Patents by Inventor Michael Gottinger

Michael Gottinger 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: 12631724
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Yassen Dobrev, Peter Georg Gulden, Mark Christmann, Michael Gottinger
  • Patent number: 12631744
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Marcel Hoffmann, Michael Gottinger, Martin Vossiek, Mark Christmann, Peter Gulden
  • Publication number: 20250231273
    Abstract: A radar method, in particular a primary radar method, in which at least one first and at least one second transceiver unit (S1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, and transmit and receive signals simultaneously or overlapping in time, wherein a respective comparison signal, in particular mixed signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t) are formed from a signal transmitted and received by the respective transceiver unit, wherein a phase correction is formed for each of a plurality of sample values, preferably a phase correction value for each of a plurality of sample values from the comparison signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t), in particular in such a way that, preferably by a mathematical operation, a measure is formed of a phase difference per sample value between the at least two signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Peter Gulden, Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger
  • Publication number: 20250208253
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for reducing interference effects in a radar system, which has at least two transceiver units (S 1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —a transmission step (VS1), in which a first transmission signal (sigTX1) of the first transceiver unit (S1) is sent and received to and by a second transceiver unit (S2) and a second transmission signal (sigTX2) of the second transceiver unit (S2) is sent and received to and by the first transceiver unit (S 1) via a radio channel (T), wherein the transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) are modulated according to an orthogonal frequency multiplex method; and—a pre-correction step (VS2), in which correction values (y1, yn, y2) are determined from the received transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) and in particular are exchanged between the transceiver stations (S 1, S2), wherein the received transmission signals (sigRX1, sigRX2) are postprocessed on the basis of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden, Martin Vossiek
  • Patent number: 12313765
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for reducing interference effects in a radar system, which has at least two transceiver units (S1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —a transmission step (VS1), in which a first transmission signal (sigTX1) of the first transceiver unit (S1) is sent and received to and by a second transceiver unit (S2) and a second transmission signal (sigTX2) of the second transceiver unit (S2) is sent and received to and by the first transceiver unit (S1) via a radio channel (T), wherein the transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) are modulated according to an orthogonal frequency multiplex method; and—a pre-correction step (VS2), in which correction values (?1, ?n, ?2) are determined from the received transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) and in particular are exchanged between the transceiver stations (S1, S2), wherein the received transmission signals (sigRX1, sigRX2) are postprocessed on the basis of the cor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SYMEO GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden, Martin Vossiek
  • Patent number: 12222436
    Abstract: A radar method comprising transmitting and receiving signals simultaneously or overlapping in time by spatially separated transceiver units. Comparison signals are formed from transmitted and received signals by respective transceiver units. A phase correction is formed for each of a plurality of sample values, to generate a measure of phase difference per sample value between the comparison signals. A measure of phase difference is used to improve accuracy of distance or velocity measurements between the transceiver units. A radar system includes transceiver units and an evaluation unit configured to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Gulden, Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger
  • Patent number: 11994608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for exchanging signals between at least two non-coherent transceiver units which respectively have initially non-synchronous, in particular controllable, clock sources, having the following steps: a synchronization in which clock offsets and/or clock rates of the clock sources of the at least two transceiver units are adapted; a full-duplex measuring process in which a first transmission signal of the first transceiver unit is transmitted to the second transceiver unit and a second transmission signal of the second transceiver unit is transmitted to the first transceiver unit via a radio channel; with synchronization prior to the full-duplex measuring process being carried out in such a way that a time offset and/or a frequency offset between the transmission signals at least substantially remain(s) constant during a transmission time of the full-duplex measuring process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Gottinger, Igor Bilous, Peter Georg Gulden, Martin Vossiek
  • Publication number: 20240125894
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a radar system for detecting the surroundings of a moving object, in particular a vehicle and/or a transport device, such as in particular a crane, wherein the system is mounted or mountable on the moving object, wherein the radar system comprises at least one first, non-coherent, and at least one second, non-coherent, radar module with at least one antenna, wherein the radar modules are arranged or can be arranged distributed on the moving object, wherein at least one first radar module is configured differently from at least one second radar module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Perter Gulden, Michael Gottinger, Martin Vossiek, Marcel Hoffman
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11774551
