Doppler Patents (Class 342/418)
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Patent number: 11418272Abstract: A radio wave environment display device includes a display unit that displays a radio wave environment and a controller. The radio wave environment display device displays a radio wave environment in an area where a plurality of wireless transmitters located at different positions transmit radio waves. The controller selects, at each of a plurality of points in the area, a maximum intensity among intensities that are magnitudes of received power of radio waves transmitted from the wireless transmitters and causes the display unit to display the radio wave environment at each of the plurality of points based on the maximum intensity selected and an arrival direction of a radio wave with the maximum intensity selected.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Taichi Hamabe
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Patent number: 11402469Abstract: A drone detection radar configured to identify, from information present on returns reflected from a target, the presence of a drone, by identification, within Doppler information on the returns, of: i) Doppler signals being characteristic of rotating parts of a motor; ii) Doppler signals being characteristic of rotating parts of a blade; and, by identification from temporal information in the reflected returns; and iii) signals being characteristic of flashing of the blade of a drone. The target is assumed to be a drone if signals i, ii, and iii are present above respective predetermined thresholds. The largest return from a drone is often from the body, but this is often filtered by a clutter filter. The identified parameters therefore improve detection ability. The characteristic form of the Doppler signals in some instances allow the body return to be implied, thus providing information as to drone velocity.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITEDInventor: Stephen Anthony Harman
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Patent number: 11199380Abstract: The system and method of projectile flight management using a combination of radio frequency orthogonal interferometry for the long range navigation and guidance of one or more projectiles and a short range navigation and guidance system to provide for more accurate targeting, especially in GPS-denied and GPS-limited environments.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Ira B. Ekhaus, Michael J. Choiniere, Quang M. Lam
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Patent number: 11102038Abstract: A method may comprise receiving and sampling a signal. The signal may encode a data packet. A slice may be generated and stored comprising a pair of values for each of a selected number of samples of the signal representing a correlation of the signal to reference functions in the receiver. The presence of the data packet may then be detected and the detected packet decoded from the stored slices. The generating and storing slices may be carried out as the received signal is sampled. The sampled values of the signal may be discarded as the slices are generated and stored. The slice representation of the signal can be manipulated to generate filters with flexible bandwidth and center frequency.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Robert Fleming, Cherie Kushner, William H. McAllister, Mark Zdeblick
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Patent number: 11075704Abstract: A radio wave environment display device includes a display unit that displays a radio wave environment and a controller. The radio wave environment display device displays a radio wave environment in an area where a plurality of wireless transmitters located at different positions transmit radio waves. The controller selects, at each of a plurality of points in the area, a maximum intensity among intensities that are magnitudes of received power of radio waves transmitted from the wireless transmitters and causes the display unit to display the radio wave environment at each of the plurality of points based on the maximum intensity selected and an arrival direction of a radio wave with the maximum intensity selected.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Taichi Hamabe
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Patent number: 10983535Abstract: A system for navigation includes a movable object. The movable object is configured to navigate to a first position and, while at the first position, determine a second position based on a selected point on an image.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukiyoshi Sasao, Zongyao Qu
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Patent number: 10715245Abstract: A satellite system operates at altitudes between 100 and 350 km relying on vehicles including a self-sustaining ion engine to counteract atmospheric drag to maintain near-constant orbit dynamics. The system operates at altitudes that are substantially lower than traditional satellites, reducing size, weight and cost of the vehicles and their constituent subsystems such as optical imagers, radars, and radio links. The system can include a large number of lower cost, mass, and altitude vehicles, enabling revisit times substantially shorter than previous satellite systems. The vehicles spend their orbit at low altitude, high atmospheric density conditions that have heretofore been virtually impossible to consider for stable orbits. Short revisit times at low altitudes enable near-real time imaging at high resolution and low cost. At such altitudes, the system has no impact on space junk issues of traditional LEO orbits, and is self-cleaning in that space junk or disabled craft will de-orbit.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Skeyeon, Inc.Inventors: Dan Nobbe, Ronald E. Reedy
