Patents Examined by Vladimir Magloire
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Patent number: 12044796Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying behavior of a target, and a radar system applied to an automated driving scenario include receiving a radar echo signal from a target, processing the radar echo signal to obtain time-frequency domain data, processing the time-frequency domain data to obtain signal attribute feature data representing a first feature of a radar echo signal attribute and linear prediction coefficient (LPC) feature data representing a second feature of the radar echo signal, inputting the signal attribute feature data and the LPC feature data into a behavior identification model, and outputting behavior information of the target.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiangbing Feng, Yueqin Yu, Xueming Peng, Qi Chen
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Patent number: 12044773Abstract: An electronically steerable phased array and switching network connected to an FMCW radar transceiver to enable a low-cost monopulse tracking system that covers a wide field of regard using electronic beam steering. In a first mode, beamformer integrated circuits (BFICs) at each element in the array are switched synchronously with transmit/receive (T/R) switches located at the subarray level. This allows the entire aperture to be switched between transmission and reception, enabling the FMCW radar transceiver to be operated in a pulsed configuration. In a second mode, a portion of the T/R switches at the subarray level and all of the connecting BFICs at the element level are fixed in either transmitting or receiving mode, allowing separate portions of the aperture to concurrently transmit or receive. The arrangement of transmitting and receiving subarrays can be dynamically reconfigured to allow for accurate bearing and azimuth estimation using alternating monopulse.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Walter S. Wall, Jonathan J. Lynch, James D. Krieger
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Patent number: 12038503Abstract: A fast ramp frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system is described herein, where the fast ramp FMCW radar system is configured to employ velocity labeled multiplexing (VLM) in connection with generating detections for objects in a scene. Transmitters in the radar system are assigned different velocity labels that corresponds to different phase rates of change of consecutive chirps in signals emitted by the transmitters. Approaches for generating detections based upon echo signals that correspond to the emitted signals are also described herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Andre Giere, Özlem Karaca, Johanna Gütlein-Holzer, Richard Johann Körber
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Patent number: 12038525Abstract: An electromagnetic wave medical imaging 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 Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front includes a vortex region, 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 includes a computing process to estimate the return wave associated with the vortex region.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Or-Ment LLCInventor: Zvi Or-Bach
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Patent number: 12038502Abstract: An object of an example embodiment of the present disclosure is to stably estimate a navigation status of a target ship at a predetermined time from time-series position information of the ship. A ship behavior analyzing device according to the example embodiment of the present disclosure includes a ship detection means for detecting a ship from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, a wake extraction means for extracting a wake of the detected ship, a wake pattern generation means for generating a wake pattern image by using the extracted wake, and a navigation status estimation means for estimating a navigation status of the target ship by using the generated wake pattern image.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Kenta Senzaki
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Patent number: 12032058Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a plurality of different software models allowing a processor to perform calculations associated with different sets of criteria using data associated with variables that have a strong correlation with one or more of the different criteria sets. Methods consistent with the present disclosure may use several different sets of software that include instructions associated with the collection and evaluation of data associated with a vehicle and with an automated driving system. Different criteria sets may be associated with a range of operating modes, spectral content of received signals, phases of radar signals, and an angular coverage/field of view of the radar apparatus. Results generated by each of the software models may allow a processor to assign weights to the results generated by the different models to generate a combined result that in turn is used to update an operational mode of the radar apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Daniel Flores Tapia, Anton Mario Bongio Karrman
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Patent number: 12025695Abstract: An electronic device 1 comprises: a transmitting antenna configured to transmit transmitted waves; a receiving antenna configured to receive reflected waves obtained by reflection of the transmitted waves; and a controller. The controller detects, based on transmitted signals transmitted as the transmitted waves and received signals received as the reflected waves, an object reflecting the transmitted waves. The controller determines frequencies of transmitted waves to be transmitted from the transmitting antenna based on results of receiving, from the receiving antenna, each of reflected waves obtained by reflection of a plurality of transmitted waves with different frequencies transmitted from the transmitting antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Tooru Sahara, Masamitsu Nishikido, Youhei Murakami
