Abstract: A method includes forming first coil segments in an electrically conductive layer of an active silicon substrate, forming a magnetic sense element over an electrically insulating layer of the active silicon substrate, the magnetic sense element being separated from the first coil segments in the electrically conductive layer by the electrically insulating layer. A protective layer is formed over the magnetic sense element. Conductive vias are formed extending through the protective layer and the electrically insulating layer to electrically couple with the first coil segments, and second coil segments are formed over the protective layer, the second coil segments electrically coupling with the conductive vias to produce a coil structure of the first coil segments, the conductive vias, and the second coil segments, with the coil structure surrounding the magnetic sense element.

Abstract: Apparatus, including a flexible insulating substrate, having a first side and a second side, rolled about an axis parallel to the substrate. The apparatus also includes a first conducting spiral that is right-handed relative to a normal to the substrate, and a second conducting spiral that is left-handed relative to the normal, formed on the first side of the substrate. The first conducting spiral has a first initial termination and a first final termination, the second conducting spiral has a second initial termination and a second final termination, the spirals have a displacement therebetween, with a preset magnitude so that when the substrate is rolled about the axis the first initial termination aligns with the second initial termination. The apparatus also has a via penetrating the substrate from the first side to the second side so as to interconnect the first initial termination and the second initial termination.

Abstract: A detecting device includes a reading coil configured to read a magnetic flux generated by a detecting coil for detecting a magnetic field of an electromagnetic wave output from an exciting coil according to the magnetic field. The detecting device further includes a Q-value measuring section configured to measure a Q-value of the detecting coil on a basis of a temporal transition of oscillation of a voltage obtained in the reading coil according to the magnetic flux generated by the detecting coil.

Abstract: A diamond can be used in a magnetometer to determine the strength of a magnetic field applied to the diamond. The diamond includes a first portion comprising a plurality of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers dispersed throughout the first portion. The diamond also includes a second portion adjacent to the first portion. The second portion does not contain NV centers. The second portion is configured to facilitate transmission of light generated by the NV centers of the first portion away from the first portion.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a plurality of magnetoresistance elements, each having at least one characteristic selected to provide a respective, different response to an applied magnetic field, wherein each of the plurality of magnetoresistance elements is coupled in parallel. Illustrative characteristics selected to provide the respective responses include dimensions and/or construction parameters such as materials, layer thickness and order, and spatial relationship of the magnetoresistance element to the applied magnetic field. A method includes providing each of a plurality of magnetoresistance elements with at least one characteristic selected to provide a respective, different response to an applied magnetic field, wherein each of the plurality of magnetoresistance elements is coupled in parallel.

Abstract: A system, method, and magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field sensor includes a strain gauge. The magnetic field sensor further includes one or more magnetostrictive layers disposed upon the strain gauge. The magnetostrictive layers are configured to cause a displacement of the strain gauge in response to sensing a magnetic field. The magnetic field sensor further includes logic connected to the strain gauge configured to determine a parameter of the magnetic field in response to sensing the magnetic field.

Abstract: A magnetic field detection device includes a first soft magnetic body, a second soft magnetic body, and a magnetism detection element. The first soft magnetic body extends to have a first length in a first direction, and has a first width, smaller than the first length, in a second direction. The second direction is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The second soft magnetic body is disposed to be spaced apart from and face the first soft magnetic body in the first direction, extends to have a second length in the first direction, and has a second width, smaller than the second length, in the second direction. The magnetism detection element is disposed, in the first direction, between the first and second soft magnetic bodies, and extends to have a third length in the first direction and a third width, larger than the third length, in the second direction.

Abstract: A push-pull X-axis magnetoresistive sensor, comprising: a substrate upon which an interlocked array of soft ferromagnetic flux concentrators and a push-pull magnetoresistive sensor bridge unit are placed. It further may comprise calibration coils and/or initialization coils. At least one of each of the soft ferromagnetic flux concentrators is present such that an interlocking structure may be formed such that there are alternately interlocked and non-interlocked gaps along the X direction. Push/pull magnetoresistive sensing unit strings are respectively located in the interlocked and non-interlocked gaps and are electrically connected to form a push-pull magnetoresistive bridge sensing unit. This magnetoresistive sensing unit is sensitive to magnetic field along the X direction.