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Patent number: 10693578Abstract: Systems and methods provide providing predictive radio tuning for an aircraft. The systems and methods electronically receive data from an off aircraft source and integrate with aircraft sourced data. The information is related to frequencies for aircraft radios at one or more locations. The systems and methods electronically determine a location of the aircraft, electronically provide a predicted frequency in response to the location and the information using a radio tuning application, and display the predicted frequency on a radio tuning panel on an electronic display.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Shapiro, Colin D. Reed
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Patent number: 10682671Abstract: There are provided an ultrasonic imaging apparatus, an ultrasonic probe apparatus, a signal processing apparatus, and a method for controlling an ultrasonic imaging apparatus. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus may include at least one first ultrasound element installed in a first ultrasound element installation unit; at least one second ultrasound element installed in a second ultrasound element installation unit that is separate from the first ultrasound element installation unit and such that the second ultrasound element forms a gap with the first ultrasound element; and a processor configured to estimate one or two or more virtual ultrasound signals that correspond to the gap based on a first ultrasound signal output from the at least one first ultrasound element and a second ultrasound signal output from the at least one second ultrasound element.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Baehyung Kim, Kyuhong Kim, Suhyun Park
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Patent number: 10545216Abstract: There are provided a method of locating a transmitting source in multipath environment and system thereof. The method comprises: obtaining, by each receiver k of a plurality of spatially separated receivers, a sequence of samples of a signal received by the receiver, each sample respectively associated with a time of obtaining said sample, wherein one or more receivers m among the plurality of receivers k each obtain a respective sequence of samples over a plurality of different positions along a respective trajectory r(t) with respect to the site associated with the respective receiver m; and processing the obtained sequences of samples to identify the most likely location of the transmitting source. Optionally, most likely location can be estimated using a grid of potential locations within an area of interest.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Elta Systems Ltd.Inventor: Daniel Avitzour
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Patent number: 10498572Abstract: A method may comprise receiving and sampling a signal. The signal may encode a data packet. A slice may be generated and stored comprising a pair of values for each of a selected number of samples of the signal representing a correlation of the signal to reference functions in the receiver. The presence of the data packet may then be detected and the detected packet decoded from the stored slices. The generating and storing slices may be carried out as the received signal is sampled. The sampled values of the signal may be discarded as the slices are generated and stored. The slice representation of the signal can be manipulated to generate filters with flexible bandwidth and center frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: PROTEUS DIGITAL HEALTH, INC.Inventors: Robert Fleming, Cherie Kushner, William H. McAllister, Mark Zdeblick
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Patent number: 10468768Abstract: An improved two-way tagging tracking and locating system uses time of arrival (TOA), Doppler, and angle of arrival (AOA) in conjunction with remote tags and a locator. The locator's antenna is tethered to a central point, and moved in a constrained motion so that it describes a roughly circular horizontal path. The locator transmits and receives sets of complex radio sequences to/from the tag(s) so that the tag(s) emit signals which are phase, chip, and symbol coherent with the received locator signals. This enables the locator to determine the distances and Doppler shifts between itself and the tag(s) at various positions in its path such that, by post correlation processing of complex captured signal sequences, aims a virtual phased array antenna at the tag(s), resulting in enhanced distance and direction measurements. The angular position of the orbiting locator's antenna may be measured using an electronic compass packaged with the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Inventor: Lawrence J. Karr
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Patent number: 10241187Abstract: A sensor includes a reception antenna, a parasitic antenna terminating in a variable load, a controller, a transmitter transmitting a transmission signal, a receiver, a memory, and a processor. The controller sets an impedance value of the variable load. The receiver receives a first signal formed of signals received by the antennas and derived from the transmission signal, and the signal received by the parasitic antenna corresponding to the impedance value. The memory stores a first signal strength value of the first signal corresponding to the impedance value. The processor sets candidates of a complex propagation channel, calculates second signal strength values of a second signal respectively corresponding to the candidates, estimates a target complex propagation channel by selecting a candidate corresponding to a minimum difference among differences between the first signal strength value and the second signal strength values, and estimates a direction of arrival of the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Honma, Takeshi Nakayama, Takashi Morimoto
