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20080224918 | Method and apparatus for adjusting orientation direction of array antenna of direction detection apparatus - A direction detection apparatus transmits radar waves, with resultant reflected waves being received as incident waves by elements of an array antenna. Normally the direction of a target object is calculated based on analyzing respective received signals from the antenna elements, in calculations utilizing an estimated total number of incident wave directions. In an antenna direction adjustment mode, an actual number of target objects, and hence actual number of incident wave directions, is utilized in place of the estimated value, thereby enabling direction detection information to be obtained which does not fluctuate with time, thus facilitating the adjustment. | 09-18-2008 |
20080258963 | Compass aided direction finding for first responders - A direction finding system used with an exit having a transmitter at that exit sending a location beam having a direction with respect to a compass direction. A receiver is carried by a person seeking directional guidance to the exit. The receiver receives the beam and determines the direction of the beam with respect to the compass direction. A display indicates the direction in which the person should move to reach the exit. Either the transmitter or the receiver or both may use an antenna array for sending and/or receiving a plurality of signals, each having a specific direction with respect to the compass direction. In a preferred embodiment, the receiver corrects for differences between the sent direction and the actual direction received. | 10-23-2008 |
20080297401 | ARRIVAL ANGLE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An arrival angle estimation system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device and estimates an arrival angle at which frames transmitted by radio from the transmitting device arrive at the receiving device. The transmitting device includes two directional antennas each arranged so that its directivity is tilted at ±θ degrees with respect to the front of the transmitting device. The receiving device includes a directional antenna having directivity toward the front of the receiving device. Frames are transmitted alternately from the respective directional antennas of the transmitting device, and received signal strengths of the frames on the receiving device side for the respective transmitting directional antennas are compared with each other to estimate the arrival angle. | 12-04-2008 |
20090046000 | IN-VEHICLE MOUNT RADAR DEVICE - In an in-vehicle mount radar device which has a reception antenna array containing plural reception antennas and two transmission antennas and in which a transmission pulse is time-divisionally and alternately transmitted from each of the two transmission antennas, a reception pulse based on the transmission pulse reflected from a target is received by each of the reception antennas, and at least angle information concerning the target is calculated by using reception data obtained by each reception antenna, the reception antenna array is constructed by arranging the plural reception antennas so that the reception antennas are spaced from one another at an interval d, each of the two transmission antennas is disposed so as to be spaced from the reception antenna located at each of both the end portions of the reception antenna array at an interval D, and the interval D is set to any value larger than the interval d. | 02-19-2009 |
20090096664 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Stabilization During a Tracking Operation - An apparatus for providing stabilization during a tracking operation may include a processing element configured to define an inertial pointing vector relative to a point of interest, receive tracking information related to the point of interest, and determine compensation of the inertial pointing vector based on the received tracking information and motion of a platform conducting the tracking operation. | 04-16-2009 |
20090128397 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL - The disclosed system and method for determining direction-of-arrival generally includes an antenna element and a processor. The antenna element may configured to generate a signal in response to an electromagnetic wave. The processor may be process the signal to determine the direction-of-arrival of the electromagnetic wave. Further, the direction-of-arrival may be determined based on an estimate of the direction-of-arrival of at least one of the electric field and the magnetic field of the electromagnetic wave. | 05-21-2009 |
20090231184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGET DETECTION WITH A RADAR ANTENNA - A system and method for controlling a radar antenna are provided. The method includes generating a first single beam antenna pattern, generating a second single beam antenna pattern and transmitting the first and second single beam antenna patterns. The method further includes using phase detection to determine angular information for a detected object based on a phase difference of received signals. | 09-17-2009 |
20090295624 | Method and apparatus for determining a deviation between an actual direction of a launched projectile and a predetermined direction - A method of determining a deviation of a path of a projectile from a predetermined path. The method uses an image of a target area in which the desired path or direction is pointed out. Subsequently, the real direction or path is determined and the deviation determined. | 12-03-2009 |