Abstract: A magnetic logic unit (MLU) cell for sensing magnetic fields, including: a magnetic tunnel junction including a storage layer having a storage magnetization, a sense layer having a sense magnetization; a tunnel barrier layer between the storage layer and the sense layer; and a pinning layer pinning the storage magnetization at a low threshold temperature and freeing it at a high threshold temperature. The sense magnetization is freely alignable at the low and high threshold temperatures and the storage layer induces an exchange bias field magnetically coupling the sense layer such that the sense magnetization tends to be aligned antiparallel or parallel to the storage magnetization. The tunnel barrier layer is configured for generating an indirect exchange coupling between the tunnel barrier layer and the sense layer providing an additional exchange bias field.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for polarizing nuclear or electronic spins is disclosed. An analyte is passed near a surface that has a plurality of spin defect centers implanted within 10 nm of the surface. The spin defect centers are exposed to a magnetic field and illumination to produce polarized spins. The polarized spins then induce spin polarization in the analyte.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of an RF coil in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is disclosed. As an example, a center of a field of view (FOV) to be scanned may be adjusted to a magnetic field center of an MRI system, and coordinate values in a coordinate system for shape-characteristic points of the FOV may be determined, where an origin of the coordinate system is located at the magnetic field center of the MRI system. A preset gradient magnetic field may be applied to the FOV, and coil units respectively covering the shape-characteristic points may be determined. An effective region may be obtained by connecting the determined coil units according to the shape of the FOV, and a coil unit located in the effective region may be determined as an effective coil unit for imaging the FOV by the MRI system.

Abstract: In order to improve B1 non-homogeneity while reducing a local SAR in an object, particularly, in a human tissue during MR imaging, the present invention is characterized in that each of a plurality of irradiation channels is controlled on the basis of RF shimming parameters corresponding to the plurality of irradiation channels, and, in a case of performing imaging sequence of irradiating an object with an RF magnetic field, there is the use of the RF shimming parameters obtained by imposing a constraint condition on at least one of a plurality of principal components obtained through principal component analysis on the RF shimming parameters.

Abstract: A power electronic unit for an amplifier of an imaging magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) system is provided. The power electronic unit includes at least one printed circuit board, on which a plurality of transistors are arranged. Ports (e.g., drain and source) of the plurality of transistors are connected together by electrically conductive connections, and the plurality of transistors are all arranged on one side of the at least one printed circuit board. An output line or cable parallel to the connections, at least in sections, runs on the opposing side of the printed circuit board and may be connected or is connected with or without further interconnected elements (e.g., a balun) to transmitting coils of the MRT.

Abstract: A stator-less electric motor for an MRI system is provided. The stator-less electric motor includes a body, a rotor rotatable connected to the body, and at least one coil winding disposed on the rotor. The at least one coil winding is arranged so as to rotate the rotor when energized via an electrical current in the presence of a magnetic field generated by a magnet assembly of the MRI system.

Abstract: According to some aspects, a low power magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a magnetics system having a plurality of magnetics components configured to produce magnetic fields for performing magnetic resonance imaging. The magnetics system comprising a B0 magnet configured to produce a B0 field for the magnetic resonance imaging system, a plurality of gradient coils configured to, when operated, generate magnetic fields to provide spatial encoding of emitted magnetic resonance signals, and at least one radio frequency coil configured to, when operated, transmit radio frequency signals to the field of view of the magnetic resonance imaging system and to respond to magnetic resonance signals emitted from the field of view.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for magnetic resonance tomography, an eddy current field is compensated by taking into account its progression over time and its dependence on a sensed value, by having a sensor determine the sensed value and, on the basis of the sensed value, a current strength for a conductor in order to generate an opposing field to reduce the eddy current field is determined, and supplied to the conductor.

Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100, 300, 100) for acquiring magnetic resonance data (110, 1104) from a subject (118) within an imaging zone (108). The magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a memory (136) for storing machine executable instructions (160, 162, 164, 166, 316) and pulse sequence data (140, 1102). The pulse sequence data comprises instructions for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire magnetic resonance data according to a magnetic resonance imaging method. The magnetic resonance imaging system further comprises a processor (130) for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system.

Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100) comprising: a magnet (104) for generating a main magnetic field with an imaging zone (110), and a gradient coil system (110, 112). The gradient coil system comprises a set of unshielded gradient coils (110). The magnetic resonance imaging system further comprises a processor (130) for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system. Execution of the instructions stored in a memory cause the processor to: acquire (200, 304) imaging magnetic resonance data (152) from a volume (109) within the imaging zone using a zero echo time pulse sequence; reconstruct (202, 306) a three-dimensional image (156) using the imaging magnetic resonance data; subtract a calibration image from the three-dimensional image, the calibration image having been acquired without a subject in the imaging zone; and render the three-dimensional image on a display by projecting it on a two-dimensional plane.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data, an MR data acquisition scanner is operated, while a subject is situated therein to execute a simultaneous multislice (SMS) turbo spin echo (TSE) sequence by implementing a TSE-based reference scan to acquire reference data and an imaging scan, to acquire raw MR data from the subject. The reference data and the raw MR data are entered into a memory organized as k-space. A computer accesses the memory in order to make the k-space data, composed of said reference data and said image data, available in electronic form, as at least one data file.

Abstract: An MRI apparatus includes: a data processor configured to acquire a first set of T2-weighted imaging data and a second set of T2-weighted imaging data; a pulse sequence controller configured to generate a pulse sequence and apply the generated pulse sequence to a gradient coil assembly and RF coil assembly, the generated pulse sequence including: T2-preparation modules and associated imaging modules to acquire the first set of T2-weighted imaging data, and a saturation pulse sequence and an associated saturation imaging module to acquire the second set of T2-weighted imaging data; a curve fitter configured to apply the first and second sets of T2-weighted imaging data to a three-parameter model for T2 decay, to determine a T2 value at a plurality of locations; and an image processor configured to generate a T2 map of the object based on the T2 value determined at the plurality of locations.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes control circuitry. The control circuitry executes, by a single protocol, acquisition of a distribution of a T1 relaxation time with a first slice as a target, and acquisition of a different kind from the distribution of the T1 relaxation time with a second slice as a target which neither overlaps nor crosses a region of interest of the first slice.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for measuring blood volume using non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. The method of the present invention includes a subtraction-based method using a pair of acquisitions immediately following velocity-sensitized pulse trains for the label module and its corresponding control module, respectively. The signal of static tissue is canceled out and the difference signal comes from the flowing blood compartment above a cutoff velocity. After normalizing to a proton density-weighted image acquired separately and scaled with the blood T1 and T2 relaxation factors, quantitative measurement of blood volume is then obtained.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a method for acquiring MR data at resolutions down to tens of microns for application in in vivo diagnosis and monitoring of pathology for which changes in fine tissue textures can be used as markers of disease onset and progression. Bone diseases, tumors, neurologic diseases, and diseases involving fibrotic growth and/or destruction are all target pathologies. Further the technique can be used in any biologic or physical system for which very high-resolution characterization of fine scale morphology is needed. The method provides rapid acquisition of signal at selected values in k-space, with multiple successive acquisitions at individual k-values taken on a time scale on the order of microseconds, within a defined tissue volume, and subsequent combination of the multiple measurements in such a way as to maximize SNR.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic resonance measuring apparatus that records measurement data measured by MRS or the like and a periodic motion of the measurement object during the measurement of the measurement data in association with each other, and classifies spectra calculated from the measurement data in accordance with a time phase of the periodic motion. Created spectra are integrated for each classification to thereby create partially integrated spectra, correction based on a relationship between the periodic motion and a phase fluctuation or a frequency fluctuation is performed on the partially integrated spectra, and the corrected partially integrated spectra are synthesized.

Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system. Instructions cause a processor (136) controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system to modify (200) pulse sequence data by omitting at least some of the phase encodings (408) that encode for volumes outside of the field of view. The pulse sequence data specifies the acquisition of a stack (128) of two dimensional slices of a field of view (126). The pulse sequence data further specifies phase encoding in a direction (130) perpendicular to the two dimensional slices. The pulse sequence data specifies a maximum SEMAC factor (400). The maximum SEMAC factor specifies a maximum number of phase encoding steps in the perpendicular direction for each of the two dimensional slices. The instructions further cause the processor to determine (202) a slice SEMAC factor for each of the stack of two dimensional slices. The slice SEMAC factor is determined by counting the phase encoding steps that encode for regions within the field of view.

Abstract: When the excitation frequency of a touch panel and the frequency of external noise match or are close, noise cannot be removed by a bandpass filter. In addition, when a touch detection operating period is limited to a short period such as the no addressing period, the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) decreases because frequency separation decreases and the noise removal effect by averaging is degraded. An electronic device of the present invention includes a sensor system (101), an excitation generator (102) that generates an intermittent sinusoidal signal and applies this signal to the sensor system, and a demodulator (105) that demodulates the amplitude modulated signal that is the output of the sensor system.