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Patent number: 10168425Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a radar system. The radar system comprises a plurality of distributed radar units and a centralized radar processing unit. The plurality of distributed radar units are each configured to obtain respective radar signals. Each of the plurality of distributed radar units are disposed at a different respective location of a mobile platform. The centralized radar processing unit is disposed within the mobile platform, coupled to each of the plurality of distributed radar units, and configured to directly process the radar signals from each of the plurality of distributed radar units.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Igal Bilik, Ran Y. Gazit
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Patent number: 10097388Abstract: A method may include receiving a signal. The signal may encode a data packet. The method may include further sampling the signal to generate sampled values, and generating a slice record comprising a plurality of slices from the sampled values by correlating the sampled values with first and second reference templates. The first reference template may include a first reference function, and the second reference template may include a second reference function in quadrature with the first reference function. The method may further include cross-correlating the slice record with a stored template to generate cross-correlation terms, and determining when a magnitude of the cross-correlation terms exceeds a predetermined threshold for a width of the stored template.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: PROTEUS DIGITAL HEALTH, INC.Inventors: Robert Fleming, Cherie Kushner, William H. McAllister, Mark Zdeblick
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Patent number: 10006999Abstract: A method in a driver assistance system of a vehicle for detecting an object in the surroundings of the vehicle. The method has the following steps: emission of at least one measuring pulse by a transmitter; reception of a reflection of the measuring pulse by at least one receiver; determination of a Doppler shift between the emitted measuring pulse and the received reflection in an analysis unit; and determination of a direction toward the object based on the determined Doppler shift.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Matthias Karl
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Patent number: 9882668Abstract: Detection of OFDM signals leaking from an HFC network with CCAP architecture is presented. Leak detection includes creating signatures of the OFDM signals and using them in an adaptive coherent cross-correlation processing method. The signature is created at a server and then transmitted to a field leakage detector via a wireless network. The server constructs signatures based on modulation and other parameters of the OFDM signal. The detector adaptively selects valid signatures depending on the location of the detector. A cross-correlation receiver samples the OFDM leakage signal in synchronism with a GPS clock and an OFDM master clock at a CMTS. Capture of the OFDM leakage signal in the detector is synchronized with the symbol rate and timestamp of the OFMD signal to achieve time delay measurements of the leak signal at different locations of the detector. Then, the leak is located using known TDOA or network database methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: ARCOM DIGITAL, LLCInventor: Victor M. Zinevich
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Patent number: 9868044Abstract: Systems and methods for ball spin rate measurement are described. Some embodiments provide a method whereby a phase-demodulated difference signal of a projectile in flight is received, such as from a Doppler radar system. A first periodic component of the phase-demodulated signal is detected, the first periodic component having a plurality of bipolar pulses, with each of the pulses having a first portion during which an apparent speed of the projectile is greater than a nominal speed of the projectile, and each of the pulses having a second portion during which the apparent speed of the projectile is less that the nominal speed of the projectile. A period of the first periodic component is detected, and the spin rate of the projectile in flight is determined based on the period of the first periodic component.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: EDH US LLCInventors: Henri Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Robert William Rust
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Patent number: 9854563Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a bandwidth control scheme. In some examples, a transmitter device configured to transmit information via a wireless connection may include a baseband signal processor configured to process the information to generate a baseband signal with a baseband bandwidth; a modulator configured to modulate a radio frequency (RF) signal with an RF bandwidth based on the baseband signal; and a controller configured to adjust at least one of the baseband bandwidth and the RF bandwidth based on a movement of the transmitter device relative to a position of a receiver device configured to receive the RF signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventor: Hyoung-Gon Lee