20090315759 | Direction Finding Antenna Systems and Methods for Use Thereof - An antenna system comprising a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a parasitic element, wherein the parasitic element is arranged with regard to the first antenna element and the second antenna element such that a greatest difference in gain between respective antenna patterns of the first and second antenna elements occurs at a null of the pattern of the first antenna element. | 12-24-2009 |
20100019954 | RADAR WITH NON-UNIFORMLY SPACED ANTENNA ARRAY - In a radar with a non-uniformly spaced antenna array, an extractor estimates a number of arrivals of echoes to the antenna array. A setter sets a number of azimuths corresponding to a number of extracted peaks as a number of tested azimuths greater than the number of arrivals of echoes by a preset number. A determiner determines a level of correlations among steering vectors respectively corresponding to the tested azimuths. A selector selects, from the tested azimuths, azimuths as power-estimation targets based on the determined level of the correlations among the steering vectors. A first estimator estimates a received power level from each power-estimation target. A second estimator estimates, from the power-estimation targets, an azimuth of the target based on the estimated received power level from each power-estimation target. The estimated received power level from the azimuth is equal to or greater than a preset threshold level. | 01-28-2010 |
20100066590 | Omnidirectional Retrodirective Antennas - Embodiments of the invention are directed to retrodirective radio-frequency systems wherein a transmit antenna array includes at least one row of N transmit elements and a receive antenna array includes at least one row of N receive elements that correspond one-to-one to the transmit elements and wherein the transmit and receive elements are located on spaced planes, and centered about a common axis and located at common transmit distance and a common receive distance, respectively. In some embodiments the one row of transmit and receive elements comprises “n” rows of elements, where “n” is an integer greater than one, thereby forming a two-dimensional array. In some embodiments the total transmit radiation pattern provides an azimuth coverage of 360 degrees. In other embodiments, it may provide less coverage but be operable as independent sectors. In some embodiments, the desired transmit wave form will be identical between all transmit elements of the array, one possible example being pseudo random noise imparted on a sinusoidal carrier. | 03-18-2010 |
20100123616 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device including: a reception antenna that receives radio waves, includes at least three antennas and is arranged so that the phase center points thereof form an isosceles triangle; an arrival direction detection unit that detects an arrival direction of the radio waves by a phase monopulse method; and a phase correction unit that corrects a phase difference between phases of radio waves respectively received by two adjacent antennas among the three antennas based on the relationship of the phases of the radio waves respectively received by the three antennas. | 05-20-2010 |
20100134343 | RADAR DEVICE - Provided is a radar device capable of accurately calculating directions and the number of targets. A direction calculation unit includes a correlation matrix addition prohibition unit that prohibits, when a peak frequency in a plurality of modulation periods of a target is in the vicinity of 0, addition of a correlation matrix generated from a peak frequency spectrum having the peak frequency in the vicinity of 0, and calculates the direction of the target on the basis of a summed correlation matrix in which correlation matrices generated from peak frequency spectra having peak frequencies out of the vicinity of 0. | 06-03-2010 |
20100214155 | COLLISION PREDICTION SYSTEM AND COLLISION PREDICTING METHOD - A collision prediction system includes a collision face determining unit that determines a collision face of the own vehicle which is presumed to collide with another vehicle, based on a travelling direction of the other vehicle relative to the own vehicle at an estimated collision time at which a collision is presumed to occur, a collision position estimating unit that estimates a collision position as a position of a potential collision between the own vehicle and the other vehicle, based on the collision face determined by the collision face determining unit, and a collision position correcting unit that corrects the collision position estimated by the collision position estimating unit, based on a preset size of the other vehicle. | 08-26-2010 |
20110080314 | Radar System Comprising Overlapping Transmitter and Receiver Antennas - The invention relates to a radar system for recording the environment of a motor vehicle, comprising:
| 04-07-2011 |
20110102245 | SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURE MONOPULSE CONFORMAL ANTENNA - In various aspects and embodiments, incident electromagnetic radiation is received through a subwavelength aperture in a lens, the subwavelength aperture being defined by a substrate encased in a dielectric medium. | 05-05-2011 |
