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27-03-2007 дата публикации

Реверсивный радар с сигнализацией приближения транспортного средства

Номер: RU0000062250U1
Автор: Житао ЛИ
Принадлежит: Житао ЛИ

Настоящая полезная модель относится к реверсивному радару с сигнализацией приближения транспортного средства, который содержит основной блок и датчики, в котором основной блок включает схему центрального процессора, схему операционного усилителя, схему коммутации, схему приема-передачи сигнала, схему детекции и источник питания, при этом входные выводы схемы центрального процессора соединены с выходными выводам схемы операционного усилителя, схемы детекции и источника питания, а выходной вывод схемы центрального процессора соединен с входным выводом схемы коммутации, входной вывод схемы операционного усилителя соединен с выходным выводом схемы коммутации, входные и выходные выводы схемы коммутации и схемы приема-передачи сигнала соединены друг с другом, выходные выводы источника питания соединены с входными выводами схемы коммутации и схемы приема-передачи сигнала, причем основной блок дополнительно содержит средство подачи предупреждающего сигнала, которое выполнено с возможностью издавать предупреждающий сигнал при приближении другого транспортного средства, и схему управления, которая выполнена с возможностью управлять средством подачи предупреждающего сигнала, при этом схема управления соединена с выходным выводом схемы центрального процессора и с источником питания. Конструкция по настоящей полезной модели достаточно проста. Когда транспортное средство запарковано, а водитель отсутствует, то радар по настоящей полезной модели издаст предупреждающий сигнал, чтобы предупредить приближающееся транспортное средство для предотвращения столкновения. ÐÎÑÑÈÉÑÊÀß ÔÅÄÅÐÀÖÈß (19) RU (11) 62 250 (13) U1 (51) ÌÏÊ G01S 13/93 (2006.01) ÔÅÄÅÐÀËÜÍÀß ÑËÓÆÁÀ ÏÎ ÈÍÒÅËËÅÊÒÓÀËÜÍÎÉ ÑÎÁÑÒÂÅÍÍÎÑÒÈ, ÏÀÒÅÍÒÀÌ È ÒÎÂÀÐÍÛÌ ÇÍÀÊÀÌ (12) ÎÏÈÑÀÍÈÅ ÏÎËÅÇÍÎÉ ÌÎÄÅËÈ Ê ÏÀÒÅÍÒÓ(òèòóëüíûé ëèñò) (21), (22) Çà âêà: 2006134360/22, 27.09.2006 (72) Àâòîð(û): ËÈ Æèòàî (CN) (24) Äàòà íà÷àëà îòñ÷åòà ñðîêà äåéñòâè ïàòåíòà: 27.09.2006 (73) Ïàòåíòîîáëàäàòåëü(è): ËÈ Æèòàî (CN) R U (30) Êîíâåíöèîííûé ïðèîðèòåò: ...

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Номер записи: 1
09-02-2012 дата публикации

System and Method of Using Location Technology to Aid Patient Recovery

Номер: US20120035427A1
Автор: Brian W. Nantz, Bruce A. Friedman, Carl C. Davis, Matthew Grubis
Принадлежит: General Electric Co

A system for telemetrically monitoring a patient includes a remote monitoring device associated with the patient. A location services system tracks a location of the remote monitoring device. A patient tracking computer calculates a distance and a duration of patient ambulation from the tracked location. A method of monitoring an ambulatory patient monitors the location of a remote monitoring device and derives ambulatory event data from the monitored location.

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Номер записи: 2
12-04-2012 дата публикации

Multichannel receiver system and method for multichannel receiver monitoring

Номер: US20120088464A1
Автор: Bernhard Dehlink, Ralf Reuter
Принадлежит: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC

A multichannel receiver system comprises a first plurality of receiver circuits, each having a first input connected to a corresponding one of a second plurality of input lines, each being arranged to provide a corresponding one of a third plurality of received signals; a second input connected to a local oscillator arranged to provide a local oscillator signal; and an output arranged to provide a corresponding one of a fourth plurality of output signals; and an upconversion mixer having a first mixer input for receiving a reference signal; a second mixer input connected to the local oscillator; and a mixer output providing an upconverted reference signal to a fifth plurality of directional couplers, each directional coupler connected to a corresponding one of the second plurality of input lines.

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Номер записи: 3
26-04-2012 дата публикации

Method for operating at least one sensor of a vehicle and vehicle having at least one sensor

Номер: US20120101681A1
Автор: Nikolas Wagner
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A method is provided for operating a sensor of a vehicle. The sensor is configured to detect objects within a detection range and the method includes, but is not limited to detecting an object with the sensor. In addition, a position of the object is determined with data from the sensor. Furthermore, position data emitted by the object is received with a receiving apparatus of the vehicle and the position of the object is determined with the position data. Moreover, the position determined with the sensor is compared with the position of the object and comparative data is determined and an automatic adjustment of the sensor and/or output of a message inside the vehicle is made depending on the comparative data.

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Номер записи: 4
17-05-2012 дата публикации

Method for calibrating a propagation-time-based localization system

Номер: US20120122484A1
Автор: Alejandro Ramirez, Christian SCHWINGENSCHLÖGL, Maksym Marchenko
Принадлежит: SIEMENS AG

In a method for calibrating a propagation-time-based localization system in a computer-assisted manner, the position of a mobile object in a predetermined environment can be determined by detecting propagation-time-based variables of multiple base stations, wherein the propagation-time-based variable of a base station represents the propagation time of a signal between an object radio unit and the base station. The object is moved and the variables of the base stations are detected in the process at multiple measuring times. The minimum value of the variables of a base station is associated with a predefined minimum distance between the object and base station and the maximum value with a predefined maximum distance. A predefined dependence of the distances between the object and base station is scaled to the association of the minimum and maximum value. The scaled dependence is then used when determining the position of the mobile object.

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Номер записи: 5
24-05-2012 дата публикации

Object detection device for vehicle and object detection method for vehicle

Номер: US20120127017A1
Автор: Yoji Sasabuchi
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

An object detection device for a vehicle includes a transmission and reception unit that transmits an electromagnetic wave and receives a reflected wave generated when the electromagnetic wave is reflected by an object around a subject vehicle, a reflecting point computation unit that computes a position of a reflecting point of the electromagnetic wave on the object based on a signal from the transmission and reception unit, a distance computation unit that computes a distance from the subject vehicle to the object based on the position of the reflecting point, an end point detection unit that detects at least one of an end point on the right side of the object and an end point on the left side thereof based on the position of the reflecting point, a shielding determination unit that determines whether the end point of the object is shielded by another object when viewed from the subject vehicle based on the computation result of the distance computation unit and the detection result of the end point detection unit, and an end point movement speed computation unit that computes a lateral movement speed of the end point of the object determined as not being shielded.

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Номер записи: 6
14-06-2012 дата публикации

Object detection method

Номер: US20120146839A1
Автор: Takayuki Hidume
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

A dummy target is set in a direction which is the same direction as that of a detected target and at the position whose distance is double that of the detected target; a second-order wave target detection area is set in the predetermined area including the position of the dummy target; the target detected in the second-order wave target detection area is judged as being a second-order wave target; a interpolated target is set in the direction which is the same as that of the second-order wave target, and at the position whose distance is half that of the second-order wave target; a fundamental wave target detection region is set in the predetermined area including the position of the interpolated target; and the interpolated target is outputted as a fundamental wave target in the case where no fundamental wave target is detected in the fundamental wave target detection region. Even if the fundamental wave target to be detected is undetected within a close range, data on the fundamental wave target is estimated and outputted on the basis of the interpolated target calculated from the second-order wave target which continues being detected, as described above. This makes it possible to continue detecting the fundamental wave target without interruption. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an object detection method which enables an object in a close range to be detected securely by a radar device.

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Номер записи: 7
19-07-2012 дата публикации

Optimizing Switching Sequence In The Case Of Switched Antenna Arrays

Номер: US20120182174A1
Автор: Peter Feil
Принадлежит: Endress and Hauser SE and Co KG

An antenna array for a radar sensor, wherein the antenna array has a number of antenna elements linearly arranged next to one another. The antenna elements are designed for transmitting or receiving a radar signal, and the antenna array has a switching unit, which is designed to connect the antenna elements according to a predetermined switching sequence individually, one after the other in time, with a transmitting or receiving unit of the radar sensor. The switching sequence, according to which the antenna elements are connected one after the other with the transmitting or receiving unit, deviates from the spatial sequence of the antenna elements in the antenna array.

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Номер записи: 8
26-07-2012 дата публикации

Vehicle Having Active Blind Spot Lighting and Method

Номер: US20120191298A1
Автор: Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Istvan Vegh, Jan Wirnitzer, Urs Wiesel
Принадлежит: DAIMLER AG

In order to provide better monitoring for the side environment of a vehicle a lighting unit to light up a vehicle environment and a detection unit for detecting an object in the vehicle environment are provided. The lighting unit is automatically switched on if the detection unit has detected an object in the vehicle environment.

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Номер записи: 9
16-08-2012 дата публикации

Bench-top measurement method, apparatus and system for phased array radar apparatus calibration

Номер: US20120206291A1
Автор: Anthony M. Davis, David R. Hagenmayer, Donald M. McPherson, Harvey K. Schuman, John G. Wiley, Michael Robinson
Принадлежит: SRC Inc

A method for determining beamformer scattering parameters for a plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays that each include a radiating (e.g., dipole) component and a beamformer component provides for obtaining for the plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays a plurality of electromagnetic measurements at a plurality of ports. Analogous electromagnetic measurements are obtained for a reference subarray including a radiating component but absent a beamformer component. The plurality of phased array radar antenna subarray electromagnetic measurements and the reference subarray electromagnetic measurements provide a plurality of beamformer scattering parameter values for the plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays that may be used in modeling and calibrating a phased array radar apparatus that may be assembled from the plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays.

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Номер записи: 10
13-09-2012 дата публикации

RF Circuit with Improved Antenna Matching

Номер: US20120229330A1
Автор: Andrei Grebennikov, Guenter Haider, Johann-Peter Forstner
Принадлежит: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG

In one embodiment, RF front-end circuit includes a tunable matching network having an input coupled to an RF interface port, a directional coupler with a first connection coupled to an RF input of a mixer, a second connection coupled to an RF signal generation port, and a third connection coupled to an output of the tunable matching network. The directional coupler is configured to direct a signal from the RF signal generation port to the tunable matching network and to direct a signal from the tunable matching network port to the RF port of the mixer. The RF front-end circuit also has a tunable matching network control unit coupled to the tunable matching network. The control unit is configured to optimize an impedance match between the RF interface port and the output of the tunable matching network.

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Номер записи: 11
13-09-2012 дата публикации

Antenna device and radar apparatus

Номер: US20120229362A1
Автор: Akira Abe
Принадлежит: Nidec Elesys Corp

An antenna device includes transmitting units each of which includes elements arranged parallel to a baseline, wherein the transmitting units are arranged side-by-side in a first direction and stepwisedly with steps in a second direction in a first region and a second region, the first direction being perpendicular to the baseline, the second direction being parallel to the baseline, the first region and the second region being partitioned by the baseline, and transmitting units positioned more remotely from the baseline being positioned further in the second direction.

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Номер записи: 12
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Long range millimeter wave surface imaging radar system

Номер: US20120249363A1
Автор: Chris Sexton, Grant Bishop, John Lovberg, Vladimir Kolinko
Принадлежит: Individual

A long range millimeter wave imaging radar system. Preferred embodiments are positioned to detect foreign object debris objects on surface of the runway, taxiways and other areas of interest. The system includes electronics adapted to produce millimeter wave radiation scanned over a frequency range of a few gigahertz. The scanned millimeter wave radiation is broadcast through a frequency scanned antenna to produce a narrow scanned transmit beam in a first scanned direction (such as the vertical direction) defining a narrow, approximately one dimensional, electronically scanned field of view corresponding to the scanned millimeter wave frequencies. The antenna is mechanically pivoted or scanned in a second scanned direction perpendicular to the first scanned direction so as to define a two-dimensional field of view.

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Номер записи: 13
11-10-2012 дата публикации

Short-range vehicular radar system

Номер: US20120256778A1
Автор: Bruce David Labitt, Matthew Douglas Marple, Michael John Paradie
Принадлежит: MA Com Inc

Short-range vehicular radar systems are described. In one implementation, an apparatus used in radar applications includes a programmable digital receiver having an adaptable interference filter that is configured to reject radar pulses received from another radar system. In another implementation, a short-range vehicular radar system includes receive and transmission antennae, a programmable delay generator, and programmable receiver. The programmable delay generator is configured to control transmission of pulses from the transmission antenna at randomly selected times to prevent ambiguities associated with target objects that are distances away from the transmission antenna that are greater than the speed of light times the pulse repetition rate divided by two. The programmable receiver is calibrated to sample signals received by the receive antenna relative to when the pulses are emitted from the transmission antenna.

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Номер записи: 14
25-10-2012 дата публикации

FMCW Radar Sensor System Having a Device for Detecting a Radome Coating

Номер: US20120268317A1
Автор: Armin Himmelstoss, Dirk Bechler, Elisabeth Hauk, Goetz Kuehnle, Joachim Hauk, Manuel Huak, Rahel Hauk, Stefan Heilmann
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

An FMCW radar sensor system is described having an antenna covered by a radome, a mixer for mixing a frequency-modulated transmission signal with a signal received by the antenna, a device for recording the mixed product of the mixer as a time-dependent signal, a device for calculating the spectrum of the time-dependent signal, and a device for detecting a reflecting coating on the radome, characterized in that the device for detecting the reflecting coating is configured for analyzing the time-dependent signal and for determining the extent of reflection on the radome based on the amplitude of this signal.

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Номер записи: 15
15-11-2012 дата публикации

Novel sensor alignment process and tools for active safety vehicle applications

Номер: US20120290169A1
Автор: David A. Osinski, James N. Nickolaou, Shuqing Zeng
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A method and tools for virtually aligning object detection sensors on a vehicle without having to physically adjust the sensors. A sensor misalignment condition is detected during normal driving of a host vehicle by comparing different sensor readings to each other. At a vehicle service facility, the host vehicle is placed in an alignment target fixture, and alignment of all object detection sensors is compared to ground truth to determine alignment calibration parameters. Alignment calibration can be further refined by driving the host vehicle in a controlled environment following a leading vehicle. Final alignment calibration parameters are authorized and stored in system memory, and applications which use object detection data henceforth adjust the sensor readings according to the calibration parameters.

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Номер записи: 16
22-11-2012 дата публикации

Vehicle surroundings monitoring device

Номер: US20120293357A1
Автор: Atsuhiro Eguchi, Kenichi Sawada, Masaki Negoro, Morimichi Nishigaki, Yuji Yokochi
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

A vehicle surroundings monitoring device includes a moving direction determining unit 20 which determines whether a physical body is moving in a traveling direction of a self vehicle or a transverse direction orthogonal to the traveling direction, from a change in a detection position of the physical body by a laser radar 8 , wherein a classification determining unit 21 executes a first classification determining process of determining the physical body determined to be moving in the traveling direction as a four-wheel vehicle when dimensions of the physical body obtained from the detected position by the laser radar 8 is within a range of A 1 , and a second classification determining process of determining the physical body determined to be moving in the transverse direction as the four-wheel vehicle when the dimensions of the physical body obtained from the detected position by the laser radar 8 is within a range of B 1.

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Номер записи: 17
29-11-2012 дата публикации

Moving object detection system

Номер: US20120299766A1
Автор: Akiyoshi Mizutani, Gaku Takano, Koichiro Suzuki
Принадлежит: Denso Corp

In a system, a detecting module cyclically detects positional information of reflection points of received echoes. A sampling module cyclically samples, from the detected reflection points for each cycle, first and second reflection points. The first and second reflection points are expected to be reflection points of the respective first and second reflective portions of a moving object in front of the system. A first determining module determines whether a distance between the first and second reflection points varies over time. A second determining module determines that the first and second reflection points correspond to reflection points of the respective first and second reflective portions of a single moving object when it is determined that the distance between the first reflection point and the second reflection point is substantially invariant over time.

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Номер записи: 18
06-12-2012 дата публикации

Method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle and driver assistance system for a motor vehicle

Номер: US20120310481A1
Автор: Justus Illium, Torsten Kanning
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle wherein the driver assistance system is configured as a parking aid system is provided. The method includes determining a parameter characterizing an impending parking procedure of the motor vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A first distance d 1 of a lateral face of the motor vehicle on a driver's side to a parking space periphery on the driver's side is determined and a second distance d 2 of a lateral face of the motor vehicle on a passenger's side to a parking space periphery on the passenger's side is determined. Information for a centered parking of the motor vehicle relative to the parking space periphery on the driver's side and to the parking space periphery on the passenger's side based on the first distance d 1 and the second distance d 2 is issued by an issuing device.

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Номер записи: 19
20-12-2012 дата публикации

Device for Monitoring a Distance Between a Vehicle and an Object

Номер: US20120320208A1
Автор: Frank Hoenes, Frank Seidel
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A device for monitoring a distance between a vehicle and object, including distance sensors mounted in the front and/or rear vehicle region(s), an electronic unit connected thereto, and a display device for visually and/or acoustically displaying distances. The electronic unit generating a full warning signal even prior to reaching the predefined minimum limiting value for an ascertained distance at an established first warning distance value which is greater than the minimum limiting value of a first sensor, if a distance, which is smaller than a first limiting value, is ascertained by a direct echo of the first sensor, the first limiting value being greater than the minimum limiting value of the first sensor, and if a distance, which is greater than a second limiting value, is ascertained by a direct echo of the second sensor, the second limiting value being greater than the minimum limiting value of the second sensor.

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Номер записи: 20
14-02-2013 дата публикации

Optical unit, vehicle monitor, and obstruction detector

Номер: US20130038736A1
Автор: Satoshi Yamamura
Принадлежит: Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd

Disclosed is an optical unit wherein a rotating reflector rotates about a rotation axis in one direction, while reflecting light emitted from a light source. The rotating reflector is provided with a reflecting surface such that the light reflected by the rotating reflector, while rotating, forms a desired light distribution pattern, said light having been emitted from the light source. The light source is composed of light emitting elements. The rotation axis is provided within a plane that includes an optical axis and the light source. The rotating reflector is provided with, on the periphery of the rotation axis, a blade that functions as the reflecting surface.

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Номер записи: 21
28-02-2013 дата публикации

Method and system for predicting movement behavior of a target traffic object

Номер: US20130054106A1
Автор: Jens Schmüdderich, Sven Rebhan
Принадлежит: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH

A method for computationally predicting future movement behaviors of at least one target object can have the steps of producing sensor data by at least one sensor physically sensing the environment of a host vehicle, and computing a plurality of movement behavior alternatives of a target object sensed by the sensor(s). The context based prediction step uses a set of classifiers, each classifier estimating a probability that said sensed target object will execute a movement behavior at a time. The method can also include validating the movement behavior alternatives by a physical prediction comparing measured points with trajectories of situation models and determining at least one trajectory indicating at least one possible behavior of the traffic participant, estimating at least one future position of the traffic participant based on the at least one trajectory, and outputting a signal representing the estimate future position.

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Номер записи: 22
11-04-2013 дата публикации

Radar system and detection method

Номер: US20130088379A1
Автор: Atsushi Kawakubo, Isahiko Tanaka, Koji Suzuki, Makoto Ohkado, Masaru Ogawa
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

A radar system includes an arithmetic processing unit, which sends a warning command to a warning device when a local minimum point of the intensity of the reflected wave from a target within a predetermined detection range is detected. By determining whether it is necessary to send a warning command based on whether there is a local minimum point of the intensity within the detection range, it is made possible to determine whether it is necessary to send a warning command more quickly as compared to the conventional system.

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Номер записи: 23
11-04-2013 дата публикации

Transmit and receive phased array for automotive radar improvement

Номер: US20130088393A1
Автор: Jae Seung Lee, Paul Donald SCHMALENBERG
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America Inc

Examples of the present invention include methods and apparatus for phased array automotive radar which allow reductions in erroneous detections such as sidelobe clutter and ghost images. An example radar includes a steerable transmit antenna and a steerable receive antenna. Transmit and receive beams may be steered using an electronic control circuit so the main lobe of the transmit beam remains generally aligned with the main lobe of the receive beam, and the side lobe of the receive beam remains generally aligned with a null in the transmit beam.

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Номер записи: 24
25-04-2013 дата публикации

Directional speed and distance sensor

Номер: US20130099943A1
Автор: Balu Subramanya
Принадлежит: Individual

A method of using a directional sensor for the purposes of detecting the presence of a vehicle or an object within a zone of interest on a roadway or in a parking space. The method comprises the following steps: transmitting a microwave transmit pulse of less than 5 feet; radiating the transmitted pulse by a directional antenna system; receiving received pulses by an adjustable receive window; integrating or combining signals from multiple received pulses; amplifying and filtering the integrated receive signal; digitizing the combined signal; comparing the digitized signal to at least one preset or dynamically computed threshold values to determine the presence or absence of an object in the field of view of the sensor; and providing at least one pulse generator with rise and fall times of less than 3 ns each and capable of generating pulses less than 10 ns in duration.

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Номер записи: 25
20-06-2013 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for updating a central plan for an area based on a location of a plurality of radio frequency identification readers

Номер: US20130154802A1
Автор: Michael O'Haire, Thomas E. Wulff
Принадлежит: Symbol Technologies LLC

A method and apparatus updates a central plan for an area based on the location of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers by identifying the location of each of the RFID readers using an associated location mechanism. A read zone coverage area for each of the RFID readers is identified. The central plan is updated with the position and the read zone coverage area relative to the position for each of the RFID readers. A status of read zone coverage is determined for the area based on the read zone coverage areas on the central plan for all of the RFID readers in the plurality of RFID readers, wherein a report is provided based on the status of read zone coverage for the area.

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Номер записи: 26
27-06-2013 дата публикации

Method and Arrangement for the Acquisition of Measurement Data of a Vehicle in a Radar Field

Номер: US20130162462A1
Автор: Michael Lehning
Принадлежит: JENOPTIK Robot GmbH

Method and arrangement for the acquisition of measurement data of a vehicle ( 4 ) traveling through a radar field ( 2 ), wherein a reflector ( 7 ) is arranged in the radar field ( 2 ). Direct and indirect reflection signals are received from the vehicle ( 4 ), and direct and indirect measurement data are derived which are suited to be checked for correlation with one another so as to rule out measurement of the vehicle ( 4 ) through bent beam reflection.

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Номер записи: 27
27-06-2013 дата публикации

Heating in material testing apparatus

Номер: US20130163634A1
Автор: James Frank Smith, Nicholas Pickford
Принадлежит: MICRO MATERIALS LTD

A method of controlling the temperature of a probe in materials testing apparatus, and apparatus operating by that method are disclosed. The apparatus includes heating elements that can by supplied with energy to apply heat to the probe. The method has a heating phase. In the heating phase, closed-loop temperature control is used to supply energy to the heating elements to heat the probe to a target temperature. When the probe has reached the target temperature, the average power that is being supplied to the heating elements is determined. Then, in a temperature maintenance phase, a continuous constant source of energy at a power that is substantially equal to the determined average power is supplied to the heating elements to maintain the probe at the target temperature.

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Номер записи: 28
04-07-2013 дата публикации

Coded aperture beam analysis method and apparatus

Номер: US20130169485A1
Автор: Jonathan J. Lynch
Принадлежит: HRL LABORATORIES LLC

A method and apparatus for determining the range, radial velocity, and bearing angles of scattering objects reflecting RF signals or for determining the range, radial velocity, and bearing angles of sources RF signals. An array of antenna elements is utilized, the array of antenna elements each having an associated two state modulator wherein transmitted and/or received energy is phase encoded according to a sequence of multibit codes, the bits of the multibit codes each preferably having two states with approximately a 50% probability for each of the two states occurring within each given multibit code in said sequence of multibit codes, thereby allowing the determination of range, radial velocity, and bearing angles through digital computation after the scattered signals have been received.

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Номер записи: 29
11-07-2013 дата публикации

Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using a room dimension

Номер: US20130178227A1
Автор: Harry Vartanian, Jaron Jurikson-Rhodes
Принадлежит: HJ Labs LLC

An apparatus and method for providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using range finding measurements. A dimension of a building is determined based on a range finding measurement. The dimension is used to determine the location of the mobile computer in the building.

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Номер записи: 30
25-07-2013 дата публикации

Sensor Mounting for a Distance Sensor

Номер: US20130186211A1
Автор: Arne Stephan, Axel Stender, Michael Kaufmann, Rainer Risse, Udo Ronnenberg
Принадлежит: WABCO GmbH

The invention relates to a sensor mounting ( 5 ) for a distance sensor ( 6 ), said sensor mounting ( 5 ) having at least the following: a fixing part ( 12 ) for attaching to a vehicle ( 1 ), and a receiving part ( 14 ) that is attached to the fixing part ( 12 ) in an adjustable manner in order to receive the distance sensor ( 6 ), said receiving part ( 14 ) being adjustable into at least two different angular positions on the fixing part ( 12 ).

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Номер записи: 31
01-08-2013 дата публикации

Adaptive radar systems with ecological microwave cameras

Номер: US20130194126A1
Автор: Paolo Alberto Paoletti
Принадлежит: Individual

Surveillance system for detecting the position, movement, nature of one or more objects and even communicate with it, that is adaptive to any extent and suitable for any mobile or fixed structure and even for persons, because of its flexible open architecture, which is fully modular to develop self-contained compact radar devices of special performances when working either autonomously, like conventional video-cameras nevertheless operating also with microwaves and therefore called microwave-cameras or radar-cameras, or jointly to form more complex interactive systems.