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Patent number: 9787511Abstract: A method may comprise receiving and sampling a signal. The signal may encode a data packet. A slice may be generated and stored comprising a pair of values for each of a selected number of samples of the signal representing a correlation of the signal to reference functions in the receiver. The presence of the data packet may then be detected and the detected packet decoded from the stored slices. The generating and storing slices may be carried out as the received signal is sampled. The sampled values of the signal may be discarded as the slices are generated and stored. The slice representation of the signal can be manipulated to generate filters with flexible bandwidth and center frequency.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: PROTEUS DIGITAL HEALTH, INC.Inventors: Robert Fleming, Cherie Kushner, William H. McAllister, Mark Zdeblick
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Patent number: 9704122Abstract: A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving monitoring information related to one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials; and electronically associating at least a portion of said monitoring information one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials with one or more identifiers accessible through one or more tracers, said one or more tracers logged as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with said one or more ingestible materials. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud
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Patent number: 9270389Abstract: A measuring method for analyzing the propagation of electromagnetic navigation signals, wherein at least one representative transmitting unit, having a chronological signal feed scheme unambiguously assigned to the navigation signal, is assigned to each of the navigation signals. The representative transmitting units are at least intermittently operated offset in time. A characteristic transmission-free leader pause duration and transmission-free trailer pause duration or a characteristic transmitting duration is assigned to each representative transmitting unit. An analysis unit is coupled to a receiving unit and a time-dependent amplitude detection is carried out, wherein the time curve of the received amplitude values is analyzed by the analysis unit to assign the representative transmitting unit to timeslots of the received amplitude values.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BRAUNSCHWEIGInventors: Robert Geise, Achim Enders
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Patent number: 9270503Abstract: A method may comprise receiving and sampling a signal. The signal may encode a data packet. A slice may be generated and stored comprising a pair of values for each of a selected number of samples of the signal representing a correlation of the signal to reference functions in the receiver. The presence of the data packet may then be detected and the detected packet decoded from the stored slices. The generating and storing slices may be carried out as the received signal is sampled. The sampled values of the signal may be discarded as the slices are generated and stored. The slice representation of the signal can be manipulated to generate filters with flexible bandwidth and center frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc.Inventors: Robert Fleming, Cherie Kushner, William H. McAllister, Mark Zdeblick
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Patent number: 9267959Abstract: Measurement of bladed rotors and, more particularly, speed measurement of bladed rotors in a turbine engine using microwave probes is described. In one embodiment, an apparatus for measuring bladed includes a microwave sensor that radiates a microwave signal toward a bladed rotor and receives a reflected microwave signal from the bladed rotor, a radio frequency module that generates the microwave signal radiated by the microwave sensor and down-converts the reflected microwave signal into a down-converted signal, and a main processing module configured to generate an output pulse train signal representative of a speed of the bladed rotor based on the down-converted signal. In another embodiment, a method for measuring bladed rotors is described including radiating a microwave signal, receiving a reflected microwave signal, down-converting the reflected microwave signal, and generating an output pulse train signal representative of a speed of a bladed rotor based on the down-converted signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Meggitt SAInventors: Olivier Hochreutiner, Jonathan Geisheimer, Thomas Holst, Sylvain Queloz, David Kwapisz, Rachid Naid-Abdellah
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Patent number: 9216739Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus that can stop a subject vehicle at an optimum position, and at a subsequent restart time, suitably avoid an obstacle without imposing a burden on a driver is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Takeo Shibata
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Methods and apparatus for efficient complex long multiplication and covariance matrix implementation
