Presence Detection Only Patents (Class 342/27)
  • Patent number: 11737154
    Abstract: A patch on interposer (PoINT) package is described with a wireless communications interface. Some examples include an interposer, a main patch attached to the interposer, a main integrated circuit die attached to the patch, a second patch attached to the interposer, and a millimeter wave radio die attached to the second patch and coupled to the main integrated circuit die through the interposer to communicate data between the main die and an external component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Telesphor Kamgaing
  • Patent number: 11704992
    Abstract: Among other things, systems and methods include a first sensor configured to detect operation of the sink; a second sensor configured to detect personal characteristics of a person operating the sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BioVigil Hygiene Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Wittrup
  • Patent number: 11668793
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a radar system comprising multiple synchronized transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Gustavo Adolfo Guarin Aristizabal, Arnaud Sion, Ryan Haoyun Wu
  • Patent number: 11637366
    Abstract: A radar apparatus includes transmitting means, receiving means, target detection means, and a cover member. The cover member is positioned opposite at least one of the transmitting means and the receiving means, such as to cover at least one of the transmitting means and the receiving means. The cover member is provided with a first face which is positioned opposite at least one of the transmitting means and the receiving means, and a second face which is on an opposite side from the first face and is not parallel to the first face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa Sakurai, Yuji Sugimoto, Kazushi Kawaguchi, Asahi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11619732
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to motion detection and recognition using segmented data from reflections of transmitted signals. An apparatus includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor may cause the transmitter to transmit pulses of an RF signal, the reflections of which are received by a receiver. For each of a number of consecutive segments, the transmitter may transmit N pulses of the RF signal, followed by quiet period. The processor may determine amplitude and phase data for reflections received by the receiver. Over a number of consecutive segments, the processor may detect and classify the amplitude and phase data change over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ney, Zohar Agon
  • Patent number: 11615627
    Abstract: There are provided an object recognition apparatus that raises the recognition accuracy for a surrounding object and a vehicle control apparatus, and an object recognition method and a vehicle control method. An object recognition apparatus receives object data, which is a state value of the object, from a first sensor for detecting a surrounding object; compares estimation data obtained through estimation of a state value of the object, based on recognition data calculated in a past period, with the object data, and determines whether or not the object data is data in a low-resolution state; then, in accordance with the determination result, calculates the state value of the object by use of object data and estimation data and then generates the state value as recognition data, so that the recognition accuracy for an object is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Yamashina, Masanori Mori, Koji Iida, Tomohiro Akiyama, Shinichi Tateiwa, Takayuki Moritani, Hiroyuki Ueda, Hideaki Tamazumi, Junki Tamaru, Yoshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11604251
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for processing radar data. The system may comprise a frequency generator configured to generate a reference frequency signal; a timing module configured to generate a shared clock signal or a plurality of timing signals; and a plurality of radar modules in communication with the frequency generator and timing module. The radar modules may be configured to: (i) receive the reference frequency signal and at least one of a shared clock signal and a timing signal, (ii) transmit a first set of radar signals based in part on the reference frequency signal and at least one of the shared clock signal and the timing signal, and (iii) receive a second set of radar signals reflected from a surrounding environment. The system may comprise a processor configured to process radar signals received by each radar module, by coherently combining radar signals using phase and timestamp information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZENDAR INC.
    Inventors: Antonio Puglielli, Ching Ming Wang, Michael Prados, Vinayak Nagpal
  • Patent number: 11454697
    Abstract: A radar includes transmitters, receivers, a memory, and a processor. The transmitters transmit radio signals, and the receivers receive reflected radio signals. The processor produces samples by correlating reflected radio signals with time-delayed replicas of transmitted radio signals. The processor stores this information as a first data structure, with information related to signals reflected from objects as a function of time (one dimension of the data structure) at various distances (a second dimension of the data structure) for various receivers (a third dimension of the data structure). The first data structure is processed to compute velocity and angle estimates, which are stored in second and third data structures, respectively. One or more memory optimizations are used to increase performance. Before storing the second and third data structures in a memory, the second and third data structures are sparsified to only include the outputs in specific regions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Uhnder, Inc.