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Номер записи: 32
01-08-2013 дата публикации

Vehicle collision risk prediction apparatus

Номер: US20130194127A1
Автор: Akihito Nishizawa, Junji Shiokawa, Tomokazu ISHIHARA
Принадлежит: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co Ltd

A vehicle risk prediction apparatus includes: a first imaging unit that detects an electromagnetic wave of a wavelength ranging from a millimeter wave to a submillimeter wave to output a first image; a first detection unit that processes the first image output from the first imaging unit to detect a given object; and a risk prediction unit that outputs a detection result of the given object detected by the first detection unit. The first imaging unit includes: a transmit antenna unit that radiates the electromagnetic wave of the wavelength ranging from the millimeter wave to the submillimeter wave; a receive antenna array unit that has a plurality of receive antenna units arranged two-dimensionally, and receives a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave radiated by the transmit antenna unit from the given object; and a signal processing unit that measures a time from radiation of the electromagnetic wave by the transmit antenna unit to reception of the reflected wave by the receive antenna array unit according to the number of read frames by the receive antenna array, and calculates both or any one of a distance from the subject vehicle to the given object, and a relative speed between the subject vehicle and the given object.

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Номер записи: 33
08-08-2013 дата публикации

Crash Avoidance System

Номер: US20130201053A1
Автор: Jeffrey Saing
Принадлежит: Individual

A crash avoidance system is provided for a vehicle. The system utilizes thrusters to decrease the vehicle's velocity and brake time. The thrusters can also maneuver the vehicle from a possible crash. The system consists of a controller system which communicates with the thrusters that are strategically placed on the vehicle and at least one camera and radar sensors. The system also consists of an on-board pressurized gas source for the thrusters to produce a force to great and quick enough to avoid crashes. In case the driver loses traction and control for any reason, the system also communicates with the vehicle's traction control system.

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Номер записи: 34
15-08-2013 дата публикации

Antenna alignment fixture

Номер: US20130207860A1
Автор: Aaron L. Westman, John F. Strempel
Принадлежит: Lockheed Martin Corp

An alignment apparatus configured to be mounted to a radar array antenna having a generally planar face for aligning the antenna includes a rigid frame defining a plane generally parallel to the face of the antenna when the rigid frame is mounted to the antenna. A flexible member is associated with the rigid frame and is configured to flex relative to the rigid frame. The apparatus further includes an optical source for emitting a light beam and a target. One of the optical source and the target is associated with the flexible member and the other of the optical source and the target is associated with the rigid frame. A distance between the path of the light beam and the target is indicative of the degree of misalignment between the flexible member and the rigid frame.

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Номер записи: 35
22-08-2013 дата публикации

Method for determining object sensor misalignment

Номер: US20130218398A1
Автор: Daniel Gandhi, Dmitriy Feldman, Satish Rayarapu
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A vehicle system and method that can determine object sensor misalignment while a host vehicle is being driven, and can do so without requiring multiple sensors with overlapping fields-of-view. In an exemplary embodiment where the host vehicle is traveling in generally a straight line, the present method uses an object sensor to track the path of a stationary object as it moves through the sensor's field-of-view and compares the sensed object path to an expected object path. If the sensed and expected paths of the stationary object deviate by more than some amount, then the method determines that the object sensor is skewed or otherwise misaligned.

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Номер записи: 36
03-10-2013 дата публикации

Radar device and method of processing signal

Номер: US20130257642A1
Автор: Hisateru Asanuma, Seiji Kawabe
Принадлежит: Denso Ten Ltd

A radar device according to an embodiment includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, a processing unit, a first determination unit, and a second determination unit. The transmission unit emits transmission signals. The reception unit receives reception signals acquired by reflecting the transmission signals on an object. The processing unit detects object data corresponding to the object from the reception signals. The first determination unit determines object data included in a predicted range based on past object data detected in the past as past correspondence data having time continuity with respect to the past object data. In a case where parameters of new data that has not been detected in the past and the past correspondence data have predetermined relation, the second determination unit determines that the new data and the past correspondence data correspond to the same object.

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Номер записи: 37
14-11-2013 дата публикации

Antenna apparatus and method for electronically pivoting a radar beam

Номер: US20130300603A1
Автор: Benedikt Schulte, Volker Ziegler
Принадлежит: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH

An antenna apparatus for a radar sensor having a plurality of individual antenna devices that interact through interference to generate and/or receive a radar beam at a predetermined angle of transmission and/or reception. The individual antenna devices are provided with a radar signal and are arranged such that a first angle of transmission and/or reception of the radar beam is determined via an analog beam formation and a second angle of transmission and/or reception of the radar beam is determined via a digital beam formation. The antenna apparatus further includes a feed device configured to generate the radar signal. In addition, the radar beam can be electronically pivoted. Also, an aircraft can include the antenna apparatus.

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Номер записи: 38
05-12-2013 дата публикации

Radar apparatus and signal processing method

Номер: US20130321195A1
Автор: Masayuki Kishida, Takumi Moriuchi
Принадлежит: Denso Ten Ltd

There is provided a radar apparatus. A first determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a continuing stationary target at a side of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling. A second determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a moving target in a specific range which is in front of the vehicle and on an opposite side of the stationary target with respect to a position of the vehicle. A changing section is configured to change position information of the moving target to a position obtained by folding back a specific position which is the position of the moving target in the specific range with the stationary target therebetween in a case where the stationary target exists and the moving target exists in the specific range. The changed position is used for deriving the position information of the target.

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Номер записи: 39
05-12-2013 дата публикации

RADAR SENSOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

Номер: US20130321196A1
Автор: Binzer Thomas, hellinger Raphael, Steinbuch Dirk, Waldschmidt Christian
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A radar sensor for motor vehicles, having a transmitting antenna in the form of a planar group antenna having multiple antenna elements situated side by side on a shared planar substrate, and having a feed network and a switching device for supplying microwave power to the antenna elements. The antenna elements are situated at equal distances in at least one row; the feed network is designed for supplying the antenna elements with the microwave power having a phase shift which increases at constant increments from one end of the row to the other; and the switching device is designed for controlling the supply of the microwave power to the antenna elements in such a way that, depending on the operating mode, the supply is implemented in a mirror-inverted fashion from opposite ends of the at least one row. 18-. (canceled)9. A radar sensor for a motor vehicle , comprising:a transmitting antenna in the form of a planar group antenna having multiple antenna elements situated side by side on a shared planar substrate, the antenna elements being situated at equal distances in at least one row;a feed network for supplying the antenna elements with microwave power having a phase shift which increases at constant increments from one end of the row to the other; anda switching device to supply the microwave power to the antenna elements, and to control the supply of the microwave power to the antenna elements in such a way that, depending on operating mode, the supply is implemented in a minor-inverted fashion from opposite ends of the at least one row.10. The radar sensor as recited in claim 9 , wherein the radar sensor includes two rows of antenna elements claim 9 , a separate feed network via which the microwave power is fed serially into the antenna elements being assigned to each one of the two rows claim 9 , the feed devices for the two rows being diametrically opposed to one another.11. The radar sensor as recited in claim 10 , wherein the switching device is formed by ...

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Номер записи: 40
09-01-2014 дата публикации

Autofocus-based compensation (abc) system and method for a hovering ground moving target indication (gmti) sensor

Номер: US20140009324A1
Автор: Geoffrey H. Goldman, Jerry Lee Silvious, Kenneth I. Ranney, Roberto Innocenti
Принадлежит: US Department of Army

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to motion compensation, and in particular to an autofocus-based compensation (ABC) systems and methods for a ground moving target indication platform. According to one embodiment, a method for autofocus based compensation of range data acquired from an object in motion is provided. The method may include: receiving range data; steering at least one receive beam of the range data in a desired direction; transforming the range data into the range domain; determining the width of a main clutter lobe; excluding data that is not part of the main lobe clutter response; transforming the main-lobe clutter response into the range domain; calculating a phase correction term; and applying the phase correction to the original range data.

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Номер записи: 41
30-01-2014 дата публикации

Radar apparatus, vehicle control system, and signal processing method

Номер: US20140028487A1
Автор: Hiroyuki ISHIMORI, Hisateru Asanuma, Masayuki Kishida
Принадлежит: Denso Ten Ltd

There is provided a radar apparatus. A setting unit is configured to set a first range including at least a reference target. A deriving unit is configured to derive a representative position of targets included in the first range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the first range. An acquiring unit is configured to acquire vehicle information indicating that the vehicle is running in a curve-shaped lane or a road shape in front of the vehicle is a curve shape. When the acquiring unit acquires the vehicle information, the setting unit sets a second range wider than the first range and the deriving unit derives a representative position of targets included in the second range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the second range.

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Номер записи: 42
30-01-2014 дата публикации

Motion parameter estimating method, angle estimating method and determination method

Номер: US20140028490A1
Автор: Chia-Wei Dai, Chung-Jung Huang, Ta-Sung Lee, Tsung-Yu Tsai
Принадлежит: National Chiao Tung University NCTU

A motion parameter estimating method, an angle estimating method and a determination method are provided. The methods are adapted for an electronic device. In the angle estimating method, a first frequency modulation continuous wave signal is first transmitted, and at least one antenna receives a second frequency modulation continuous wave signal resulted by a target reflecting the first frequency modulation continuous wave signal. Multiple motion parameters associated with the target are then obtained according to the first frequency modulation continuous wave signal and the second frequency modulation continuous wave signal. Multiple measured values corresponding to the at least one antenna are obtained according to the motion parameters and configuration parameters of the at least one antenna, respectively. Afterwards, the measured values are substituted into a formula to obtain an estimated angle between a preset direction of the electronic device and the target.

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Номер записи: 43
06-02-2014 дата публикации

Wave dielectric transmission device, manufacturing method thereof, and in-millimeter wave dielectric transmission

Номер: US20140035388A1
Автор: Hirofumi Kawamura, Yasuhiro Okada
Принадлежит: Sony Corp

A millimeter wave transmission device, the millimeter wave transmission device with (a) a first signal processing board for processing a millimeter wave signal; (b) a second signal processing board signal-coupled to the first signal processing board to receive the millimeter wave signal and perform signal processing with respect to the millimeter wave signal; and (c) a member provided between the first signal processing board and the second signal processing board and having a predetermined relative dielectric constant and a predetermined dielectric dissipation factor. The member constitutes a dielectric transmission path via which the millimeter wave signal is transmitted between the first signal processing board and the signal processing board.

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Номер записи: 44
13-03-2014 дата публикации

V2v communication-based vehicle identification apparatus and identification method thereof

Номер: US20140070980A1
Автор: Man Bok PARK
Принадлежит: Mando Corp

Disclosed herein are a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication-based vehicle identification apparatus and an identification method thereof. The V2V communication-based vehicle identification apparatus includes a radar sensor unit sensing radar information corresponding to relative distances to object vehicles, a GPS module unit generating GPS information from GPS satellites, a V2V communication unit transmitting the generated GPS information to the object vehicles and receiving GPS information of the object vehicles from the object vehicles through vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, and a controller calculating probabilities that the GPS information of the object vehicles will be located at areas, set based on the sensed radar information, and identifying vehicles corresponding to the radar information and the GPS information of the object vehicles based on the calculated probabilities.

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Номер записи: 45
27-03-2014 дата публикации

Systems and methods for using radar-adaptive beam pattern for wingtip protection

Номер: US20140085124A1
Автор: David C. Vacanti, Filip Magula, James C. Kirk, Jiri Vasek, Matej Dusik
Принадлежит: Honeywell International Inc

Systems and methods for adaptively steering radar beam patterns for coverage during aircraft turns. The radar sensor system is mechanically or electrically steered to alter the radar sensor's beam pattern in order to adapt the radar sensor's field of view (FOV) to cover the area of anticipated aircraft wingtip trajectory. The anticipated trajectory is derived, for example, from the aircraft groundspeed, acceleration, heading, turn rate, tiller position, attitude, taxi clearance, etc.

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Номер записи: 46
03-04-2014 дата публикации

Radome for a radar sensor assembly

Номер: US20140091969A1
Автор: David Jay Vess, Shawn Shi
Принадлежит: Delphi Technologies Inc

A radome for a radar sensor that includes a first and second section. Each section is formed of layers that have an electrical thickness substantially equal to an integer multiple of a guided half-wavelengths of the radar beam. Each of the sections are configured such that, at a location spaced apart from the 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.

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Номер записи: 47
06-01-2022 дата публикации

SENSING METHOD, INTELLIGENT CONTROL DEVICE AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE

Номер: US20220001891A1
Автор: Xiao Jianxiong
Принадлежит:

A sensing method for an autonomous driving vehicle includes steps of: obtaining an instruction; driving a center sensor assembly, or a center sensor assembly to sense corresponding areas to obtain first road condition data; judging whether a first occlusion area appears in the first road condition data; calculating a first safety area when a first occlusion area appears in the first road condition data; planning a first execution instruction; controlling the autonomous driving vehicle to motion in the first safety area; driving the at least one edge sensor assembly, or driving the at least one edge sensor assembly and the center sensor assembly to obtain second road condition data; judging whether a second occlusion area appears in the second road condition data; and planning a second execution instruction to control the autonomous driving vehicle to motion when a second occlusion area appears in the second road condition data. 1. A sensing method for an autonomous driving vehicle , comprising:obtaining an instruction to be executed;driving a center sensor assembly, or driving a center sensor assembly and at least one edge sensor assembly to sense corresponding areas to obtain first road condition data according to the instruction to be executed;judging whether a first occlusion area appears in the first road condition data;calculating a first safety area according to a high-precision map, the first road condition data, and a first preset algorithm when a first occlusion area appears in the first road condition data;planning a first execution instruction according to the instruction to be executed, the first road condition data, a driving state of the autonomous driving vehicle, and the first safety area;controlling the autonomous driving vehicle to motion in the first safety area according to the first execution instruction;driving the at least one edge sensor assembly, or driving the at least one edge sensor assembly and the center sensor assembly to sense the ...

