Patents Examined by Erin F Heard
  • Patent number: 11791556
    Abstract: A super resolution system, the system including: at least one antenna; transmission electronics; receiving electronics; and receiving computing electronics, where the transmission electronics are structured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave having an Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru the antenna towards a target, where the transmission electronics are structured to transmit a second electromagnetic wave having a non Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru a first portion of the antenna towards the target, where the receiving electronics are structured to form a first signal from a first return wave of the first electromagnetic wave, where the receiving electronics are structured to form a second signal from a second return wave of the second electromagnetic wave, and where the receiving computing electronics are structured to compute target information by using at least one difference between the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OR-MENT LLC
    Inventor: Zvi Or-Bach
  • Patent number: 11747514
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to scan radar and radiometer combination used to image 3D atmospheric pressure from high altitudes or space. The apparatus includes a microwave sensor configured to operate at a V-band between a range of 51 and 71 GHz, producing high fidelity retrievals of one or more pressure and temperature profiles. The sensor includes a broadband transmitter and one or more receivers with three or more transmitted and received radar frequencies. The three or more transmitted and received frequencies are used to provide an estimate of atmospheric oxygen absorption in atmosphere. The sensor is further configured to provide vertical pressure profiles by combining three radar frequency data from the three or more transmitted and received radar frequencies with vertical temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Matthew McLinden, Gerald Heymsfield, Lihua Li, Joel Susskind
  • Patent number: 11740314
    Abstract: A method measures an angle of arrival (AOA) of an incoming signal using m separate antennas coupled via a switch with a single receiving device. The switch sequentially supplies the incoming signal to the receiver. A sampling of the incoming signal as received at the antennas has a sampling rate and cycle time performed in repetitive cycles. The receiver generates baseband signals with in-phase and quadrature components from the incoming signal and forwarding to each analog-to-digital converter to provide digitized samples. A signal processor is coupled to the respective analog-to-digital converter to analyze the digitized signals and to determine the angle of arrival of the incoming signal. The resulting phase error is compensated by sampling and signal processing. A device operates according to the method and an arrangement with a mobile transmitter and a device and software for locating the mobile transmitter by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAFECTORY GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Dorn, Stefan Erhardt
  • Patent number: 11733349
    Abstract: A method of selecting and optimizing a countermeasure for application against a novel, ambiguous, or unresponsive radar threat includes selecting a candidate countermeasure and an initial parameter set and varying at least one of the parameters while the effectiveness of the candidate countermeasure against the radar threat is assessed, for example by a human observer. Embodiments include repeating the process with additional candidate countermeasures. For an unresponsive radar threat, a previously effective countermeasure can be selected as the candidate countermeasure. For an ambiguous radar threat, at least one countermeasure previously verified as effective against a partially matching known threat can be selected as the candidate countermeasure. Correlated parameters can be simultaneously varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A Kuzdeba, Brandon P. Hombs, Peter J. Kajenski, Daniel Massar
  • Patent number: 11726434
    Abstract: A satellite radiowave receiving device includes a receiver receiving radiowaves transmitted from a positioning satellite; and a processor performing a positioning operation using the radiowaves received by the receiver. If the receiver starts receiving radiowaves for the positioning operation, the processor obtains date and time information based on radiowaves received from a single positioning satellite after the receiver starts receiving radiowaves. The processor preforms a positioning calculation using the obtained date and time information and preliminarily retained positional information on the positioning satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsue, Tatsuya Sekitsuka
  • Patent number: 11726166
    Abstract: A full duplex dual polar radar transceiver comprising a dual polarisation radar antenna, a transmission path, a horizontal polarisation receive path, and a vertical polarisation receive path, a first cancellation path connected between the transmission path and the vertical polarisation receive path, and a second cancellation path connected between the transmission path and the horizontal polarisation receive path. Each cancellation path is configured to vary a transmission signal provided by the transmission path by varying at least one of a phase shift, a delay, or an amplitude so as to cancel self-interference on each of the vertical and horizontal polarisation receive paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaislia Toshiba
    Inventors: Alfred Daniel Wiffen, Gavin Watkins
  • Patent number: 11719800
