Patents by Inventor Steven Hong

Steven Hong 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: 10673519
    Abstract: An optically-enhanced relay including a first transmitter that converts a first digital transmit signal to a first analog transmit signal, a first receiver that converts a first analog receive signal to a first digital receive signal, a second transmitter that converts a second digital transmit signal to a second analog transmit signal, a second receiver that converts a second analog receive signal to a second digital receive signal, and an optically-enhanced analog self-interference canceller that generates a first self-interference cancellation signal based on at least one of the first digital transmit signal and the first analog transmit signal, and combines the first self-interference cancellation signal with at least one of the first digital receive signal and the first analog receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kuma Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman, Joel Brand, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 10613212
    Abstract: A method for Doppler-enhanced radar tracking includes: receiving a reflected probe signal at a radar array; calculating a target range from the reflected probe signal; calculating a first target angle from the reflected probe signal; calculating a target composite angle from the reflected probe signal; and calculating a three-dimensional position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range, first target angle, and target composite angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Oculii Corp.
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Publication number: 20200064462
    Abstract: A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 10564277
    Abstract: A method for interpolated virtual aperture array radar tracking includes: transmitting first and second probe signals; receiving a first reflected probe signal at a radar array; receiving a second reflected probe signal at the radar array; calculating a target range from at least one of the first and second reflected probe signals; corresponding signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array; corresponding signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array; interpolating signal instances; calculating a first target angle; and calculating a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Oculii Corp.
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 10509119
    Abstract: A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Oculii Corp.
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Publication number: 20190324133
    Abstract: A method for interpolated virtual aperture array radar tracking includes: transmitting first and second probe signals; receiving a first reflected probe signal at a radar array; receiving a second reflected probe signal at the radar array; calculating a target range from at least one of the first and second reflected probe signals; corresponding signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array; corresponding signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array; interpolating signal instances; calculating a first target angle; and calculating a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 10386462
    Abstract: A method for non-coherent stereo radar tracking includes, at a stereo radar system, transmitting a probe signal, receiving a reflected probe signal in response to reflection of the probe signal by a tracking target, calculating first and second target ranges from the reflected probe signal data, transforming the reflected probe signal data based on the first and second target ranges, and calculating a first target angle from the transformed reflected probe signal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Oculii Corp.
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Publication number: 20190235068
    Abstract: A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 10359512
    Abstract: A method for coherent stereo radar tracking includes, at a stereo radar system, transmitting a probe signal, receiving a reflected probe signal in response to reflection of the probe signal by a tracking target, calculating first and second target ranges from the reflected probe signal data, transforming the reflected probe signal data based on the first and second target ranges, and calculating a first target angle from the transformed reflected probe signal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Oculii Corp.
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Publication number: 20190097716
    Abstract: A relay including a first transmitter that converts a first digital transmit signal to a first analog transmit signal, a first receiver that converts a first analog receive signal to a first digital receive signal, a second transmitter that converts a second digital transmit signal to a second analog transmit signal, a second receiver that converts a second analog receive signal to a second digital receive signal, and a self-interference canceller that generates a first self-interference cancellation signal based on at least one of the first digital transmit signal and the first analog transmit signal, and combines the first self-interference cancellation signal with at least one of the first digital receive signal and the first analog receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman, Joel Brand, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 10243718
    Abstract: A system for processing signals includes an interference cancellation component that samples an RF transmit signal, transforms the sampled RF transmit signal into a self-interference cancellation signal, and combines the sampled RF transmit signal and self-interference cancellation signal to remove a first portion of interference from the RF receive signal, the combination forming a processed RF signal; and a filtering component that removes a second portion of interference from the processed signal by downconverting the processed RF signal to a processed baseband signal, sampling the processed baseband signal to create a processed digital signal, and filtering the processed digital signal to remove the second portion of interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Steven Hong, Sachin Katti, Jeff Mehlman
  • Patent number: 10222463
    Abstract: A method for four-dimensional radar tracking includes transmitting a first probe signal; receiving a first reflected probe signal at first and second radar arrays of the radar system; detecting a tracking target; calculating a target range; calculating a target range rate; performing ambiguous angle calculations for first and second target angles; performing unambiguous angle calculations for the first and second target angles; and calculating a four-dimensional tracking solution, including position and range-rate, from the target range, target range-rate, ambiguous angle calculations, and unambiguous angle calculations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Oculii Corp.
