Patents by Inventor Mark Christmann

Mark Christmann 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: 20240125924
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a radar system for the detection of surroundings, in particular for a vehicle and/or a transport device, and/or for stationary application, comprising: at least one transmitting-receiving unit for transmitting and receiving radar signals, which is configured to transmit a plurality M of physical angle-modulated signals, in particular chirps, from which a plurality N of virtual angle-modulated signals, in particular chirps, can be formed, wherein each virtual signal comprises several, in particular M, sampling points which are distributed over the physical chirps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fabian Kirsch, Christoph Mammitzsch, Martin Schütz, Mark Christmann
  • Patent number: 11906655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for capturing surroundings of a moving object, in particular a vehicle and/or a transportation apparatus, such as a crane, in particular, wherein the system is mounted or mountable on the moving object, wherein the radar system comprises at least two non-coherent radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) having at least one transmitter antenna and at least one receiver antenna, wherein the radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) are arranged or arrangeable in distributed fashion on the moving object, wherein provision is made of at least one evaluation device which is configured to process transmitted and received signals of the radar modules to form modified measurement signals in such a way that the modified measurement signals are coherent in relation to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden, Mark Christmann, Christoph Mammitzsch
  • Publication number: 20230314588
    Abstract: A method for signal processing of radar signals of a radar system (100) has at least two radar units (10, 20) arranged at a known distance from one another. At least one spatial field of vision (FoV) of the radar system (100) is captured with radar signals of the at least two radar units (10, 20). A discrete total coordinate system is generated from the field of vision (FoV). Measurement data of the at least two radar units (10, 20) of the radar system (100) generated by the detection of the field of vision (FoV) are co-registered. A multidimensional, vector velocity ({right arrow over (v)}) for at least one resolution cell of the discrete total coordinate system and/or a multidimensional, vector velocity ({right arrow over (v)}100) for the radar system (100) are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Marcel Hoffmann, Michael GOTTINGER, Martin VOSSIEK, Mark CHRISTMANN, Peter GULDEN
  • Publication number: 20220043111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating, in particular for imaging and/or for a MIMO method, a radar system comprising at least one first radar unit for emitting and receiving signals and at least one second radar unit for emitting and receiving signals, which form a total radar array, wherein only a partial radar array of the total radar array is used in the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Yassen DOBREV, Peter Georg GULDEN, Mark CHRISTMANN, Michael GOTTINGER
  • Publication number: 20210405183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for capturing surroundings of a moving object, in particular a vehicle and/or a transportation apparatus, such as a crane, in particular, wherein the system is mounted or mountable on the moving object, wherein the radar system comprises at least two non-coherent radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) having at least one transmitter antenna and at least one receiver antenna, wherein the radar modules (RM 1, RM 2, . . . RM N) are arranged or arrangeable in distributed fashion on the moving object, wherein provision is made of at least one evaluation device which is configured to process transmitted and received signals of the radar modules to form modified measurement signals in such a way that the modified measurement signals are coherent in relation to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Martin VOSSIEK, Michael GOTTINGER, Peter GULDEN, Mark CHRISTMANN, Christoph MAMMITZSCH
  • Patent number: 11009598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for determining the angular position, the location, and/or the velocity, in particular the vectorial velocity, of a target, wherein a first transceiver unit and at least one second transceiver unit, which is spatially separated in particular from the first transceiver unit, are not synchronized, but a measurement beginning of the first transceiver unit and the second transceiver unit is triggered in a wireless or wired manner with a chronological deviation ?tn, wherein measurements of the transceiver units are coherently processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Yassen Dobrev, Peter Gulden, Mark Christmann, Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger
  • Publication number: 20190107614
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for determining the angular position, the location, and/or the velocity, in particular the vectorial velocity, of a target, wherein a first transceiver unit and at least one second transceiver unit, which is spatially separated in particular from the first transceiver unit, are not synchronized, but a measurement beginning of the first transceiver unit and the second transceiver unit is triggered in a wireless or wired manner with a chronological deviation ?tn, wherein measurements of the transceiver units are coherently processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yassen Dobrev, Peter Gulden, Mark Christmann, Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger
  • Patent number: 9322899
    Abstract: A method and related system are provided for locating a current position or a coupling location of a mobile unit, which can send or receive for location determining purposes, using a leaky waveguide, wherein a radio signal is fed from the mobile unit into the waveguide or vice versa, wherein the signal is sent by the mobile unit and received by the two transmitting and receiving (T/R) apparatuses, or one signal is sent by each of the two T/R apparatuses and received by the mobile unit, wherein a receiving time is determined for each received signal, and the current position or the coupling location is determined from two such receiving times. The T/R apparatuses, arranged at opposite ends of the waveguide, are synchronized relative to each other prior to the determination of the current position or coupling location, or prior to the reception of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SYMEO GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Christmann, Peter Gulden
  • Publication number: 20140171113
    Abstract: A method and related system are provided for locating a current position or a coupling location of a mobile unit, which can send or receive for location determining purposes, using a leaky waveguide, wherein a radio signal is fed from the mobile unit into the waveguide or vice versa, wherein the signal is sent by the mobile unit and received by the two transmitting and receiving (T/R) apparatuses, or one signal is sent by each of the two T/R apparatuses and received by the mobile unit, wherein a receiving time is determined for each received signal, and the current position or the coupling location is determined from two such receiving times. The T/R apparatuses, arranged at opposite ends of the waveguide, are synchronized relative to each other prior to the determination of the current position or coupling location, or prior to the reception of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SYMEO GMH
    Inventors: Mark Christmann, Peter Gulden
  • Publication number: 20080092286
    Abstract: An apparatus that protects swimming pools and spas from birds that typically land on or near the edge of a spa's spillway into a swimming pool and excrete waste on or near the edge of the spillway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Mark A. Christmann