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Номер записи: 48
02-01-2020 дата публикации

Robot distance measuring method, apparatus and robot using the same

Номер: US20200001462A1
Автор: Hailang Zhou, Musen Zhang, Peng Nie, Xiangbin Huang, Youjun Xiong
Принадлежит: Ubtech Robotics Corp

The present disclosure provides a robot distance measuring method and apparatus as well as a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of relative position parameters of a robot from a plurality of ranging sensors; determining an installation distance between each two of the ranging sensors based on the plurality of relative position parameters; determining a sum of the installation distance of each looping arrangement of the plurality of ranging sensors based on the installation distance between each two of the ranging sensors; and enabling the plurality of ranging sensors sequentially to perform obstacle ranging according to a preset looping rule. Since the adjacent ranging sensors are avoided to range simultaneously or sequentially, the interference of the adjacent ranging sensors can be minimized, the accuracy of measuring the distance of the surrounding obstacles can be improved, thereby improving the navigation performance of the robot.

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Номер записи: 49
03-01-2019 дата публикации

Advanced warning and risk evasion system and method

Номер: US20190001885A1
Автор: Chad Green, Chris Schwedtmann, Edwin Hathaway, Kent Baumann, Lee Cole, Mark Green, Nathan Creech
Принадлежит: CRH Americas Materials Inc

This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

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Номер записи: 50
03-01-2019 дата публикации

AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM

Номер: US20190001947A1
Автор: Lowe Thomas Jeffrey
Принадлежит:

An automatic braking system including: a control unit for controlling at least some of the brakes of a vehicle; and a contact sensor for detecting an impact. 1. An automatic braking system including:a control unit for controlling at least some of the brakes of a vehicle; anda contact sensor for detecting an impact, the control unit being configured to engage the brakes when an impact is detected.2. (canceled)3. The automatic braking system according to claim 1 , wherein the automatic braking system is configured to be deactivated under certain conditions.4. The automatic braking system according to claim 3 , wherein the contact sensor is configured to be secured to an impact attenuator that is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position claim 3 , and wherein the automatic braking system is deactivated when the attenuator is in the stowed position.5. The automatic braking system as claimed in claim 4 , further including a proximity sensor to detect movement of the impact attenuator between the stowed position and the deployed position.6. The automatic braking system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the impact attenuator is mounted to a trailer coupled to the vehicle.7. The automatic braking system according to claim 1 , wherein the contact sensor includes any one or a combination of a carbon contact strip claim 1 , a pressure sensor and/or a gyroscopic accelerometer.8. The automatic braking system as claimed in claim 1 , further including a speed sensor for detecting the speed of the vehicle.98. The braking system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the automatic braking system is deactivated when the speed of the vehicle is above a predefined value.10. The automatic braking system according to claim 1 , further including a remote sensor for detecting one or more parameters associated with determining the potential for impact with an object.11. The automatic braking system according to claim 10 , wherein the remote sensor includes anyone or a combination of ...

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Номер записи: 51
03-01-2019 дата публикации

DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS

Номер: US20190001971A1
Автор: Hayasaka Shoichi, NGUYEN VAN Quy Hung
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISH

A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body. 1. A driving support apparatus comprising:a first sensor provided at a front side of a subject vehicle and configured to detect a situation of a first area on a front side of the subject vehicle;a second sensor provided at a rear side of the subject vehicle and configured to detect a situation of a second area on a rear side of the subject vehicle, the second area being an area different from the first area;a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a tracking-target moving body moving in the first area and the second area;a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of the tracking-target moving body moving in a blind spot area based on the position of the tracking-target moving body detected in any one of the first area and the second area by the position detection unit, the blind spot area being an area on a side of the subject vehicle and being an area other than the first area and the second area; calculate a trajectory of the tracking-target moving body, so that a trajectory of the tracking-target moving body detected in at least one of the first area and the second area and a trajectory of the tracking-target moving body estimated in the blind spot area ...

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Номер записи: 52
06-01-2022 дата публикации

SPLIT-STEER AMPLIFIER WITH INVERTIBLE OUTPUT

Номер: US20220006432A1
Автор: Heller Tom, KATZ Oded, SCHWARTZ Yanir
Принадлежит: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC

A split-steer amplifier with an invertible phase output, includes a first transistor having its base coupled to a positive node of an input port, its emitter coupled to ground, and collector connected to a positive intermediate node; a second transistor having its base coupled to a negative node of the input port, its emitter coupled to ground, and collector connected to a negative intermediate node; and multiple output ports each having a transistor arrangement operable to couple a positive node of that output port to the positive intermediate node and a negative node of that output port to the negative intermediate node, operable to couple the positive node of that output port to the negative intermediate node and the negative node of that output port to the positive intermediate node, and operable to decouple the positive node and the negative node of that output port from the intermediate nodes. 1. A split-steer amplifier with at least one output having an invertible phase , the amplifier comprising:a first input transistor having its base coupled to a positive node of an input port, its emitter coupled to ground, and its collector connected to a positive intermediate node;a second input transistor having its base coupled to a negative node of the input port, its emitter coupled to ground, and its collector connected to a negative intermediate node; andmultiple output ports each having a transistor arrangement that:when enabled with a first polarity, couples a positive node of that output port to the positive intermediate node and couples a negative node of that output port to the negative intermediate node;when enabled with a second polarity, couples the positive node of that output port to the negative intermediate node and couples the negative node of that output port to the positive intermediate node; and{'sub': '0', 'when disabled, decouples the positive node and the negative node of that output port from each of the positive and negative intermediate nodes ...

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Номер записи: 53
05-01-2017 дата публикации

Target Detection Device For Avoiding Collision Between Vehicle And Target Captured By Sensor Mounted To The Vehicle

Номер: US20170003390A1
Автор: Takahiro Baba
Принадлежит: Denso Corp

The target detecting device comprises a radar sensor, an imaging sensor, and an ECU. The target detected by the radar sensor is selected under certain conditions, for example, i) a reception intensity of the reflected radar waves is equal to or more than a predetermined value, or ii) the target is moving, to be outputted externally. When a stopped vehicle is detected on a road by the sensor, and a target, for example a pedestrian, present behind the stopped vehicle is detected from the image acquired by the imaging sensor by performing image recognition using predetermined patterns of a target, the ECU makes the selection condition less restrictive than the selection condition for targets other than the target present behind the stopped vehicle, or unconditionally selects the target present behind the stopped vehicle.

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Номер записи: 54
07-01-2016 дата публикации

IN-VEHICLE RADAR APPARATUS

Номер: US20160003941A1
Автор: SATOU Kouichi
Принадлежит:

An in-vehicle radar apparatus includes a transmission and reception means which transmits a radar wave ahead of an own vehicle and receives a reflected wave corresponding to the radar wave from a target; a reception strength detection means which repeatedly detects reception strength of the reflected wave; a distance detection means which repeatedly detects a distance from the own vehicle to the target; an approximate expression calculation means which calculates an approximation expression expressing the reception strength using the distance as a variable from the reception strength repeatedly detected by the reception strength detection means and the distance repeatedly detected by the distance detection means; and a determination means which determines a height of the target from a road surface based on values of coefficients of the approximation expression. 1. An in-vehicle radar apparatus comprising:a transmission and reception means which transmits a radar wave ahead of an own vehicle and receives a reflected wave corresponding to the radar wave from a target;a reception strength detection means which repeatedly detects reception strength of the reflected wave;a distance detection means which repeatedly detects a distance from the own vehicle to the target;an approximate expression calculation means which calculates an approximation expression expressing the reception strength using the distance as a variable from the reception strength repeatedly detected by the reception strength detection means and the distance repeatedly detected by the distance detection means; anda determination means which determines a height of the target from a road surface based on values of coefficients of the approximation expression.2. The in-vehicle radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the approximate expression calculation means calculates the approximation expression by using the reception strength and the distance acquired within a range longer than a change period ...

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Номер записи: 55
13-01-2022 дата публикации

PREDICTION OF DYNAMIC OBJECTS AT CONCEALED AREAS

Номер: US20220009484A1
Автор: Jeising Johannes, Nguyen Minh-Tri
Принадлежит:

A method for the adaptation of a driving behavior of a vehicle by a control unit. Measurement data collected by at least one radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor are received and, by evaluating the received measurement data, at least one obstacle within a scanning range of the radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor is ascertained. Based on the ascertained obstacle and an installation position of the radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor, a section of the scanning range concealed by the obstacle is ascertained. An object prediction is generated for the concealed section of the scanning range that a dynamic object may potentially cross a driving lane of the vehicle from the concealed section of the scanning range. A driving behavior of the vehicle is adapted as a function of the situation based on the object prediction. A control unit, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described. 1. A method for adaptation of a driving behavior of a vehicle by a control unit , the method comprising the following steps:receiving measurement data collected by at least one radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor;ascertaining at least one obstacle within a scanning range of the radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor by evaluating the received measurement data;ascertaining a section of the scanning range concealed by the ascertained obstacle based on the ascertained obstacle and an installation position of the radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor;generating, for the concealed section of the scanning range, an object prediction that a dynamic object may potentially cross a driving lane of the vehicle from the concealed section of the scanning range; andadapting, based on the object prediction, a driving behavior of the vehicle as a function of a situation.2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the method is carried out as part of a collision prediction or the ascertained object prediction and the driving behavior of the vehicle adapted as a function of the situation are used as ...

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Номер записи: 56
04-01-2018 дата публикации

Radar device and frequency interference cancellation method thereof

Номер: US20180003799A1
Автор: Hee Jin Yang, Soo Ho CHOI
Принадлежит: DIGITAL EDGE Inc

The present invention relates to a radar device and a frequency interference cancellation method thereof, and arranges a configuration comprising: an antenna unit for transmitting a radar transmission signal to a periphery and receiving a signal reflected from a target; an RF unit for generating the transmission signal, converting frequencies of a transmission signal and a reception signal, and amplifying a reception signal; a signal processing unit for generating a control signal to generate the transmission signal and cancelling frequency interference from a reception signal of the RF unit; and a control unit for generating radar detection information by using an output signal of the signal processing unit, and tracking information by accumulating the radar detection information. The present invention enables real time changing of a hopping pattern according to a radar frequency interference environment, thereby achieving operation of the hopping pattern adaptively optimized to the frequency interference environment.

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Номер записи: 57
04-01-2018 дата публикации

STORAGE MEDIUM LOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM

Номер: US20180003812A1
Автор: KAMIYA Hajime
Принадлежит:

A storage medium-compatible communications unit, a phase detection unit, a parameter acquisition section and a location detection section are provided. The storage medium-compatible communications unit communicates with a storage medium by wireless using electromagnetic waves at a predetermined frequency. The phase detection unit detects phases of signals received from the storage medium. The parameter acquisition section acquires a distance detection parameter to be used in detecting a storage medium distance from a first position of an antenna to the storage medium. The first position is a position in a range of positions of the antenna from which the distance to the storage medium is shortest. The distance detection parameter is a value set in accordance with a positional relationship between the first position and a second position. The second position is a position of the antenna in the range of positions of the antenna that is different from the first position. The location detection section detects the storage medium distance, using a first phase detected by the phase detection unit at the first position, a second phase detected by the phase detection unit at the second position, and the distance detection parameter acquired by the parameter acquisition section. The location detection section identifies the first position at a time at which a trend of changes of phase detected by the phase detection unit in association with movement of the antenna reverses. 1. A storage medium location detection system comprising: a storage medium-compatible communications unit that communicates with a storage medium by wireless using electromagnetic waves at a predetermined frequency;a phase detection unit that detects phases of signals received from the storage medium;a parameter acquisition section that acquires a distance detection parameter to be used in detecting a storage medium distance from a first position of an antenna to the storage medium, the first position ...

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Номер записи: 58
04-01-2018 дата публикации

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MAN-MADE OBJECTS USING POLARIMETRIC, SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGERY

Номер: US20180003815A1
Автор: RANNEY KENNETH IRVING, Ton Tuan That, Wong David Chun
Принадлежит: U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

A system and method for locating a man-made object comprising a transmitter and receiver combination or transceiver configured to emit mixtures of polarizations comprising HH, VV, VH and or HV polarization images, at least one processor configured to form co-polarimetric and cross-polarimetric images, to select a pixel under test and analyze the surrounding pixels by performing spatial averaging using the cross polarimetric image, and to replace the pixel under test and the pixels adjacent thereto with an average pixel value calculated from the pixel under test and pixels adjacent thereto; the at least one processor configured to diminish background effects to produce clearer co-polarimetric and cross-polarimetric images and to locate the left-right point of symmetry indicative of a man-made object by comparing each pixel under test in the cross-polarimetric image to pixels in the vicinity to locate an intensity differential in excess of 3 dB. 1. A system for determining the location of a man-made object based upon symmetry of the object comprising:at least one of a transmitter and receiver combination or transceiver for emitting and receiving mixtures of polarizations and using receiving antennas with a specific polarization to thereby collect images from radar pulses, the receiver-transmitter mixtures of polarizations comprising horizontal-horizontal polarimetric images, vertical-vertical polarimetric images, vertical-horizontal polarimetric images and horizontal-vertical polarimetric images,at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to combine the horizontal-horizontal polarimetric images and vertical-vertical polarimetric images to form co-polarimetric images and operate on one or both of the vertical-horizontal polarimetric images and horizontal-vertical polarimetric images to form cross-polarimetric images;the at least one processor configured to process the co-polarimetric and cross-polarimetric images individually; each of the co- ...