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Publication number: 20190049572
    Abstract: A method for Doppler-enhanced radar tracking includes: receiving a reflected probe signal at a radar array; calculating a target range from the reflected probe signal; calculating a first target angle from the reflected probe signal; calculating a target composite angle from the reflected probe signal; and calculating a three-dimensional position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range, first target angle, and target composite angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 10177836
    Abstract: A relay including a first transmitter that converts a first digital transmit signal to a first analog transmit signal, a first receiver that converts a first analog receive signal to a first digital receive signal, a second transmitter that converts a second digital transmit signal to a second analog transmit signal, a second receiver that converts a second analog receive signal to a second digital receive signal, and a self-interference canceller that generates a first self-interference cancellation signal based on at least one of the first digital transmit signal and the first analog transmit signal, and combines the first self-interference cancellation signal with at least one of the first digital receive signal and the first analog receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman, Joel Brand, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Publication number: 20180375566
    Abstract: An optically-enhanced relay including a first transmitter that converts a first digital transmit signal to a first analog transmit signal, a first receiver that converts a first analog receive signal to a first digital receive signal, a second transmitter that converts a second digital transmit signal to a second analog transmit signal, a second receiver that converts a second analog receive signal to a second digital receive signal, and an optically-enhanced analog self-interference canceller that generates a first self-interference cancellation signal based on at least one of the first digital transmit signal and the first analog transmit signal, and combines the first self-interference cancellation signal with at least one of the first digital receive signal and the first analog receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman, Joel Brand, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 10048366
    Abstract: A method for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes: transmitting first and second probe signals; receiving a first reflected probe signal at a radar array; receiving a second reflected probe signal at the radar array; calculating a target range from at least one of the first and second reflected probe signals; corresponding signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array; corresponding signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array; calculating a first target angle by performing beamforming from the signal instances of the first and second reflected probe signals; and calculating a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Oculii Corp
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 10050659
    Abstract: A system and method for non-linear digital self-interference cancellation including a pre-processor that generates a first pre-processed digital transmit signal from a digital transmit signal of a full-duplex radio, a non-linear transformer that transforms the first pre-processed digital transmit signal into a non-linear self-interference signal according to a transform configuration, a transform adaptor that sets the transform configuration of the non-linear transformer, and a post-processor that combines the non-linear self-interference signal with a digital receive signal of the full-duplex radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Jeff Mehlman, Steven Hong
  • Publication number: 20180188365
    Abstract: A method for four-dimensional radar tracking includes transmitting a first probe signal; receiving a first reflected probe signal at first and second radar arrays of the radar system; detecting a tracking target; calculating a target range; calculating a target range rate; performing ambiguous angle calculations for first and second target angles; performing unambiguous angle calculations for the first and second target angles; and calculating a four-dimensional tracking solution, including position and range-rate, from the target range, target range-rate, ambiguous angle calculations, and unambiguous angle calculations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 9939522
    Abstract: A method for four-dimensional radar tracking includes transmitting a first probe signal; receiving a first reflected probe signal at first and second radar arrays of the radar system; detecting a tracking target; calculating a target range; calculating a target range rate; performing ambiguous angle calculations for first and second target angles; performing unambiguous angle calculations for the first and second target angles; and calculating a four-dimensional tracking solution, including position and range-rate, from the target range, target range-rate, ambiguous angle calculations, and unambiguous angle calculations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Oculii Corp
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Publication number: 20180024235
    Abstract: A method for four-dimensional radar tracking includes transmitting a first probe signal; receiving a first reflected probe signal at first and second radar arrays of the radar system; detecting a tracking target; calculating a target range; calculating a target range rate; performing ambiguous angle calculations for first and second target angles; performing unambiguous angle calculations for the first and second target angles; and calculating a four-dimensional tracking solution, including position and range-rate, from the target range, target range-rate, ambiguous angle calculations, and unambiguous angle calculations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong