Combined With Determining Distance And Direction Patents (Class 342/107)
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Patent number: 11137478Abstract: A system for aiming a radar sensor angle which adjusts an angle of the radar sensor mounted on a vehicle entering an inspection line includes: a radar sensor mounted inside a front bumper of the vehicle, a wireless terminal connected to the radar sensor through an in-vehicle communication line and connected to the outside through a repeater, a centering unit for aligning a position of the vehicle by a driving roller based on a reference inspection position of the radar sensor, an array antenna for measuring an intensity of a radar signal transmitted from the radar sensor and detecting a radar center value, and a server detecting an angular error value of the radar sensor by comparing the radar center value with a reference center value of a set mounting specification and transmitting an angular correction value to the radar sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jihoon Park, Jin Seok Kim, David Oh
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Patent number: 11119184Abstract: A system for determining a spatial disposition or a characteristic of a target external to a terrestrial vehicle is provided. The system may comprise a radar antenna array configured to transmit and receive radar signals, and a controller operatively coupled to the radar antenna array. The controller can be configured to use spatial information of the terrestrial vehicle and a spatial configuration of the radar antenna array to generate an enhanced main lobe by attenuating one or more side lobes in an effective sensitivity pattern associated with the radar antenna array or enhancing a main lobe in the effective sensitivity pattern associated with the radar antenna array. The controller can be configured to use the enhanced main lobe to determine (i) the spatial disposition of the target relative to the terrestrial vehicle or (ii) the characteristic of the target.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Zendar Inc.Inventors: Michael Prados, Antonio Puglielli, Ching Ming Wang, Vinayak Nagpal
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Patent number: 11119186Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a radar processing chain for frequency-modulated continuous wave radar systems. A transmitter transmits a plurality of chirps, each comprising an electromagnetic radiation signal, at a region of interest. A receiver front-end receives reflected electromagnetic radiation for each chirp and generates a time series of beat-signal samples for each chirp at each antenna of a plurality of antennas. A signal processor detects objects within the region of interest by providing a frequency domain representation of each time series of beat-signal samples as sample values for a set of range bins representing respective distances from the receiver, correcting the sample values for each of the set of range bins to provide a set of clutter corrected samples for each range bin, and determining an angular spectrum for each of a subset of the set of range bins from the clutter corrected samples.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: June Chul Roh
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Patent number: 11092684Abstract: A system for generating a three dimension (3D) imaging of an object, the system comprising: an electromagnetic transducer array such as an RF (radio-frequency) antenna array surrounding the object said array comprising: a plurality of electromagnetic transducers; a transmitter unit for applying RF signals to said electromagnetic transducer array; and a receiver unit for receiving a plurality of RF signals affected by said object from said electromagnetic transducers array; a Radio Frequency Signals Measurement Unit (RFSMU) configured to receive and measure said plurality of plurality of affected RF signals and provide RF data of the object; and at least one processing unit, configured to process said RF data to identify the dielectric properties of said object and construct a 3D image of said object.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: VAYYAR IMAGING LTDInventors: Raviv Melamed, Damian Hoffman, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Ronen Tur
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Patent number: 11061115Abstract: A method for gesture recognition, a terminal, and a storage medium are provided by the embodiments of the present application. The method may include: receiving, through the millimeter wave apparatus, a first millimeter wave, where the first millimeter wave is a reflected wave formed after a second millimeter wave transmitted by the millimeter wave apparatus is modulated via a gesture motion; processing the first millimeter wave based on two types of time arrays and Doppler estimation to obtain at least one set of signal characteristic values corresponding to the first millimeter wave; identifying the at least one set of signal characteristic values using a correspondence library of standard characteristic values and control instructions, and obtaining a first control instruction corresponding to the gesture motion; and controlling a first application to implement a corresponding function using the first control instruction.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Anfu Zhou, Huadong Ma, Jianhua Liu, Ning Yang
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Patent number: 11054515Abstract: Sensors, including radar sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include multiple radar sensors that sense objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. Data from a first of the radar sensors can be analyzed to determine a cluster representing an object. Data received from a second sensor (and additional sensors, as included) at substantially the same time can be analyzed to determine additional points to include in the cluster. In additional examples, the radar sensors can have a different interval, e.g., Doppler interval, and information about the points and the intervals can be used to determine a speed of the object relative to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Kriser Cohen, Yu Liu, Chuang Wang
