With Television Patents (Class 342/55)
  • Patent number: 12375939
    Abstract: An apparatus includes antenna, selector, estimator, imager and creator. The antenna includes antenna elements of N rows by N columns (N is a natural number of 2 or more) arranged in an array and captures an incoming wave. The selector selects an antenna element group including antenna elements of M rows by M columns (M is a natural number less than N) from the antenna elements of N rows by N columns according to a band of the incoming wave. The estimator estimates an incoming direction of the incoming wave from an element signal of each of the antenna elements included in the selected antenna element group. The imager acquires image data by imaging an orientation direction of an aperture of the antenna. The creator creates a visualized image by visually synthesizing the estimated incoming direction with the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemi Oki, Katsuro Kasuga, Terumitsu Murakami
  • Patent number: 12311919
    Abstract: An information processing device for a vehicle includes an object detecting unit, an object information storage unit, and an object information management unit. The object detecting unit detects, based on an output of a sensor mounted on the vehicle, an object located around the vehicle. The object information storage unit stores, as object information, information about the object detected by the object detecting unit. The object information management unit is configured to: receive, from a travelling assistance unit that performs an assistance operation of assisting travelling of the vehicle based on the object information, related information, the related information being related to the assistance operation performed by the travelling assistance unit; determine storage priority of the object information in the object information storage unit based on the related information; and manage a storage state of the object information in the object information storage unit based on the storage priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kusuhara, Yuki Minase, Motonari Ohbayashi, Yutaka Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 12286100
    Abstract: A vehicle control device according to an embodiment includes an imager configured to image surroundings of a host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a surroundings situation of the host vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a result of the recognition of the recognizer, and a controller configured to control the driving controller on the basis of imaging content of the imager, and the controller performs scanning on an object present around the host vehicle on a two-dimensional image captured by the imager at an angle serving as a predetermined angle upward from left and right lower ends of the two-dimensional image, and sets a point first coming in contact with the object as a ground contact point of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Hiramatsu, Yoshimitsu Murahashi
  • Patent number: 12262220
    Abstract: An apparatus includes antenna, selector, estimator, imager and creator. The antenna includes antenna elements of N rows by N columns (N is a natural number of 2 or more) arranged in an array and captures an incoming wave. The selector selects an antenna element group including antenna elements of M rows by M columns (M is a natural number less than N) from the antenna elements of N rows by N columns according to a band of the incoming wave. The estimator estimates an incoming direction of the incoming wave from an element signal of each of the antenna elements included in the selected antenna element group. The imager acquires image data by imaging an orientation direction of an aperture of the antenna. The creator creates a visualized image by visually synthesizing the estimated incoming direction with the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemi Oki, Katsuro Kasuga, Terumitsu Murakami
  • Patent number: 12259462
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ranging method, a ranging device, and a ranging system. The method includes: acquiring a video image and a radar signal set that are collected respectively by a camera and radar at the same time; determining position information corresponding to each target object in the video image; determining one or more target object that have matched a radar signal in the video image; determining a ranging algorithm based on the position information corresponding to the target objects that have matched radar signals and the radar signals matching the target objects; and calculating a distance between a target object that does not match a radar signal in the video image and a designated vehicle according to position information corresponding to the target object that does not match a radar signal in the video image and through the ranging algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yushi Zhu, Jie Sun
  • Patent number: 12202414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a decorative element for vehicles, which comprises: on the rear part thereof, an opaque resin base (8) and a camera, the resin base having a thickness that allows the camera (9) to be positioned; and on the front part thereof, a layer of transparent resin (2) on which two decorative layers, a discontinuous opaque layer (3) and a metallic-looking layer (4), are disposed, wherein the camera is placed facing one of the discontinuities of the opaque layer (3), and wherein the metallic-looking layer (4) comprises an alloy of Cr or Mo with Al, Mg, Ag or In. By means of the metallic-looking layer, color distortion is prevented, and the camera is concealed from an external observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ZANINI AUTO GRUP, S.A.