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Patent number: 12019149Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that enable low-power radar. The described techniques enable a radar system to reduce overall power consumption, thereby facilitating incorporation and utilization of the radar system within power-limited devices. Power consumption is reduced through customization of the transmission or processing of radar signals within the radar system. During transmission, different duty cycles, transmit powers, or framing structures can be utilized to collect appropriate data based on detected activity in an external environment. During processing, different hardware or different radar pipelines can be utilized to appropriately analyze the radar data. Instead of disabling the radar system, the described techniques enable the radar system to continuously monitor a dynamic environment and maintain responsiveness while conserving power.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Patrick M. Amihood, Abhijit Shah, Jaime Lien, Hakim Kader Bhai Raja
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Patent number: 12019141Abstract: A radar processor for processing a frame of radar data received from one or more targets, the frame of radar data having a carrier frequency and comprising a sequence of codewords with a codeword repetition interval, wherein the carrier frequency and the codeword repetition interval define an unambiguous velocity range, the radar processor configured to: receive the frame of radar data; transform the frame to obtain a velocity data array; apply a correction algorithm to the velocity data array to correct a Doppler shift of the frame to obtain a corrected array, wherein the correction algorithm comprises a set of Doppler correction frequencies corresponding to a set of velocity gates and at least one of the set of Doppler correction frequencies corresponds to a velocity gate outside the unambiguous velocity range; and perform range processing on the corrected array to obtain a range-Doppler map.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Jeroen Overdevest, Feike Guus Jansen, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar, Alessio Filippi
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Patent number: 12019176Abstract: Radar measuring device for factory automation and/or logistics automation with a supply unit for supplying downstream units with energy, a communication unit for receiving data from a superordinate unit and for transmitting data of the measuring device to the superordinate unit, an evaluation and control unit for the control of a downstream high-frequency unit and for the evaluation of measurement data determined by the high-frequency unit, whereby the communication unit is designed as a single-drop interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Daniel Schultheiss, Christian Weinzierle, Roland Welle, Levin Dieterle
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Patent number: 12019151Abstract: A fast ramp frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system (100) is described herein, where the fast ramp FMCW radar system is configured to employ velocity labeled multiplexing (VLM) in connection with generating detections for objects in a scene. Transmitters (110, 112) in the radar system are assigned different velocity labels that corresponds to different phase rates of change of consecutive chirps in signals emitted by the transmitters. Approaches for generating detections based upon echo signals that correspond to the emitted signals are also described herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Andre Giere, Özlem Karaca, Johanna Gütlein-Holzer, Richard Johann Körber
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Patent number: 12019146Abstract: An accurate grid locking method for a target composite tracking system in a terminal area comprises a cooperative engagement processer in each platform which performs for arranging a radar data storage structure, storing the target plot data received by the cooperative engagement processer in the corresponding radar data storage structure one by one, processing target plot data of a previous sector to form a target track, distributing the obtained target track to another platform on a data link, and receiving track data of a remote target distributed by another platform, inputting the track data into the plot data storage structure of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: THE 28TH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yi Mao, Rui Sun, Xiaowen Wang, Yi Yang, Yang Ding, Jiajing Zhang, Shangwen Yang
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Patent number: 12007467Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar system, including: a plurality of transmit channels configured to sequentially transmit signals with transmit-channel-designated Doppler division multiplexing (DDM) modulations; and processing circuitry configured to: determine, for each of the transmit channels, an impulse response of phase modulation errors due to DDM coupling of the respective transmit channel from each of the other transmit channels; and generate, based on the impulse response, a reconstruction matrix of modulation DDM coupling factors.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Byung Kwon Park, Sang Ho Nam
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Patent number: 12007463Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a location management function that receives, from a sensor system, a sensing-based profile that includes a sensing-based observation of a UE and receives, from a communication system, a reference-signal-based observation of the UE. The location management function may derive, from the sensing-based observation, a position hypothesis and may determine, from the reference-signal-based observation, UE identity information for the UE. By processing the reference-signal-based observation in conjunction with the sensing-based observation, the location management function may determine an association between the sensing-based observation and the reference-signal-based observation. The location management function may then transmit, to the UE having the UE identity information determined from the reference-signal-based observation, an indication of the position hypothesis derived from the sensing-based observation.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Navid Tadayon, Alireza Bayesteh, Jianglei Ma