Patent number: 9075651Abstract: Efficient computation of complex long multiplication results and an efficient calculation of a covariance matrix are described. A parallel array VLIW digital signal processor is employed along with specialized complex long multiplication instructions and communication operations between the processing elements which are overlapped with computation to provide very high performance operation. Successive iterations of a loop of tightly packed VLIWs may be used allowing the complex multiplication pipeline hardware to be efficiently used.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Altera CorporationInventors: Gerald George Pechanek, Ricardo Rodriguez, Matthew Plonski, David Strube, Kevin Coopman -
Patent number: 8847587Abstract: A magnetic field generator includes a substrate, a main generator coil, at least one field sensor, at least one shim coil, a driver circuit and a correction circuit. The main generator coil, the field sensor, and the shim coil are all disposed on the substrate. The driver circuit is coupled to drive the main generator coil with a driving current at a selected frequency. The correction circuit is coupled to receive a signal at the selected frequency from the at least one field sensor and, in response to deviations in the signal from a predefined baseline, to drive the at least one shim coil with a driving current having an amplitude configured to return the signal to the baseline.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Andres Claudio Altmann, Yaron Ephrath
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Publication number: 20140285379Abstract: According to one embodiment, a monitoring device includes a monitoring antenna, a frequency converter, a filter, a detector, and an azimuth detector. The monitoring antenna receives a carrier wave, an upper sideband wave, and a lower sideband wave as a VOR signal. The frequency converter converts a frequency band of the VOR signal into an IF band. The filter includes passband. The passband removes a component of the lower sideband wave in the VOR signal. The detector detects a component of the carrier wave, and a component of the upper sideband wave from the signal output from the filter. The azimuth detector detects an azimuth based on the detected carrier wave component, and the detected upper sideband wave component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Yoshio KAWAGUCHI
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Patent number: 8774717Abstract: A Master Antenna Controller System is provided. In one example, the Master Antenna Controller System comprises a handheld wireless device and a RET Master. The handheld wireless device may comprise an Android OS or iOS based smartphone or tablet that includes Wi-Fi capabilities communications capabilities. The RET Master may provide full RET control based on the AISG 1.1 and 2.0 standards and communicate with the handheld wireless device via a wireless access point, such as a Wi-Fi server. The combination may be configured to provide extensive, screen-guided, intuitive RET diagnostics functionality. The RET Master itself may also include multiple different pre-defined tests (e.g. test one actuator, test one RET cable, test AISG signal from TMA) and also some standard electrical tests, e.g. measuring voltage, current etc. Additional higher-level functions may be provided on an Application on the handheld wireless device and communicated to the RET Master wirelessly or by USB connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Matthew D. Ferris, Elmer O. Freeman, Bobby W. Webb, Holger Raeder
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Patent number: 8766827Abstract: Parallel compression is performed on an input data stream by processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes hashing circuitry, match engines, pipeline circuitry and a match selector. The hashing circuitry identifies multiple locations in one or more history buffers for searching for a target data in the input data stream. The match engines perform multiple searches in parallel for the target data in the one or more history buffers. The pipeline circuitry performs pipelined searches for multiple sequential target data in the input data stream in consecutive clock cycles. Then the match selector selects a result from the multiple searches and pipelined searches to compress the input data stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Andrew Milne, Sailesh Bissessur, Quinn W. Merrell, Lokpraveen B. Mosur
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Patent number: 8552908Abstract: A high fidelity simulation of Doppler that may exactly replicate the phenomenology of the physical world. Compute the linear (Line of sight) kinematics (Slant Range, Radial Velocity, and Radial Acceleration) for each of a multiplicity of emitter-receiver pairs in accordance with exact 3D vector mathematics. Smoothly interpolate the linear kinematic parameters to produce accurate instantaneous values of these parameters at sample rates sufficient to produce negligible error effects in the presence of realistic aircraft maneuvers. Calculate the Doppler frequency, in accordance with well known physics, from the emitter carrier wavelength and a high sample rate. Calculate the Doppler effect as a differential phase (Doppler frequency×sample time) and apply the effect as incremental phase shifts to the carrier signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: AAI CorporationInventors: James J. Jaklitsch, Hariklia Karagiannis