    Inventors: Augusto Mayer Pujadas, Jerson Jair Peralta Morales, Benjamín Izquierdo Fernández, Beatriz Bravo García, David Cañones Bonham
  • Patent number: 12181295
    Abstract: A method for predicting a hazard element on a driving route for a personal mobility device, and guiding the predicted hazard element on the driving route to a customer is provided A hazard element guide server includes a server communication unit that communicates with a customer terminal possessed by a first customer, and receives an application message including information on at least one of a first departure point and a first driving time for use of a first personal mobility. A server controller extracts a first historical driving record corresponding to at least one of a second departure point positioned within a predetermined radius, and estimates a destination included in the extracted first historical driving record as a final destination, and the server controller guides the first customer away from a hazard element that is predicted on a first driving route from the first departure point to the final destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Byoungil Choi
  • Patent number: 12174028
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle around a vehicle, a boundary detection unit configured to detect a boundary of a parking section, and a target position determination unit configured to determine a target position of a movement route of the vehicle based on the detected boundary. The target position determination unit recognizes, as a wheel stopper, the obstacle detected in a detection area that is set at a position in the parking section on a back side of an entrance and exit of the parking section based on the detected boundary, regardless of a height of the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Inagaki, Yusuke Kiyokawa, Norio Imai, Takuya Nakagawa, Motonari Obayashi
  • Patent number: 12164038
    Abstract: Reduction in distance measurement accuracy is decreased. A distance measuring device according to embodiments includes an array (142) in which a plurality of light-receiving elements each configured to detect incidence of a photon are arranged, a read circuit (22) configured to read a detection signal from each of the light-receiving elements, and a plurality of computing units (15-1 to 15-4) configured to generate depth information on a distance to an object present in an angle of view in different regions in the array, based on the detection signals read from the light-receiving elements belonging to the different regions. The computing units generate the depth information using computation coefficients (16-1 to 16-4) at least partially different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Morita, Koichi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12067775
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor capturing sensor data and an imager capturing imager data in combination with a computing device configured to time calibrate the sensor and the imager, detect an occurrence of a first event in the sensor data and extract a first time at which the first event occurred, and identify a first image in the image data having a capture time correlating to the first time at which the first event occurred in combination with retrieving the first image for insertion into a composite image including further image data combined with at least a portion of the first image depicting the first event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Benjamin Michael Braithwaite
  • Patent number: 12051328
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing sensor data on a display of a vehicle. For instance, data points generated by a lidar sensor may be received. The data points may be representative of one or more objects in an external environment of the vehicle. A scene including a representation of the vehicle from a perspective of a virtual camera, a first virtual object corresponding to at least one of the one or more objects, and a second virtual object corresponding to at least one object identified from pre-stored map information may be generated. Supplemental points corresponding to a surface of the at least one object identified from the pre-stored map information may be generated. A pulse including at least some of the data points generated by the sensor and the supplemental points may be generated. The scene may be displayed with the pulse on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Nirmal Patel, Maria Moon, Peter Crandall
  • Patent number: 11999597
    Abstract: Provided are a control system for a container crane and a control method for a container crane in which the time necessary for position adjustment between the spreader and the landing surface is reduced and the cargo handling efficiency is improved. A control system of a container crane has a camera, a display device, position acquisition devices, and a control device. Based on the plane positions of a spreader and a landing surface acquired by the position acquisition devices, the control device superimposes, on an image captured by the camera, an indication display from which it is understood that the positions of the spreader and the landing surface have agreed with each other in plan view, and the control device displays a resultant image with the image and the indication display superimposed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsul E&S Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuji Yamakawa, Takashi Ito, Yohei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11988488
    Abstract: A system and method for ordnance delivery that includes a projectile that, when embedded into a target, can transmit information such as location and position information to a computing device. The computing device can relay this information to a weapon system that can deliver ordnance to the target accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INSIGHTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Parker, Evan Jackson Parker
  • Patent number: 11928969