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Номер записи: 59
07-01-2021 дата публикации

POWER CONTROL FOR IMPROVED NEAR-FAR PERFORMANCE OF RADAR SYSTEMS

Номер: US20210003664A1
Автор: Bordes Jean P., Davis Curtis, Maher Monier, Rao Raghunath K., Stark Wayne
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A radar system includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The transmitter transmits continuous wave radio signals. The receiver receives radio signals that includes the transmitted radio signal reflected from targets in an environment. The targets include a first target and a second target. The first target is closer than a first threshold distance from the vehicle, and the second target is farther than the first threshold distance from the vehicle. A processor is configured to process the received radio signals. The processor is configured to selectively process the received radio signals to detect the second target. The processor selectably adjusts operational parameters of at least one of the transmitter and the receiver to discriminate between the first target and the second target. 1. A radar sensing system for a vehicle , the radar sensing system comprising:a plurality of transmitters, each configured to transmit continuous wave radio signals;a plurality of receivers, configured to receive continuous wave radio signals, wherein the received radio signals include the transmitted radio signals reflected from targets in an environment;wherein the targets include a first target and a second target, wherein the first target is closer than a first threshold distance from the vehicle, and wherein the second target is farther than the first threshold distance from the vehicle;a processor configured to process the received radio signals from the receivers, wherein the processor is configured to selectively process the received radio signals to detect the second target; andwherein the processor is further operable to selectably adjust operational parameters of at least one of one or more of the transmitters and one or more of the receivers to discriminate between the first target and the second target.2. The radar sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is operable to select a duty cycle percentage for the plurality of transmitters.3. The radar ...

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Номер записи: 60
03-01-2019 дата публикации

Systems and methods for controlling sensing device field of view

Номер: US20190003862A1
Автор: Brooks Reed, Yung-Chang Ko
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a current position of the vehicle along a determined path; retrieving map information that includes a pitch and a curvature of a roadway at or near the current position; determining, based on the map information, a planned pitch and a planned roll of the vehicle at or near the current position; determining, based on the planned pitch and the planned roll, a location of the field of view of the sensing device; determining, based on the location of the field of view and a location of an area of interest, an amount of movement of the sensing device to align the field of view with the area of interest; and generating, one or more control signals to one or more actuators associated with the sensing device based on the determined amount of movement.

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Номер записи: 61
07-01-2021 дата публикации

Method for determining at least one object information item of at least one target object which is sensed with a radar system, in particular of a vehicle, radar system and driver assistance system

Номер: US20210003701A1
Автор: Christian Sturm, Hamid Afrasiabi Vayghan, Urs Lübbert, Yoke Leen SIT
Принадлежит: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH

A method for determining at least one object information item of at least one target object (18) which is sensed with a radar system (12), in particular of a vehicle (10), a radar system (12) and a driver assistance system (20) are described. In the method, transmission signals (32a, 32b) are transmitted into a monitoring range (14) of the radar system (12) with at least one transmitter (26a, 26b). Echoes, which are reflected at the at least one target object (18), of the transmission signals (32a, 32b) are received as received signals (34a, 34b) with at least one receiver (30), and if necessary are converted into a form which can be used by an electronic control and/or evaluation device (28). The received signals (34a, 34b) are subjected to at least one multi-dimensional discrete Fourier transformation. At least one target signal is determined from the result of the at least one Fourier transformation. At least one object information item is determined from the at least one target signal. At the transmitter end, at least one first transmission signal (32a) and at least one second transmission signal (32b) are generated from a frequency-modulated continuous wave signal. The at least one second transmission signal (32b) is encoded by means of phase modulation with respect to the at least one first transmission signal (32a), with the result that an at least temporary signal orthogonality between the at least one first transmission signal (32a) and the at least one second transmission signal (32b) is obtained. The at least one first transmission signal (32a) is emitted with at least one first transmitter (26a), and the at least one second transmission signal (32b) is emitted with at least one second transmitter (26b), simultaneously into the monitoring range (14) of the radar system (12). The at least one second transmission signal (32b) is emitted with regular transmission pauses of a predefined length.

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Номер записи: 62
03-01-2019 дата публикации

SENSOR POD WITH BREATHABLE CABIN INTERFACE

Номер: US20190003895A1
Автор: Dellock Paul Kenneth, Krishnan Venkatesh, Lobo Harry, Phinisee Rashaun
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A pod includes a base, a plurality of sensor attachment fixtures, and a shell. The base is complementary in shape to a vehicle roof and includes a central opening therethrough. The sensor attachment fixtures are fixed to the base adjacent to an outer periphery of the base. The shell is fixed to and covers the base. The shell defines a cavity enclosing the sensor attachment fixtures and has a plurality of windows aligned with the sensor attachment fixtures. 1. A pod comprising:a base complementary in shape to a vehicle roof and including a central opening therethrough;a plurality of sensor attachment fixtures fixed to the base adjacent to an outer periphery of the base; anda shell fixed to and covering the base and defining a cavity enclosing the sensor attachment fixtures and having a plurality of windows aligned with the sensor attachment fixtures.2. The pod of claim 1 , wherein the central opening occupies substantially all of an area of the base inboard of the sensor attachment fixtures.3. The pod of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of fluid nozzles directed at the windows of the pod.4. The pod of claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of air brush nozzles directed at the windows of the pod.5. The pod of claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of fluid lines and pneumatic lines connecting to the nozzles.6. The pod of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of cameras and LIDAR sensors are connected to the base at the sensor attachment fixtures.7. The pod of claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of fluid nozzles directed at the windows of the pod.8. The pod of claim 7 , further comprising a plurality of air brush nozzles directed at the windows of the pod.9. The pod of claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of fluid lines and pneumatic lines connecting to the nozzles.10. The pod of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of cameras and LIDAR sensors are connected to the base at the sensor attachment fixtures.11. The pod of claim 1 , further comprising:a vehicle body ...

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Номер записи: 63
04-01-2018 дата публикации

AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE SYSTEM

Номер: US20180004220A1
Автор: Hazelton Lawrence Dean
Принадлежит:

An autonomous guidance system that operates a vehicle in an autonomous mode includes a camera module, a radar module, and a controller. The camera module outputs an image signal indicative of an image of an object in an area about a vehicle. The radar module outputs a reflection signal indicative of a reflected signal reflected by the object. The controller determines an object-location of the object on a map of the area based on a vehicle-location of the vehicle on the map, the image signal, and the reflection signal. The controller classifies the object as small when a magnitude of the reflection signal associated with the object is less than a signal-threshold. 1. An autonomous guidance system that operates a vehicle in an autonomous mode , said system comprising:a camera module that outputs an image signal indicative of an image of an object in an area about a vehicle;a radar module that outputs a reflection signal indicative of a reflected signal reflected by the object; anda controller that determines an object-location of the object on a map of roadways proximate to the area based on a vehicle-location of the vehicle on the map, the image signal, and the reflection signal, wherein the controller classifies the object as small when a magnitude of the reflection signal associated with the object is less than a signal-threshold, and the object is not indicated on the map.2. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the controller classifies the object as verified if the object is classified as small and the object is detected a plurality of occasions that the vehicle passes through the area.3. The system in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the controller adds the object to the map after the object is classified as verified.4. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the controller determines a size of the object based on the image signal and the reflection signal claim 1 , and classifies the object as verified if the object is classified as small ...

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Номер записи: 64
03-01-2019 дата публикации

Multi-Chip Transceiver Testing in a Radar System

Номер: US20190004148A1
Автор: Breen Daniel Colum, Dandu Krishnanshu, Ginsburg Brian Paul
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A radar system is provided that includes a first radar transceiver integrated circuit (IC) including transmission signal generation circuitry operable to generate a continuous wave signal and a first transmit channel coupled to the transmission generation circuitry to receive the continuous wave signal and transmit a test signal based on the continuous wave signal, and a second radar transceiver IC including a first receive channel coupled to an output of the first transmit channel of the first radar transceiver IC via a loopback path to receive the test signal from first the transmit channel, the second radar transceiver IC operable to measure phase response in the test signal. 1. A radar system , comprising:a first radar transceiver integrated circuit (IC) including transmission signal generation circuitry operable to generate a continuous wave signal and a first transmit channel coupled to the transmission generation circuitry to receive the continuous wave signal and transmit a test signal based on the continuous wave signal; anda second radar transceiver IC including a first receive channel coupled to an output of the first transmit channel of the first radar transceiver IC via a loopback path to receive the test signal from the first transmit channel, the second radar transceiver IC operable to measure phase response in the test signal.2. The radar system of claim 1 , including:a third radar transceiver IC including a second receive channel coupled to an output of the first transmit channel of the first radar transceiver IC via the loopback path to receive the test signal from the first transmit channel, the third radar transceiver IC operable to measure phase response in the first test signal.3. The radar system of claim 1 , in which phase mismatch between the first transmit channel and a second transmit channel of the second radar transceiver is determined as a difference between the phase response and internal phase response of the second transmit channel.4 ...

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Номер записи: 65
03-01-2019 дата публикации

Range Resolution in FMCW Radars

Номер: US20190004167A1
Автор: Bharadwaj Sachin, Ginsburg Brian, Ramasubramanian Karthik, RAO SANDEEP, Subburaj Karthik, Tangudu Jawaharlal
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The disclosure provides a radar apparatus for estimating a range of an obstacle. The radar apparatus includes a local oscillator that generates a first ramp segment and a second ramp segment. The first ramp segment and the second ramp segment each includes a start frequency, a first frequency and a second frequency. The first frequency of the second ramp segment is equal to or greater than the second frequency of the first ramp segment when a slope of the first ramp segment and a slope of the second ramp segment are equal and positive. The first frequency of the second ramp segment is equal to or less than the second frequency of the first ramp segment when the slope of the first ramp segment and the slope of the second ramp segment are equal and negative. 1. A radar apparatus comprising:a local oscillator configured to generate a first ramp segment and a second ramp segment, a slope of the first ramp segment and a slope of the second ramp segment are equal and positive, and wherein the first ramp segment and the second ramp segment each comprising a start frequency, a first frequency and a second frequency, and wherein the first frequency of the second ramp segment is equal to or greater than the second frequency of the first ramp segment; anda transmit antenna unit coupled to the local oscillator and configured to transmit the first ramp segment and the second ramp segment.2. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:a receive antenna unit configured to receive a first received signal and a second received signal, wherein the first received signal and the second received signal are generated from the first ramp segment and the second ramp segment respectively;a receiver front-end coupled to the receive antenna unit and configured to amplify the first received signal and the second received signal;a mixer coupled to the receiver front-end and configured to mix the first ramp segment and the first received signal to generate a first IF (intermediate ...

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Номер записи: 66
03-01-2019 дата публикации

METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN AN IDENTIFIER AND A VEHICLE, ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC UNIT AND IDENTIFIER

Номер: US20190004168A1
Автор: Leconte Eric, Pature Joel, Petel Laurent
Принадлежит: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE

The invention relates to a method for evaluating the distance (d) between an identifier () fitted with a first wireless communication module () and a vehicle () fitted with a second wireless communication module (), including the following steps: establishing a wireless connection (L) between the first wireless communication module () and the second wireless communication module (); estimating said distance (d) on the basis of a propagation time of the electromagnetic signals involved in the N wireless connection established (L); when the identifier () comes within the range of a signal (S) transmitted by the vehicle (), evaluating said distance (d) by means of a measurement, by the identifier (), of the strength of said transmitted signal (S). An associated electronic unit and identifier are also described. 1. A method for evaluating the distance separating an identifier equipped with a first wireless communication module and a vehicle equipped with a second wireless communication module , comprisingestablishing a wireless link between the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module;estimating said distance on the basis of a propagation time of electromagnetic signals involved in the wireless link that is established; andwhen the identifier enters into the range of a signal emitted at the vehicle, evaluating said distance by way of a measurement, by the identifier, of the strength of said emitted signal.2. The evaluation method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising of transmitting the evaluated distance claim 1 , from the identifier to the vehicle claim 1 , via the wireless link that is established.3. The evaluation method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising activating the emission of said emitted signal when said estimated distance is less than a predetermined value.4. The evaluation method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising claim 1 , prior to establishing the wireless link claim 1 , emitting at least one ...