Abstract: A calibrated measurement circuit, with a first node, a second node, a circuit element coupled between the first node and the second node, and a reference circuit element. The calibrated measurement circuit also comprises circuitry for directing a first current and a second current between the first node and the second node and to the reference circuit element. The calibrated measurement circuit also comprises circuitry for measuring voltage across the circuit element in response to the first and second currents, and circuitry for measuring voltage across the reference circuit element in response to the first and second currents. A calibration factor is also determined for calibrating measured voltages across the circuit element, in response to a relationship between the first voltage, the second voltage, and the reference circuit element.

Abstract: A method, system and device for obtaining the position of a mobile device. The method including determining a current set of possible positions of the mobile device from a distance between the mobile device and an anchor device at a current instant; determining a subsequent set of possible positions at a subsequent instant from the current set of possible positions and from a vector of movement of the mobile device at the instant; estimating the distance between the mobile device and the anchor device at the subsequent instant; obtaining a new current set of possible positions of the mobile device by selecting within the subsequent positions those which are, from the anchor device, at the distance estimated at the estimating step; and repeating the last three steps until the new current set of possible positions includes only one element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for geolocating emitters in a multi-emitter environment is disclosed. A number of lines of bearing (LOBs) associated with emitters of particular signal characteristics are determined, and a peak where the greatest number of such LOBs intersect is identified. A group of the LOBs that are within a distance threshold of the identified peak identified and used to locate a first emitter. The first group of LOBs are then excluded from consideration, facilitating the easier identification of a second peak where the greatest number of residual LOBs intersect. Residual LOBs within a threshold distance of the second peak are identified, and used to identify the second emitter, and the process is repeated until satisfactory results are obtained.

Abstract: Techniques are presented herein for computing angle-of-arrival estimates while switching antenna states during a packet unit for the general Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFMDA) case (including a single user). A wireless device computes channel estimates throughout the entire frame and not only during the training symbols. Consequently, the wireless device computes channel estimates for all antennas in its array within a single frame instead of having to wait for multiple frames.

Abstract: Neighbor cell hearability can be improved by including an additional reference signal that can be detected at a low sensitivity and a low signal-to-noise ratio, by introducing non-unity frequency reuse for the signals used for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurement, e.g., orthogonality of signals transmitted from the serving cell sites and the various neighbor cell sites. The new reference signal, called the TDOA-RS, is proposed to improve the hearability of neighbor cells in a cellular network that deploys 3GPP EUTRAN (LTE) system, and the TDOA-RS can be transmitted in any resource blocks (RB) for PDSCH and/or MBSFN subframe, regardless of whether the latter is on a carrier supporting both PMCH and PDSCH or not. Besides the additional TDOA-RS reference signal, an additional synchronization signal (TDOA-sync) may also be included to improve the hearability of neighbor cells.

Abstract: Described herein are techniques for determining a location of a device. In an example, a group of access points may be selected. Time-of-flight (ToF) measurements relative to the device may be received from each of the access points in the group. A respective distance of the device from each access point may be determined using the ToF measurements and a baseToF value. Location coordinates of the device and a new baseToF value may be determined based on the determined distances and the location coordinates of each access point in the group.

Abstract: A radar hardware accelerator (HWA) includes a fast Fourier transform (FFT) engine including a pre-processing block for providing interference mitigation and/or multiplying a radar data sample stream received from ADC buffers within a split accelerator local memory that also includes output buffers by a pre-programmed complex scalar or a specified sample from an internal look-up table (LUT) to generate pre-processed samples. A windowing plus FFT block (windowed FFT block) is for multiply the pre-processed samples by a window vector and then processing by an FFT block for performing a FFT to generate Fourier transformed samples. A post-processing block is for computing a magnitude of the Fourier transformed samples and performing a data compression operation for generating post-processed radar data. The pre-processing block, windowed FFT block and post-processing block are connected in one streaming series data path.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processing of electromagnetic signals, and more specifically, for a method and apparatus for managing the computational cost of radar signal processing on a vehicular radar. The system is operative to utilize a Goerzel filter to aid in determining a frequency for a radar echo. In addition the system uses a DFT operation for tracking stationary objects and a FFT operation for tracing moving objects.

