Patents Examined by Hailey R Le
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Patent number: 12386064Abstract: Example embodiments relate to techniques that involve detecting and mitigating automotive interference. Electromagnetic signals propagating in the environment can be received by a radar unit that limits the signals received to a particular angle of arrival with reception antennas that limit the signals received to a particular polarization. Filters can be applied to the signals to remove portions that are outside an expected time range and an expected frequency range that depend on radar signal transmission parameters used by the radar unit. In addition, a model representing an expected electromagnetic signal digital representation can be used to remove portions of the signals that are indicative of spikes and plateaus associated with signal interference. A computing device can then generate an environment representation that indicates positions of surfaces relative to the vehicle using the remaining portions of the signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2024Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: Waymo LLCInventor: Ryan Fan
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Patent number: 12379457Abstract: There is described a radar system (100) and a corresponding method, the radar system (100) comprising i) a control unit (110), configured for generating a code (C) comprising a sequence of code symbols (211), wherein generating the code (C) comprises randomly selecting a plurality of code symbols (211) from a code symbol pool (310) comprising a plurality of code symbols (211), ii) a transmitter (120), configured for generating a signal (S) from the code (C), and further configured for transmitting the signal (S), iii) a receiver (130), configured for receiving an echo (E) of the signal (S), and iii) a correlator (140), configured for correlating each code symbol of the code (C?) of the received echo (E) of the signal (S) to a corresponding symbol template (R) associated with the correlator (140); wherein the radar system (100) is further configured for synchronizing the symbol template (R) to the code (C) of the signal (S).Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Andreas Gruber, David Veit
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Patent number: 12366665Abstract: A satellite constellation system includes a plurality of satellites, wherein each satellite is configured to orbit in one of a plurality of orbital planes of the satellite constellation system at an altitude range corresponding to low earth orbit (LEO), wherein each of the plurality of orbital planes includes a corresponding one of a plurality of satellite subsets of a plurality of satellites, wherein a first orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes corresponds to a first coverage area facilitated by a plurality of navigation signals transmitted by ones of the plurality of satellites in the first orbital plane, wherein the plurality of navigation signals transmitted by the ones of the plurality of satellites in the first orbital plane each have a first primary pseudo-random noise (PRN) code; and wherein a second orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes corresponds to a second coverage area facilitated by a plurality of navigation signals transmitted by ones of the plurality of satellites in thType: GrantFiled: April 19, 2024Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Xona Space Systems Inc.Inventors: Andrew Michael Neish, Robert Martin Grayson, Tyler Gerald René Reid, Adrien Louis Henry Perkins
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Patent number: 12360203Abstract: Phase noise reduction is described for symmetric bistatic radar. In one example, a first beat signal is generated of a second signal received at a first antenna and a third beat signal is generated at a second antenna of a first linear antenna array. A second beat signal is generated of a first signal received at a first antenna of a second linear antenna array. The first beat signal and the third beat signal are multiplied with the complex conjugate of the second beat signal to generate products that are combined to generate a phase estimation correction term that is applied to first and second sets of radar return signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes van Houtum, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Patent number: 12352887Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a vehicle radar device and a method for controlling the same. According to the present embodiments, a vehicle radar device may comprise an antenna unit including Nt transmission antennas and Nr reception antennas, wherein Nt is a natural number equal to or larger than 1, and Nr is a natural number equal to or larger than 2, a transceiver controlling the transmission antenna to transmit a transmission signal and the reception antenna to receive a reception signal reflected by a target, a signal processor detecting one or more peak signals for the target and separately detecting Nt*Nr channel reception signals corresponding to each peak signal, a target angle estimator calculating a target angle estimate from k channel reception signals selected from among the Nt*Nr channel reception signals, and a target size information estimator calculating size information about the target based on up to NV*NrCk target angle estimates calculated by the target angle estimator.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.Inventors: Han Byul Lee, Jung Hwan Choi, Jingu Lee, Tae Hyeong Ha, Jae Hyun Han