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Patent number: 8355473Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure propose methods and systems for classifying the Doppler spread based on the output of the frequency-tracking loop (FTL) discriminator in WiMAX systems to improve the performance of the channel estimation. The Doppler spread may be classified as low, medium or high based on the statistics of the output of the discriminator in the fine-tracking mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Junqiang Li, Je Woo Kim, Madihally J. Narasimha
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Publication number: 20130009822Abstract: A high fidelity simulation of Doppler that may exactly replicate the phenomenology of the physical world. Compute the linear (Line of sight) kinematics (Slant Range, Radial Velocity, and Radial Acceleration) for each of a multiplicity of emitter-receiver pairs in accordance with exact 3D vector mathematics. Smoothly interpolate the linear kinematic parameters to produce accurate instantaneous values of these parameters at sample rates sufficient to produce negligible error effects in the presence of realistic aircraft maneuvers. Calculate the Doppler frequency, in accordance with well known physics, from the emitter carrier wavelength and a high sample rate. Calculate the Doppler effect as a differential phase (Doppler frequency×sample time) and apply the effect as incremental phase shifts to the carrier signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: AAI CorporationInventors: James J. Jaklitsch, Hariklia Karagiannis
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Patent number: 8340588Abstract: A system for estimating parameters of an incoming signal is provided. At least one antenna is coupled to at least one suitable receiver. The antenna(s) are spatially translated in an arbitrary trajectory. As the antenna(s) is being spatially translated, a data processing means samples the incoming signal at set intervals based on a clock signal provided by a system clock. By sampling the incoming signal at different times at different spatial locations on the arbitrary trajectory, the system acts as a synthetic antenna array. The different samplings of the incoming signal at different times and positions provide signal diversity gain as well as different readings which can be used to estimate and/or calculate various parameters of the incoming signal. The different samplings can be used to detect the incoming signal, estimate its angle of arrival, estimate its time of arrival, as well as other parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of National DefenceInventors: John Nielsen, Gerard Lachapelle, Ali Broumandan
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Patent number: 8326316Abstract: A portable wireless terminal and a moving velocity detecting method for the portable wireless terminal capable of detecting a moving velocity with high accuracy without increasing power consumption and terminal cost are provided. At the start of a communication, GPS reception-related circuits 32 and 33 are turned on, an initial position of a portable wireless terminal 10 is detected, a RAKE receiver 24 and a synchronous detector 25 measure Doppler shift amounts of down signals at a known frequency received from a plurality of base stations, respectively, and a CPU 41 calculates relative velocities of the portable wireless terminal 10 to the respective base stations and obtains a current moving velocity of the portable wireless terminal 10 from positions of the base stations, the initial position, and the relative velocities.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Kazuo Ogoro
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Patent number: 8260324Abstract: A system for establishing a wireless link from a wireless communication device (WCD) to at least one target device. The process of both identifying the target device and establishing a link to this device may incorporate the orientation and/or movement of the WCD into the procedure in lieu of the extensive use of traditional menu interfaces. A WCD may interpret a combination of orientation and/or movement as an approximate target device location that may be utilized to narrow the total population of all located devices into a subset containing those devices located within of near the approximate target device location. The subset of devices may be formulated and displayed as potential target devices for selection by a user. If any of the potential target devices are known by the WCD, a link may be established automatically.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Joni Jorma Marius Jantunen, Kimmo Heikki Juhana Kalliola, Antti Paavo Tapani Kainulainen
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Publication number: 20120098704Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for signal source tracking. A signal emitted over time from a moving source is a collection of small sub-signals that were emitted by the source at different positions along its path. If the source is traveling at a slower speed than the signal, the sub-signals will arrive at a given sensor in the same order that they were released. By identifying the locations and times of the releases of several of these sub-signals, the path and velocity of the moving source can be estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Kenneth M. Arnoult, JR., Curt A. L. Szuberla, John V. Olson