    Abstract: A method of displaying a corridor for an unmanned vehicle using a point cloud. The method includes: displaying the space vector points in a preset 3-dimensional space; and generating and displaying individual corridors, each individual corridor connecting between selected space vector points from among the space vector points. Each of the space vector points includes location information and size information, the individual corridor is displayed by a stereoscopic structure including an internal space in which the unmanned vehicle can fly, and the form of the individual corridor is determined based on the size information of a pair of adjacent space vector points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CLROBUR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tae In Choi, Seong Won Jo
  • Patent number: 11899138
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) signal processing apparatus capable of accurately measuring a distance to an object using an optical means may include: a flight length deriving unit to calculate a flight length of a first laser light emitted from a sensor toward a road with an inclination, a vertical inclination measurement unit to estimate a vertical inclination of the vehicle with respect to the road based on the flight length, a horizontal inclination measurement unit to estimate a horizontal inclination of the vehicle with respect to the road based on the flight length, a reliability determination unit to determine reliability of information detected by the sensor based on the vertical inclination and the horizontal inclination of the vehicle, and a data processing unit to process the detected information when the detected information is reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Uk Jung
  • Patent number: 11893787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system including a content receiver and an antenna coupled to the content receiver. A camera is mounted on the antenna. The content receiver includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the content receiver to: output a control signal to the camera mounted on the antenna, receive image data from the camera mounted on the antenna, determine that the image data received from the camera mounted on the antenna indicates a potential or actual obstruction of the antenna or movement of the antenna, and output a message indicating that the potential or actual obstruction of the antenna or movement of the antenna device has been detected, in response to determining that the image data received from the camera mounted on the antenna indicates the potential or actual obstruction of the antenna or movement of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Network, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Rajiv Singh Cullen Pal
  • Patent number: 11789140
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for identifying gesture. A radar antenna array applied to mobile User Equipment (UE) includes a transmit (Tx) antenna array located on a horizontal line and configured to transmit radar waves and a receive (Rx) antenna array including horizontal Rx antennae arranged along a horizontal dimension and/or pitch Rx antennae arranged along a pitch dimension. The horizontal dimension and the pitch dimension are perpendicular to each other. The Rx antenna array is configured to receive echoes caused by reflection of the radar waves. The horizontal Rx antennae are located on the horizontal line where the Tx antenna array is located. The pitch dimension is perpendicular to the horizontal line. A transmitting parameter for transmitting the radar waves and a receiving parameter for receiving the echoes are used at least for identifying a gesture within a radiation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Chin-lung Li
  • Patent number: 11748985
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor capturing sensor data and an imager capturing imager data in combination with a computing device configured to time calibrate the sensor and the imager, detect an occurrence of a first event in the sensor data and extract a first time at which the first event occurred, and identify a first image in the image data having a capture time correlating to the first time at which the first event occurred in combination with retrieving the first image for insertion into a composite image including further image data combined with at least a portion of the first image depicting the first event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Benjamin Michael Braithwaite
  • Patent number: 11721213
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing sensor data on a display of a vehicle. For instance, data points generated by a lidar sensor may be received. The data points may be representative of one or more objects in an external environment of the vehicle. A scene including a representation of the vehicle from a perspective of a virtual camera, a first virtual object corresponding to at least one of the one or more objects, and a second virtual object corresponding to at least one object identified from pre-stored map information may be generated. Supplemental points corresponding to a surface of the at least one object identified from the pre-stored map information may be generated. A pulse including at least some of the data points generated by the sensor and the supplemental points may be generated. The scene may be displayed with the pulse on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Nirmal Patel, Maria Moon, Peter Crandall
  • Patent number: 11682313
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for use in association with non-integrated, ground-based collision avoidance systems for aircraft, including (a) a sensor; and (b) a frame sub-assembly, wherein the sensor is releasably securable to the frame sub-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Gregory M. Griffith
  • Patent number: 11656323
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article (1) of a vehicle (S) designed to be placed in a path of millimeter wave transmitted from a radar device (7) that can minimize the attenuation of the millimeter wave. The molded product has a thickness as measured in a direction of the path of the millimeter wave transmitted from the radar device which is an integer multiple of a half wavelength of the millimeter wave in the molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masuo Kondo, Nobuyuki Tsuichihara, Sachiko Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11617054