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Patent number: 12345808Abstract: Method for detecting traffic congestion using a motor vehicle radar system, comprising multi-beam radar sensors (21-24) in the rear and front corners of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: dividing the radar sensors (Df_l, Df_r, Dr_l, Dr_r) into four angular sectors (Zfront, Zrear, Zleft, Zright) extending to the front, to the rear, to the right and to the left of the vehicle respectively, —selecting for each angular sector, from the beams for which no target is detected, the (Dfront, Drear, Dleft, Dright) beam having the shortest reach distance, —detecting the amplitude of reflected beams corresponding respectively to the selected beams, and—analysing the period during which the amplitude of the reflected beams is maintained relative to a predefined time threshold for each angular sector respectively, the method detecting a traffic congestion situation when the analysing step determines simultaneously for the four angular sectors that the period during which the amplitude of the reflected beamsType: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignees: Ampere S.A.S., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Guillermo Pita-Gil, Salim Zair
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Patent number: 12339393Abstract: Apparatus for and method of using derived information about the direction of propagation of an incoming radar beam to control radar return. The information about the direction of propagation of the incoming radar beam is used to alter aspects of a platform's orientation to control the cross section presented to the radar.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Applied Signals Intelligence, Inc.Inventors: Martin Rofheart, John William McCorkle
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Patent number: 12320885Abstract: Systems and methods of embodiments provide a feasible approach to implementing Far-Field Radiated Emission Design (FFRED) techniques suitable for simultaneous transmission of radar and communication signals. A set of signals for transmission and a transmission direction for each signal of the set of signals may be determined. The set of signals includes at least a first signal associated with a first transmission direction and a second signal associated with a second transmission direction that is different from the first direction. An optimization problem is configured based on characteristics of an antenna array and the set of signals and then solved to identify a set of waveforms suitable for transmitting the signals. The set of waveforms may include at least two waveforms, each of the at least two waveforms configured for transmission by a different antenna element of the antenna array. The determined waveforms may be coherent in the far-field and suitable for power efficient transmission.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignees: University of Kansas, United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Patrick M. McCormick, Cenk Sahin, Shannon David Blunt, Justin G. Metcalf
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Patent number: 12313764Abstract: A mechanism is provided to reduce interference between vehicular radar systems through communicating radar parameters and physical orientation between vehicles and then using directional information to form clusters of radars, which will have consistent modulation parameters. Radar modulation parameters, such as starting frequency, center frequency, bandwidth, slope, ramp direction, timing, and the like for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars, are adjusted to reduce or eliminate inter-cluster direct interference between clusters oriented in different directions. For other types of radars, in some embodiments, other operational parameters can be adjusted. In some embodiments, some modulation parameters also can be adjusted to reduce or eliminate intra-cluster indirect interference.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Sylvain Roudiere, Vincent Pierre Martinez, Didier Salle
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Patent number: 12313729Abstract: The disclosure relates to a radar system in which multiple radar transceivers are synchronised with a common clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Gustavo Adolfo Guarin Aristizabal, Mark Steigemann
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Patent number: 12298380Abstract: A device includes a processor, a radar sensor with a transmitter, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The device operates the sensor in a first operational mode that utilizes the transmitter and the first receiver, but not the second receiver. The device detects, using the sensor in the first operational mode, possible motion of an object within a threshold distance from the sensor. Responsive to detecting possible motion of the object, the device transitions the sensor from the first to a second operational mode that utilizes the transmitter and the first and second receivers. The device transmits, while using the sensor in the first operational mode, a first number of radar frames in a first time interval and transmits, while using the sensor in the second operational mode, a second number of radar frames in the first time interval, the second number being greater than the first number.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Steven Skeoch, Michael Kalajian
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Patent number: 12292497Abstract: A mobile terminal includes: a UWB chip, configured to output UWB pulse signals of a first preset quantity in a signal cycle and further configured to generate a frame of detection data on the basis of echo signals of signal cycles of a second preset quantity; a switchover module, configured to control an antenna module to be switched to a target antenna, in which the target antenna includes a first target antenna configured to radiate the UWB pulse signals into space and a second target antenna configured to receive echo signals; and a processor, configured to recognize a gesture on the basis of at least one frame of detection data.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wendou Fang
