Patent classifications
G01S7/021
Low power radar detection system
A communication device can be configured to detect radar signals within an operating channel. The communication device can include a mixer, filter, scanning and spreading circuit and a radar signal detector. The mixer can be configured to modulate a received communication signal based on an oscillating signal to generate a modulated signal. The filter can have a first bandwidth and be configured to filter the modulated signal. The scanning and spreading circuit can be configured to control the oscillating signal to scan an operating channel having a second bandwidth. The second bandwidth can be greater than the first bandwidth. The radar signal detector can be configured to detect a radar signal within the scanned operating channel.
Method for performing radar-assisted wireless data communication
A method for performing wireless data communication is disclosed, which uses a first device and a second device, and which comprises the steps of a) transmitting an outgoing radar signal by the first device, b) determining, by the first device, a receive property of an incoming radar signal which is associated with the outgoing radar signal, and c) setting at least one parameter for performing the wireless data communication by the first device based on the receive property of the incoming radar signal.
Deterrent for unmanned aerial systems
A system for providing integrated detection and deterrence against an unmanned vehicle including but not limited to aerial technology unmanned systems using a detection element, a tracking element, an identification element and an interdiction or deterrent element. Elements contain sensors that observe real time quantifiable data regarding the object of interest to create an assessment of risk or threat to a protected area of interest. This assessment may be based e.g., on data mining of internal and external data sources. The deterrent element selects from a variable menu of possible deterrent actions. Though designed for autonomous action, a Human in the Loop may override the automated system solutions.
METHOD FOR EVALUATING OVERLAPPING TARGETS
A method for evaluating overlapping targets in a two-dimensional radar spectrum, wherein the following steps are carried out: providing the two-dimensional radar spectrum, selecting at least one region of interest as an input signal from the spectrum, and performing an evaluation of the input signal to determine an information about the overlapping targets, wherein the evaluation is specific for a model order selection method.
Method for detecting road users
The invention relates to a method for detecting road users along at least one traffic route, wherein the method comprises the following steps: emitting transmission signals by means of at least one transmission device for radar radiation, detecting received signals by means of at least one reception device for radar radiation, mixing the transmission signals and the received signals to produce baseband signals and calculating a detection matrix from the baseband signals and evaluating the detection matrix in an evaluation module of an electronic data processing device, wherein peaks of the detection matrix are assigned to objects, checking whether a disturbance criterion is met in a diagnostic module, generating signals from the results of the evaluation in the evaluation module and the check in the diagnostic module, and transmitting the signals to a control module of an electronic data processing device.
METHOD FOR DECOUPLING SIGNALS IN TRANSCEIVER SYSTEMS
The invention relates to a method for characterizing the effects of coupling of a radiofrequency transceiver apparatus comprising at least one transmit path and at least one receive path, and to an apparatus implementing the method. The method comprises the calculation of coefficients of a correcting filter, with the steps of: transmitting a known signal over a transmit path, receiving a signal over a receive path, calculating the coefficients of the correcting filter on the basis of the known signal and of the signal received over said receive path. The method further comprises a step, carried out during the transmission of a useful signal over the transmit path, of filtering the signal transmitted over the transmit path by means of said correcting filter in order to determine the transmitted signal received by coupling effect over the receive path.
RADAR DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD
A radar device includes: a signal transmission unit for generating a MIMO signal including a plurality of pulse signals, and radiating the MIMO signal into space; a signal reception unit for receiving a reflection signal resulting from reflection, by a target, of the MIMO signal radiated from the signal transmission unit; a demodulation unit for demodulating the MIMO signal from the reflection signal received by the signal reception unit; a beam-forming unit for forming beams in a plurality of different directions, by multiplying the plurality of pulse signals included in the MIMO signal demodulated by the demodulation unit by a respective plurality of different weighting coefficients; a control unit for changing noise power included in each of the beams in the plurality of directions formed by the beam-forming unit, by shifting a phase of the MIMO signal generated by the signal transmission unit and adjusting the plurality of weighting coefficients on the basis of an amount of phase shift of the phase; and a target detection unit for detecting the target from each of the beams in the plurality of directions formed by the beam-forming unit.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TARGET PLATFORM
A method and system is disclosed for determining a probability that an encountered platform was of a specific type given that a plurality of emitters exist on the platform and each emitter has a computed probability that it is of each of a set of types. A preprocessing stage operates on a description of the environment and determines the probability of a set of events that are independent of any observation. A runtime processing stage uses the terms computed in the preprocessing stage along with data assembled from a set of observations to determine the conditional probability that a particular platform type was the type encountered.
Spatial energy rank detector and high-speed alarm
A method, system, and computer program are described for identifying the presence of narrowband signals within a wide instantaneous bandwidth by exploiting the spatial diversity of the received signals using an array aperture to provide detection capability. For example, the method includes receiving and channelizing digitized signals into signals with a narrow bandwidth of interest. The method further includes estimating covariance matrices associated with the signals, determining a set of Eigenvalues for the covariance matrices, and analyzing each Eigenvalue to determine a rank change estimate. The method further includes identifying one or more of the signals that have a positive rank change estimate, computing a beam forming weight and direction estimate for each signal that has a positive rank change estimate, and outputting an indication of the signals that have a positive rank change estimate including one or more of fine timing information, the beamforming weights, and the direction estimate.
SPATIAL ENERGY RANK DETECTOR AND HIGH-SPEED ALARM
A method, system, and computer program are described for identifying the presence of narrowband signals within a wide instantaneous bandwidth by exploiting the spatial diversity of the received signals using an array aperture to provide detection capability. For example, the method includes receiving and channelizing digitized signals into signals with a narrow bandwidth of interest. The method further includes estimating covariance matrices associated with the signals, determining a set of Eigenvalues for the covariance matrices, and analyzing each Eigenvalue to determine a rank change estimate. The method further includes identifying one or more of the signals that have a positive rank change estimate, computing a beam forming weight and direction estimate for each signal that has a positive rank change estimate, and outputting an indication of the signals that have a positive rank change estimate including one or more of fine timing information, the beamforming weights, and the direction estimate.