20110298653 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AZIMUTH - A device for detecting an azimuth has a transmission array antenna having plural transmission antenna elements arrayed along an array axis and a receiving array antenna having plural receiving antenna elements arrayed along the array axis. A reception signal is acquired for each of channels by transmitting and receiving a search wave through each of the channels. The channels are arbitrary combinations of each of the transmission antenna elements and each of the receiving antenna elements. A first spatial frequency analysis is performed along the array axis of either ones of the transmission antenna elements and the receiving antenna elements using the reception signal. A second spatial frequency analysis is then performed along the array axis of the other ones of the antenna elements using results of the first spatial frequency analysis. An azimuth of a target is determined based on analysis results from the second spatial frequency analysis. | 12-08-2011 |
20110309971 | ELECTRONIC SCANNING RADAR APPARATUS, RECEIVING WAVE DIRECTION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA STORING RECEIVING WAVE DIRECTION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - In accordance with one of embodiments of the present invention, a frequency resolution processing unit calculates complex number data based on a beat signal caused by a receiving wave coming from a target and a transmission wave. A target detection unit detects a peak value from the intensities of beat frequencies, and then detects an existence of the target. The target link unit makes association between a target detected in the present detecting cycle and the target detected in the past detecting cycle. A direction estimating unit generates a generative complex number data based on the complex number data so as to correspond to a data generation unit. The direction estimating unit calculates, for each antenna, an incoming direction of the receiving wave based on each of normal equations formed by use of the complex number data of the beat frequency which an existence of the target is detected and the generative complex number data. | 12-22-2011 |
20120056777 | TARGET DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND DETECTION INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide a target detection system including transmitters/receivers constituted with radars, sonars, or lidars, which is capable of effectively capturing a target even under an environment where the S/N ratio is low and reflected signals may be buried under noises. The target detection system is characterized to include at least two target-detecting transmitters/receivers capable of performing azimuth setting placed at different placing positions from each other; and a main control device including a position calculating module which specifies a position of a target based on reflection information regarding the azimuth of the target detected by each of the transmitters/receivers, wherein the position calculating module includes a function which specifies the position of the target through performing superimposing processing of information regarding the azimuth of the target acquired by the two transmitters/receivers on the basis of positional information of each of the transmitters/receivers. | 03-08-2012 |
20120105271 | SATELLITE SIGNAL DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A vehicle direction estimation section estimates an absolute direction of a heading direction of a vehicle based on GPS information and vehicle information. A satellite direction estimation section estimates an absolute direction of a target satellite of several satellites for positioning based on corresponding GPS information, and estimates a relative direction of the target satellite with respect to the heading direction based on the estimated absolute direction of the heading direction and the estimated absolute direction of the target satellite. A shield determination section determines a shielded state of the target satellite by determining whether a signal strength of a satellite signal from the target satellite is greater than a threshold value relative to a target partition of several partitions into which a three-dimensional sphere with respect to the heading direction is divided, the target partition which the calculated relative direction of the target satellite belongs to. | 05-03-2012 |
20120112954 | RADAR DEVICE - The conventional ESPRIT method is accompanied by the problem of very long signal processing time. The radar device of the invention includes a signal vector-forming unit for forming signal vectors based on waves reflected from an object and received by using a plurality of receiving antennas; a submatrix-forming unit for forming submatrices based on the signal vectors; a regular matrix operation unit for calculating a regular matrix from the submatrices; an eigenvalue decomposition unit for calculating an eigenvalue of the regular matrix; and an angle calculation unit for calculating an angle at where the object is present from the eigenvalue. | 05-10-2012 |