    Inventors: Monier Maher, Jean Pierre Bordes, Curtis Davis
  • Patent number: 11434003
    Abstract: A drone deterrence system includes a housing configured to be secured to a structure. A motion detector is disposed on or within the housing, and is configured to detect motion within a predetermined range. A tracker is disposed on or within the housing, and is configured to track motion of a drone within the predetermined range. A control unit is in communication with the motion detector and the tracker, and is configured to take action to deter the drone from remaining in the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jagdish T. Madhav, Lionel Cain
  • Patent number: 11275163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) method and apparatus robust to a wireless environment change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Taikjin Lee, Youngmin Jhon, Jaehun Kim, Minah Seo, Beomju Shin
  • Patent number: 11156695
    Abstract: A Doppler radar sensor includes a radar and a bondwire interconnection. The bondwire interconnection is connected to a signal generator and an antenna of the radar and configured to transmit a radio frequency signal generated by the signal generator to the antenna and transmit a reflected signal received by the antenna to a demodulator of the radar. A metal strip, a first shunt bondwire and a second shunt bondwire of the bondwire interconnection can be used as a matching circuit of the antenna to decrease the transmission loss and increase the detection distance of the radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Sil Radar Technology Inc., National Cheng Kung University, NCKU Research and Development Foundation
    Inventors: Huey-Ru Chuang, Cheng-Hsueh Chan, Chien-Chang Chou
  • Patent number: 11105923
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory and a sound wave sensor. The hardware processor is configured to select, as a transmission and reception scheme, either a pulse scheme or a spread spectrum modulation scheme, and control the sound wave sensor with the selected transmission and reception scheme. When the spread spectrum modulation scheme is selected as the transmission and reception scheme, the hardware processor causes the sound wave sensor to successively transmit and receive sound waves by using the spread spectrum modulation scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Yoshimasa Okabe, Masayoshi Michiguchi, Yuichiro Aihara
  • Patent number: 11079268
    Abstract: A level transmitter includes an analog-to-digital convertor clock signal generator that receives a transmitter clock signal that is used to establish when an incident signal is transmitted toward a material boundary. The analog-to-digital convertor clock signal generator uses the received transmitter clock signal to generate an analog-to-digital convertor clock signal. An analog-to-digital convertor samples an analog waveform based on the analog-to-digital convertor clock signal and generates a digital value for each sample of the analog waveform. An analysis module analyzes the digital values to determine a distance to the material boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventor: Eric Russell Lovegren
  • Patent number: 11054512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frequency converter circuit for a radar-based distance-measuring device. The core of the frequency converter circuit is a non-linear, high-frequency component, having a frequency connection point and a signal connection point, which serves as a signal input for a low-frequency input signal. On the reception side, the frequency converter circuit comprises at least one receiving antenna for receiving the high-frequency reception signal and a non-linear semiconductor component for downconverting the high-frequency reception signal. The frequency converter circuit therefore uses the effect that, by means of the low-frequency input signal, corresponding harmonic waves are induced at the non-linear, high-frequency component. Furthermore, the high-frequency reception signal is downconverted into a low-frequency evaluation signal, whereby the further determination of the distance can be performed on the basis of the low-frequency evaluation signal, which can be processed more easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Blödt, Peter Klöfer
  • Patent number: 11029186
    Abstract: A level transmitter includes an analog-to-digital convertor clock signal generator that receives a transmitter clock signal that is used to establish when an incident signal is transmitted toward a material boundary. The analog-to-digital convertor clock signal generator uses the received transmitter clock signal to generate an analog-to-digital convertor clock signal. An analog-to-digital convertor samples an analog waveform based on the analog-to-digital convertor clock signal and generates a digital value for each sample of the analog waveform. An analysis module analyzes the digital values to determine a distance to the material boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventor: Eric Russell Lovegren
  • Patent number: 10967085
    Abstract: A health and safety apparatus for entities such as individuals or objects includes a housing containing at least one side opening, a plurality of fluid atomizing dispensers, and a reservoir containing a fluid which includes a sanitizer, sterilizer or disinfectant. The housing includes a top wall and at least one side wall defining an inner chamber. The dispensers are mounted in spaced relation on the top and side walls and are connected with the reservoir. When an entity is arranged in the housing, the atomizing dispensers are activated to spray the fluid onto the entity. In a preferred embodiment, the housing further includes a bottom wall configured for collecting fluid. Preferably, the apparatus includes at least one motion sensor mounted on the housing for detecting motion at a threshold of the side opening to electronically operate the atomizing dispensers for a defined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Project Pure Life LLC
