Patents by Inventor Hansjerg Goelz

Hansjerg Goelz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240077599
    Abstract: A vehicle radar system (3) adapted to be placed in an ego vehicle (1) and comprising a control unit (4) and at least one transceiver arrangement (5) arranged to generate and transmit an FMCW signal (6; 6a, 6?a; 6b, 6?b) and to receive reflected signals (7) that have been reflected by one or more target objects (14, 15), each target object having an associated determined target object velocity (v2, v3). The FMCW signal (6) comprises a corresponding plurality of frequency ramps (r1, r2), where each one has a certain duration time (tr1, tr2). The control unit (4) is adapted to control the transceiver arrangement (5) to generate at least two pluralities (6a, 6?a; 6b, 6?b, 6c, 6?c) of ramps (r1, r2). The ramps (r1) in each plurality (6a, 6?a) of ramps (r1) are adapted to have a ramp period time (tT1) that differs from the ramp period time (tT2, tT3, tT4) in all other pluralities (6b, 6?b, 6c, 6?c) of ramps (r1, r2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Veoneer Sweden AB
    Inventors: Jonathan MOSS, Martin FUCHS, Hansjerg GOELZ
  • Publication number: 20230130673
    Abstract: A radar system (201) for a vehicle (200), comprising a control unit (203) and a radar transceiver arrangement (202) with at least one ego radar transceiver (204), where, for the at least one ego radar transceiver (204), the control unit (203) is adapted to: determine a present direction (D, DA) of the ego radar transceiver (204), determine a reserved frequency band (B0) corresponding to the present direction (D, DA), and to determine a first extended frequency band (B1) comprising and extending beyond the reserved frequency band (B0), wherein the control unit is further adapted to: detect presence of an interfering radar transceiver in the first extended frequency band, and operating the ego radar transceiver (204) in the first extended frequency band (B1) in case an interfering radar transceiver is not detected in the first extended frequency band and operating the ego radar transceiver (204) in the reserved frequency band (B0) otherwise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Veoneer Sweden AB
    Inventors: Michael KRITZNER, Jonathan MOSS, Andreas LEFEVRE, Hansjerg GOELZ, Martin FUCHS
  • Publication number: 20230084041
    Abstract: A radar system (210) for a vehicle (200), comprising a plurality of radar transceivers (202, 203, 204, 205) and a control unit (208). Each radar transceiver (202, 203, 204, 205) is associated with a main pointing direction (P1, P2, P3, P4) and a certain frequency sub-band (A, B, C, D), where the sub-bands (A, B, C, D) together form a certain dedicated frequency band. The control unit (208) is adapted to define heading intervals which divide a full turn interval 0°-360° into sections, assign a corresponding sub-band (A, B, C, D) to each heading interval, determine a present vehicle heading (F), and to assign a corresponding sub-band (A, B, C, D) to each one of the radar transceivers (202, 203, 204, 205) in dependence of the heading interval that includes the present vehicle heading (F).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Jonathan MOSS, Hansjerg GOELZ, Michael KRITZNER, Andreas LEFEVRE, Martin FUCHS
  • Publication number: 20220365169
    Abstract: A radar transceiver (400) including a transmit branch (450, 455, TX) arranged to transmit a radar signal at a frequency F(t), and a receive branch (RX, 405, 410, 420, 430, 460) arranged to receive a radar signal, wherein the receive branch comprises an interference monitoring circuit (430) configured to monitor frequencies adjacent to the frequency F(t) for interference, and to generate a control signal (440) if interference is detected at the adjacent frequencies, wherein the transmit branch is arranged to be paused in response to the control signal (440).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: ANDREAS LEFEVRE, JONATHAN MOSS, MARTIN FUCHS, MICHAEL KRITZNER, HANSJERG GOELZ
  • Patent number: 8203481
    Abstract: In a frequency-modulated radar system and method for detecting the surroundings, a compensation of interfering effects is achieved by varying one of the following values: a) a time spacing or temporal distance between the transmitted frequency ramps or the time gap between the frequency ramps, b) a time from the start of the respective transmitted frequency ramp to the beginning of the scanning of the received signal, c) a frequency at the start of the transmitted frequency ramp, and d) a sign of the slope of the transmitted frequency ramps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Wintermantel, Hansjerg Goelz
  • Publication number: 20100085233
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frequency-modulated radar system for detecting the surroundings with compensation of interfering effects, the compensation being achieved by varying one of the following sizes: a) temporal distance between the transmitted frequency ramps and temporal gap, respectively, between the frequency ramps, b) time from the start of the transmission ramp to the beginning of the scanning of the receiving signal, c) frequency at the start of the transmitted frequency ramp, and d) sign of the slope of the frequency ramps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: ADC Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Wintermantel, Hansjerg Goelz