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Patent number: 12007462Abstract: A system includes a memory configured to store a two-dimensional data structure that includes radar data arranged such that radar data of a first transmitter is separated from radar data of a second transmitter by a Doppler offset in the two-dimensional data structure. The system also includes a data fetch mechanism that includes a lookup table (LUT) applied on either of two dimensions. The lookup table is configured to store a data fetch location in the two-dimensional data structure, where the data fetch location indicates a location from which to fetch a subset of the radar data from the two-dimensional data structure and the data fetch mechanism is configured to fetch the subset of the radar data from the two-dimensional data structure based on the LUT. The system includes a processor configured to perform a fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the fetched subset of the radar data.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Karthik Subburaj, Karthik Ramasubramanian, Shailesh Joshi, Kameswaran Vengattaramane, Indu Prathapan
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Patent number: 12007498Abstract: Examples relate to near-field radar filters that can enhance measurements near a radar unit. An example may involve receiving a first set of radar reflection signals at a radar unit coupled to a vehicle and determining a filter configured to offset near-field effects of radar reflection signals received at the radar unit. In some instances, the filter depends on an azimuth angle and a distance for surfaces in the environment causing the first set of radar reflection signals. The example may also involve receiving, at the radar unit, a second set of radar reflection signals and determining, using the filter, an azimuth angle and a distance for surfaces in the environment causing the second set of radar reflection signals. The vehicle may be controlled based in part on the azimuth angle and the distance for the surfaces causing the second plurality of radar reflection signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Timothy Campbell, Brett Coon
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Patent number: 12007497Abstract: An electronic device comprises a controller that performs control to switch between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the controller transmits first transmission waves from a plurality of transmission antennas installed in a mobile body. In the second mode, the controller transmits second transmission waves beamformed from the transmission antennas. The controller performs control to switch from the first mode to the second mode, when detecting a stop space for the mobile body.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Youhei Murakami
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Patent number: 12007465Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided in which receiver circuitry and signal processing circuitry may reside. The receiver circuitry receives a FMCW radar signal having a content signal (e.g., a random or information signal) embedded into a radar waveform and indicating a relationship in the FMCW radar signal between beat frequency and time delay. The signal processing circuitry may apply a filter (e.g., filtering with a group delay that approximates or relates to the relationship) that causes a residual error in, due to dispersion of, the content signal, and may account for (e.g., mitigate) the residual error by introduction of a dispersion-related function in further processing of the content signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Franz Lampel, Alessio Filippi
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Patent number: 11994575Abstract: A method for dithering radar frames includes determining at least one of a chirp period Tc for radar chirps in a radar frame and a chirp slope S for radar chirps in the radar frame. In response to determining the chirp period Tc, a maximum chirp dither ?c(max) is determined, and for the radar frame N, a random chirp dither ?c(N) between negative ?c(max) and positive ?c(max) is determined. In response to determining the chirp slope S, a maximum slope dither ?(max) is determined, and for the radar frame N, a random slope dither ?(N) between negative ?(max) and positive ?(max) is determined. A radar sensor circuit generates radar chirps in the radar frame N based on the at least one of (1) the chirp period Tc and the random chirp dither ?c(N) and (2) the chirp slope S and the random slope dither ?(N).Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Sandeep Rao, Anand Dabak
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Patent number: 11994610Abstract: The disclosure provides a Lorentz constraint angle estimation method and a system in a non-Gaussian environment; the method includes the following steps: constructing an N-time slot received signal model based on a non-Gaussian noise environment to obtain a reflected signal; constructing a cost model based on Lorentz norm by a difference value between an actual received signal and the reflected signal, and performing an angle estimation by combining with an atomic norm to obtain a signal sparse reconstruction model; constructing an augmented Lagrangian function by the signal sparse reconstruction model, and carrying out the iterative update on the augmented Lagrangian function to obtain a reconstructed signal; and analyzing the reconstructed signal and searching spectral peaks globally to obtain spatial spectral peak points, and completing an angle estimation of the reconstructed signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: ANHUI UNIVERSITYInventors: Liping Li, Lei He, Yingsong Li, Canping Yu, Run Ying