recorded as any one jump time point or a weighted value of any two or more jump time points. By selecting one jump time point or weighting any two or more jump time points, a more accurate time point where a pulse actually passes over a threshold can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Raycan Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daoming Xi, Wei Liu, Qingguo Xie
  • Patent number: 10123297
    Abstract: A system and method for locating a target device. A calibration process is performed by taking a number of measurements utilizing a host device receiving wireless signals from a number of environmental devices at points along a pattern. Signal strength is analyzed for each of the environmental devices to determine calibration information. Wireless signal information is received from a target device including at least signal strength associated with the environmental devices proximate the target device. The location of the target device is determined utilizing at least the calibration information and the wireless signal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LOKATUR, INC.
    Inventors: Michael John Harney, Michael Stringham
  • Patent number: 10097287
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for a radar device and a method of operating a radar device, the radar device having a transmitter and a receiver, the method including: generating a chirp signal based on a local oscillator (LO) signal, wherein the LO signal is a frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) signal; secondary modulating the chirp signal to produce an output signal; transmitting the output signal on a transmitting antenna of the radar device; receiving an echo signal on a receiving antenna of the radar device; downmixing an amplified version of the echo signal with the LO signal to produce a low frequency signal; and outputting an error detection signal based on spectral components of the low frequency signal, wherein the spectral components correspond to the secondary modulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jan-Peter Schat, Abdellatif Zanati
  • Patent number: 10053971
    Abstract: A method for detecting stick-slip in a drillstring includes (a) measuring a parameter that is a function of a torque applied to the drillstring by a top drive system over a selected time period, the measuring being performed by at least one surface sensor that produces measurement data including torque values over a frequency range; (b) filtering out measurement data that has a frequency outside a selected frequency band, the selected frequency band including a resonant frequency of the drillstring; (c) identifying a minimum and a maximum torque value in the filtered measurement data and determining a difference of these two values; (d) determining a surface stick-slip index by dividing the difference of the maximum and minimum torque values by an average torque value over the selected time period; and (e) displaying the surface stick-slip index on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Pason Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen William Lai, Christopher Darren Salvador, Kenneth Charles Horovatin, Timothy Keith Walter
  • Patent number: 10018495
    Abstract: A radar-based fill-level measuring device comprising at least one synthesizer circuit having a plurality of circuit components for producing phase controlled microwave signals for a travel-time measurement and at least three electrical potentials for supplying the synthesizer circuit, wherein the synthesizer circuit has at least three circuit groups. Each circuit component is associated with at least one circuit group, wherein each of the at least three circuit groups is fed by means of at least one potential difference between two of the at least three different potentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Winfried Mayer, Roland Grozinger, Qi Chen
  • Patent number: 10008759
    Abstract: A terrestrial data communications wireless link includes a first link end that has a first directional antenna, a first beacon and a first redirecting assembly coupled to the first directional antenna. The wireless link also includes a second link end having a second directional antenna, a second beacon and a second redirecting assembly coupled to the second directional antenna. In use the first directional antenna and the second directional antenna are maintained in mutual alignment by the first redirecting assembly redirecting the first directional antenna in response to a signal from the second beacon and the second redirecting assembly redirecting the second directional antenna in response to a signal from the first beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: E M Solutions PTY LTD
    Inventors: John Ness, Glen Callaghan, Richard Harris, Tui Rutherford
  • Patent number: 10008069
    Abstract: A vehicle door system for a for-hire vehicle (FHV) and a method of calculating a transport fare includes providing a FHV having an actuator configured to adjust a position of a door relative to a door opening. An apparatus is configured to receive vehicle occupancy data. A controller is configured to process the vehicle occupancy data to determine the vehicle occupancy over the course of a passenger transport. The controller is further configured to calculate a transport fare as a function of the vehicle occupancy over the course of the passenger transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Dean Elie, Evangelos P. Skoures
  • Patent number: 10003757
    Abstract: It is inter alia disclosed to determine a phase difference between a light signal transmitted by a time of flight camera system and a reflected light signal received by at least one pixel sensor of an array of pixel sensors in an image sensor of the time of flight camera system, wherein the reflected light signal received by the at least one pixel sensor is reflected from an object illuminated by the transmitted light signal (301); determine an amplitude of the reflected light signal received by the at least one pixel sensor (301); combine the amplitude and phase difference for the at least one pixel sensor into a combined signal parameter for the at least one pixel sensor (307); and de-noise the combined signal parameter for the at least one pixel sensor by filtering with a filter the combined parameter for the at least one pixel sensor (309).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mihail Georgiev, Atanas Gotchev
  • Patent number: 9988925
    Abstract: A laser measurement system for detecting at least one locked blade assembly in a gas turbine. The system includes at least one laser device for emitting a laser beam that impinges on a blade surface of each blade in a row of blade assemblies. The laser beam is also transmitted through a space between adjacent blades to impinge on corresponding internal surfaces of the gas turbine. Further, the system includes a photon detector for detecting a first time period in which first laser energy is reflected from each blade surface and a second time period in which second laser energy is reflected from each internal surface and transmitted through each space. The system also includes a controller for detecting a change in at least one second time period to indicate that a distance between consecutive blades has changed and that at least one locked blade assembly is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Clifford Hatcher, Jr., Forrest R. Ruhge