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Номер записи: 67
03-01-2019 дата публикации

Wearable alarm system incorporating phased-array radar water sensing

Номер: US20190004169A1
Автор: Charlotte Ann Watkins, Paul Lockwood
Принадлежит: Individual

A safety system comprised of safety devices each worn by a caretaker and up to three people requiring minding, that alerts using color coded LED lights and audible tones when a monitored person is in danger. The device alerts if the person is beyond a preset distance, is close to or is in a body of water, or signals they are in trouble, using phased-array radar coupled with image processing. The phased-array radar allows the remote sensing of water in either daylight or night. The phased-array radar comprises multiple antenna elements including an independent antenna element phase shifter allowing beamsteering. The device scans an object using a preset beamsteering algorithm independent of movement. The multiple antenna elements and beamsteering improve image data accuracy which is then interpreted and correlated with a body of water characteristics. The phased-array radar is also used for caretaker-monitored person communications.

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Номер записи: 68
03-01-2019 дата публикации

Driving assistance control apparatus

Номер: US20190004513A1
Автор: Hisashi Iida, Kunihiko Chiba, Minoru Okada
Принадлежит: Denso Corp

A control unit performs driving assistance. An acquiring unit acquires future circumstance information related to a future circumstance that an own vehicle is predicted to subsequently encounter on a route further ahead of a current location. A determining unit determines whether or not the future circumstance indicated by the acquired future circumstance information is applicable to an event in which continuation of driving assistance is not possible. An urgency level setting unit sets an urgency level that indicates a level of urgency of the future circumstance when the determining unit determines that continuation of driving assistance is not possible. A limit setting unit sets a limit related to time or distance at which to cancel driving assistance and switch to manual driving, based on the set urgency level. A notifying unit notifies a driver of information prompting cancellation of driving assistance based on content of the set limit.

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Номер записи: 69
13-01-2022 дата публикации

RADAR ANTENNA FOR VEHICLE BUMPER FASCIA

Номер: US20220013885A1
Автор: Amadjikpe Arnaud, Hazenshprung Hila, Markish Ofer, Schiffmann Baruch, Yang Tae Young
Принадлежит:

For example, a system may include a radome to be attached to a vehicle bumper fascia; an antenna array on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), the antenna array is between the PCB and the radome, the antenna array comprising a Transmit (Tx) antenna configured to transmit Tx radar signals via the radome and the vehicle bumper fascia, and a receive (Rx) antenna configured to receive Rx radar signals based on the Tx radar signals; and an absorbing spacer in a spacer area between the PCB and the radome, the spacer area separating the Tx antenna from the Rx antenna, the absorbing spacer configured to absorb reflected signals formed by reflection of the Tx radar signals from the vehicle bumper fascia. 1. A radar apparatus comprising:a radome;an antenna array on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), the antenna array is between the PCB and the radome, the antenna array comprising a Transmit (Tx) antenna configured to transmit Tx radar signals via the radome and a vehicle bumper-fascia, and a receive (Rx) antenna configured to receive Rx radar signals based on the Tx radar signals; andan absorbing spacer in a spacer area between the PCB and the radome, the spacer area separating the Tx antenna from the Rx antenna, the absorbing spacer configured to absorb reflected signals formed by reflection of the Tx radar signals from the vehicle bumper fascia.2. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least part of a surface of the radome is directly in touch with a surface of the vehicle bumper fascia.3. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the surface of the radome and the surface of the vehicle bumper fascia is less than 50 millimeter.4. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the surface of the radome and the surface of the vehicle bumper fascia is less than 5 millimeter.5. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the surface of the radome and the surface of the vehicle bumper fascia is less than 1 millimeter.6. The radar ...

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Номер записи: 70
20-01-2022 дата публикации

Calibration apparatus, calibration method, program, and calibration system and calibration target

Номер: US20220018932A1
Автор: Hideaki Yamamoto
Принадлежит: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp

A calibration unit 60 acquires detection signals each generated by one of a plurality of sensors in a sensor unit 40 and indicating detection results of a calibration target. A state detection unit 61 detects a state of the calibration target by using the detection signals. A time difference correction amount setting unit 65 calculates a time difference between the detection signals each generated by one of the sensors of the sensor unit 40 by using state detection results of the calibration target obtained by the state detection unit 61, and sets a time difference correction amount on the basis of a calculation result. Temporal misalignment between pieces of information acquired by the plurality of sensors of the sensor unit 40 can be corrected on the basis of the time difference correction amount set by the time difference correction amount setting unit 65.

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Номер записи: 71
20-01-2022 дата публикации

Saddle riding type vehicle comprising a collision risk reduction system

Номер: US20220018954A1
Автор: "DARIA Davide", Santucci Mario Donato
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A saddle riding type vehicle including a main body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a front part, a tail part and a central part interposed between the front part and the tail part, at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel, a motor operatively connected to at least one of the wheels, a system mounted on the main body for reducing a collision risk and comprising at least one active radar reflector, where the collision risk reduction system allows the radar visibility of the vehicle to be increased as a radar target, i.e. increasing its equivalent radar cross section, in order to reduce the risk of the vehicle being involved in a collision with another vehicle equipped with automotive radar which, in an operating condition and during operation, approaches the vehicle. 1. A saddle riding type vehicle comprising:a main body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a front part, a tail part and a central part interposed between the front part and the tail part;at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel;a motor operatively connected to at least one of said wheels; anda system mounted on the main body for reducing a collision risk and comprising at least one active radar reflector,wherein said active radar reflector comprises at least one antenna adapted to be pointed along a pointing direction and a system for electronically adjusting said pointing direction based on at least one tilt measurement of said main body.2. A saddle riding type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said active radar reflector comprises at least one amplifier and is adapted and configured for:receiving an incident radar radiation and converting it into a corresponding detected electrical signal;processing said detected electrical signal with said amplifier for electronically amplifying it and obtaining a processed electrical signal; andobtaining and back-transmitting a response radar radiation from said processed electrical signal.3. A saddle riding type ...

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Номер записи: 72
20-01-2022 дата публикации

Gesture Recognition Using Multiple Antenna

Номер: US20220019291A1
Автор: Ivan Poupyrev, Jaime Lien, Nicholas Edward Gillian
Принадлежит: Google LLC

Various embodiments wirelessly detect micro gestures using multiple antenna of a gesture sensor device. At times, the gesture sensor device transmits multiple outgoing radio frequency (RF) signals, each outgoing RF signal transmitted via a respective antenna of the gesture sensor device. The outgoing RF signals are configured to help capture information that can be used to identify micro-gestures performed by a hand. The gesture sensor device captures incoming RF signals generated by the outgoing RF signals reflecting off of the hand, and then analyzes the incoming RF signals to identify the micro-gesture.

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Номер записи: 73
08-01-2015 дата публикации

OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE

Номер: US20150009062A1
Автор: HERTHAN BERND
Принадлежит:

An object detection device for a vehicle monitors the surroundings at the rear of the vehicle. The object detection device has a radar sensor for generating a radar signal containing information about a distance between the vehicle and a vehicle user or another object in the surroundings. The radar sensor mounts on a vehicle component pointing toward the surroundings to the rear of the vehicle. Furthermore, the object detection device contains a control and evaluation unit for determining a movement pattern of the vehicle user on the basis of the radar signal, and to compare the movement pattern with a predefined reference pattern and to actuate a servomotor which has the purpose of actuating the tailgate between an open position and a closed position when the movement pattern corresponds to the reference pattern. Furthermore, a vehicle ideally has such an object detection device.

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Номер записи: 74
20-01-2022 дата публикации

Processor and processing method for rider-assistance system of straddle-type vehicle, rider-assistance system of straddle-type vehicle, and straddle-type vehicle

Номер: US20220020274A1
Автор: Lars Pfau
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

The present invention obtains a processor and a processing method, a rider-assistance system, and a straddle-type vehicle capable of improving a rider's safety.A processor (20) includes: an acquisition section that acquires surrounding environment information about a straddle-type vehicle (100); a determination section that determines necessity of assistance operation executed by a rider-assistance system (1) to assist with the rider's operation; and a control section that makes an execution device (P) execute the assistance operation in the case where the determination section determines that the assistance operation is necessary. The determination section determines the necessity of the assistance operation by using: a collision index value that is an index value of a collision possibility of a following vehicle against the traveling straddle-type vehicle (100); and a stability index value that is an index value of a stability degree of a relative distance of the following vehicle to the traveling straddle-type vehicle (100).

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Номер записи: 75
14-01-2021 дата публикации

PATIENT SUPPORT SYSTEM CONTROL USING RADAR

Номер: US20210007921A1
Автор: Baker Steven D., Sauser Frank E.
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A patient immersion sensor includes a radio detection and ranging (RADAR) apparatus to determine a time of flight (TOF) of a RADAR pulse and a reflected signal that is reflected by a patient or by a portion of a patient support surface supporting the patient. The TOF is indicative of an immersion depth or a distance toward bottoming out of a patient supported on the patient support surface, such as a mattress or a pad. The RADAR apparatus emits pulses of very short duration so as to be able to detect objects, such as a patient or a portion of a mattress or pad, at very close distances. The RADAR apparatus may use time-of-flight (TOF) between transmission of the pulse and receipt of a reflected signal to determine a distance toward bottoming out by the patient, thereby to determine if the patient is properly immersed into the patient support surface. Adjustments to inflation or deflation of one or more bladders are made to achieve a desired immersion amount within a tolerance range between upper and lower TOF thresholds. 1. A patient support system comprising:a patient support structure to support a patient;control circuitry coupled to the patient support structure; andat least one radio detection and ranging (RADAR) apparatus coupled to the patient support structure, the control circuitry providing power to the at least one RADAR apparatus and receiving data from the at least one RADAR apparatus, wherein the control circuitry performs at least one function in response to the data received from the at least one RADAR apparatus.2. The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the patient support structure includes one or more air bladders and the at least one function comprises changing inflation of the one or more air bladders.3. The patient support system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one RADAR apparatus includes at least one RADAR antenna and wherein changing inflation of the one or more air bladder comprises deflating the one or more air bladders to lessen a ...

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Номер записи: 76
14-01-2016 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20160009280A1
Автор: Masui Youhei, Nakadori Minoru, Tokimasa Mitsuhiro
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A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle. In the apparatus, an offset storage is configured to calculate an offset that is a difference between detected distances to first and second targets, and store the offset associated with the first target forward of the second target. The inter-vehicle distance control may be implemented based on a distance calculated by subtracting the offset from the detected distance to the first target. An offset eraser is configured to, based on the presence or absence of relative displacement between the first and second targets, determine whether or not the first and second targets belong to different vehicles, and when the first and second targets belong to different vehicles, erase the offset stored by the offset storage. 1. A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from at least one target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle , the vehicle carrying the apparatus being referred to as a subject vehicle , the reflected waves being radar waves transmitted to a front of the subject vehicle and then reflected from the at least one target , the apparatus comprising:a target information acquirer configured to acquire target information about each of the at least one target from the reflected waves, the target information including a detected distance from the subject vehicle to the target of the preceding vehicle;an offset storage configured to, in the presence of first and second targets forward of the subject vehicle, the first target being forward of the second target, the second target being a target recognized as a rear end of the preceding vehicle, calculate and store an offset associated with the first target, the offset being a difference between the detected distance to the first target and the ...

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Номер записи: 77
14-01-2016 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20160009281A1
Автор: Masui Youhei, Nakadori Minoru, Tokimasa Mitsuhiro
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A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a subject vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle. In the apparatus, a controller is configured to implement the inter-vehicle distance control based on an inter-vehicle distance between a rear end of the preceding vehicle and the subject vehicle acquired from the detected distance. A control switcher is configured to, when target information for identifying the rear end of the preceding vehicle becomes unacquirable during implementation of the inter-vehicle distance control, suspend the inter-vehicle distance control and make a switch to the direct operation by the driver. 1. A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle , the vehicle carrying the apparatus being referred to as a subject vehicle , the reflected waves being radar waves transmitted to a front of the subject vehicle and then reflected from the target , the apparatus comprising:a target information acquirer configured to acquire target information about the target from the reflected waves, the target information including a detected distance from the subject vehicle to the target of the preceding vehicle;a controller configured to implement the inter-vehicle distance control based on an inter-vehicle distance between a rear end of the preceding vehicle and the subject vehicle acquired from the detected distance; anda control switcher configured to, when the target information for identifying the rear end of the preceding vehicle becomes unacquirable during implementation of the inter-vehicle distance control, suspend the inter-vehicle distance control and make a switch to the direct operation by the driver.2. The apparatus of claim 1 ...

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Номер записи: 78
14-01-2016 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20160009282A1
Автор: Masui Youhei, Nakadori Minoru, Tokimasa Mitsuhiro
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A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a subject vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target of the preceding vehicle. A target-pair distance is a distance between the target and a non-target reflection point that is closer to the subject vehicle than the target. A corrected distance calculator is configured to, in the presence of the target-pair distance being recognized, calculate a first corrected distance by subtracting the target-pair distance from a detected distance between the target and the subject vehicle, and in the absence of the target-pair distance being recognized, calculate a second corrected distance by subtracting an offset that is the previously set target-pair distance from the detected distance. A controller is configured to implement the inter-vehicle distance control based on the first or second corrected distance depending on the presence or absence of the target-pair distance being recognized. 1. A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle , the vehicle carrying the apparatus being referred to as a subject vehicle , the reflected waves being radar waves transmitted to a front of the subject vehicle and then reflected from the target , the apparatus comprising:a target information acquirer configured to acquire target information about the target from the reflected waves, the target information including a detected distance from the subject vehicle to the target of the preceding vehicle;a target-pair distance recognizer configured to, in the presence of a target pair that is a pair of the target and a non-target reflection point that is closer to the subject vehicle than the target and belongs to the same preceding vehicle as the target, calculate and recognize a ...