Abstract: The transmitter includes a phase shifter that shifts a phase of an input signal and outputs a shifted signal; a first control circuit changes a phase shift amount of the phase shifter; a phase difference signal output circuit outputs a phase difference signal between the shifted signal and the reference signal; an extreme value output circuit outputs a value of the phase difference signal when the phase difference signal becomes the extreme value; a target value output circuit outputs a target value based on an output from the extreme value output circuit; and a second control circuit controls the phase shift amount of the phase shifter such that a value of the phase difference signal coincides with the target value. The phase shifter outputs, as a transmission wave, the input signal the phase of which is shifted by the phase shift amount controlled by the second control circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating the level of threat of at least one entity among a plurality of entities in a battlefield environment, the level of threat being evaluated with respect to a reference entity to be protected, the method including the steps of: segmenting the battlefield environment into a plurality of layers; obtaining data representative of a position of the entity with respect to the layers of the battlefield environment; and determining the level of threat of the entity using the obtained data.

Abstract: A holographic waveguide LIDAR having a transmitter waveguide coupled to a beam deflector and a receiver waveguide coupled to a detector module. The transmitter waveguide contains an array of grating elements for diffracting a scanned laser beam into a predefined angular ranges. The receiver waveguide contains an array of grating elements for diffracting light reflected from external points within a predefined angular range towards the detector module.

Abstract: We disclose a lidar system that includes a modulator-based probe-light generator and a coherent optical receiver. The probe-light generator uses tunable carrier-suppressed single-sideband modulation to generate frequency-chirped optical pulses for the optical-probe beam directed at the target. The coherent optical receiver uses a homodyne detection scheme in which a split portion of the optical-probe beam is used as an optical local oscillator signal for detecting a corresponding optical beam reflected by the target. The resulting electrical RF signals generated by the receiver can be processed, e.g., using a disclosed signal-processing method, to determine one or both of the distance to the target and the velocity of the target.

Abstract: A laserbeam light source is controlled to avoid light sensitive regions around the laserbeam light source. One or more laserlight-sensitive regions are identified based on images of an area around the laserbeam light source, and indications of positions corresponding to the laserlight-sensitive regions are generated. The laserbeam light source is controlled based on the indications of the positions. The laserbeam light source may be controlled to deflect a laserlight beam away from laserlight-sensitive regions, to reduce an intensity of a laserlight beam directed towards a laserlight-sensitive region, etc. Motion estimation may be used to generate the indications of positions corresponding to the laserlight-sensitive regions.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing three dimensional LIDAR measurements with multiple illumination beams scanned over a three dimensional environment by one or more optical phase modulation devices are described herein. In one aspect, illumination light from each LIDAR measurement channel is emitted to the surrounding environment in a different direction by an optical phase modulation device. The optical phase modulation device also directs each amount of return measurement light onto a corresponding photodetector. The illumination pulse output of each LIDAR measurement channel is synchronized with commanded changes of state of each corresponding optical phase modulation device. In some embodiments, each optical phase modulation device is associated with a single LIDAR measurement channel. In some embodiments, multiple LIDAR measurement channels are associated with a single modulation device. In some embodiments, a one dimensional optical phase modulation device is employed.

Abstract: A transducer array (802) includes at least one 1D array of transducing elements (804). The at least one 1D array of transducing elements includes a plurality of transducing elements (904). A first of the plurality of transducing elements has a first apodization and a second of the plurality of transducing elements has a second apodization. The first apodization and the second apodization are different. The transducer array further includes at least one electrically conductive element (910) in electrical communication with each of the plurality of transducing elements. The transducer array further includes at least one electrical contact (906) in electrical communication with the at least one electrically conductive element. The at least one electrical contact concurrently addresses the plurality of transducing elements through the at least one electrically conductive element.