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Patent number: 11047978Abstract: A method for generating an electromagnetic-profile digital map creates a visual map that includes all obstacles on the road, including road textures, other vehicles, and more. This is achieved by collecting data from specialized deployed vehicles for subsequent processing and compilation. The generated electromagnetic-profile digital map provides three dimensional geographic characteristics of a road, thus enabling automatic driving. The method further utilizes artificial intelligence technology that can improve an autopilot role in automatic driving. Electromagnetic (EM) profiles acquire and analyze data to provide powerful tools for various wireless vehicular communication services. The method utilizes both compiled digital geographical characteristics (location, road futures, including curvature, condition, and more), and surrounding features (3D images, elevations, traffic light location, speed limit, EM propagation profile, and more) to render road conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: THE EUCLIDE 2012 INVESTMENT TRUSTInventor: Tiejun Shan
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Patent number: 11042720Abstract: Systems and methods to determine motion parameters of physical objects using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags attached to the objects. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes determining a motion parameter of the RFID tag based on detecting a Doppler frequency shift in a radio frequency signal received from the RFID tag.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: John R. Tuttle
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Patent number: 11035932Abstract: A radar device includes a signal generating unit that generates a transmission signal; an output unit that outputs a transmission wave based on the transmission signal, at each of predetermined angles; a receiving unit that receives the reflected waves of the transmission wave from targets; and a deriving unit that derives information on the targets on the basis of reception signals related to the reflected waves. The signal generating unit generates a first transmission signal including at least one modulated signal as the transmission signal related to the transmission wave to be output at a first angle, several times, at intervals of a predetermined idle running time, and generates a second transmission signal including at least one modulated signal, as the transmission signal related to the transmission wave to be output at each of second angles different from the first angle, in each interval of the idle running time.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Toshihiro Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11009998Abstract: A close-range motion detector has at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, and at least one more transmitter or receiver. The transmitter(s) transmit, and the receiver(s) receive signals in one of the ultrasonic or mm-wave ranges. Multiple transmitters or receivers are spaced apart from one-another along a plane, and transmission of a signal takes place at a known time. Echos of the signal that bounce of a scatterer are received and digitized during a receive window, and the time-of-flight is determined using CAF. Time scaling may be determined as well, and may be determined using CAF. The determined time-of-flight is used to determine an X-Y-coordinate for the scatterer, and its motion (e.g., velocity) can be determined, which are output. In an embodiment, a such a close-range motion detector can be implemented on the side of a smart-watch, making a virtual writing surface on the back of a user's hand.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.Inventors: Darren Leigh, Kaan Duman, Steven Leonard Sanders
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Patent number: 10976425Abstract: A method of operating a modulated continuous-wave radar system at least includes steps of transmitting, with a modulation frequency, a plurality of n modulated continuous radar waves that represent mutually orthogonal codes towards a scene with a potential object to be detected, wherein the transmitted modulated continuous radar waves of the plurality of modulated continuous radar waves are consecutively transmitted with a constant time lag given by one nth of a period of the modulation frequency; digitally converting a plurality of reflected and received radar signals with a sampling rate that is equal to the modulation frequency; decoding individual range information for each received radar signal; and determining a range between the radar system and the object on the basis of the decoded individual range information.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.Inventor: Hans-Peter Beise
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Patent number: 10940858Abstract: Implementations a method using a collision detection device associated with a user to detect a moving object in an environment and provide an alert to the user are provided. In some implementations the environment comprises at least one transmitter of opportunity. In some implementations, the collision detection device comprises a receiver and a processor. In some implementations, the method comprises receiving at the collision detection device Wi-Fi signals reflected from the moving object where the Wi-Fi signals originate from a Wi-Fi source not associated with the moving object. The method further comprises detecting, measuring, and tracking the Doppler effect of the Wi-Fi signals at the collision detection device to track velocity vector relative to the collision detection device. The method further comprises calculating the time of arrival of the moving object based on the velocity vector relative to the location of the collision detection device.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Esperanto Sensors LLCInventors: Miles Shugerman Denson, Jared Adam Denson, Michael Craig Schexnayder, Richard T. Garcia