    Abstract: A method (e.g., a method for measuring a separation distance to a target object) includes transmitting an electromagnetic first transmitted signal from a transmitting antenna toward a target object that is a separated from the transmitting antenna by a separation distance. The first transmitted signal includes a first transmit pattern representative of a first sequence of digital bits. The method also includes receiving a first echo of the first transmitted signal that is reflected off the target object, converting the first echo into a first digitized echo signal, and comparing a first receive pattern representative of a second sequence of digital bits to the first digitized echo signal to determine a time of flight of the first transmitted signal and the echo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TransRobotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Sayf Al-Alusi
  • Patent number: 11719787
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for generating a target set using a radar includes: generating, using the radar, a plurality of radar images; receiving the plurality of radar images with a convolutional encoder; and generating the target set using a plurality of fully-connected layers based on an output of the convolutional encoder, where each target of the target set has associated first and second coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Avik Santra, Laurent Remont, Michael Stephan
  • Patent number: 11719786
    Abstract: According to embodiments, a radar system includes: at least one radio receiver which is comprised of: an antenna configured to receive RF data including both the direct-path RF signal transmitted from a radio transmitter and a reflected RF signal when the transmitted RF signal is reflected from the target; a memory configured to store the same predetermined RF waveform profile data used by the transmitter to generate and transmit the RF signal; a timing unit to provide timing; a matched filter application configured to generate and apply a matched filter for identifying RF signal signatures in RF data; and one or more processors configured to: (i) analyze the received RF data to identify multiple, repeated, individual RF signals corresponding to the direct-path transmitted RF signal; (ii) split the identified RF signals corresponding to the direct-path transmitted RF signal into a plurality of repeating units each having an interval time; (iii) create a matched filter using the predetermined transmit waveform
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Ranney, Kyle A. Gallagher, Daniel T. Galanos, Abigail S. Hedden, Roger P. Cutitta
  • Patent number: 11709244
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to enabling a radar system to use different sensing mechanisms to estimate a distance from a target based on different detection zones (e.g., far-field and near-field). In an illustrative example, a curve fitting method may be applied for near-field sensing, and a Fourier transform may be used for far-field sensing. A predetermined set of rules may be applied to select when to use the near-field sensing mechanism and when to use the far-field mechanism. The frequency of a target signal within a beat signal that has less than two sinusoidal cycles may be estimated with improved accuracy. Accordingly, the distance of a target that is within a predetermined distance range (e.g., two meters range for 24 GHz ISM band limitation) may be reliably estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Banner Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Ashley Wise, Chunmei Kang, Wade Oberpriller
  • Patent number: 11701747
    Abstract: A sensor (10) for inspecting a tool (28) of a machine tool (24) is provided that has a radio frequency transmitter (12) for generating a radio frequency signal, a radio frequency receiver (14) for generating a received signal from a received radio frequency signal, a coupling unit (16) to couple a radio frequency signal into the tool (28) and to decouple it from the tool (28), and a control and evaluation unit (20) to determine a time of flight of a radio frequency signal transmitted from the radio frequency transmitter (12) and received again by the radio frequency receiver (14) with reference to the received signal of the radio frequency receiver (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Thomas Weber, Kim Fritz, Gerald Krumm, Robert Schröder
  • Patent number: 11704394
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises an antenna array, a wireless communication module electrically connected to the antenna array and configured to form directional beams through the antenna array, at least one processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunkee Min, Bokun Choi, Jongmu Choi, Sunkee Lee
  • Patent number: 11703583
    Abstract: A video recording and communication device includes a camera, a processor, a radar sensor, and memory. The processor executes instructions from memory to cause the device to operate the sensor in a first operational mode in which the camera is maintained in a low-power mode. The processor further detects, using the sensor in the first mode, possible motion of an object within a threshold distance from the sensor. Responsive to the detecting, the processor transitions the sensor from the first mode to a second operational mode. The second mode consumes more power than the first mode. The processor determines, using the radar sensor in the second mode, that the possible motion of the object occurred in a region of interest, in response to which, it transitions the sensor from the second mode to a third operational mode. The third mode consumes more power mode than the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Steven Skeoch, Michael Kalajian
  • Patent number: 11703563
    Abstract: A pulsed radar system is presented that includes a sliding window and DC offset. A method of pulsed DC radar operation, comprising an operation state, the operation state including initializing parameters for a current integration window; providing timing for the current integration window to an integrating filter based from a transmit pulse; providing a DC offset associated with the current integration window; and incrementing the current integration window to the next integration window to be timed from a next transmit pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Allott, Jonathan Gowing