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Patent number: 12292532Abstract: A method for detecting a moving target through a vehicle radar system includes acquiring radar data from a radar sensor disposed with respect to a vehicle, and using the radar data to detect a plane of a structure. The method also includes setting a reference classification line based on the detected plane, and determining whether the moving target is in a line of sight (LOS) area or a non-line of sight (NLOS) area based on the reference classification line.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won Wook So, Gilha Lee, Taegyu Ryu
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Patent number: 12276751Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include receiving, from a network node, a configuration for radar waveform reporting, the radar waveform reporting providing object detection for one or more objects within a detectable range, receiving a radar waveform, and transmitting, to the network node according to the received configuration, a radar reporting message including an indication of one or more parameter values associated with the received radar waveform.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Marwen Zorgui, Srinivas Yerramalli, Rajat Prakash, Xiaoxia Zhang, Roohollah Amiri
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Patent number: 12270937Abstract: The present invention relates to radar systems and methods of using same that are more efficient than current radar systems and methods of using same. Such radar systems and methods of using same using employs a plurality of pluses is used to make a decision on the presence or absence of a target. Such radar system and method of using same is more efficient as the position and velocity of a potential target is carried over from pulse burst to pulse burst. Thus, the radar signal structure from the target is the same, which in turn results in a high cross correlation that can used to efficiently decide if signal return is from an actual target or is due to interference.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Ramachandran S Raghavan
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Patent number: 12270916Abstract: A system and method to opportunistically receive and use measurements on a priori unknown radio signals, not intended for radio navigation or geolocation, in conjunction with aiding data to improve navigation/geolocation position and time estimation yield and accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, John P. Carlson, Martin Alles
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Patent number: 12259479Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Arnold Jason Gum, Zoltan Biacs, Rayman Pon, David Tuck, Bo Zheng, Jeffrey Wong
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Patent number: 12248088Abstract: A radar semiconductor chip includes a radar circuit component configured to generate at least part of a frequency-modulated ramp signal or process at least part of a reflected frequency-modulated ramp signal according to a control parameter; a memory configured to store a sequencing program associated with regulating the control parameter, wherein the sequencing program specifies a first data source, external to the sequencing program, that is configured to provide a first data value corresponding to the control parameter; and a decoder configured to read the sequencing program, access the first data value from the first data source specified by the sequencing program, derive a first control value for the control parameter from the first data value, and provide the first control value to the radar circuit component. The radar circuit component regulates a controlled circuit function in accordance with the control parameter based on the first control value.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Rainer Findenig, Bernhard Greslehner-Nimmervoll, Grigory Itkin, Markus Josef Lang, Ulrich Moeller, Martin Wiessflecker
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Patent number: 12228654Abstract: A node of a satellite constellation system includes a global positioning receiver configured to receive first signaling from a first plurality of non-LEO navigation satellites of a constellation of non-LEO navigation satellites in non-LEO around the earth. A transceiver is configured to send and receive inter-node communications with other nodes of the satellite constellation system. At least one processor is configured to execute operational instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include: determining a state of the node of the satellite constellation system based on applying precise point positioning (PPP) correction data to the first signaling, wherein the PPP correction data is received separately from the first signaling; and generating a navigation message based on the state of the node.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Xona Space Systems Inc.Inventors: Tyler Gerald René Reid, Kazuma Gunning, Adrien Louis Henry Perkins, Andrew Michael Neish
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Patent number: 12222427Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a computing device, from a plurality of radiofrequency receivers, a plurality of baseband signals, each of the plurality of baseband signals formed from a radiofrequency signal from a GNSS antenna and a pilot reference signal, wherein the pilot reference signal is the same for each of the baseband signals. One or more of a phase offset, a time offset, or a power offset are calculated for each of the baseband signals based on the pilot reference signal. Each of plurality of baseband signals are adjusted based on the calculated phase offset, time offset, or power offset for each of the baseband signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: OROLIA CANADA INC.Inventors: Iurie Ilie, Pierre-Marie Le Veel, Stephane Hamel, Serge Malo, Julien Edmond