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Patent number: 10935350Abstract: Systems and methods for drone mitigation, or the deterrence of aerial drones from flying in an given area, are described. The systems and methods take advantage of the fact that destabilization of a drone can be accomplished by externally changing the performance of one or more of its propeller driven systems. In doing so, the drone is incapable of maintaining stability in flight, thereby causing the remote controlled pilot to force a retreat, or risk and result in a crash of the drone. Embodiments utilizing sonic energy and liquids are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventors: Nathan Cohen, Alexander Shelman-Cohen
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Patent number: 10852426Abstract: A system and method of utilizing a LIDAR digital map improves automatic device by allowing a self-driving vehicle to safely make a sharp turn or pass by an environmental obstacle. The system includes at least one passenger vehicle, an automated driving system, and at least one roadside device. Road-condition data is continuously captured with a passenger LIDAR system and a passenger camera device of the passenger vehicle. The road-condition data is compared to LIDAR profiles with an automatic driving system in order to identify a matching profile. A roadside device is pinged if at least one non-line-of-sight condition is detected in the road-condition data. Hidden target data is retrieved from the roadside device to the automated driving system. The automated driving system compiles a set of driving instructions. The set of driving instructions is executed with the passenger vehicle through the automated driving system.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Inventor: Tiejun Shan
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Patent number: 10812933Abstract: A method of determining a position of a mobile telecommunication device (10) which transmits a signal (S) to base stations (1, 2, 3, . . . ) connected by a data link (8) comprises the steps of: ?correlating the received signal (S) and a reference signal (S?) so as to produce a correlation for each base station, ?detecting a maximum in each correlation, which maximum is indicative of a time of arrival of the signal (S) at the respective base station, and ?using the respective times of arrival and the distances (D1, D2, . . . ) derived therefrom to derive a location of the mobile telecommunication device. The method uses receivers (21, 22, . . . ) coupled to a data network (7), each receiver (21, 22, . . . ) deriving the reference signal (S?) from the received signal (S). Each base station may select, if it receives multiple reference signals, the reference signal (S?) having the highest quality.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: K.Mizra LLCInventors: Martin Van Rijn, Franciscus Hendrikus Elferink
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Patent number: 10788880Abstract: This document describes techniques and systems that enable a smartphone-based radar system for determining user intention in a lower-power mode. The techniques and systems use a radar field to enable the smartphone to accurately determine the presence or absence of a user and further determine the intention of the user to interact with the smartphone. Using these techniques, the smartphone can account for the user's nonverbal communication cues to determine and maintain an awareness of users in its environment, and only respond to direct interactions once a user has demonstrated an intention to interact, which preserves battery power. The smartphone may determine the user's intention by recognizing various cues from the user, such as a change in position relative to the smartphone, a change in posture, or by an explicit action, such as a gesture.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Leonardo Giusti, Ivan Poupyrev, Eiji Hayashi, Patrick M. Amihood
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Patent number: 10761203Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for signal processing resource allocation. The method comprises receiving (S10) streaming signal data. The method further comprises, at a first computational resource, determining (S20) a first data subset of the streaming signal data based on a selection criterion, the selection criterion having a contextual relationship with a predetermined scenario. The method also comprises determining (S25) a second data subset of the received streaming signal data based on the first data subset and the contextual relationship. The method additionally comprises, at a second computational resource, analysing (S30) the second data subset using an algorithm based on the contextual relationship. The method further comprises forming (S40) aggregated signal data based on the received streaming signal data and the analysed second data subset. The method yet further comprises outputting (S50) data based on the aggregated signal data.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: SAAB ABInventor: Stefan Eriksson
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Patent number: 10754476Abstract: A close-range motion detector has at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, and at least one more transmitter or receiver. The transmitter(s) transmit, and the receiver(s) receive signals in one of the ultrasonic or mm-wave ranges. Multiple transmitters or receivers are spaced apart from one-another along a plane, and transmission of a signal takes place at a known time. Echos of the signal that bounce of a scatterer are received and digitized during a receive window, and the time-of-flight is determined using CAF. Time scaling may be determined as well, and may be determined using CAF. The determined time-of-flight is used to determine an X-Y-coordinate for the scatterer, and its motion (e.g., velocity) can be determined, which are output. In an embodiment, a such a close-range motion detector can be implemented on the side of a smart-watch, making a virtual writing surface on the back of a user's hand.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.Inventors: Darren Leigh, Kaan Duman, Steven Leonard Sanders
