Patents Examined by Olumide Ajibade-Akonai
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Patent number: 11977146Abstract: To provide a radar device capable of detecting a position of a target in a direction orthogonal to a viewing angle. In a radar device which detects a target by using a radio wave, the radar device includes: a receiving array antenna (receiving array antenna 17) where a plurality of receiving antenna elements (first receiving antenna 17-1 to eighth receiving antenna 17-8) each having a predetermined length in a first direction are arranged to be disposed in a second direction almost orthogonal to the first direction; a dispersion part (dispersion part 31) which is disposed in a vicinity of the receiving array antenna, and dispersion properties of the radio wave change with respect to the first direction; and a detection part (control and process part 15) which detects the position of the target in the first direction based on the radio wave reflected by the dispersion part.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Taishi Kagimoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takeo Okaniwa, Tadataka Wakabishi, Sadao Matsushima
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Patent number: 11971473Abstract: A product locating system is provided. The system includes at least one Radio Frequency (RF) backscatter transmitter configured to emit a main carrier RF signal that forms an excitation signal. The system further includes a passive RF backscatter tag associated with a product and configured to generate an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signal from the excitation signal. The system also includes at least one RF backscatter receiver configured to simultaneously receive both the excitation signal from the at least one RF backscatter transmitter and the UWB signal from the passive RF backscatter tag, and compute the time-difference-of-arrival (TDoA) therebetween. TDoA information from multiple RF backscatter receivers, including the at least one RF backscatter receiver, is aggregated to compute the location of the product to which the passive RF backscatter tag is attached.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Sampath Rangarajan
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Patent number: 11971503Abstract: A method for a computing system includes beaming with a radar emitter from a central hub, a plurality of radar signals into an interior room, receiving with a radar receiver within the central hub, a plurality of radar reflections in response to the plurality of radar signals, processing with a processor within the central hub, the plurality of radar reflections to form a plurality of processed radar signals, determining with an AI processor within the central hub, at least one activity from a plurality of activities in response to the plurality of processed radar signals, and determining with a central processing unit within the central hub, a notification action to perform in response to the one or more activities.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Koko Home, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Michael Eckert, Luca Rigazio, Neal Khosla, Kiran Joshi, Lenin Patra
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Patent number: 11971472Abstract: A method for determining an ego-velocity estimated value and an angle estimated value of targets using a synthetic aperture radar sensor. A distance is measured between the synthetic aperture radar sensor and each respective target. A relative velocity of the respective target is measured using the Doppler effect. An angle estimation of an angle estimated value takes place, which characterizes the angle between the direction of the ego-velocity of the synthetic aperture radar and the respective target. An individual ego-velocity estimated value of the synthetic aperture radar sensor is ascertained using the relative velocity and the angle estimated value for each target.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Gor Hakobyan, Johannes Fink
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Patent number: 11956644Abstract: A smart city management system may enable creating a digital twin of the smart city based on mapping lidar data for the smart city and radio frequency data for the smart city; determining placement of a set of network devices in the smart city based on the created digital twin; and providing a visualization of the determined placement of the set of network devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventors: Katherine Carey Hunt, Edward Rene Sanchez Carter, Kyle Andrew Metiva
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Patent number: 11953616Abstract: A radar sensor is described. The radar sensor includes at least two synchronously operating high frequency components, which each have at least one signal path in which the phase of the transmitted high frequency signal is varied by a temperature-dependent phase difference. In each high frequency component, a phase detector is connected in parallel to the signal path, which supplies a signal that assumes an extremum at a certain phase difference independently of the temperature, and a phase shifter is situated in the signal path, ith the aid of which the phase difference is settable in such a way that the signal of the phase detector assumes the extremum.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Marcel Mayer, Dirk Steinbuch, Michael Schoor
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Patent number: 11953580Abstract: A method for implementing a relocatable Over-The-Horizon-Radar (OTHR) including transmitting mutually orthogonal signals on each of a plurality of antenna elements of a transmitting system, and receiving and decoding the signals at a plurality of receiving systems to synthesize beams from the orthogonal signals. Each receiving system has a plurality of antenna elements fewer in number than the plurality of antenna elements of said transmitting system. The method includes connecting as a network the transmitting system, the plurality of receiving systems, and a network controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAMInventors: Paul Cannon, Matthew Angling