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Номер записи: 79
14-01-2016 дата публикации

Vehicle control apparatus

Номер: US20160009283A1
Автор: Minoru NAKADORI, Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Youhei Masui
Принадлежит: Denso Corp, Toyota Motor Corp

A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a subject vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle. In the apparatus, a distance estimator is configured to calculate an estimated distance as an inter-vehicle distance between a rear end of the preceding vehicle and the subject vehicle based on an inter-vehicle distance variation calculated based on a relative speed of the target. A target determiner is configured to determine whether or not the target is displaced forward of the rear end of the preceding vehicle. A controller is configured to, when the target of the preceding vehicle is displaced forward of the rear end of the preceding vehicle, implement the inter-vehicle distance control based on the estimated distance calculated by the distance estimator.

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Номер записи: 80
14-01-2016 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20160009284A1
Автор: Masui Youhei, Nakadori Minoru, Tokimasa Mitsuhiro
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A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle. In the apparatus, an offset storage is configured to calculate an offset that is a difference between detected distances to first and second targets, and store the offset associated with the first target forward of the second target. The inter-vehicle distance control may be implemented based on a distance calculated by subtracting the offset from the detected distance to the first target. An offset updater is configured to determine whether or not a relative distance between the first and second targets has increased or decreased, and when the relative distance between the first and second targets has increased or decreased, update the offset stored by the offset storage. 1. A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from at least one target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle , the vehicle carrying the apparatus being referred to as a subject vehicle , the reflected waves being radar waves transmitted to a front of the subject vehicle and then reflected from the at least one target , the apparatus comprising:a target information acquirer configured to acquire target information about each of the at least one target from the reflected waves, the target information including a detected distance from the subject vehicle to the target of the preceding vehicle;an offset storage configured to, in the presence of first and second targets forward of the subject vehicle, the first target being forward of the second target, the second target being a target recognized as a rear end of the preceding vehicle, calculate and store an offset associated with the first target, the offset being a difference between the detected distance to the first target and the detected distance to the second target; anda ...

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Номер записи: 81
10-01-2019 дата публикации

WIRELESS TILT SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD

Номер: US20190009718A1
Автор: COPEN Travis, KOLAR David
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A wireless sensor system and method detects when a tailgate, door, or other object on a vehicle moves from a closed position to an open position and then generates an alarm. The wireless sensor system includes a wireless sensor and a transceiver module. The transceiver module is plugged into a cigarette lighter of the vehicle to receive its power. The wireless sensor detects a movement of an object on a vehicle from a first position to a second position. The wireless sensor transmits data indicating the object moved from the first position to the second position to the transceiver module. The transceiver module receives the transmitted data and determines whether to cause an alarm to be generated based, at least in part, on the transmitted data. When an alarm is to be generated, the transceiver module causes the alarm to be generated. 120-. (canceled)21. A wireless sensor system for monitoring position of a component of a vehicle , the wireless sensor system comprising:a sensor module for monitoring position of the component on which the sensor module is mounted, the sensor module having a power source and a sensor connected to the power source, the sensor module wirelessly transmitting data indicative of the component's position when the component is in a desired position; anda transceiver module that receives data transmitted from the sensor module to determine whether the component is in the desirable position, the transceiver having a power connector that receives power from the vehicle and a user indicator for generating an alert indicative of the component's position, wherein the transceiver module causes the user indicator to generate the alert where the component is not in the desirable position or where no data is received from the sensor module.22. The wireless sensor system of claim 21 , wherein the sensor is selected from the group consisting of a wireless tilt sensor claim 21 , an accelerometer claim 21 , a Hall-effect sensor claim 21 , and a reed ...

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Номер записи: 82
12-01-2017 дата публикации

Crowd sourcing data for autonomous vehicle navigation

Номер: US20170010106A1
Автор: Amnon Shashua, Aran REISMAN, Daniel Braunstein, Ofer Springer, Yoram Gdalyahu
Принадлежит: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd

A method of processing vehicle navigation information for use in autonomous vehicle navigation is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server, navigation information from a plurality of vehicles. The navigation information from the plurality of vehicles is associated with a common road segment. The method also includes storing, by the server, the navigation information associated with the common road segment. The method also includes generating, by the server, at least a portion of an autonomous vehicle road navigation model for the common road segment based on the navigation information from the plurality of vehicles. The method further includes distributing, by the server, the autonomous vehicle road navigation model to one or more autonomous vehicles for use in autonomously navigating the one or more autonomous vehicles along the common road segment.

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Номер записи: 83
12-01-2017 дата публикации

Systems and methods for identifying landmarks

Номер: US20170010120A1
Автор: Amnon Shashua, Shai SHALEV-SHWARTZ
Принадлежит: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd

A system for identifying a landmark for use in autonomous vehicle navigation is provided. The system includes at least one processor programmed to receive at least one identifier associated with the landmark; associate the landmark with a corresponding road segment; update an autonomous vehicle road navigation model relative to the corresponding road segment to include the at least one identifier associated with the landmark; and distribute the updated autonomous vehicle road navigation model to a plurality of autonomous vehicles. The at least one identifier is determined based on acquisition, from a camera associated with a host vehicle, of at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analysis of the at least one image to identify the landmark in the environment of the host vehicle; and analysis of the at least one image to determine the at least one identifier associated with the landmark.

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Номер записи: 84
27-01-2022 дата публикации

SENSING DEVICE, MOVING BODY SYSTEM, AND SENSING METHOD

Номер: US20220026567A1
Автор: MATSUURA Keiki, TSURUKAME Yoshitaka, YOSHITAKE Naoki
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A sensing device detects an object in a blind spot in a surrounding environment of a mobile body. The sensing device includes a distance measurer, a detector, and a controller. The distance measurer acquires distance information indicating a distance from the mobile body to the surrounding environment. The detector detects the object in the blind spot. The controller controls operation of the detector. The controller detects the blind spot in the surrounding environment, based on the distance information acquired by the distance measurer. The controller controls precision at which the detector is caused to detect the object in the blind spot, according to a distance to the blind spot. 1. A sensing device for detecting an object in a blind spot in a surrounding environment of a moving body , the sensing device comprising:a distance measurer configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance from the moving body to the surrounding environment;a detector configured to detect the object in the blind spot; anda controller configured to control operation of the detector,wherein the controller is configured to:detect the blind spot in the surrounding environment, based on the distance information acquired by the distance measurer; andcontrol precision at which the detector is caused to detect the object in the blind spot according to a distance to the detected blind spot.2. The sensing device according to claim 1 , whereinthe controller is configured to set the precision to be lower as the distance to the blind spot is larger.3. The sensing device according to claim 1 , whereinthe controller is configured to control the detector not to detect the object in the blind spot in a case where the distance to the blind spot is larger than a predetermined value.4. The sensing device according to claim 1 , whereinthe controller is configured to set the precision to be lower as a distance between the moving body and the blind spot in a direction orthogonal to a ...

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Номер записи: 85
12-01-2017 дата публикации

WEATHER RADAR APPARATUS, AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

Номер: US20170010354A1
Автор: AOKI Tomomi, Kawabata Kazuaki, TANABE Yasuhiko
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According to an embodiment, a weather radar apparatus includes the following elements. The feature quantity calculator calculates, based on the weather information for the targets in an observation range, a feature quantity of each of the targets. The allocator performs transmit allocation in pulse unit or pulse pair unit to the targets based on the feature quantity. The allocation halt instruction unit instructs the allocator to halt transmit allocation to a target satisfying a certain condition. The beam controller generates a control signal to control a beam direction and transmit timing based on a result of the transmit allocation. The transmit signal generator generates a transmit signal based on the control signal. The array antenna transmits the transmit signal. 1. A weather radar apparatus comprising:a weather information acquisition unit which acquires weather information for targets in an observation range;a feature quantity calculator which calculates a feature quantity of each of the targets based on the weather information;an allocator which performs transmit allocation in pulse unit or pulse pair unit to the targets based on the feature quantity;an allocation halt instruction unit which instructs the allocator to halt transmit allocation to a target satisfying a certain condition;a beam controller which generates a control signal to control a beam direction and transmit timing based on a result of the transmit allocation;a transmit signal generator which generates a transmit signal based on the control signal; andan array antenna which transmits the transmit signal.2. The weather radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the feature quantity is a value based on a time such that pulses or pulse pairs have no correlation therebetween.3. The weather radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the feature quantity is a time such that pulses or pulse pairs have no correlation therebetween.4. The weather radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein ...

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Номер записи: 86
12-01-2017 дата публикации

Autonomous vehicle tail alignment navigation

Номер: US20170010614A1
Автор: Amnon Shashua, Aran REISMAN, Daniel Braunstein, Igor Tubis, Yoav Taieb
Принадлежит: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd

A system for navigating an autonomous vehicle along a road segment is disclosed. The system may have at least one processor. The processor may be programmed to receive from an image capture device, images representative of an environment of the autonomous vehicle. The processor may also be programmed to determine a travelled trajectory along the road segment based on analysis of the images. Further, the processor may be programmed to determine a current location of the autonomous vehicle along a predetermined road model trajectory based on analysis of one or more of the plurality of images. The processor may also be programmed to determine a heading direction based on the determined traveled trajectory. In addition, the processor may be programmed to determine a steering direction, relative to the heading direction, by comparing the traveled trajectory to the predetermined road model trajectory at the current location of the autonomous vehicle.

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Номер записи: 87
12-01-2017 дата публикации

Sparse map for autonomous vehicle navigation

Номер: US20170010616A1
Автор: Amnon Shashua, Aran REISMAN, Daniel Braunstein, Ofer Springer, Yoram Gdalyahu
Принадлежит: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd

A non-transitory computer-readable medium is provided. The computer-readable medium includes a sparse map for autonomous vehicle navigation along a road segment. The sparse map includes a polynomial representation of a target trajectory for the autonomous vehicle along the road segment, and a plurality of predetermined landmarks associated with the road segment. The plurality of predetermined landmarks are spaced apart by at least 50 meters, and the sparse map has a data density of no more than 1 megabyte per kilometer.

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Номер записи: 88
12-01-2017 дата публикации

Self-aware system for adaptive navigation

Номер: US20170010618A1
Автор: Amnon Shashua, Aran REISMAN, Daniel Braunstein, Ofer Springer, Yoram Gdalyahu
Принадлежит: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd

Systems and methods are provided for self-aware adaptive navigation. In one implementation, a navigation system for a vehicle may include at least one processor. The at least one processor may be programmed to determine a navigational maneuver for the vehicle based, at least in part, on a comparison of a motion of the vehicle with respect to a predetermined model representative of a road segment. The at least one processor may be further programmed to receive, from a camera, at least one image representative of an environment of the vehicle. The at least one processor may be further programmed to determine, based on analysis of the at least one image, an existence in the environment of the vehicle of an navigational adjustment condition, cause the vehicle to adjust the navigational maneuver based on the existence of the navigational adjustment condition, and store information relating to the navigational adjustment condition.

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Номер записи: 89
14-01-2016 дата публикации

Metamaterial-Based Object-Detection System

Номер: US20160011307A1
Автор: Casse Bernard D., Liu Victor, Tuganov Alexander S., Volkel Armin R.
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An object-detection system for, e.g., a vehicle collision avoidance system, utilizes a metamaterial-based phase shifting element array to generate a scan beam by varying the effective capacitance of each metamaterial structure forming the array in order to control the phases of their radio frequency output signals such that the combined electromagnetic wave generated by the output signals is reinforced in the desired direction and suppressed in undesired directions to produce the scan beam. The metamaterial structures are configured to resonate at the same radio wave frequency as an incident input signal (radiation), whereby each metamaterial structure emits an associated output signal by way of controlled scattering the input signal. A variable capacitance is applied on each metamaterial structure, e.g., using varicaps that are adjusted by way of phase control voltages, to produce the desired output phase patterns. The metamaterial structures are constructed using inexpensive metal film or PCB fabrication technology. 1. An object-detection system comprising:a signal source configured to generate an input signal having a radio wave frequency;a phase shifting element array including a plurality of metamaterial structures, each said metamaterial structure configured to resonate at said radio wave frequency in response to said input signal such that said plurality of metamaterial structures respectively generate electromagnetic radiation output signals having said radio wave frequency by way of retransmitting said input signal; anda beam control circuit configured to generate a plurality of variable capacitances and to apply each said variable capacitance to an associated said metamaterial structure such that an effective capacitance of said associated metamaterial structure is altered by a corresponding change in each said applied variable capacitance, whereby said plurality of metamaterial structures respectively generate said electromagnetic radiation output signals ...