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Patent number: 10739438Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to an autonomous driving system in an ego vehicle. The autonomous driving system includes a radar system configured to detect a target in a path and a surrounding environment of the ego vehicle and produce radar data with a first resolution that is gathered over a continuous field of view on the detected target. The system includes a super-resolution network configured to receive the radar data with the first resolution and produce radar data with a second resolution different from the first resolution using first neural networks. The system also includes a target identification module configured to receive the radar data with the second resolution and to identify the detected target from the radar data with the second resolution using second neural networks. Other examples disclosed herein include a method of operating the radar system in the autonomous driving system of the ego vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Inventor: Matthew Paul Harrison
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Patent number: 10718862Abstract: There is provided a radar device which detects targets by performing a signal processing procedure based on a frequency-modulated continuous wave and the reflected waves of the transmission wave from the targets. A signal processing unit is configured to periodically perform the signal processing procedure based on beat signals which are differential waves between the transmission wave and the reflected waves. A monitoring unit is configured to monitor each of processing states of processes which are sequentially performed in the signal processing procedure. A changing unit is configured to change a processing condition for the subsequent-stage processes of a process, according to the processing state of the process, if the monitoring unit detects that the process is in a high load state, from the processing states.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: DENSO TEN LIMITEDInventors: Hisateru Asanuma, Yasuhiro Suedomi
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Patent number: 10663571Abstract: A multi-static radar system provides surveillance. The radar system includes a plurality of radar receivers and a plurality of radar transmitters arranged in a multi-static configuration to form at least one radar cell to provide an area of radar coverage within the cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: AVEILLANT LIMITEDInventors: Max Peter Halbert, Mohammed Jahangir, Gordon Oswald
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Patent number: 10656096Abstract: A camera assembly arranged on an unmanned and autonomously navigating aerial vehicle is employed to inspect a surface area of for material defects. The vehicle is automatically flown to the surface area from a launch site, wherein it can fly around obstacles using automatic obstacle detection and avoidance methods. A relative position of the aerial vehicle with respect to the surface area with the aid of a position sensor is continuously measured and a sequence of images of the surface area is recorded. Between the individual images, the aerial vehicle is moved along a flight path overlapping image details of the surface area. The images of the sequence are composed into an overall image of the surface area to allow for the surface area to be inspected for defects and the location of defects to be ascertained on the basis of the overall image.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Naderhirn, Peter Langthaler
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Patent number: 10641884Abstract: A radar transceiver (100) includes: a transmission-signal forming section (110) that forms an upbeat signal and a downbeat signal from a carrier signal and a chirp signal, using an image rejection circuit; and a received-signal processing section (120) that separates a reflection signal received via a reception antenna (105) into a reflection signal based on the upbeat signal and a reflection signal based on the downbeat signal, using an image rejection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji Takada
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Patent number: 10622713Abstract: A beam signal tracking method, device, and system, where the method includes obtaining a Doppler frequency shift of a receive-beam signal, determining a Doppler frequency shift change speed of the receive-beam signal according to the Doppler frequency shift, determining a scanning speed and a scanning angle step size of the receive-beam signal according to the Doppler frequency shift change speed, scanning the receive-beam signal according to the scanning speed and the scanning angle step size, determining a beam angle that is formed when the receive-beam signal is aligned with a transmit-beam signal, determining phase configuration information of a phase shifter according to the beam angle that is formed when the receive-beam signal is aligned with the transmit-beam signal, and configuring the phase shifter according to the phase configuration information of the phase shifter such that the receive-beam signal is aligned with the transmit-beam signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Jun Ma
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Patent number: 10571265Abstract: A method for determining trajectory of a mobile object, including: provision of an object including sensors; displacement of the sensors along one and the same trajectory, the sensors maintaining one and the same distance between themselves and each measuring one and the same physical quantity; determination of instants for which the object has travelled an aggregate curvilinear distance which is equal to an integer multiple of the distance and calculation of a direction tangent to the trajectory of the object, for each of the instants determined; automatic reconstruction of the trajectory followed by the mobile object during its displacement by an interpolation, based on, for each reference instant determined, the measured tangent calculated for the reference instant.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Laurent Jouanet, Mikael Carmona, Nathalie Sprynski