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Patent number: 11955721Abstract: An antenna apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a steering adjustment method thereof are provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes an antenna unit. The antenna unit includes i feeding ports, where i is a positive integer larger than 2. A vector of each of the feeding ports is controlled independently. In the steering adjustment method, a designated direction is determined, where the designated direction corresponds to beam directionality of the antenna structure. In addition, the vectors of the feeding ports of the antenna unit are configured according to the designated direction. Accordingly, the antenna size can be reduced, and beam steering in multiple directions would be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung-Kai Yang, Sin-Liang Chen, Hsu-Sheng Wu, Hsiao-Ching Chien
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Patent number: 11953579Abstract: A transmitter device of a bi-static or multi-static radar system is disclosed and implemented for aerial surveillance. The transmitter device is intended to be on board a satellite orbiting the Earth. Once in orbit, the transmitter device is configured to obtain information relating to a region of interest monitored by at least one receiver device of the radar system, and to transmit a signal in a radio beam illuminating at least one portion of the region of interest.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SASInventors: Nicolas Jeannin, Frédéric Voulouzan, Philippe Bertheux
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Patent number: 11948171Abstract: Application developers can request to have their applications registered for use with a content delivery platform. The operator of the content delivery platform establishes perimeters defining geographic areas, and maintains records reserving particular areas for delivery of content associated with particular sponsors. Registered applications running on mobile devices can request content from the content delivery platform. Based at least in part on the request, the content delivery platform can identify a target location, which may be the location of the mobile device, or some other location indicated in the request. A mobile device can be provided content based on the relationship of the target location to the geographic areas, so that a registered application running on a mobile device with a target location contained within a geographic area assigned to a particular sponsor will receive content related to that sponsor.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventors: Ryan Hardin, Andrew Hill
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Patent number: 11948463Abstract: A telematics control entity to determine position data of a vehicle having a network access entity connected to a cellular network and configured to transmit, in case of an emergency, a vehicle position via the cellular network to a service entity configured to collect the vehicle positions for a plurality of vehicles. An antenna signal interface is configured to receive satellite-based measurement data and at least one position determining unit is configured to determine positioning data of the vehicle based on the satellite-based measurement data. A predefined integrity level describing a predefined risk classification of the functional safety is guaranteed to be provided by the positioning data. The positioning data is provided to an application entity in the vehicle requiring the predefined integrity level for the received positioning data.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventor: Dirk Fries
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Patent number: 11947031Abstract: A radar transceiver includes a receiver. The receiver includes a low noise amplifier a mixer, a baseband filter, an integrator, and a phase shifter. The mixer includes an input coupled to an output of the low noise amplifier. The baseband filter includes an input coupled to an output of the mixer. The integrator includes an input coupled to an output of the baseband filter. The phase shifter includes a control input and an output. The control input is coupled to an output of the integrator.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Sreekiran Samala, Venkatesh Srinivasan, Vijaya B. Rentala
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Patent number: 11940524Abstract: A radar device includes radar transmission and receiving circuits. The radar transmission circuit transmits one or more transmission signals, each having a transmission period Tr. The radar receiving circuit receives one or more reflected signals in which the transmission signals are reflected by an object and estimates a direction of the object based on the reflected signals. The radar transmission circuit includes Nt transmission antennas. A control circuit sets a transmission gap period between a first and second periods, with the transmission gap period being a period during which the transmission signals are not transmitted. The first period is equal to an integral multiple of a period Np, the period Np is equal to or more than Nt times the transmission period Tr, and the second period is set after the first period and is equal to an integral multiple of the period Np.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Kishigami, Ryosuke Shiozaki, Hidekuni Yomo, Kenta Iwasa
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Patent number: 11937100Abstract: Described is a method performed by a computing device for generating policies for improving network system performance, the method comprising: receiving operational data from a network device; processing the operational data from the network device to generate a Wi-Fi management policy; merging the Wi-Fi management policy, a mobile device policy, and a user preference or user policy to generate a unified policy; and sending the unified policy to the network device for network management.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DZS Inc.Inventors: Wooyul Lee, Manikanden Balakrishnan, Sungho Yun, Carlos Garcia Hernandez, Ramya Bhagavatula