    Inventors: Craig Gaskins, Barry Connor
  • Patent number: 10938615
    Abstract: A transmitter of a radar system repeatedly transmits a first OFDM symbol into a scene to be characterized during a first time interval, and repeatedly transmits, during a second time interval that occurs after the first time interval, a second OFDM symbol into the scene. A receiver of the radar system generates a first channel response estimate for a first section of the scene based on: received reflections of the first symbol, at least one of which was received during transmission of the second OFDM symbol in the second time interval, and a first channel response estimate for a second section of the scene based on the first channel response estimate for the first section of the scene, received reflections of the first symbol, and received reflections of the second symbol. The receiver detects objects present in the scene based on the first channel response estimate for the first section of the scene and the first channel response estimate for the second section of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Ling
  • Patent number: 10866317
    Abstract: An electronic device that performs radar measurements is described. This electronic device includes independent, co-located radar transceivers, and the independent radar transceivers are not synchronized with each other. Moreover, the radar transceivers may have different fields of view that partially overlap. During operation, the radar transceivers transmit radar signals and perform the radar measurements. Then, based at least in part on the radar measurements, the electronic device determines a location of an object in an environment around the electronic device. For example, the location may include an angular position that is determined from the amplitudes of the radar measurements performed using at least a subset of the radar transceivers. Furthermore, the object may be an individual, and the electronic device may identify the individual based at least in part on the radar measurements. Note that the radar measurements performed by a given radar transceiver do not provide angular information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mikheil Tsiklauri, Jouya Jadidian, Vaneet Pathak
  • Patent number: 10866306
    Abstract: A radar sensing system for a vehicle includes transmitters, receivers, a memory, and a processor. The transmitters transmit radio signals and the receivers receive reflected radio signals. The processor produces samples by correlating reflected radio signals with time-delayed replicas of transmitted radio signals. The processor stores this information as a first radar data cube (RDC), with information related to signals reflected from objects as a function of time (one of the dimensions) at various distances (a second dimension) for various receivers (a third dimension). The first RDC is processed to compute velocity and angle estimates, which are stored in a second RDC and a third RDC, respectively. One or more memory optimizations are used to increase performance. Before storing the second RDC and the third RDC in an internal/external memory, the second and third RDCs are sparsified to only include the outputs in specific regions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: UHNDER, INC.
    Inventors: Monier Maher, Jean Pierre Bordes, Curtis Davis
  • Patent number: 10776673
    Abstract: A method for training a CNN by using a camera and a radar together, to thereby allow the CNN to perform properly even when an object depiction ratio of a photographed image acquired through the camera is low due to a bad condition of a photographing circumstance is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a learning device instructing a convolutional layer to apply a convolutional operation to a multichannel integrated image, to thereby generate a feature map; (b) the learning device instructing an output layer to apply an output operation to the feature map, to thereby generate estimated object information; and (c) the learning device instructing a loss layer to generate a loss by using the estimated object information and GT object information corresponding thereto, and to perform backpropagation by using the loss, to thereby learn at least part of parameters in the CNN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Stradvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kye-Hyeon Kim, Yongjoong Kim, Hak-Kyoung Kim, Woonhyun Nam, SukHoon Boo, Myungchul Sung, Dongsoo Shin, Donghun Yeo, Wooju Ryu, Myeong-Chun Lee, Hyungsoo Lee, Taewoong Jang, Kyungjoong Jeong, Hongmo Je, Hojin Cho
  • Patent number: 10771124
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar for virtual beam steering. The MIMO radar has a plurality of transmit antennas and a receive antenna array having a plurality of radiating elements. The MIMO radar also includes a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to synthesize a virtual receive array having N×M receive subarrays from the plurality of transmit antennas and the receive antenna array, where N is the number of transmit antennas and M is the number of receiving elements. Other examples disclosed herein relate to a method of virtual beam steering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Jun Fang
    Inventor: Jun Fang
  • Patent number: 10733442
    Abstract: An optical surveillance system for detecting and tracking targets of interest is configured to capture optical data of a first region of the atmosphere at a first refresh rate and to capture optical data of a second region of the atmosphere at a second refresh rate that is different than the first refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Vision Engineering Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: John Stryjewski, Raymond Rodgers