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Patent number: 10566298Abstract: Wireless modules having a semiconductor package attached to an antenna package is disclosed. The semiconductor package may house one or more electronic components as a single die package and/or a system in a package (SiP) implementation. The antenna package may be communicatively coupled to the semiconductor package using by one or more coupling pads. The antenna package may further have one or more radiating elements for transmitting and or receiving wireless signals. The antenna package and the semiconductor package may have dissimilar number of interconnect layers and/or dissimilar materials of construct.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Sidharth Dalmia, Ana M. Yepes, Pouya Talebbeydokhti, Miroslav Baryakh, Omer Asaf
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Patent number: 10564276Abstract: A system and method to perform target tracking with a radar system that uses a Kalman filter include predicting a predicted target position of a target detected by the radar system in a frame. The frame is a period of time to transmit from every transmit element of the radar system in turn and receive the reflections from a range of the target. The method also includes determining an actual target position of the target detected by the radar system based on reflections received by the radar system for the frame, and computing a process noise covariance matrix Q for a next frame, immediately following the frame, based on the predicted target position and the actual target position. Predicting a position of the target in the next frame is based on the process noise covariance matrix Q.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ishai Eljarat, Igal Bilik, Shahar Villeval
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Patent number: 10557931Abstract: An FMCW radar sensor and a method for localizing a radar target, in which FMCW radar measurements are performed with transmitting antennas having different fields of view which differ in terms of an aperture angle and/or a range, the measurements each encompassing temporally interleaved sequences of ramps, and measurements with different fields of view being temporally interwoven with one another; ambiguous values for the relative velocity of the radar target being determined from a position of a peak in a two-dimensional spectrum; phase relationships between spectral values of spectra being checked for agreement with phase relationships expected for several of the determined values of the relative velocity; and on the basis thereof an estimated value for the relative velocity of the radar target being selected from the determined periodic values of the relative velocity.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Schoor, Benedikt Loesch
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Patent number: 10371797Abstract: A system for determining a spatial disposition or a characteristic of a target external to a terrestrial vehicle is provided. The system may comprise a radar antenna array configured to transmit and receive radar signals, and a controller operatively coupled to the radar antenna array. The controller can be configured to use spatial information of the terrestrial vehicle and a spatial configuration of the radar antenna array to generate an enhanced main lobe by attenuating one or more side lobes in an effective sensitivity pattern associated with the radar antenna array or enhancing a main lobe in the effective sensitivity pattern associated with the radar antenna array. The controller can be configured to use the enhanced main lobe to determine (i) the spatial disposition of the target relative to the terrestrial vehicle or (ii) the characteristic of the target.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Zendar Inc.Inventors: Michael Prados, Antonio Puglielli, Ching Ming Wang, Vinayak Nagpal
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Patent number: 10353063Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a targeting unit that irradiates a radar wave and recognizes a detection subject using a reflected wave thereof. The targeting unit extracts, as a target, a peak that is confirmed to have historical connection over measurement cycles equal to or more than a predetermined targeting threshold, from peaks extracted from a power spectrum generated by frequency analysis. A rainy-weather determining unit determines that weather is rainy when a number of erroneous detections is greater than a predetermined rainy-weather determination threshold. The number of erroneous detections is a number of peaks that have been detected in a previous measurement cycle or earlier by the targeting unit and are not confirmed to have historical connection to a peak detected in a current measurement cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mai Sakamoto, Koichiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 10288725Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for performing passing sensing using wireless digital communications. The wireless digital communications are frame-based with a predefined frame structure. The method includes receiving a reference signal into to a reference channel, wherein the reference signal comprises a direct version of a radio frequency transmission as part of said wireless digital communications; receiving a surveillance signal into a surveillance channel; detecting and extracting portions of the reference signal corresponding to data transmissions based on said predefined frame structure; extracting portions of the surveillance signal corresponding to the extracted portions of the reference signal; performing a cross-correlation on the extracted portions of the reference signal and the surveillance signal to determine a range-Doppler surface; and providing a real-time display of said range-Doppler surface and/or of information derived therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: UCL Business PLCInventors: Bo Tan, Karl Woodbridge, Kevin Chetty