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Patent number: 8050691Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement in a mobile telecommunication network for detection of a UE transmitted signal. The arrangement comprises means for detecting the signal during the time ttot, wherein said means comprises a correlator adapted for combined coherent and non-coherent correlation, wherein the length of the coherent correlation interval is L signal samples, the number of coherent correlation intervals is M and the coherent correlation results in a coherent correlation result for each of the coherent detection intervals M, and means for adding the coherent correlation results non-coherently. Further, the arrangement comprises means for selecting one of the length L of coherent detection interval and the total detection interval ttot based on at least one of the parameters cell size, UE speed and acceleration, number of participating Location Measurements Units and a desired total false alarm rate.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2006Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Ari Kangas
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Patent number: 7995682Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating a satellite signal parameter in a satellite positioning system receiver is described. In an example, a plurality of correlation results between a satellite signal and a reference signal is generated and stored in a memory. At least one satellite signal parameter is estimated from the plurality of correlation results using a co-processor integrated within the satellite positioning system receiver. As the coprocessor estimates the parameter, new correlation results are added to the memory. The at least one satellite signal parameter is then provided to the processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Charles Abraham, Emre Tapucu
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Patent number: 7978137Abstract: A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors installed within the WCD. The sensor information may initially be used to determine an appropriate configuration for the device. Further, the sensor information may also be used to affect the behavior of the device while performing the DoA estimation.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Antti Kainulainen, Vuokko Nurmela
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Publication number: 20110057839Abstract: Using in-phase and quadrature components of a received signal, spatial and temporal information is utilized to generate a maximum likelihood coefficient from the measured data to geolocate an emitter of unknown frequency. In one embodiment an iso-Doppler contour is generated having regions of high correlation to estimate location in which the maximum likelihood calculation uses two factors, one derived from a single aperture and one derived from bearing estimates, with the region of highest correlation corresponding to emitter location. Hypothesized in-phase and quadrature signals corresponding to an emitter location describe what the signals received at the aperture should be if the emitter is of a predetermined frequency and at a predetermined location, with these estimates used in the maximum likelihood algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Arnold D. Seifer, Donald B. Spencer
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Patent number: 7768963Abstract: Systems and methods of improving sampling of WLAN packet information to improve estimates of Doppler frequency of a WLAN positioning device. A device estimates the position of itself. The device includes a WLAN radio module for receiving WLAN signals transmitted by WLAN APs in range of said device, extraction logic for extracting information from said received WLAN signals to identify the WLAN APs, and logic to cooperate with a WLAN-based positioning system to estimate the position of the device based at least in part on the extracted information identifying the WLAN APs in the range of said device. The WLAN radio module includes logic for measuring multiple received signal strength indicator (RSSI) values for sufficiently long WLAN packets to increase the sampled rate of RSSI of WLAN packets from WLAN APs and to thereby improve an estimate of the Doppler frequency of said device.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Skyhook Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz
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Patent number: 7719469Abstract: A position determination method including a step of transmitting a periodic signal having a carrier frequency, a step of sequentially receiving the periodic signal having the carrier frequency at various locations using at least one antenna, and a step of determining a first coordinate of the object location on the basis of a zero crossing of a Doppler frequency response which may be associated with the first coordinate of the object location, the first coordinate of the object location corresponding to a coordinate of that location of the at least one antenna which it has when receiving the periodic signal at the zero crossing in relation to the object location.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Cairos Technologies AGInventors: Walter Englert, Tilman Bucher
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Patent number: 7653347Abstract: A Doppler compensation method is used for radio transmission between a mobile body possibly but not exclusively a train and some base station, both mobile body and base station comprise respectively a transceiver connected to an antenna for the radio transmission. The method comprises the step of determining the direction of motion of the mobile body with respect to the active base station i.e. the base station to which a radio transmission link is just built. The method is then followed by the step to apply a constant Doppler compensation corresponding to the cancellation of the Doppler effect for a mobile body moving in the same direction at predefined limiting speed of motion (vlimit) at which a quality threshold is reached with the used radio transmission technology in the case without a Doppler compensation.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Ralf Klotsche, Klaus Wünstel, Thomas-Rolf Banniza