  • Patent number: 10734728
    Abstract: An antenna, an antenna control method, an antenna control apparatus, and an antenna system, where the antenna includes a feeding part and at least two oscillators, and a circuit with a variable inductance value is disposed between any oscillator and the feeding part. When the inductance value of the circuit between the oscillator and the feeding part is zero the oscillator is used as an excitation oscillator. When the inductance value is greater than zero, the oscillator is used as an excited oscillator. Any oscillator may be used as an excitation oscillator or an excited oscillator. The antenna can implement full coverage on a horizontal plane and has a relatively high gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xin Pan
  • Patent number: 10693224
    Abstract: A radio-wave transmitting cover is configured to be arranged in the path of the radio wave of a radio-wave radar device. The thickness of the cover is set to a reference thickness at a reference position where the incident angle of the radio wave from the radio-wave radar device is 0°. The reference thickness is set to a value obtained by multiplying half of the wavelength of the radio wave by an integer. In the area around the reference position, the thickness of the cover is gradually changed such that the greater the distance from the reference position, the greater becomes the difference by which the thickness of the cover is larger than the reference thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiya Tokunaga, Hideto Maeda, Kenji Isobe, Koji Okumura, Kimihiro Iimura, Tatsuya Oba
  • Patent number: 10659973
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a first group of electromagnetic waves, wherein the first group of electromagnetic waves propagate along a first span of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path and without traversing a first supporting device or a second supporting device. The first span of the transmission medium is supported by the first supporting device and the second supporting device, and the first group of electromagnetic waves convey a first communication signal. The first communication signal is extracted from the first group of electromagnetic waves, and the first communication signal is transmitted to a communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Peter Wolniansky, Paul Shala Henry
  • Patent number: 10609622
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for packet routing. In an embodiment, when a transmitting communication device injects a packet into a communication network, a receiving communication device that is closer to a sink or destination than the transmitting communication device relays the packet in a first hop. In a subsequent hop, a receiving communication device evaluates position information conveyed by the transmitting communication device of the first hop to determine whether to forward the packet. Accordingly, a receiving communication device receiver that offers progress towards the sink can elect to forward the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ahmed Bader, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
  • Patent number: 10546497
    Abstract: A parking management system that facilitates motorist guidance, payment, violation detection, and enforcement using highly accurate space occupancy detection, unique vehicle identification and guidance displays is described. The system enables reduced time to find parking, congestion mitigation, accurate violation detection, and easier enforcement, and increased payment and enforcement revenues to cities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Inventor: Balu Subramanya
  • Patent number: 10539418
    Abstract: In a target detection apparatus mounted in a vehicle, a target detector is configured to detect a target present in a forward direction of the vehicle based on image information acquired from an imager to capture images of a scene ahead of the vehicle. A position-of-collision calculator is configured to calculate an expected position of collision at which the target is expected to collide with the vehicle in the future based on a position of the target relative to the vehicle. A first determiner is configured to, based on the expected position of collision calculated by the position-of-collision calculator, determine whether or not a situation exists where a determination as to whether or not the target is a traversing target that is a target moving in a direction transverse to a forward direction of the vehicle can be made based on an optical flow of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Yokoi
  • Patent number: 10444337
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus utilizing time division access of multiple radar transceivers in living object detection for wireless power transfer applications are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus for detecting an object in a detection area of a wireless power transfer system is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of radar transceivers. The apparatus comprises a processor configured to group the plurality of radar transceivers into pairs of radar transceivers. The processor is configured to instruct each of the pairs of radar transceivers to transmit radar signals during a corresponding time slot of a plurality of time slots. The processor is configured to instruct each of the pairs of radar transceivers to receive the radar signals during the corresponding time slot of the plurality of time slots. The processor is configured to detect the object in the detection area based on at least some of the radar signals received by each of the pairs of radar transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Joshua Reuben Lee, Michael Hutterer
  • Patent number: 10368250