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Patent number: 10281569Abstract: A method for locating a target comprises: a) receiving, by means of N?1 receivers, opportunity radioelectric signals transmitted by M?1 transmitters and reflected by the target, with N·M?3, or at least one transmitter being situated out of sight of at least one receiver; b) receiving, by means of a data transmission link, one or more reference signals, representative of the radioelectric signals transmitted by each transmitter situated out of sight of at least one receiver; and c) determining the position of the target on the basis of the radioelectric signals and of the reference signal or of the reference signals. An application of the method to the primary monitoring of air traffic, a multistatic radar system for the implementation of the method, and a system for monitoring air traffic comprising a multistatic radar system are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: THALESInventor: Daniel Muller
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Patent number: 10279806Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lane estimating apparatus and method. The apparatus includes: a lane determiner, an obstacle position calculator, a vehicle position corrector, and a lane estimator. The lane determiner compares a first lane detected by a first sensor with a lane on an actual road or a second lane on a local map to determine reliability of the first lane. The obstacle position calculator detects, when the reliability of the detected first lane is less than a preset reference, a first obstacle in the vicinity of a vehicle and a second obstacle on the local map, and calculates a difference between slopes and positions of straight lines extracted from the first obstacle and the second obstacle. The vehicle position corrector corrects a heading direction and a position of the vehicle based on the difference between the slopes and positions of the straight lines. In addition, the lane estimator estimates a driving lane on the local map.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Young Chul Oh, Ki Cheol Shin, Byung Yong You, Myung Seon Heo
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Patent number: 10267907Abstract: A radar apparatus is mountable on a vehicle, transmits a radar signal, and includes a radio receiver that receives reflected wave signals being the radar signal reflected by multiple objects present in the viewing angle of the radar apparatus via a receiving antenna mountable on a side of the vehicle, a signal processing unit that determines the azimuths of the objects, the Doppler speeds between the radar apparatus and the objects, and the intensities of the reflected wave signals by using the reflected wave signals, and a radar state estimation unit that estimates the speed and traveling direction of the radar using the azimuths of the objects, the Doppler speeds, and the intensities.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko Shikatani, Hirofumi Nishimura, Asako Hamada, Takaaki Kishigami
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Patent number: 10228439Abstract: In a general aspect, motion is detected based on statistical parameters of received wireless signals. In some aspects, signals are obtained. The signals are based on wireless signals transmitted through a space and received at a wireless communication device. Values of a set of statistical parameters are computed for each signal, and filtered values are obtained by applying a filter to the values of the statistical parameters. The filter includes parameters based on a signal quality analysis of the wireless signals. A motion detection process is executed to determine, based on the filtered values, whether an object moved in the space.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Cognitive Systems Corp.Inventors: Christopher Vytautas Olekas, Yunfeng Piao, Stephen Arnold Devison
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Patent number: 10228454Abstract: Provided is an obstacle detection device for a work machine which can detect an obstacle coming close to a vehicle accurately regardless of vehicle speed. In the present invention, an obstacle detection device 10 for a dump truck 1 which detects an obstacle coming close to the vehicle includes: a periphery monitoring unit 11 for detecting an obstacle in the area around the vehicle and monitoring the area around the vehicle; a distant monitoring unit 12 for detecting an obstacle in a more distant place from the vehicle than the detection range of the periphery monitoring unit 11 and monitor a distant area from the vehicle; and a monitoring switching unit 13 for switching between monitoring by the periphery monitoring unit 11 and monitoring by the distant monitoring unit 12.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinichi Uotsu
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Patent number: 10180494Abstract: A method for a radar sensor for a motor vehicle, for angle estimation of radar targets based on an antenna diagram that indicates, for various configurations of radar targets, pertinent amplitudes and/or phase correlations between signals which are obtained for the relevant configuration in multiple evaluation channels of the radar sensor, wherein for a single real target, the occurrence of a number n of apparent targets, which are caused by reflection of the signal coming from the real target from elongated objects, is modeled mathematically; a correlation between the location angle of the real target and the location angles of the apparent targets is calculated; and to estimate the location angle of the real target, a multi-target estimate is performed in an n-dimensional search space and the search is limited to a sub-space that is determined by the calculated correlation.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Goetz Kuehnle, Volker Gross, Benedikt Loesch
