G01S13/345

PHASE BASED SEARCH PROCEDURE FOR RADAR DETECTION
20220357423 · 2022-11-10 ·

In some aspects, a radar device may receive a received signal comprising a reflected frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar signal and interference. The radar device may identify the reflected FMCW radar signal based at least in part on performing a phase based search procedure to facilitate removing the interference from the received signal. The radar device may perform an action based at least in part on a characteristic of the identified reflected FMCW radar signal. Numerous other aspects are described.

Smart-device-based radar system performing angular estimation using machine learning

Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smart-device-based radar system capable of performing angular estimation using machine learning. In particular, a radar system 102 includes an angle-estimation module 504 that employs machine learning to estimate an angular position of one or more objects (e.g., users). By analyzing an irregular shape of the radar system 102's spatial response across a wide field of view, the angle-estimation module 504 can resolve angular ambiguities that may be present based on the angle to the object or based on a design of the radar system 102 to correctly identify the angular position of the object. Using machine-learning techniques, the radar system 102 can achieve a high probability of detection and a low false-alarm rate for a variety of different antenna element spacings and frequencies.

RADAR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION
20220349985 · 2022-11-03 ·

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a user equipment (UE) (e.g., a vehicle) may determine a configuration, including an offset value for the radar waveform, for transmitting a radar waveform for multiple radar transmitters. The UE may transmit, according to the identified configuration, a first instance of the radar waveform with a first radar transmitter. The UE may also transmit a second instance of the radar waveform with a second radar transmitter. The second instance of the radar waveform may be offset from the first instance of the radar waveform by the offset value. The Offset value may be a time offset, a frequency offset, or both. The UE may identify at least one object, and may filter our interference between the first instance of the radar waveform and the second instance of the radar waveform based on the offset.

Transmitter-receiver leakage suppression in integrated radar systems
11480655 · 2022-10-25 · ·

Example embodiments relate to transmitter-receiver leakage suppression in integrated radar systems. One embodiment includes a front-end for a radar system. The front-end includes a transmit path that includes a power amplifier and a transmit antenna. The transmit path is configured to transmit a transmit signal. The front-end also includes a receive path that includes a receive antenna and a low-noise amplifier. The receive path is configured to receive at least a leakage from the transmit path. The receive path is configured to generate an amplified signal of the leakage. Further, the front-end also includes a reference path. In addition, the front-end includes a compensation unit in the reference path. The compensation unit is configured to generate compensation for a leakage path between the transmit path and the receive path. The compensation unit is configured to apply the generated compensation to the reference signal to generate a compensated reference signal.

AXIS-MISALIGNMENT ESTIMATION DEVICE
20230082823 · 2023-03-16 ·

An axis-misalignment estimation device estimates an axis-misalignment angle of a radar device mounted to a moving object. The axis-misalignment estimation device estimates the axis-misalignment angle using a plurality of different axis-misalignment angle estimation methods based on detection results of the radar device. The axis-misalignment estimation device determines whether a predefined employment condition is met, based on a plurality of axis-misalignment angle estimates estimated using respective ones of the plurality of axis-misalignment angle estimation methods. In response to determining that the employment condition is met, the axis-misalignment estimation device employs at least one of the plurality of axis-misalignment angle estimates.

RADAR APPARATUS AND METHOD
20230083878 · 2023-03-16 ·

The present disclosure relates to a radar apparatus including a transmitter for transmitting a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar signal, wherein the transmitter is configured to generate the continuous-wave radar signal with a sinusoidally varying modulation frequency, a receiver for receiving a reflection signal of the frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar signal, which is reflected by at least one object, and for mixing the reflection signal with the frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar signal in order to obtain a downmixed reception signal, and a device for correlating the downmixed reception signal with at least one pattern signal which is based on the modulation frequency and a predetermined distance.

FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF
20230078775 · 2023-03-16 · ·

A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar device and a signal processing method thereof are provided. The frequency modulated continuous wave radar device includes a transmitter stage circuit, a frequency synthesizer, a receiver stage circuit, a pre-stage circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The transmitter stage circuit transmits a transmitting signal. The frequency synthesizer generates the transmitting signal associated with a chirp period. The receiver stage circuit receives a receiving signal including a periodic interference signal with a noise period associated with the chirp period. The pre-stage circuit outputs a to-be-processed signal including multiple frames according to the receiving signal and the transmitting signal. The signal processing circuit groups the frames into multiple frame groups. The signal processing circuit generates a processed signal by sampling at least one frame from the multiple frames in each of the frame groups with an identical sampling rule.

Method for measuring distance by appropriate fourier transform and radar system for implementing the method
11604270 · 2023-03-14 · ·

A radar system configured to determine radar-ground distance measurements. The radar system includes transmission and reception means configured to transmit two radiofrequency signals towards the ground and to receive the signals obtained by the reflection of the two transmitted signals by the ground and computation means configured to determine the frequential representations of the transmitted signals and of the received signals and determine a frequential quantity as a function of the frequential representations. The radar system is wherein the computation means are configured to sample the frequential quantity over a determined number of samples, which provides a sampled signal; determine a number of frequency measurements as a function of a constant distance measurement accuracy value; determine frequency measurements by applying to the sampled signal a spectral decomposition by fast Fourier transform using a decimation of the sampled signal in a ratio dependent on the distance measurement accuracy value, and determine a distance measurement corresponding to each frequency measurement.

ADAPTIVE RADAR WITH PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGE INTEGRATION

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device (e.g., a vehicle) in wireless communications system (e.g., a cellular-vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system) may support adaptive radar transmissions based on information received in a public safety message. The communication device may use information included in the public safety message to adapt radar transmissions to enable timely detection of vulnerable road users (VRUs). In some examples, based on a location and a velocity estimate provided in the public safety message, the communication device may adjust the radar transmissions to experience a trade-off between range and velocity estimation performance. Additionally or alternatively, based on positional accuracy estimates provided in the public safety message, the communication device may adjust the radar transmissions to improve beamforming. By adapting the radar transmissions, the communication device may experience low latency and high reliability for VRU collision warnings in the C-V2X system.

DETECTION METHOD USING FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE, RADAR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
20230126949 · 2023-04-27 ·

A detection method using a frequency modulated continuous wave, a radar, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: emitting a detection wave to detect a target object, where the detection wave is a nonlinear frequency sweep modulated signal; receiving an echo of the detection wave reflected by the target object; obtaining an actual beat frequency signal according to the echo and the detection wave; and obtaining a distance and/or velocity of the target object according to the actual beat frequency signal. By the method, the decoupling and separation of distance/velocity information may be completed in a single cycle. The decoupling and separation of a distance/velocity can be completed within a single frequency sweep cycle, and a detection probability of a system is kept from deteriorating.