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a modulated signal in a spectral segment for communicating with a communication device, wherein the modulated signal conforms to a signaling protocol, generating a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys the modulated signal without modifying the signaling protocol, and transmitting the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves via a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves is directed to another system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Peter Wolniansky, Paul Shala Henry
  • Patent number: 10288732
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a first correlation circuit that computes correlation of a first wave detection signal, which is a phase-modulated input wave detected at determined frequency, with a determined code sequence for every code composing the determined code sequence, and to generate first correlation signals the number of which corresponds to a code sequence length, which is a length of the determined code sequence; and a control circuit that rotates phases of the first correlation signals, generates an added value by adding the phase-rotated first correlation signals, and determines based on the added value whether the phase-modulated input wave is a return wave from a determined object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Morita, Masahiko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10250293
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating first traffic for transmitting along a network path toward a recipient device, determining a schedule for transmitting the first traffic, and facilitating transmission of the first traffic along the network path using a first waveguide system. The first waveguide system has a dielectric coupler, and operates by communicating electromagnetic waves via the dielectric coupler at a physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path. The electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves at least partially surround an outer surface of the transmission medium, and wherein the electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Gross, Joshua Lackey, Donald Levy, Roger Piqueras Jover, Jayaraman Ramachandran, Cristina Serban
  • Patent number: 10207171
    Abstract: An integrated golf club comprising standard golf club shaft and an integrated electronics system golf club head apparatus for directly measuring physical parameters of the golf club head motional acceleration swing forces and golf club head face and golf ball impact forces and further processing those measurements and transmitting the measurement data wirelessly to a user interface device. The integrated electronics system golf club head comprises several optimized assemblies that support electronic measurement, processing and wireless communication functions that are integrated with a customized golf club head shell and club face to provide a golf club head with physical properties that are substantially similar to that of a regulation play golf club head of same type. The user interface device that receives wirelessly transmitted data further processes the data and provides the golfer with useful golf swing and impact metrics in multiple different user selectable formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GOLF IMPACT, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Davenport
  • Patent number: 10151826
    Abstract: Techniques for radar detection based on preacquisition ramps are discussed. One example system comprises transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry, and one or more processors. The transmitter circuitry can transmit preacquisition ramps and acquisition ramps. The receiver circuitry can receive preacquisition signals and acquisition signals based on interactions between the environment and the preacquisition ramps and acquisition ramps, respectively. The one or more processors can perform preprocessing based on the preacquisition signals to obtain interim results based on one or more of the environment or the system; generate a range Doppler map based at least in part on the acquisition signals; and evaluate the range Doppler map based at least in part on the interim results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andre Roger, Romain Ygnace
  • Patent number: 10123217
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a modulated signal in a spectral segment for communicating with a communication device, wherein the modulated signal conforms to a signaling protocol, generating a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys the modulated signal without modifying the signaling protocol, and transmitting the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves via a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves is directed to another system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Peter Wolniansky, Paul Shala Henry
  • Patent number: 10067226
    Abstract: A detection method comprising directing radiation such that it is incident upon a target, the radiation containing a component having a first polarization and a component having a second orthogonal polarization, detecting radiation which is scattered from the target, and analyzing the polarization state of the detected scattered radiation to determine whether the target includes an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Radio Physics Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bowring, David Andrews, Nacer Ddine Rezgui, Stuart Harmer
  • Patent number: 10044442