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Patent number: 7548202Abstract: A radio direction finding antenna is disclosed. A dielectric material is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. The dielectric material has a first conductive surface. A radiating element or array of radiating elements are disposed within the dielectric material and are electrically isolated from the first conductive surface. The radiating element or array of radiating elements are positioned a distance away from the axis of rotation and are configured to be resonant at a predetermined frequency in the case of a single radiating element or various frequencies in the case of an array of radiating elements. Rotation of the dielectric material and radiating element or array of elements about the axis of rotation causes a Doppler effect in signals received by the radiating element or array of elements. An artillery fuse incorporating the radio direction finding antenna is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventor: William C. Jennings
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Method and system for automatically analyzing and modifying cable television signal leak information
Patent number: 7548201Abstract: Provided are a system and method for modifying detected radio frequency (RF) leak information in a cable television system. In one example, the method includes identifying a leak location and a leak magnitude in the cable television system using a detection system. A predefined range value may be automatically identified based on the leak location, where the range value is used to define an approximate distance between the cable television system and the detection system. The leak magnitude may then be modified based on the range value.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Cable Leakage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth J. Eckenroth, Michael E. Ostteen -
Patent number: 7548203Abstract: A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors installed within the WCD. The sensor information may initially be used to determine an appropriate configuration for the device. Further, the sensor information may also be used to affect the behavior of the device while performing the DoA estimation.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2006Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Antti Kainulainen, Vuokko Nurmela
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Patent number: 7495611Abstract: A method for determining the direction of an incoming signal is provided in which each of a plurality of receivers arranged in a linear array is sampled in sequence to simulate a single receiver moving along an aperture defined by the linear array at a simulated speed. This generates a simulated time series data from which a simulated Doppler shift in the incident angle is measured. The simulated Doppler shift is used to determine the incident angle between the incident signal and the linear array of receivers. By adjusting the simulated speed to eliminate artifacts in the power spectral density of the data obtained from the receivers, the incident angle can be obtain from the expression of the simulated Doppler shift.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Anthony A. Ruffa
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Publication number: 20090009382Abstract: A method for determining the direction of an incoming signal is provided in which each of a plurality of receivers arranged in a linear array is sampled in sequence to simulate a single receiver moving along an aperture defined by the linear array at a simulated speed. This generates a simulated time series data from which a simulated Doppler shift in the incident angle is measured. The simulated Doppler shift is used to determine the incident angle between the incident signal and the linear array of receivers. By adjusting the simulated speed to eliminate artifacts in the power spectral density of the data obtained from the receivers, the incident angle can be obtain from the expression of the simulated Doppler shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventor: ANTHONY A. RUFFA
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Publication number: 20080211719Abstract: Embodiments of the invention exploit cyclostationarity of linearly modulated signals, transmitted through fading channels, to provide robust blind and data-aided mobile speed estimators. Embodiments of the invention utilize at least two methods of cyclic-correlation- and cyclic-spectrum-based methods and extension to space-time speed estimation at the base station in macrocells. In comparison with background art methods, the new estimators of the embodiments of the invention can be used without any need for pilot tones, and are robust to additive stationary noise or interference of any color or distribution. In addition, embodiments of the invention can also be implemented blindly, which can increase the data throughput. Performance results of the estimators of the embodiments of the invention are illustrated via extensive Monte Carlo simulation results.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: New Jersey Institute of TechnologyInventors: Hong Zhang, Ali Abdi