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a position of a mobile participant of a wireless communication network, wherein the method comprises: determining (102) a first distance between the mobile participant and a stationary participant of the wireless communication network depending on a location signal transmitted by the stationary participant or the mobile participant; determining (104) a second distance between a stationary replicator unit and the mobile participant depending on a replicated signal which is transmitted by means of the stationary replicator unit depending on the location signal, and depending on a further distance between the replicator unit and the stationary participant; and determining (106) a position of the mobile participant depending on the first distance and depending on the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11598648
    Abstract: A method detects a lane for a transverse guidance of a vehicle. The transverse guidance of the vehicle is based on a roadway model. The method has the steps of ascertaining one or more features which are suitable for influencing the detection of the lane; detecting a lane on the basis of a sensor system of the vehicle; and ascertaining the roadway model on the basis of the detected lane and the ascertained one or more features. The method optionally has the steps of additionally receiving navigation data and transversely guiding the vehicle on the basis of the ascertained roadway model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Pietruska, Jan-Ullrich Schamburek, Robert Siegl, Michal Siwak
  • Patent number: 11460541
    Abstract: A method and system for detection of a target by a passive radar system exploiting multichannel-per-carrier cellular illuminator sources, the method including: receiving a reference signal from a reference source, said reference signal being received at a reference element of a radar receiver of the passive radar system; receiving, at a surveillance element of said radar receiver, a reflected signal originating from said reference source and reflected off the target, said reflected signal including interference; deciphering components of said signals; and reconstructing said signals, from said components, excluding said interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SENSTATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Menahem Oren, Isaac Mushkin, Baroch Oren
  • Patent number: 11460275
    Abstract: Device, system, and method of aircraft protection and countermeasures against threats. A system for protecting an aircraft against a threat, includes a dual frequency Radio Frequency (RF) module, which includes: a dual-band RF transmitter and a dual-band RF receiver, to transmit and receive high-band RF signals and low-band RF signals; and a threat confirmation and tracking module, to confirm and track a possible incoming threat based on processing of high-band RF signals and low-band RF signals received by the dual-band RF receiver. The system further includes a dual frequency band antenna, to transmit and receive the high-band RF signals and the low-band RF signals. The system also includes a directed high-power laser transmitter, to activate a directed high-power laser beam as countermeasure towards a precise angular position of a confirmed threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BIRD AEROSYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Ronen Factor, David Dragucki, Ariye Yehuda Caplan, Semion Zelikman
  • Patent number: 11294031
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to determine if a short-range automotive radar detection is a direct reflection or an indirect (also known as “multipath”) reflection from a physical target object. The multipath information is further used to perform a height estimation of the object. Embodiments provide a radar system having a range resolution smaller than a path difference between the direct reflection path and the indirect reflection path. Both range separation techniques and Doppler separation techniques are utilized to provide a reliable and accurate estimation of the height of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Francesco Laghezza, Feike Guus Jansen
  • Patent number: 11035929
    Abstract: A system for providing integrated detection and deterrence against an unmanned vehicle including but not limited to aerial technology unmanned systems using a detection element, a tracking element, an identification element and an interdiction or deterrent element. Elements contain sensors that observe real time quantifiable data regarding the object of interest to create an assessment of risk or threat to a protected area of interest. This assessment may be based e.g., on data mining of internal and external data sources. The deterrent element selects from a variable menu of possible deterrent actions. Though designed for autonomous action, a Human in the Loop may override the automated system solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: XIDRONE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Dwaine A. Parker, Damon E. Stern, Lawrence S. Pierce
  • Patent number: 10928507
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to improve accuracy and sensitivity in a vehicular radar system through improved radar beamforming by initially detection of potential objects using a field of view image and image processing techniques. Specifically, a system and method are taught for performing object segmentation and/or contouring on an image corresponding to a radar field of view. The detected objects from the image are combined with the raw radar data to generate a beamformed radar data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Flores Tapia, Stephen W. Decker
  • Patent number: 10690764
    Abstract: In a method of determining a deviation of a path of a projectile from a predetermined path, the method uses an image of a target area in which the desired path or direction is pointed out. Subsequently, the real direction or real path is determined and the deviation is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventor: Fredrik Tuxen
  • Patent number: 10690803
    Abstract: A mobile scanning inspection system, comprising a vehicle body and an inspection arm including a cross arm and a vertical arm, wherein a first inspection device and a second inspection device are provided on the cross arm; the first inspection device is on the side close to the vehicle body and it emits a first laser inspection plane parallel to the side plane of the vehicle body, and the length of the longest portion of the first laser inspection plane is longer than the length of the vehicle body; the second inspection device is provided on the side close to the vertical arm and it emits a second laser inspection plane parallel to the side plane of the vehicle body and the second laser inspection plane is centered on the vertical arm, and extends a first preset distance and a second preset distance forward and backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Yanwei Xu, Shangmin Sun, Yu Hu, Weifeng Yu, Xuejing Yang, Youai Yu, Ke Li, Defang Meng
  • Patent number: 10488510
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle includes WiFi sensors, which generate data by reflecting electromagnetic waves off an object within a vicinity of the unmanned vehicle. WiFi data processing circuitry receives the data generated by the WiFi sensors and analyzes the data to determine a characteristic of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Leah La Salla
  • Patent number: 10473778
    Abstract: A system and method for relating radar data to an image to track the flight of a path of a projectile includes a radar, an imager providing an image of an area into which a projectile is to be launched, a controller receiving the image and data from the radar relative to at least a portion of a trajectory of the projectile, the controller generating trajectory data by correlating the radar data and the image to determine the portion of the trajectory relative to at least one feature in the image, and a display displaying the trajectory data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Trackman A/S
    Inventor: Fredrik Tuxen
  • Patent number: 10379217
    Abstract: A surveillance apparatus includes an optical camera that captures images based on received light, the optical camera including a camera aperture and a radar sensor including one or more transmitting antennas configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and one or more receiving antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation. The one or more transmitting antennas and the one or more receiving antennas form a virtual antenna array. The one or more transmitting antennas and the one or more receiving antennas are arranged such with respect to the optical camera that the center area of the virtual antenna array and the center area of the camera aperture coincide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Marcel Daniel Blech, Ralf Boehnke
  • Patent number: 10295662
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing data describing target measurements using a processor (102) in a system (100) having at least one on-board sensor (106) on a vehicle. The method includes obtaining data from an on-board sensor (106), obtaining data from a sensor (108) off-board the vehicle, approximating (312) a target alignment error between the on-board and off-board sensor data, receiving target alignment error data in respect of at least one other sensor set comprising at least two sensors, estimating (316) a bias using the received target alignment error data and correcting the approximated target alignment error using the bias, and performing (320) a data fusion process on the obtained off-board sensor data and the obtained on-board sensor data using the approximated target alignment error to produce target measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Colin Anthony Noonan
  • Patent number: 10157473
    Abstract: An mechanism for range estimation mapping that includes creation of a world map on an azimuth/elevation (AZ/EL) grid, relation of the grid to an earth-fixed north, east, and down (NED) coordinate system through an address table, and association of each pixel in each frame, by a programmable device, with an entry from the address table in order to determine a range is discussed. The associations may be repeated for each frame while an updated world map and address table are generated. When an updated address table is complete, the process may begin anew using the updated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin C. Cole, Michael N. Mercier, Joseph M. Schlupf, Joseph Su, Aaron Stark
  • Patent number: 9751562
    Abstract: A park exit assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect a situation around a host vehicle parked or stopped in a parking/stopping area on a roadside. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate, on the basis of a detected result of the situation around the host vehicle, a park exit guidance path along which the host vehicle is moved out of the parking/stopping area to a traffic road and in which a steering angle becomes neutral at the time when a roadside front end of the host vehicle advances into the traffic road. The electronic control unit is configured to guide the host vehicle from the parking/stopping area toward the traffic road by at least executing steering control along the park exit guidance path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Yamashita, Masaya Kato, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Motokatsu Tomozawa, Motonari Obayashi, Hironobu Ishijima, Keisuke Oyama
  • Patent number: 9369160
    Abstract: A communication method and system for communication utilizing modulation of digital signals, such as by targets and/or by use of low-complexity tags is presented. Targets may include any device or object that may alter signals, and tags can include a device with the ability to reflect and/or alter the properties of the signals and, in doing so, impose specific modulations on or alterations of such signals. Modulations can be sensed or detected using a receiver or receivers implementing processing algorithms derived from passive radar detection operations or other processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc.