    Abstract: A method for delivering a communication signal is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at an optical transceiver, an optical communication and constructing, at a baseband integrated circuit in communication with the optical transceiver, a radio frequency communication (e.g., the intermediate frequency data and control signals) based on the optical communication. The method also includes transmitting the radio frequency communication from a Sommerfeld-Goubau launcher in communication with the baseband integrated circuit as a surface wave along a power line to a strand mount device disposed on the power line. The strand mount device is configured to receive the radio frequency communication and wirelessly transmit the radio frequency communication (e.g., via a wireless link) to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Karthik Yogeeswaran, Peter Gelbman
  • Patent number: 10037703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coupling a flight plan and a flight path using ADS-B information, and more specifically to a method for coupling a flight plan and a flight path, wherein a flight data processing unit of an air traffic control system or an arrival management system separately and directly receives ADS-B information such that the received ADS-B information can be used for coupling a flight plan and a flight path of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyoun Kyoung Kim, Dae Keun Jeon
  • Patent number: 10020845
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating first traffic for transmitting along a network path toward a recipient device, determining a schedule for transmitting the first traffic, and facilitating transmission of the first traffic along the network path using a first waveguide system. The first waveguide system has a dielectric coupler, and operates by communicating electromagnetic waves via the dielectric coupler at a physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path. The electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves at least partially surround an outer surface of the transmission medium, and wherein the electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Gross, Joshua Lackey, Donald E. Levy, Roger Piqueras Jover, Jayaraman Ramachandran, Cristina Serban
  • Patent number: 9954955
    Abstract: A shared radar and communication system for a vehicle includes capabilities for radar detection and communication with vehicles equipped with similar systems. The radar system is equipped with pluralities of transmit antennas and pluralities of receive antennas. The radar transmits a signal modulated with spread codes that are information bits. A receiver discriminates the signals sent from own transmitters and multiple reflections to detect objects of interest. In addition, the receiver discriminates signals transmitted from different systems on other vehicles. This requires the receiving system to have knowledge of the codes transmitted by the other vehicle. The receiving system determines the information bits sent by the other vehicle. If multiple radar systems on multiple vehicles use different sets of codes (but known to each other), the multiple systems can create a communication infra-structure in addition to radar detection and imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Uhnder, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Davis, Manju Hegde, Wayne E. Stark, Aria Eshraghi, Marius Goldenberg, Murtaza Ali
  • Patent number: 9915730
    Abstract: A method and system for generating an image of a scene behind a wall, wherein the scene is represented as a grid, by first transmitting a radar pulse through the wall using a transmitter and receiving a set of echoes corresponding to the radar pulse being reflected by the scene in a receiver at a known location. Based on the location, an imaging operator that relates the set of echoes to the grid is determined. Using the imaging operator, a sparse delay kernel that matches a response of a current image to a similar response in the set of echoes is determined. Then, the current image is updated, based on the set of echoes, the imaging operator, and the sparse delay kernel. The transmitting, the receiving, the determining, the obtaining, and the updating steps are repeated for different locations until a termination condition is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Hassan Mansour, Ulugbek S. Kamilov
  • Patent number: 9869762
    Abstract: A radar sensing system for a vehicle includes a plurality of transmitters, a plurality of receivers, and a plurality of receive and transmit antennas. The plurality of transmitters are configured for installation and use on a vehicle, and operable to transmit radio signals. The plurality of receivers are configured for installation and use on the vehicle, and operable to receive radio signals which include transmitted radio signals reflected from objects in the environment. The plurality of receive antennas and the plurality of transmit antennas are arranged in a selected MIMO configuration to provide a quantity of receive antennas and transmit antennas for a desired level of two-dimensional angle capability for a given board size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: UHNDER, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen W. Alland, Jean P. Bordes, Curtis Davis, Murtaza Ali
  • Patent number: 9855907
    Abstract: A sensor retaining assembly is provided to prevent changes in orientations of the sensors. The sensor retainer assembly comprises: a bumper reinforcement extending laterally in the vehicle; a frame member of a chassis; a rigid member integrated with the frame member; and a connection member on which sensors are installed while being adjacent to each other. One end of the connection member is fixed to the bumper reinforcement, and the other end of the connection member is fixed to the frame member or the rigid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Kumai, Jun Sato, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 9823658
