Patents by Inventor MIREILLE GREGOIRE

MIREILLE GREGOIRE 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: 11209535
    Abstract: A vehicle radar sensor unit (2) arranged to acquire a plurality of radar detections, and including an antenna arrangement (3), a transmitter unit (4), a receiver unit (5) and a processing unit (6). The antenna arrangement (3) has at least two transmitter antennas (7, 8) and at least two receiver antennas (9, 10, 11, 12), where two transmitter antennas (7, 8) have a vertical spacing (h) between their respective phase centers (17, 18) that exceeds half the free-space wavelength of the transmitted signal. The processing unit (5) is arranged to determine a first radial velocity of each radar detection by tracking the change of radial distance (r) to each radar detection for a plurality of radar cycles; determine a second radial velocity that best matches the first radial velocity; track a plurality of measured heights (z) as a function of radial distance (r); and to choose a measured height (zGT) among the tracked measured heights (z) that has a minimal change from radar cycle to radar cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Mario Witter, Mireille Gregoire, Jonathan Moss
  • Publication number: 20200191936
    Abstract: A vehicle radar sensor unit (2) arranged to acquire a plurality of radar detections, and including an antenna arrangement (3), a transmitter unit (4), a receiver unit (5) and a processing unit (6). The antenna arrangement (3) has at least two transmitter antennas (7, 8) and at least two receiver antennas (9, 10, 11, 12), where two transmitter antennas (7, 8) have a vertical spacing (h) between their respective phase centers (17, 18) that exceeds half the free-space wavelength of the transmitted signal. The processing unit (5) is arranged to determine a first radial velocity of each radar detection by tracking the change of radial distance (r) to each radar detection for a plurality of radar cycles; determine a second radial velocity that best matches the first radial velocity; track a plurality of measured heights (z) as a function of radial distance (r); and to choose a measured height (zGT) among the tracked measured heights (z) that has a minimal change from radar cycle to radar cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: MARIO WITTER, MIREILLE GREGOIRE, JONATHAN MOSS