    Inventor: William C. Barott
  • Patent number: 9134417
    Abstract: Disclosed is an obstacle determination device (1) including a driving assistance ECU (3) that determines collision with an obstacle detected by output of a radar (2) mounted on a vehicle and performs driving assistance for the vehicle. When a distance of a null-point zone divided by null points where the output of the radar (2) is low is represented as a distance between the null points, the driving assistance ECU (3) determines, in a distant zone that is away from a reference zone that is the null-point zone nearest to a host vehicle in a predetermined range, if the null-point zone of the distance between the null points shorter than the distance between the null points in the reference zone is detected by a predetermined number or more, that the host vehicle does not collide with the detected obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Itoh
  • Patent number: 9097801
    Abstract: An obstacle detection apparatus includes a transmission antenna transmitting radio waves, a reception antenna receiving radio waves transmitted to and reflected by an obstacle, an obstacle detection unit configured to detect the obstacle based on the received radio waves, a false detection determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a false detection characteristic, which is set in advance, with regard to the detected obstacle, a camera capturing an image, and an obstacle existence determination unit configured to determine, based on the image captured by the camera, presence or absence of the obstacle on which it is determined that the false detection characteristic is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kambe, Kazuyuki Sekine
  • Patent number: 9030351
    Abstract: A land-based Smart-Sensor System and several system architectures for detection, tracking, and classification of people and vehicles automatically and in real time for border, property, and facility security surveillance is described. The preferred embodiment of the proposed Smart-Sensor System is comprised of (1) a low-cost, non-coherent radar, whose function is to detect and track people, singly or in groups, and various means of transportation, which may include vehicles, animals, or aircraft, singly or in groups, and cue (2) an optical sensor such as a long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensor, whose function is to classify the identified targets and produce movie clips for operator validation and use, and (3) an IBM CELL supercomputer to process the collected data in real-time. The Smart Sensor System can be implemented in a tower-based or a mobile-based, or combination system architecture. The radar can also be operated as a stand-alone system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Vista Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip A. Fox, Joseph W. Maresca, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9024804
    Abstract: A sensor assembly that integrates a camera and a radar sensor is described herein. The sensor assembly includes a housing configured to partially enclose the camera and the radar sensor, and define a partial radome that partially intrudes into the radar beam. The partial radome is configured such that after passing through the partial radome a first phase angle of the first portion of the radar beam differs from a second phase angle of the second portion of the radar beam by an amount substantially corresponding to an integer number of three hundred sixty degrees (360°) of phase angle shift. The partial radome provides glare shield to the camera, protection to assembly, and is configured to minimally effect radar performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Shi, David Jay Vess
  • Patent number: 8912945
    Abstract: In a method of determining a deviation of a path of a projectile from a predetermined path, the method uses an image of a target area in which the desired path or direction is pointed out. Subsequently, the real direction or real path is determined and the deviation is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Trackman A/S
    Inventor: Fredrik Tuxen
  • Patent number: 8907839
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and a system for recognizing a space of a road shoulder using an ultrasonic wave sensor, a radar and an imaging device. The method includes: controlling the radar to transmit a radar beam within a preset range based on the vehicle location; detecting a fixed object located within the preset range using a reflective wave of the radar beam received by the radar; calculating a distance between the fixed object and the vehicle using the radar when the fixed object is located within the preset range; detecting a solid line lane marking in a front image of a travel lane obtained from the imaging device; and recognizing the calculated distance between the fixed object and the vehicle as a space width of the road shoulder when the solid line lane is in the front image of the travel lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Chul Oh, Surim Kwon
  • Patent number: 8823581
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting dangerous objects and substances are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method comprises generating a microwave signal that is reflected by a target to render one or more reflected signals. The one or more reflected signals are received at an antenna array. The one or more reflected signals are converted into digital reflected signals. The microwave signal is converted into a digital signal. The digital reflected signals and the digital signal are processed to determine the three dimensional position of the target. The digital reflected signals and the digital signal are processed to identify the target. The digital reflected signals and the digital signal are processed to determine a state of the target; and determine whether the target a dangerous object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Radical Development Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Kirill Mostov, Kfim Liptsen