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Patent number: 10124802Abstract: A device and method for a controlled deceleration based on a selected vehicle driving mode are disclosed, in which upon sensing a deceleration of a vehicle, a plurality of deceleration control signals based on a deceleration target for the selected vehicle driving mode are produced. At least one of the plurality of deceleration control signals are transmitted to prompt a controlled deceleration of the vehicle to correspond with a deceleration target for the selected vehicle driving mode. The method receives sensor data relating to the deceleration of the vehicle, and compares at least some of the sensor data with the deceleration target to generate a deceleration feedback signal. The method provides for adjusting the plurality of deceleration control signals based on the deceleration feedback signal to effect the controlled deceleration.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Christopher T. Gauthier
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Patent number: 10126421Abstract: A radar transmitter comprises orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol generation circuitry, windowing circuitry, and control circuitry. The OFDM symbol generation circuitry is operable to modulate data onto a plurality of subcarriers to generate a plurality of OFDM symbols. The windowing circuitry is configurable to support a plurality of windowing functions. The control circuitry is operable to analyze returns from a previous transmission of the radar transmitter to determine characteristics of the environment into which the previous transmission was transmitted. The control circuitry is operable to select which one of the plurality of windowing functions the windowing circuitry is to apply to each of the plurality of OFDM symbols based on the characteristics of the environment. A first one of the windowing functions may correspond to a first radiation pattern and the second one of the windowing functions may correspond to a second radiation pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.Inventor: Curtis Ling
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Patent number: 10127817Abstract: A vehicle turning in an intersection includes a speed detector configured to detect a driving speed of the vehicle; a sensor configured to determine a cross time between the vehicle and a target vehicle driving in the intersection, and a controller configured to calculate a turning radius of the vehicle in the intersection, based on a minimum turning radius of the intersection, configured to estimate a time to collision between the vehicle turning in the intersection and the target vehicle and a time to collision avoidance allowing the vehicle to pass cross the target vehicle without colliding with the target vehicle, based on at least one of the driving speed of the vehicle and the calculated turning radius, and configured to transmit a warning signal by estimating that the vehicle collides with the target vehicle when the determined cross time is equal to or more than the estimated time to collision and equal to or less than the estimated time to collision avoidance.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Dae Seok Jeon, HyeongMin Ko
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Patent number: 10080146Abstract: Spatial sensor data, such as position, movement and rotation, which is provided by a sensor in a wireless communication device in a wireless communication system is used. By using the spatial sensor data it is possible to calculate predicted spatial data for use in controlling antenna beams for transmission as well as reception in the wireless communication system.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Lars Sundström, Daniel Araújo, Dennis Hui, Andres Reial
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Patent number: 9989334Abstract: Techniques for tracking a straight line object by creating a detection envelope between two detections selected from temporally-discontinuous frames are discussed. The detections within the detection envelope can then be analyzed in order to determine whether they are associated with a straight line track between the outer detections of the envelope. Techniques for identifying a launch-flash are also discussed. Potential launch flashes are checked for energy duration, intensity and spectral ratio. Techniques for detecting a hostile fire based on a single-frame detection are additionally detected. Based on a frame length of the detection, it can be determined whether the detection correlates to a hostile fire.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Kevin C. Cole, Joseph M. Schlupf, Michael N. Mercier, Lucas Lawrence-Hurt
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Patent number: 9984704Abstract: Disclosed is vehicle classification technology. A vehicle classification system includes a sound generation module configured to generate a sound caused by friction with a wheel of a passing vehicle and a sensor node configured to collect the sound generated by the sound generation module, analyze the collected sound to acquire axle information, and classify a model of the vehicle on the basis of the acquired axle information.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Young Jin Kwon, Do Hyun Kim, Seung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 9983296Abstract: A data processing apparatus that can set the magnification factor according to the distance from the antenna is provided so that the display of objects close to the antenna is easier to see and with which the changes in the settings of the magnification factor is easy. The buffer memory stores the digital signals converted by the A/D converter in association with the distance and azimuth with respect to the antenna. The digital filter filters the digital signals read from the buffer memory. A digital filter is provided that converts a value of data of interest, of digital data stored in the memory, to a value based on values of the data of interest to be processed and peripheral data in a periphery of the data of interest, and the digital filter changes a range of the peripheral data used for a filter processing according to the distance from the antenna to the data of interest.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Koji Nishiyama