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assessment and reporting system may conduct micro scans of a wide variety of property types. A risk zone within which the UAV may navigate during the micro scan may include a plurality of virtual tags that identify navigational hazards relevant to the navigation of the UAV at a specific location or specify scan actions to be implemented while the UAV is at the specific location. Scan data from any of a wide variety of sensor types may be compared with profile data using computer vision techniques to identify characteristics, defects, damage, construction materials, and the like. A rule set evaluator may evaluate tags and/or matched profile data to determine adaptive actions to modify the navigation or scanning process of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Loveland Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Jim Loveland, Leif Larson, Dan Christiansen, Tad Christiansen, Cam Christiansen
  • Patent number: 9787359
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating first traffic for transmitting along a network path toward a recipient device, determining a schedule for transmitting the first traffic, and facilitating transmission of the first traffic along the network path using a first waveguide system. The first waveguide system has a dielectric coupler, and operates by communicating electromagnetic waves via the dielectric coupler at a physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path. The electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves at least partially surround an outer surface of the transmission medium, and wherein the electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Gross, Joshua Lackey, Donald E. Levy, Roger Piqueras Jover, Jayaraman Ramachandran, Cristina Serban
  • Patent number: 9752917
    Abstract: A microwave barrier (10) is provided which has a first microwave unit (14a) having a microwave transmitter and a first antenna (16a) for transmitting a microwave signal and which has a second microwave unit (14b) having a microwave receiver and a second antenna (16b) for receiving the microwave signal and which also has an evaluation unit which is configured to recognize from the received microwave signal whether an object (17) is located on the microwave path (12) between the first microwave unit (14a) and the second microwave unit (14b). In this respect, the first microwave unit (14a) and the second microwave unit (14b) each have a radio frequency transceiver to transmit and to receive microwave signals and the radio frequency transceiver is part of an integrated digital module for wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventor: Thomas Weber
  • Patent number: 9720086
    Abstract: A passive-tracking system is described herein. In one example, the passive-tracking system includes a thermal sensor configured to generate a series of thermal frames based on an object in a monitoring area. In this example, the system also includes a processor and a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor configured to generate a series of modulated-light frames based on the object. The processor may be configured to receive the thermal and modulated-light frames and based at least in part on the data of the frames, generate a novelty representation of the object. Based on this data, the processor may also be configured to determine whether the object is human and if so, generate a three-dimensional (3D) position of the human object. The processor may also be configured to passively track the human object over time by, based on the novelty representation, selectively updating the 3D position of the human object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: 4Sense, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanislaw K Skowronek, Christopher M. Wade, Antonio A Ricco
  • Patent number: 9667317
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating first traffic for transmitting along a network path to a recipient device and transmitting the first traffic along the network path to remove traffic patterns associated with a premises. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Gross, Joshua Lackey, Donald E. Levy, Roger Piqueras Jover, Jayaraman Ramachandran, Cristina Serban
  • Patent number: 9643603
    Abstract: A travel control device includes: a vehicle detection device configured to detect a position of a peripheral vehicle that travels in a periphery of a host vehicle in a lane, in which the host vehicle travels, or a lane adjacent to and heading in a same direction of the host vehicle; a generation device configured to assign a potential field to a predetermined region, which is adjacent to the position of the peripheral vehicle, the potential field indicating a degree of psychological pressure received by a driver of the host vehicle, and configured to generate a potential distribution that represents a distribution of the potential field of the peripheral vehicle on a road; and a control device configured to control a travel condition of the host vehicle that the host vehicle travels in the potential field relatively low in the potential distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Kawahara, Makiko Tauchi
  • Patent number: 9467664
    Abstract: A video/audio recording device is mounted on a mobile support for recording surveillance information. The recording device is movable relative to the mobile support to adjustably position the recording device to face the target along a line-of-sight during recording. A database stores public map spaces, private map spaces, and warrant spaces that exist in a geographic area to be surveilled. A programmed controller accesses the database, determines whether the target is recordable from a public map space along the line-of-sight between the recording device and the target and/or whether the target is covered by a warrant space, and controls the recording device to record the surveillance information upon a successful determination that the target is so recordable or so covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Alejandro G Blanco, Thomas D Gross