  • Publication number: 20140159942
    Abstract: A sensor assembly that integrates a camera and a radar sensor is described herein. The sensor assembly includes a housing configured to partially enclose the camera and the radar sensor, and define a partial radome that partially intrudes into the radar beam. The partial radome is configured such that after passing through the partial radome a first phase angle of the first portion of the radar beam differs from a second phase angle of the second portion of the radar beam by an amount substantially corresponding to an integer number of three hundred sixty degrees (360°) of phase angle shift. The partial radome provides glare shield to the camera, protection to assembly, and is configured to minimally effect radar performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Shi, David Jay Vess
  • Patent number: 8686326
    Abstract: In certain aspects, this invention is a “control system” that detects and minimizes (or otherwise optimizes) an angle between vehicle centerline (or other reference axis) and vehicle velocity vector—as for JDAM penetration. Preferably detection is exclusively by optical flow (which herein encompasses sonic and other imaging), without data influence by navigation. In other aspects, the invention is a “guidance system”, with optical-flow subsystem to detect an angle between the vehicle velocity vector and line of sight to a destination—either a desired or an undesired destination. Here, vehicle trajectory is adjusted in response to detected angle, for optimum angle, e.g. to either home in on a desired destination or avoid an undesired destination (or rendezvous), and follow a path that's ideal for the particular mission—preferably by controlling an autopilot or applying information from navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Arete Associates
    Inventors: John C. Dennison, David C. Campion
  • Patent number: 8681218
    Abstract: A system for providing RF spatial awareness of an environment includes an RF detection system and a control system. The RF detection system includes an antenna array for receiving RF signals from a plurality of RF sources; and, a receiver system operatively connected to the antenna array using digital beamforming (DBF) techniques for processing the received RF signals and providing measurements of the RF signals as output. The control system receives the measurements of the RF signals and displays a plurality of indicia indicating the RF sources, thereby providing a visual survey of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana J. Jensen, Steven E. Koenck
  • Publication number: 20140062758
    Abstract: A surveillance system includes a multi-propeller aircraft having a main propeller and a plurality of wing unit propellers; a housing that houses the main propeller and the wing unit propellers; an optical video camera; an ultra-wideband (UWB) radar imaging system; a control system for controlling flight of the multi-propeller aircraft from a remote location; and a telemetry system for providing information from the optical camera and the ultra-wideband (UWB) radar imaging system to a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Farrokh Mohamadi
  • Publication number: 20140009320
    Abstract: A combination speed-detection, video-recording, and timing device that can be hand-held. The device contains one or more speed detection means, including, but not limited to, a radar detection or laser detection device. The device includes a camera able to capture video in digital form, and a timing device, similar in function to a stopwatch. The device is pointed at the object whose speed is to be measured, or the events to be recorded, and can be operated by means of a trigger on a handle. The device may further include a display, along with display controls. Storage means is used to store the speed, video and timer data. The device may contain its own power-supply, or may be externally powered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: SCOTT K. TILTON, WILLIAM CLIFFORD ROBINSON, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130346009
    Abstract: A sensor system and method of using the system synergistically to improve the accuracy and usefulness of measured results is described. The system is comprised of electronically linked components that act as markers to trigger events, producers that gather data from sensors and aggregators that combine the data from a plurality of producers using triggers from marker devices to select the data of interest. The system is shown to be applicable to selection of data regions of interest and to analysis of the data to improve accuracy. The analysis of the data of any particular sensor within the system makes use of extrinsic data, being data generated by other sensors and intrinsic data, that is data or data limits that are known to be true from nature, laws of physics or just the particular information the user wants to acquire. The system is demonstrated on the analysis of Doppler radar measurements of a thrown object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: XBAND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirt Alan Winter, Jose Julio Doval