Patents Examined by Kenneth W Good
  • Patent number: 11579249
    Abstract: A radar detection method may include: transmitting a first radar signal in a field of view and receiving a second radar signal originated from reflections of the first radar signal in the field of view; generating a detection profile by processing the first and second radar signals, the detection profile representing intensities of the second radar signal as a function of positions in the field of view; and analyzing the detection profile to identify targets in the field of view. Analyzing the detection profile may include: using a first mode of analysis, with lower sensitivity, for first cycles, wherein the first mode of analysis is configured to detect a target entering the field of view; using a second mode of analysis, with higher sensitivity, for second cycles following the first cycles, wherein the second mode of analysis is configured to detect stay of the target in the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INXPECT S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Tartaro, Ugo Bertacchini, Lorenzo Nava
  • Patent number: 11550064
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing a global localization output are provided. When the apparatus receives navigation signals, the apparatus processes the signals to determine, based on a fixed earth-centered, earth-fixed (ECEF) reference pose of a reference point in an ECEF coordinate, a new ECEF pose, and to convert the fixed ECEF reference pose to an east-north-up (ENU) reference pose in an ENU coordinate. When the apparatus determines that a jump occurs in the new ECEF pose based on a pose change between the new ECEF pose and a previous ECEF pose, the apparatus calculates a reference shift of the ENU reference pose based on the pose change to absorb the jump in the ENU coordinate, and updates the ENU reference pose based on the reference shift. Thus, a new ENU local pose may be obtained using the ENU reference pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU XIAOPENG AUTOPILOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hairuo Zhuang, Amit Bansal, Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Vignesh Sethuraman
  • Patent number: 11525928
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of suitably determining whether a user is moving or stationary. The electronic device includes a speed acquisition unit that acquires a user's moving speed and a processor that determines whether the user is in a moving state or in a pause state. In the moving state, the processor determines that a transition from the moving state to the pause state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is less than the pause speed threshold. In the pause state, the processor determines that a transition from the pause state to the moving state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is equal to or more than the moving speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11500085
    Abstract: To provide a radar device capable of tracking a target accurately and stably, taking into account the possibility that a plurality of echoes may merge. A radar device is provided with a tracking processing unit, a merging possibility calculating unit and a preliminary handling processing unit. The merging possibility calculating unit calculates an echo merging possibility, which is the possibility that echo merging, whereby a plurality of echoes become integrated, will occur in the future, based on movement information including the position and speed of a target. The preliminary handling processing unit performs an advance handling process, which is a process for handling future occurrences of echo merging, based on the echo merging possibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11493636
    Abstract: Time-synchronization of a space-system having a plurality of satellites. During a first period, a first satellite of the plurality of satellites is designated as a master satellite. A clock of the master satellite is configured to provide time and frequency to remaining satellites of the plurality of satellites and the remaining satellites are designated as slave satellites. During a second period, a second satellite of the slave satellites is designated as the master satellite based on a performance indicator and the first satellite is designated as a slave satellite. During the first period and the second period, clocks of the slave satellites are crosslinked with a clock of the master satellite using time transfer. At least one satellite during the first period and the second period, delivers time data having the time and the frequency generated by a clock of the at least one satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Camparo, Travis Driskell
  • Patent number: 11398070
    Abstract: Systems and methods for boundary approximation utilizing radar are disclosed. For example, a heatmap of an environment may be generated utilizing data from reflected energy received at a device. The heatmap may be utilized to generate a point cloud representing the environment, where points of the point cloud indicate rates of change of energy intensity associated with surfaces in the environment. The points may be utilized to determine a mean line indicating an approximated distance between a portion of the environment, such as a wall, and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kandarp Shah, Pratik Kalpesh Patel, Jayashree Subramanian, James J Wolfe, Srinath Byregowda