  • Patent number: 11698462
    Abstract: Several examples of a navigation disruption device and methods of using the same are described herein that use real-time, low-cost computation to generate conflicting/competing signals to actual Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. For example, the novel, hand-held navigation disruption devices described herein (1) generate signals from a simulated satellite constellation, wherein the signals from the simulated satellite constellation conflict/compete with signals from one or more actual satellite constellations, and (2) transmit the signals from the simulated satellite constellation(s) towards an unmanned vehicle. The signals from the simulated satellite constellation(s) cause the unmanned vehicle to compute an incorrect position, which in turn disrupts its ability to navigate and operate effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Flex Force Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Louise Archer, Jacob Ryan Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11693088
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating echo signals of STWE SAR in elevation are provided. The method includes that: aliasing echo signals of multiple sub-swaths are received; for a target sub-swath of the multiple sub-swaths, multiple sub-beams associated with the target sub-swath are generated, the multiple sub-beams pointing to different directions of the target sub-swath respectively, and a null of each of the multiple sub-beams being used for deep nulling suppression on echo signals of sub-swaths except the target sub-swath; and the aliasing echo signals are processed based on the multiple sub-beams and multiple nulls corresponding to the multiple sub-beams to generate a target echo signal of the target sub-swath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Qingchao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Wei Wang, Yunkai Deng, Weidong Yu, Yashi Zhou
  • Patent number: 11693107
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a radar system comprising a transmitter operative to transmit a first set of chirps on a single transmit antenna and a second set of chirps on a plurality of transmit antennas, in that, the first set of chirps forming a first part of a chirp frame and the second set of chirps forming a second part of the chirp frame, a first receiver segment operative to generate a first set of parameters from a first set of received chirps that is reflection of the first set of chirps from one or more objects and a second segment operative to generate a second set of parameters from a second set of received chirps that is reflection of the second set of chirps from the one or more objects part of the received chirp frame and the first set of parameters, wherein, first set of parameters and second set of parameters comprise at least one of range doppler and angle of one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Ankit Sharma, Sai Gunaranjan Pelluri, Apu Sivadas
  • Patent number: 11693106
    Abstract: Methods for detecting radar targets are provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, the method includes providing a digital radar signal having a sequence of signal segments. Each signal segment of the sequence is respectively associated with a chirp of a transmitted RF radar signal. The method further includes detecting one or more radar targets based on a first subsequence of successive signal segments of the sequence. For each detected radar target, a distance value and a velocity value are determined. If a group of radar targets having overlapping signal components has been detected, a respective spectral value is calculated for each radar target of the group of radar targets based on a second subsequence of the sequence of signal segments and further based on the velocity values ascertained for the group of radar targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Oliver Lang, Michael Gerstmair, Alexander Melzer, Christian Schmid
  • Patent number: 11693120
    Abstract: A method for disseminating corrections can include receiving a set of satellite observations at a GNSS receiver; transmitting the corrections to the GNSS receiver, wherein the corrections; and determining a position of the GNSS receiver, wherein the set of satellite observations are corrected using the corrections. A system for disseminating corrections can include a positioning engine operating on a computing system collocated with a GNSS antenna; and a corrections generator operating on a computing system remote from the GNSS antenna, wherein the corrections generator is configured to transmit corrections to the positioning engine, wherein the positioning engine is configured to determine a high accuracy position of the GNSS antenna using the corrections, wherein the corrections are rebroadcast to the positioning engine with a time period less than an update time period for changing the corrections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Swift Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Angelo, Leith Bade, Sébastien Carcanague
  • Patent number: 11686841
    Abstract: A radar system and a terminal device are provided. The radar system includes a controller and at least two radar modules directly or indirectly connected to the controller. The at least two radar modules include a first radar module and a second radar module, and the first radar module and the second radar module implement time division multiplexing of the controller in a digital domain. Compared with an existing radar system, the radar system in this application can provide more transmit channels, more receive channels, and a larger antenna array size when the two radar systems include a same quantity of controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baopeng Wang, Wei Jiang, Sheng Zhao, Zhenjun Ren