Patents by Inventor Hirad Ghaemi

Hirad Ghaemi 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).

  • Patent number: 10201278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting biometrics using a life detecting radar are disclosed. Life detecting radars can include transmit antennas configured to transmit continuous microwave (“CW”) radio signals that reflect back upon making contact with various objects. The signal can be systematically varied in frequency to provide a signal that is essentially continuous with short gaps between transmissions at different frequencies. The reflected return signals are received by one or more receive antennas and processed to detect one or more targets. The received signal can include a static (i.e. constant phase) signal corresponding to reflections from objects that do not move. The received signal can also include a phase varying signal that corresponds to reflections from a living target having measurable biometrics including (but not limited to) breathing patterns and heartbeats. Clutter can be removed and the remaining portions of the received signal are analyzed for target detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James Paul Lux, Vaughn P. Cable, Salman-ul Mohammed Haque, Michael Ray McKee, Hirad Ghaemi, Richard Kalantar Ohanian
  • Publication number: 20150223701
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting biometrics using a life detecting radar are disclosed. Life detecting radars can include transmit antennas configured to transmit continuous microwave (“CW”) radio signals that reflect back upon making contact with various objects. The life detecting radars can identify victims by analyzing data with respect to a victim's breathing and heartbeat patterns. In some embodiments, to identify victims, the return signal may be split into a heartbeat band and a breathing band using bandpass filtering. The life detecting radar system may perform parameter estimation for the breathing band and/or the heartbeat band using a non-least squares process (NLS). The life detecting radar system may analyze breathing and heartbeat results based on the heartbeat FM frequency and the breathing center frequency to identify victims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Hirad Ghaemi, James P. Lux
  • Publication number: 20140316261
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting biometrics using a life detecting radar are disclosed. Life detecting radars can include transmit antennas configured to transmit continuous microwave (“CW”) radio signals that reflect back upon making contact with various objects. The signal can be systematically varied in frequency to provide a signal that is essentially continuous with short gaps between transmissions at different frequencies. The reflected return signals are received by one or more receive antennas and processed to detect one or more targets. The received signal can include a static (i.e. constant phase) signal corresponding to reflections from objects that do not move. The received signal can also include a phase varying signal that corresponds to reflections from a living target having measurable biometrics including (but not limited to) breathing patterns and heartbeats. Clutter can be removed and the remaining portions of the received signal are analyzed for target detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James Paul Lux, Vaughn P. Cable, Salman-ul Mohammed Haque, Michael Ray McKee, Hirad Ghaemi, Richard Kalantar Ohanian