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Номер записи: 90
14-01-2016 дата публикации

FORWARD FACING SENSING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20160011309A1
Автор: Lynam Niall R.
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A forward facing sensing system includes a windshield electronics module configured to be attached at and behind a windshield of a vehicle. A radar sensor device and an image sensor are disposed in the module so as to have a sensing/viewing direction forward of the vehicle with the module attached at and behind the windshield. A control includes an image processor that processes image data captured by the image sensor and that analyzes captured image data to detect an object present forward of the vehicle. The detected object is also sensed by a beam of the radar sensor device. The control, responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of captured image data to detect the object and to sensing by the radar sensor device of the detected object, determines that a potentially hazardous condition may exist in the path of forward travel of the vehicle. 1. A forward facing sensing system for a vehicle , said forward facing sensing system comprising:a windshield electronics module configured to be attached at and behind a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said forward facing sensing system and to be removable therefrom as a self-contained unit for service or replacement;a radar sensor device disposed in said windshield electronics module so as to have a sensing direction forward of the equipped vehicle with said windshield electronics module attached at and behind the vehicle windshield;an image sensor disposed in said windshield electronics module so as to have a viewing direction forward of the equipped vehicle with said windshield electronics module attached at and behind the vehicle windshield;wherein said image sensor comprises a pixelated image array sensor having a two dimensional array of photosensing elements;a control comprising an image processor;wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said image sensor utilizing object detection software;wherein said image processor is operable to analyze image data captured by said ...

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Номер записи: 91
27-01-2022 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT DETECTION WITH INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

Номер: US20220029305A1
Автор: Achour Maha, Daniel George
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Examples disclosed herein relate to a sensor fusion system for use in an autonomous vehicle. The sensor fusion system has a radar detection unit with a metastructure antenna to direct a beamform in a field-of-view (“FoV”) of the vehicle, an analysis module to receive information about a detected object and determine control actions for the radar detection unit and the metastructure antenna based on the received information and on environmental information, and an autonomous control unit to control actions of the vehicle based on the received information and the environmental information. 1. A radar system , comprising:a radar detection unit comprising an antenna configured to direct a beamform in a field-of-view (“FoV”) of the vehicle;a geographical interpretation means adapted to receive GPS data in the FOV; andan analysis means configured to receive radar information from a detected object and determine interpret the radar information to identify environmental information, wherein the analysis module is a convolutional neural network that predicts a condition using the radar information and identified environmental information.2. The radar system of claim 1 , wherein the geographical interpretation means interprets elevation information of the FOV.3. The radar system of claim 2 ,sensor fusion means adapted to determine at least one control action based on the analysis means interpretation.4. The radar system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one control action directs the radar detection unit to change a width of the beamform and direct it toward the detected object.5. The radar system of claim 1 , wherein the geographical interpretation means is adapted to map environmental features in the FOV.6. The radar system of claim 5 , further comprising a library that stores environmental information claim 5 , object detection information and object detection rules.7. The sensor fusion system of claim 6 , wherein the library stores information identifying danger areas and ...

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Номер записи: 92
11-01-2018 дата публикации

PHASED ARRAY RADAR SYSTEMS FOR SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Номер: US20180011180A1
Автор: Spencer Jonathan Cullinan, Warnick Karl Foster
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Phased array radar systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A disclosed example radar apparatus for a small UAVs includes a transmitter to transmit a transmit signal in the X-band, a receive phased array including at least two receive antennas, wherein the receive phased array provides a field-of-view of at least 100 degrees in a first direction and at least 20 degrees in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first processor programmed to determine a location of an object based on an output from each of the at least two antennas, a second processor programmed to perform collision avoidance based on the location of the object, and a mount to mechanically couple the radar apparatus to the UAV. 1. A radar apparatus for a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) , the radar apparatus comprising:a transmitter to transmit a transmit signal in the X-band;a receive phased array including at least two receive antennas, wherein the receive phased array provides a field-of-view of at least 100 degrees in a first direction and at least 20 degrees in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;a first processor programmed to determine a location of an object based on an output from each of the at least two antennas;a second processor programmed to perform collision avoidance based on the location of the object; anda mount to mechanically couple the radar apparatus to the UAV.2. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receive phased array is a digitally-steered receive phased array capable of simultaneously forming a first beam in a first receive direction and a second beam in a second receive direction.3. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receive phased array is a four-channel receive phased array having four receive antennas.4. The radar apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first processor and the second processor are implemented by the same integrated circuit.5. The radar of apparatus claim 1 , wherein the UAV weighs ...

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Номер записи: 93
11-01-2018 дата публикации

GOLF BALL TRACKING SYSTEM

Номер: US20180011184A1
Автор: Du Toit Leendert Johannes, Marais Sarel Jacobus
Принадлежит: ALPHAWAVE GOLF (PTY) LTD

The invention discloses a golf ball tracking system, which includes a distributed sensor and processor system adapted to simultaneously track the trajectories of multiple golf balls hit by one of more golfers. The system is adapted to keep track of the location of the golfers to enable the allocation of shots to the correct golfer. The system is operated at a golf driving range, where multiple players can hit balls from anywhere within a designated area and/or fixed hitting bay locations. Multilateration is used to determine the location of multiple targets in 3D space, based on the reported range and Doppler from distributed radar sensors. 1. A golf ball tracking system comprising a single distributed radar sensor system including a plurality of radar sensors distributed over a coverage area and a remotely accessible central processor in communication with the radar sensors , including:a receiving component for receiving sensor data from the plurality of sensors;a sensor-level tracking component for simultaneously determining at least the relative speeds and distances between the sensors and multiple golf balls moving through the coverage area;a system-level 3D tracking component for simultaneously determining the locations of the multiple golf balls moving through the coverage area based on information determined by the sensor-level tracking component;a trajectory determining component for constructing complete trajectories for each of the multiple golf balls in flight and determining their geographical origins and landing locations based on information determined by the system-level 3D tracking component; andan assigning component for assigning each of the multiple golf balls to one or more golfers based on known geographical positions of the golfers and the geographical origins of the multiple golf ball trajectories.2. A system as claimed in claim 1 , which includes a golfer positioning component for determining the geographical positions of the one or more ...

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Номер записи: 94
10-01-2019 дата публикации

Lamp for vehicle and vehicle

Номер: US20190011106A1
Автор: Jinwoo Park, Kiwon Kwak
Принадлежит: LG ELECTRONICS INC

A lamp for a vehicle, the lamp that includes: at least one light emitting unit; a sensor that is disposed around the at least one light emitting unit, and that is configured to generate data regarding an object located outside the vehicle; a housing configured to accommodate the at least one light emitting unit and the sensor, the housing defining an opening through which light that is emitted from the light emitting unit is projected to an outside of the vehicle; and a cover lens configured to cover the opening of the housing is disclosed.

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Номер записи: 95
14-01-2021 дата публикации

Robust localization

Номер: US20210010814A1
Автор: Kikuo Fujimura, Mahmut Demir
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

According to one aspect, a system for robust localization may include a scan accumulator, a scan matcher, a transform maintainer, and a location fuser. The scan accumulator may receive a set of sensor data from a set of sensors mounted on a vehicle. The scan accumulator may generate a sensor scan point cloud output by transforming the set of sensor data from each sensor frame to a corresponding vehicle frame and calculate a fitness score, a transformation probability, and a mean elevation angle used to determine a scan confidence for the sensor data. The transform maintainer may receive GPS data, the scan confidence, and the matched sensor scan point cloud output and map tile point cloud data from the scan matcher, and determine whether the GPS data or the matched sensor scan point cloud output and map tile point cloud data is utilized for a map-to-odometer transformation output.

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Номер записи: 96
14-01-2021 дата публикации

WORK MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE CONTROL METHOD

Номер: US20210011122A1
Автор: Shiga Tatsuya, TANAKA Daisuke
Принадлежит: KOMATSU LTD.

A work machine control method includes: acquiring a detection position of a landmark detected by a non-contact sensor provided in a work machine in traveling of the work machine traveling on a traveling path; calculating a first relative distance between the non-contact sensor and the landmark on a basis of the detection position of the landmark; calculating a second relative distance between the non-contact sensor and the landmark on a basis of a registration position of the landmark; calculating a correction value relating to a relative distance between the non-contact sensor and the landmark on a basis of the first relative distance and the second relative distance; correcting the first relative distance on a basis of the correction value to calculate a corrected relative distance between the non-contact sensor and the landmark; and controlling a traveling state of the work machine on a basis of the corrected relative distance. 1. A work machine control system comprising:a non-contact sensor which is provided on a work machine and detects a position of a landmark;a landmark detection position acquisition unit which acquires a detection position of the landmark detected by the non-contact sensor in traveling of the work machine;a landmark registration position storage unit which stores a registration position of the landmark;a first relative distance calculation unit which calculates a first relative distance between the non-contact sensor and the landmark on a basis of the detection position of the landmark;a second relative distance calculation unit which calculates a second relative distance between the non-contact sensor and the landmark on a basis of the registration position of the landmark;a correction value calculation unit which calculates a correction value relating to a relative distance between the non-contact sensor and the landmark on a basis of the first relative distance and the second relative distance; anda landmark correction position ...

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Номер записи: 97
10-01-2019 дата публикации

Position detection system

Номер: US20190011528A1
Автор: Daisuke Takai, Hironori TAKAYAMA, Keigo Wakana, Toshiki Nakamura, Yukimitsu Yamada
Принадлежит: Alps Alpine Co Ltd

In a position detection system that has a plurality of transmitters/receivers placed at least three positions: processing is executed to measure distances among the plurality of transmitters/receivers, each distance being measured a plurality of times, and obtain a minimum value for each distance; processing is executed to obtain an angle between each two adjacent straight lines, each of which is one of straight lines that mutually connect the plurality of transmitters/receivers, by using minimum values, each of which is the minimum value for each distance; and if the absolute value of the difference between 180 degrees and the sum of angles, each of which is the angle between each two adjacent straight lines, inside a triangle formed by straight lines that interconnect three of the plurality of transmitters/receivers is smaller than a predetermined value, processing is executed to take the minimum values as the true values of the distances.

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Номер записи: 98
14-01-2021 дата публикации

Detection System and Method

Номер: US20210011145A1
Автор: Ma Liang, Wang Yu
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A detection system includes a radar-unit and a controller-circuit. The radar-unit is configured to detect objects proximate a host-vehicle. The controller-circuit is in communication with the radar-unit and is configured to determine a detection-distribution based on the radar-unit. The detection-distribution is characterized by a longitudinal-distribution of zero-range-rate detections associated with a trailer towed by the host-vehicle. The controller-circuit is further configured to determine a trailer-classification based on a comparison of the detection-distribution and longitudinal-distribution-models stored in the controller-circuit. The trailer-classification is indicative of a dimension of the trailer. The controller-circuit determines a trailer-length of the trailer based on the detection-distribution and the trailer-classification. 1. A system comprising:a controller circuit configured to:determine, with a radar unit of a host vehicle, a distribution of zero-range-rate detections obtained from behind the host vehicle;determine, based on the distribution of zero-range-rate detections, a length of a trailer being towed behind the host vehicle; andcontrol the host vehicle based on the length of the trailer.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller circuit is configured to determine the distribution of zero-range-rate detections during a finite time period.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller circuit is configured to determine the length of the trailer by:inputting the distribution of zero-range-rate detections into a model configured to predict a trailer classification; anddetermining, based on the trailer classification, the length of the trailer.4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the model is configured to predict the trailer classification to be one of a plurality of different classifications.5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of different classifications comprise: a first class of trailers that are less than a first ...

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

RADAR RANGE AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION USING MULTI-RATE SAMPLING

Номер: US20210011151A1
Автор: Bilik Igal, Longman Oren
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A radar circuit for use with a vehicle or other host system includes a radio frequency (RF) signal generator, an RF antenna connected to the signal generator configured to transmit an RF waveform toward a radar target and receive a radar return signature reflected therefrom, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in communication with the antenna and having a different sampling frequencies. The ADC may have multiple channels outputting sampled radar return signature data at the different sampling frequencies. An ECU is in communication with the ADC to receive the sampled radar return signature data from the ADC, generate a set of range hypotheses describing a possible range from the host system to the radar target, select a correct range hypothesis, and execute a control action using the correct range hypothesis. The correct range hypothesis corresponds to a true range to the radar target. 1. A radar circuit for use with a host system , the radar circuit comprising:a radio frequency (RF) signal generator configured to generate a predetermined RF waveform;an RF antenna connected to the RF signal generator, wherein the RF antenna is configured to transmit the RF waveform toward a radar target and receive a radar return signature from the radar target;an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in communication with the RF antenna wherein the ADC has multiple sampling frequencies, such that the ADC is configured to output sampled radar return signature data at the multiple sampling frequencies; andan electronic control unit (ECU) in communication with the ADC, and configured to receive the sampled radar return signature data from the ADC, generate a set of range hypotheses describing a possible range from the host system to the radar target, select a correct range hypothesis from the set of range hypotheses as a true range to the radar target, and execute a control action with respect to the host system using the correct range hypothesis.2. The radar circuit of claim 1 , ...

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