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Patent number: 9922518Abstract: Described embodiments include a real-time system, method, and apparatus. A system includes an incoming object sensor configured to be worn by a human and to acquire data indicative of a trajectory of an incoming projectile. The system includes a warning device configured to be worn by the human and to provide a notification to the human. The system includes a processing circuit configured to (i) receive the data indicative of a trajectory of the incoming projectile; (ii) predict a spatial relationship of the trajectory of the incoming projectile relative to the human; and (iii) initiate a notification by the warning device suggesting a movement by the human to evade the incoming projectile.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventors: Russell J. Hannigan, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, 3ric Johanson, Jordin T. Kare, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Patent number: 9921306Abstract: An active state estimation system comprises radar systems for obtaining sensor measurements, data storage devices for storing the sensor measurements, and computer processors in communication with the data storage devices. A memory stores program instructions which cause the computer processors to initialize a system having state variables and also having unknown, multidimensional, arbitrarily time-varying parameters, but which are subject to known bounded values. Sensor measurements for the object being tracked are then received, and applied to an estimating filter that explicitly uses a mean square optimization criterion that separately accounts for measurement errors and said bounding values, to produce estimates of the true state of the system. The system also determines whether a regime change has occurred based on the estimates of the true state of the system, and if so, determines updated known bounded values that are used to update the boundaries used by the system.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Mark A. Friesel
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Patent number: 9852560Abstract: A vehicle remote function system is provided for use in effectuating vehicle operations based on movement of a fob relative to a vehicle. The system may include a controller for determining locations of the fob within zones proximate the vehicle based on ultra-wide band wireless signals transmitted between the antennas and the fob, the zones including a primary zone and secondary zones, each secondary zone at least partially within the primary zone. The controller may be configured to detect a movement of the fob between secondary zones and generate a control signal for use in effectuating a vehicle operation based on the movement detected. A method is also provided which may include transmitting ultra-wide band wireless signals between the fob and the antennas, detecting a movement of the fob between secondary zones, and generating a control signal for use in effectuating a vehicle operation based on the movement detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Jason G. Bauman, Thomas O'Brien, Jian Ye
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Patent number: 9851711Abstract: A robot cleaner system is described including a docking station to form a docking area within a predetermined angle range of a front side thereof, to form docking guide areas which do not overlap each other on the left and right sides of the docking area, and to transmit a docking guide signal such that the docking guide areas are distinguished as a first docking guide area and a second docking guide area according to an arrival distance of the docking guide signal. The robot cleaner system also includes a robot cleaner to move to the docking area along a boundary between the first docking guide area and the second docking guide area when the docking guide signal is sensed and to move along the docking area so as to perform docking when reaching the docking area.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung Hwan Yoo, Jae Man Joo, Dong Won Kim, Jun Hwa Lee, Jun Pyo Hong, Woo Ram Chung, Jae Young Jung, Hwi Chan Jang, Jang Youn Ko, Jeong Gon Song, Sam Jong Jeung
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Patent number: 9848428Abstract: A method performed by a network node (10) for finding a direction to a wireless device (20) in a wireless communication network is provided. The method comprises the step (S1) of the network node transmitting reference signal pairs on at least one pair of correlated antennas. Each reference signal pair has a unique phase difference between the signals in the signal pair, and the unique phase differences of the reference signal pairs are distributed over a given angular interval. The method further comprises the step (S2) of the network node receiving from the wireless device, in response to each pair of reference signals, a respective indication of a preferred pre-coding matrix, and the step (S3) of the network node determining a direction to the wireless device based on the received indications, information representative of the phase differences of the reference signal pairs, and phase information related to the indicated preferred pre-coding matrices.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Magnus Thurfjell, Kjell Larsson, Peter Ökvist
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Patent number: 9841497Abstract: A device is suggested for processing input data received by several antennas, the device including a processing unit including a buffer and at least one multiplier, wherein the processing unit is configured to calculate a second stage FFT result based on input data received by a first antenna, multiply the second stage FFT result for the first antenna with a first compensation value, and store the result in the buffer. The processing unit is further configured to calculate a second stage FFT result based on input data received by a second antenna, multiply the second stage FFT for the second antenna with a second compensation value, and add the result to the value stored in the buffer.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Andre Roger, Romain Ygnace, David Addison