  • Patent number: 9986410
    Abstract: A terminal and a distance estimation method thereof for use in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication are provided. The terminal includes a transceiver configured to communicate with other terminals and at least one processor configured to control the transceiver to transmit a discovery message including time information to the other terminals and receive distance information calculated by the other terminals, the distance information being calculated based on the time information. The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngjoong Mok, Youngbin Chang, Sangwook Kwon, Jonghyung Kwun, Kyungkyu Kim, Hyunseok Ryu, Sangkyu Baek, June Hwang
  • Patent number: 9971034
    Abstract: A rangefinder includes a display, an operator control element, a distance measuring apparatus, and a computation apparatus configured (i) to initiate a measurement by the distance measuring apparatus when the operator control element is operated, and (ii) to switch on at least the display when the operator control element is operated with the display switched off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Nicolas Gros, Steffen Assmann, Bjoern Kanzler, Heiko Fuellemann
  • Patent number: 9960639
    Abstract: A voltage measuring method for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system includes generating a coil signal on a supplying-end coil of the supplying-end module; clamping the coil signal to generate a clamp coil signal; performing signal processing on the clamp coil signal to generate a first signal and a second signal, respectively; generating a cyclic signal, a frequency of which is equal to a frequency of the coil signal; comparing the first signal and the second signal via a comparator to obtain a first time and a second time when the first signal and the second signal have an equal voltage level during a cycle of the cyclic signal; calculating a middle time of the first time and the second time; and sampling the clamp coil signal or the coil signal to obtain a peak voltage of the coil signal according to the middle time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 9948362
    Abstract: A method generates a three-dimensional (3D) scene image of a scene using a MIMO array including a set of antenna by first selecting a subsets of the antennas as transmit antennas and receive antennas. Radio frequency (RF) signal are transmitted into the scene using the subset of transmit antennas while the MIMO array is moving at a varying velocity. The RF signal are received at the subset of receive antennas as MIMO data, which is aligned and regularized. Then, a compressive sensing (CS)-based reconstruction procedure is applied to the aligned MIMO data to generate the 3D image of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Dehong Liu
  • Patent number: 9915727
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for transmitting a first set of stepped-frequency CW signals having first signal parameters, where the first signal parameters includes a first bandwidth and a first step size between signal frequencies. Detecting reflections of the first set of transmitted CW signals. Identifying an indication of a potential target in a frequency range of the reflections of the first set of transmitted CW signals from the detected reflections of the first set of transmitted CW signals. Determining second signal parameters for a second set of stepped-frequency CW signals in response to identifying the indication of the potential target. The second signal parameters include a second bandwidth and a second step size between signal frequencies, and where the second signal parameters focus on the frequency range in which the indication of the potential target is identified. Transmitting the second set of CW signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor V. Reznack, Herbert Duvoisin, III, Joe R. Jordan, III
  • Patent number: 9912857
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a setting of an equipment related to image capture comprises capturing position data and orientation data of a sensing device; determining position information of a region of interest (i.e. a node) to be treated by the equipment, relative to the position and orientation data of the sensing device; and outputting a control signal directed to the equipment, in order to control in real-time the setting of the equipment based on said position information of the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Andra Motion Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Antony Fisher, Michael Macdonald, Julian Taylor, Jeffrey Levy
  • Patent number: 9891307
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of computing positioning of a mobile device in a wireless network. This positioning method exchanges packets between pairs of wi-fi nodes. The packets include count stamps of packet transmit and receipt. Differential ranges between a mobile device and plural pairs of wi-fi nodes are used to locate the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventor: Brett A. Bradley
  • Patent number: 9882257
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including receiving first electromagnetic waves on an outer surface of a transmission medium, detecting a degradation of a signal quality of the first electromagnetic waves due to first electric fields of the first electromagnetic waves inducing first currents in an obstruction disposed on the outer surface of the transmission medium, and generating second electromagnetic waves having second electric fields that induce second currents in the obstruction that are lower in magnitude than the first currents, the electromagnetic waves having a cutoff frequency. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 9869759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motion detector device comprising a receiver arranged for reception of at least one electromagnetic signal constituted by a corresponding transmitted electromagnetic signal being transmitted by a corresponding source and influenced by a corresponding channel. The motion detector device comprises predetermined information regarding each transmitted electromagnetic signal. The motion detector device further comprises analyzing means arranged to analyze all components of the received signal to determine how certain parameters of each transmitted electromagnetic signal are influenced by each corresponding channel by means of the predetermined information. The analyzing means is also arranged to analyze the temporal variation of said certain parameters during a certain time. It is determined if said temporal variation exceeds a predetermined threshold. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Johan Furuskog, Jonas Medbo, Markus Ringström