Abstract: A method for ultrasonic imaging a volume behind a barrier includes placing an array of elements of a probe adjacent the barrier. The local thickness and the sound speed in the barrier are estimated. A plurality of sub-apertures are defined in the array of elements, each sub-aperture defined by a different sub-set of adjacent ones of the array of elements. Ultrasonic waveforms are collected from each of the sub-apertures by focusing each sub-aperture approximately at the inner surface of the barrier. The ultrasonic waveforms through each of the sub-aperture elements are combined to generate a combined A-mode waveform. A profile of an inner surface of the barrier adjacent the probe is extracted based upon the combined A-mode waveforms. A correction is calculated based upon the profile of the inner surface. The volume behind the barrier is scanned using beamforming based upon the correction to generate an image of the volume.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for location service offload for Bluetooth positioning. In some aspects a Bluetooth radio frequency (RF) signal is sampled by a Bluetooth transceiver to produce a set of samples corresponding to an advertisement packet and the set of samples are stored in a shared memory. Another transceiver is signaled that the set of samples are stored in the shared memory, causing the other transceiver to generate the Angle of Arrival (AoA) of the Bluetooth RF signal. A signal is received from the other transceiver indicating that the generated AoA is available in the shared memory. The generated AoA is read from the shared memory by the Bluetooth transceiver and sent to a host processor. By so doing, data transfer between the Bluetooth transceiver and the host processor is reduced, as well as, reducing the computational load on the host processor.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices, systems, apparatus, servers, media, and other implementations, including a method, performed at a first wireless device, for secure range determination that includes transmitting a first signed message at a first time instance, with the first signed message, including a first payload, configured to be received by a second wireless device at a second time instance, and receiving at a fourth time instance a verifiable acknowledgement message transmitted from the second wireless device at a third time instance in response to the first signed message. The method further includes verifying that the verifiable acknowledgement message originated from the second wireless device, and, responsive to a verification that the verifiable acknowledgement message originated from the second wireless device, transmitting a second signed message including a second payload with at least timing information for the first time instance and the fourth time instance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a technique for millimeter-wave active image reconstruction. According to a method aspect, Tx subgroups of transmitting antennas of an antenna array are established. Coherent processing of measurement data is performed for each Tx subgroup and coherent subimages are achieved. Magnitudes of complex numbers are calculated to obtain a magnitude subimage for each of the coherent subimages and an object image is generated by adding the magnitude subimages.

Abstract: Various technologies for mitigating interference in stretch-processed SAR imagery are described herein. Stretch-processed SAR data is received at a computing device. The stretch-processed (or deramped) SAR data is then reramped, thereby removing frequency-variant components of narrowband interference signals in the deramped data. A frequency-domain transform is executed over the reramped data to generate a spectral characteristic of the reramped data. A spectral notch filter is applied to frequency bands corresponding to the peaks of the spectral characteristic in order to filter out the narrowband interference signals. An inverse frequency-domain transform can then be executed over the filtered spectral characteristic to return to a phase-history representation of the SAR data. The phase history resulting from the inverse frequency-domain transform is a ramped phase history, which can then be deramped prior to use in connection with generating images of the scanned scene.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are provided for driving assistance. The system includes an image capture device configured to capture image data relative to an outward view from a motor vehicle. The system further includes a processor configured to detect and localize objects, in a real-world map space, from the image data using a trainable object localization Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The CNN is trained to detect and localize the objects from image and radar pairs that include the image data and radar data for different driving scenes of a natural driving environment. The processor is further configured to provide a user-perceptible object detection result to a user of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: The invention provides a measuring instrument, which comprises a measuring instrument main unit and an installment base unit for rotatably supporting the measuring instrument main unit in an up-to-bottom direction and in a left-to-right direction, wherein the measuring instrument main unit has a measuring unit for projecting a distance measuring light toward an object to be measured and for performing a distance measurement by receiving a reflected light from the object to be measured, and an attitude detecting device integrally provided with the measuring unit, wherein the attitude detecting device has tilt sensors for detecting a horizontality and relative tilt angle detectors for tilting the tilt sensors and for detecting a tilt angle of the measuring unit with respect to the horizontality under such condition that the tilt sensors detect the horizontality so that the horizontality is detected by the tilt sensors, and wherein the installment base unit has an up-to-bottom motor for rotating the measuring in

Abstract: A proximity sensor system for detecting the presence of an object includes a light emitter configured to project light in a first direction, an optical element configured to steer the light, and a sensor. The optical element has a first surface configured to receive the light from the light emitter and a second surface that is non-parallel to the first surface. The second surface is configured to transmit a first portion of the light in a second direction and internally reflect a second portion of the light from the light emitter. The optical element includes a third surface configured to prevent internal reflection of the second portion of the light by the third surface. The sensor is configured to detect at least a portion of the first portion of the light returned from the object and transmitted through the second surface and the first surface of the optical element.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for improving the speed and accuracy of terrestrial tracking with more than one receiver. Furthermore, terrestrial tracking of more than one receiver can be improved in areas where terrestrial tracking has been difficult to accomplish with acceptable accuracy, such as in rural areas where buildings can reflect satellite, and other, signals. For example, fast and precise position estimation in a short delay multipath environment can be solved by simultaneously estimating the position of multiple receivers using receiver to receiver distance ranges.