Patents by Inventor Michelangelo Villano

Michelangelo Villano 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: 11454702
    Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E. V.
    Inventors: Gerhard Krieger, Sigurd Huber, Patrick Klenk, Alberto Moreira, Felipe Queiroz De Almeida, Jens Reimann, Michelangelo Villano, Marwan Younis
  • Publication number: 20210215795
    Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Gerhard KRIEGER, Sigurd HUBER, Patrick KLENK, Alberto MOREIRA, Felipe QUEIROZ DE ALMEIDA, Jens REIMANN, Michelangelo VILLANO, Marwan YOUNIS
  • Patent number: 10754028
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for computer-implemented processing of SAR raw data, which comprises radar echoes from radar pulse. An interference radar echo and an interference pulse are associated with a respective radar pulse, wherein the interference pulse and the respective radar pulse have orthogonal waveforms. SAR raw data are focused by a first focusing on the interference pulses including a range compression and an azimuth compression, to obtain first focused data, where a filtering is used for the range compression of a respective radar pulse, which filtering is matched to the waveform of the associated interference pulse. Thereafter, the first focused data undergo a signal suppression, which at least partially suppresses the interference radar echo, as a result of which second focused data are obtained. These second focused data finally undergo a defocusing including range decompression and azimuth decompression to obtain modified SAR raw data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.
    Inventors: Michelangelo Villano, Gerhard Krieger, Alberto Moreira
  • Publication number: 20180284262
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for computer-implemented processing of SAR raw data, which comprises radar echoes from radar pulse. An interference radar echo and an interference pulse are associated with a respective radar pulse, wherein the interference pulse and the respective radar pulse have orthogonal waveforms. SAR raw data are focused by a first focusing on the interference pulses including a range compression and an azimuth compression, to obtain first focused data, where a filtering is used for the range compression of a respective radar pulse, which filtering is matched to the waveform of the associated interference pulse. Thereafter, the first focused data undergo a signal suppression, which at least partially suppresses the interference radar echo, as a result of which second focused data are obtained. These second focused data finally undergo a defocusing including range decompression and azimuth decompression to obtain modified SAR raw data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Michelangelo Villano, Gerhard Krieger, Alberto Moreira