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Patent number: 11933909Abstract: A received signal DOA estimation method using generation of virtual received signals includes: generating a preset number of virtual antennas at preset positions of a plurality of actual antennas; generating received signals received from the virtual antennas; and generating a DOA estimation value through a DOA estimation algorithm using the received signals received from the virtual antennas and the received signals received from the actual antennas.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Seok Hyun Kang
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Patent number: 11927664Abstract: In one example, a radar circuit uses computer processing circuitry for processing data corresponding to reflection signals via a sparse array. Output data indicative of signal magnitude associated with the reflection signals is generated, and then angle-of-arrival information is discerned therefrom by (e.g., iteratively): correlating the output data with at least one spatial frequency support vector indicative of a correlation peak for the output data; generating upper-side and lower-side support vectors which are neighbors along the spatial frequency spectrum for said at least one spatial frequency support vector, and providing, via a correlation of the upper-side and lower-side support vectors and said at least one spatial frequency support vector, at least one new vector that is more refined along the spatial frequency spectrum for said at least one spatial frequency support vector.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Ryan Haoyun Wu, Jun Li, Maik Brett, Michael Andreas Staudenmaier
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Patent number: 11927678Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide anti-spoofing capability from a first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver to a second GNSS receiver. These GNSS receivers can be, for example, global positioning satellite (GPS) receivers. Via an authentication technique, signals from authentic GNSS sources are distinguished from signals from spoofers. Timing information, such as numerically-controlled oscillator (NCO) settings, used for tracking authenticated signals are then used to generate replica GNSS signals, which are then provided to the second GNSS receiver. As a result, the second GNSS receiver can provide accurate positioning system information in the presence of GNSS spoofers.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: L3Harris Interstate Electronics CorporationInventors: Derek Michael Loomer Boyer, Steven B. Alexander, Richard F. Redhead
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Patent number: 11921233Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to an adaptive radar for near-far target identification. The radar includes an antenna module configured to radiate a transmission signal with an analog beamforming antenna in a plurality of directions using one or more phase control elements in a first radar scan and to generate radar data capturing a surrounding environment. The radar also includes a data pre-preprocessing module configured to receive the radar data and determine adjustments to transceiver parameters in the antenna module for a second radar scan subsequent to the first radar scan based at least on range. The radar also includes a perception module configured to detect and identify a target in the surrounding environment from the radar data. Other examples disclosed herein relate to methods of near-far target identification in a radar.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Metawave CorporationInventors: Mark Frank, Shoaib Mohammad Shafi
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Patent number: 11918330Abstract: A occupant detection and monitoring system has a sensor unit having a radio wave transmitter, a radio wave receiver, and a wireless transmitter configured to detect and receive vital signs of an occupant; a user interface having a microcontroller, a wireless receiver configured to receive the wireless signals transmitted from the sensor unit, a means for user input, and a network card; and a means for alerting occupants and third-parties to a triggering event; wherein the microcontroller, based upon logic, activates the alerting means at the triggering event. The sensor unit may be a camera that detects the presence of an individual and register their unique heart rhythm for identification purposes. This camera can be installed at the entry points of a home, behind the counter of a business near a cash register or at a bank or any other place that desires to use surveillance as a form of security. The sensor unit may be a light bulb that comprises the components of the sensor unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Praesidium, Inc.Inventors: Seth Campbell, Richard Curtis Nordgran, Weston Brent Johnson, Paolo Focardi, Gian Franco Sacco, Jim Butler
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Patent number: 11906642Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to modify information of an audio data transmission based on one or more measured signal reception and/or transmission characteristics of a radio frequency (RF) signal data transmission that contains or otherwise conveys the audio data transmission. The modified audio data may then be acoustically reproduced in analog form as sound waves. Examples of signal reception characteristics of a RF signal data transmission that may be measured and used as a basis for modifying information of audio data of an audio data transmission include, but are not limited to, time Difference of Arrival (TDOA), Angle of Arrival (AoA), measured received signal strength, etc. Example signal transmission characteristics of a RF signal that may be measured and used as a basis for modifying information of audio data include, but are not limited to, Angle of Departure (AoD).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventor: Jere M. Knaappila