  • Patent number: 9864057
    Abstract: An ultrasonic object detection device includes: a first echo prolongation determination unit that sequentially determines whether a measured echo time of an ultrasonic sensor is prolonged from a reference echo time; a second echo prolongation determination unit that determines whether an addition echo time is prolonged from the reference echo time when the measured echo time is not prolonged from the reference echo time, and the ultrasonic sensor detects a reflected wave, the addition echo time being obtained by adding, to the measured echo time, a time from termination of an echo to termination of a first reflected wave; and a short distance object detection unit that determines that an object is disposed within a short distance so as to receive the reflected wave while the echo is not terminated when one of the measured echo time or addition echo time is prolonged from the reference echo time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Matsuura, Taiki Yoshida, Takuya Nomura, Taketo Harada, Motonari Ohbayashi
  • Patent number: 9857184
    Abstract: A plan through a space having a near field and a far field is determined. Using a sensor device, measurements of the far field are obtained and stored in an electronic memory. A processor uses the measurements to determine the viability of each far field plan among a plurality of candidate far field plans. The processor also determines a flexibility score for each of the candidate far field plans and selects a composite plan comprising the viable far field plan having a highest flexibility score among the viable candidate far field plans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Invention, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Kaehler, Kjerstin Williams, Mark E. Duttweiler
  • Patent number: 9827994
    Abstract: A system for writing an occupancy grid map of a sensor centered coordinate system using a laser scanner includes a data unit that includes scan data read by the laser scanner, a past measurement map, and data relating to a movement of the sensor, a mapping unit for stochastically combining a current measurement map written from the scan data with a predicted map written by using the past measurement map and the data relating to a movement of the sensor, and a static and dynamic object detection unit for determining whether an object in the occupancy grid map is a static or a dynamic object by using a mapping algorithm of the mapping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Minkyun Yoo, Seongkeun Park, Hoon Lee, Hyungsun Jang, Hyunju Kim, Youngwon Kim, Euntai Kim, Beomseong Kim, Baehoon Choi, Jhonghyun An
  • Patent number: 9824277
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring vehicle traffic and collecting data indicative of pedestrian right of way violations by vehicles is provided. The system comprises memory and logic for monitoring traffic intersections and recording evidence indicating that vehicles have violated pedestrian right of way. Two sensor modalities collecting video data and radar data of the intersection under observation are employed in one embodiment of the system. The violation evidence can be accessed remotely by a traffic official for issuing of traffic citations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Edmondson, Jonathan B. Hanks
  • Patent number: 9810782
    Abstract: A radar system suitable for use on a vehicle and configured to detect a false radar-track arising from a reflection of a radar return from a target includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The first sensor outputs a first signal indicative of a first target in a first area proximate to a vehicle. The second sensor outputs a second signal indicative of a second target in a second area proximate to the vehicle and different from the first area. The controller receives the first signal and the second signal. The controller determines that the second target is a reflection of the first target when a reflection-line that bisects and extends orthogonally from a line-segment extending between the first target and the second target intersects with a reflection surface detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jan K. Schiffmann
  • Patent number: 9759806
    Abstract: A radar receiver (Rx) receives a reflected wave signal corresponding to a radar transmitting signal having been reflected on a target by using a plurality of antenna system processors (D1 to D4), and estimates an arrival direction of the reflected wave signal. A peak frequency selector (21) selects a peak value of a correlation vector. An adjacent time-frequency component extractor (22) extracts correlation vectors in number of (NE×NT?1) corresponding to NE Doppler frequencies and NT times respectively adjacent to a Doppler frequency and a time giving a peak value. A correlation matrix generating adder (23) generates a correlation matrix corresponding to correlation of the reflected wave signal received by a plurality of receiver antennas on the basis of the (NE×NT) extracted correlation vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takaaki Kishigami
  • Patent number: 9743373
    Abstract: A first process and a second process are executed concurrently by one or more hardware processors located in the cellular device and outside of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chipset embedded in the cellular device. The first process determines a first set of one or more position fixes based on extracted raw pseudorange information. The second process determines carrier phase smoothed pseudoranges based on carrier phase information and determines a second set of one or more position fixes based on the carrier phase smoothed pseudoranges. One or more of the first set of position fixes are provided to a user while a predetermined amount of carrier phase information is not available for performing carrier phase smoothing. One or more of the second set of position fixes are provided to the user while a predetermined amount of carrier phase information is available for performing carrier phase smoothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Rudow, Robert Wold, Venkateswaran Kasirajan, Nicholas C. Talbot, Peter Van Wyck Loomis, Shawn D. Weisenburger, James M. Janky
  • Patent number: 9709672
    Abstract: A method for identifying and ranging a wireless device, comprising: transmitting an original radar signal from a detecting system; in response to the original radar signal, receiving a modulated radar signal at the detecting system, the modulated radar signal being backscattered from an antenna of the wireless device and containing information pertaining to the wireless device, and the modulated radar signal being a frequency offset version of the original radar signal; and, using a processor at the detecting system, determining an identity and a range of the wireless device from the modulated radar signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Tajinder Manku