    Abstract: A method for compensating for noise in a secondary radar system is described. The method includes, using a first transceiver, transmitting, in temporally overlapping manner, a first transmission signal containing a first interfering component and a second transmission signal containing a second interfering component, and compensating for at least one of phase shifts or frequency shifts resulting from the first and second interfering components by evaluation of the first and second transmission signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Peter Gulden, Michael Gottinger
  • Patent number: 11733348
    Abstract: Phase noise compensation can be performed in a primary radar system, such as in transceiver hardware. A first reflected reception signal can be received, corresponding to a reflection of a first transmission signal from an object, and a first measurement signal can be generated using mixing or correlation of the first reflected reception signal and the first transmission signal. A second measurement signal can be similarly generated from a second transmission signal and a second reflected reception signal. The first and second measurement signals include respective components including complex conjugate representations of each other. The components correspond to interfering components associated with phase noise, and such respective components can cancel each other to suppress phase noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden
  • Publication number: 20220404456
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for reducing interference effects in a radar system, which has at least two transceiver units (S1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —a transmission step (VS1), in which a first transmission signal (sigTX1) of the first transceiver unit (S1) is sent and received to and by a second transceiver unit (S2) and a second transmission signal (sigTX2) of the second transceiver unit (S2) is sent and received to and by the first transceiver unit (S1) via a radio channel (T), wherein the transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) are modulated according to an orthogonal frequency multiplex method; and—a pre-correction step (VS2), in which correction values (?1, ?n, ?2) are determined from the received transmission signals (sigTX1, sigTX2) and in particular are exchanged between the transceiver stations (S1, S2), wherein the received transmission signals (sigRX1, sigRX2) are postprocessed on the basis of the cor
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michael GOTTINGER, Peter GULDEN, Martin VOSSIEK
  • Publication number: 20220334217
    Abstract: A radar method, in particular a primary radar method, in which at least one first and at least one second transceiver unit (S1, S2), which are in particular spatially separated from one another, and transmit and receive signals simultaneously or overlapping in time, wherein a respective comparison signal, in particular mixed signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t) are formed from a signal transmitted and received by the respective transceiver unit, wherein a phase correction is formed for each of a plurality of sample values, preferably a phase correction value for each of a plurality of sample values from the comparison signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t), in particular in such a way that, preferably by a mathematical operation, a measure is formed of a phase difference per sample value between the at least two signals s1k,mix(t) or s2k,mix(t).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Peter GULDEN, Martin VOSSIEK, Michael GOTTINGER
  • Patent number: 11353570
    Abstract: Transmitting-receiving devices, such as within a radar system, can use a clock generator from which various higher-frequency signals are derived. For example, respective transmitting-receiving devices can include high-frequency (HF) generators. The present subject matter concerns a system and a method for providing measurement signals having increased coherence as compared with signals originally transmitted by the transmitting-receiving devices. Such measurement signals can be exchanged for synchronization. Increased coherence can enhance overall system performance, such as to assist in separating returns associated with weaker targets from those associated with stronger targets, or to provide enhanced angular resolution, as illustrative examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Peter Gulden
  • Publication number: 20220043105
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar method for exchanging signals between at least two non-coherent transceiver units which respectively have initially non-synchronous, in particular controllable, clock sources, having the following steps: a synchronization in which clock offsets and/or clock rates of the clock sources of the at least two transceiver units are adapted; a full-duplex measuring process in which a first transmission signal of the first transceiver unit is transmitted to the second transceiver unit and a second transmission signal of the second transceiver unit is transmitted to the first transceiver unit via a radio channel; with synchronization prior to the full-duplex measuring process being carried out in such a way that a time offset and/or a frequency offset between the transmission signals at least substantially remain(s) constant during a transmission time of the full-duplex measuring process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Michael GOTTINGER, Igor BILOUS, Peter Georg GULDEN, Martin VOSSIEK
  • 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: 11016169
    Abstract: A method is described in particular for reducing interference due to phase noise in a radar system, in which in a first noncoherent transceiver unit (NKSE1) a first signal (sigTX1) is generated and transmitted, in particular emitted, via a path (SP), in a further, in particular second noncoherent transceiver unit (NKSE2), a first signal (sigTX2) is generated and transmitted, in particular emitted, via the path (SP), the signals (sigTX1 and sigTX2) are received directly or indirectly in the respective other transceiver unit and are processed further therein as received signals sigRX12 and sigRX21, in the first transceiver unit (NKSE1), a comparison signal (sigC12) is formed from its first signal (sigTX1) and from such a first signal (sigRTX2) received from the further transceiver unit (NKSE2) via the path (SP), and in the further transceiver unit (NKSE2), a further comparison signal (sigC21) is formed from its first signal (sigTX2) and from such a first signal (sigTX1) received from the first transceiver unit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Symeo GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Vossiek, Michael Gottinger, Fabian Kirsch, Peter Gulden
  • 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