20120162004 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL OF SIGNAL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for estimating a direction of arrival (DOA) of a signal, which improves DOA estimation performance of a reception signal having a low signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) in a communication system. In the method, a received signal is converted into a signal of a frequency region. A noise signal is separated from the signal converted into the signal of the frequency region. A noise region is filtered by setting an occupied bandwidth from the signal having the noise signal separated therefrom. A DOA of the signal obtained through the filtering of the noise region is estimated. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182176 | Methods and Apparatus for Active Reflection - An electromagnetic reflector includes an antenna that receives an incoming signal and that transmits an outgoing signal. A three-port device, such as a circulator, has a first port electromagnetically coupled to the antenna. An RF circuit has an input that is electromagnetically coupled to the second port of the three-port device and an output that is electromagnetically coupled to the third port of the three-port device. The RF circuit changes at least one of a gain and a phase of the incoming signal to generate a desired outgoing signal that passes through the three-port device to the antenna. | 07-19-2012 |
20120194379 | RADAR DEVICE AND METHOD OF CALCULATION OF RECEIVE POWER IN RADAR DEVICE - An electronic scan type radar device which uses a high resolution performance processing to estimate directions of arrival of radio waves, wherein powers of arrival waves received for targets are accurately calculated, that is, a vehicle-mounted radar device utilizing electronic scan which uses a predetermined angle estimation system to estimate directions of arrival of reflected waves, comprising finding mode vectors for angles calculated from the receive signals of the antennas, decomposing a vector of the receive signals into directions of the mode vectors, and defining the lengths of the decomposed vectors the receive powers of the reflected waves arriving from the targets. Due to this method, even if there are targets, it is possible to accurately calculate the powers of the arrival waves, whereby pairing is accurately performed, the precision of detection of targets is improved, and erroneous operation of a vehicle-mounted radar device utilizing electronic scans is prevented. | 08-02-2012 |
20120249359 | CALCULATION DEVICE FOR RADAR APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS, AND CALCULATION METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR RADAR APPARATUS - There is provided a calculation device for a radar apparatus which is configured to specify a direction of a target based on respective reception signals of a plurality of antennae. A calculation unit is configured to use a predetermined estimation algorithm of estimating angles of targets corresponding to a preset separable-number from the respective reception signals, set an arbitrary separable-number to generate a mode vector from the estimated angles of the targets, obtained by the predetermined estimation algorithm, and determine whether the set separable-number is proper or not based on a magnitude of an orthogonal component calculated from the mode vector and an input vector of the respective reception signals. | 10-04-2012 |
20120256784 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - In an antenna apparatus, a transmitting antenna includes transmitting-side unit antennas arranged in an arranging-direction at transmitting-side arrangement intervals. Receiving antennas are arranged in the arranging-direction at arrangement intervals. Each of the receiving antennas includes receiving-side unit antennas arranged in the arranging-direction at receiving-side arrangement intervals. The receiving-side arrangement interval is larger than the transmitting-side arrangement interval. A transmission-and reception composition characteristic, which is a composition of directivities of the transmitting antenna and receiving antenna, has a main lobe including a detection angle range. The transmitting-side arrangement interval and the receiving-side arrangement interval are determined so that, in the detection angle range, a ratio of the intensity of the main lobe of the transmission-and-reception composition characteristic at a given angle in the detection angle range to the intensity of the transmission-and-reception composition characteristic generated as a false image at the angle by wrap around becomes not less than a threshold. | 10-11-2012 |
20120268314 | MULTIBEAM RADAR APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, MULTIBEAM RADAR METHOD, AND MULTIBEAM RADAR PROGRAM - An on-board multibeam radar apparatus includes a plurality of beam elements that constitute an antenna transmitting a transmission wave and receiving an incoming wave being reflected and arriving from a target in response to the transmission wave, a control unit configured to select a beam element used for transmission and reception out of the plurality of beam elements so as to change a field of view, and a processing unit configured to apply a Fourier transformation to beam element data which are data of a received wave received through the beam element used for transmission and reception selected by the control unit based on the number of elements and the element interval of a desired virtual array antenna so as to create virtual array data, and to perform a predetermined process based on the created virtual array data. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268315 | WIDE AREA DETECTION OF INSECTS USING REFLECTED MICROWAVES - An insect detection system including a transmitter array ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120274501 | MULTIBEAM RADAR APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, MULTIBEAM RADAR METHOD AND MULTIBEAM RADAR PROGRAM - An on-board multibeam radar apparatus includes a plurality of beam elements that constitute an antenna transmitting a transmission wave and receiving an incoming wave reflected by and arriving from a target in response to the transmission wave, and a processing unit configured to apply a Fourier transformation to beam element data which are data of a received wave received through the plurality of beam elements based on the number of elements and the element interval of a desired virtual array antenna so as to create virtual array data, and to perform a predetermined process based on the created virtual array data. | 11-01-2012 |
20120280853 | RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING A TARGET - A radar system for detecting and tracking at least one target utilizing a mechanically rotated two-dimensional radar antenna system with a fan-shaped beam arrangeable on a non-stable radar platform. The radar system includes a tracking filter configured to estimate an azimuth angle of the at least one target with respect to a fixed reference coordinate system based on: azimuth angle information of at least one target radar return signal measured utilizing the radar antenna system with respect to a local coordinate system of the radar platform, and radar platform relative orientation with respect to the fixed reference coordinate system at the time of the at least one target radar return signal, such that a software-based motion-compensation of the radar platform is provided. | 11-08-2012 |
20120313811 | OBSTACLE DETECTION APPARATUS - It is determined with high accuracy whether a target is an obstacle. Provision is made for a plurality of receiving antennas, and determination unit to determine a target is not an obstacle, if a rate of change in a reception intensity of reflected waves is within a predetermined range. A determination of an obstacle is carried out by making use of the fact that the reception intensity varies upon occurrence of multipath. | 12-13-2012 |
20140168006 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADAR DEVICE - The invention relates to a driver assistance device ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140218228 | TARGET RECOGNITION APPARATUS - In a target recognition apparatus, a candidate detection section detects a target candidate, provided that a target exists in a basic detection area. A candidate addition section adds, regarding each target candidate detected in a folding area, a target candidate determined provided that the target candidate detected in the folding area is a virtual image, and a corresponding real image exists in an additional detection area. A tracking section determines, regarding each detected and added target candidate, presence/absence of a history connection with the target candidate detected in a past measurement cycle. A combination determination section determines, regarding each target candidate, presence/absence of a combination with an image target, based on whether or not an image target associated with the target candidate exists. A likelihood calculation section sets and updates a likelihood of a virtual image of the image target by using a determination result of the combination determination section. | 08-07-2014 |
20140285374 | METHOD FOR ANGLE DETERMINATION FOR MOVING ASSEMBLIES, AND APPARATUS - In an installation including first and second components, a radar sensor that has at least two channels, each arranged to be spatially at a distance from the other, is motion-coupled to the first component, and at least two coding radar targets, each arranged to be spatially at a distance from an adjacent target, are motion-coupled to the second component. A signal is sent to each of the radar targets using one of the at least two channels of the radar sensor. At least one coded signal is respectively sent by the radar targets upon or after receiving such a signal, one of the at least two coded signals being received by one or more channels of the radar sensor from each target. The temporal relationship between at least two of the received coded signals is acquired and used to determine an angle between the first and second components. | 09-25-2014 |
20140347211 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MIMO RADAR - In a method for operating a MIMO radar, an influence of an object motion on an angle estimate is substantially eliminated, and a time multiplex schema having a transmission sequence and transmission instants of transmitters of the MIMO radar is identified by optimizing the following mathematical relationship: | 11-27-2014 |
20140347212 | METHOD AND A SENSOR FOR DETERMINING A DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL OF IMPINGENT RADIATION - A sensor for determining a direction-of-arrival of radiation impingent on the sensor which has antennas positioned in a particular set-up different from a rectangle, so that information may be derived between two pairs of the antennas, positioned in corners of a rectangular grid and additional information may be derived from an additional antenna, combined with one of the “grid” antennas forming a third pair of antennas. The additional antenna is positioned away from the corners and other pre-defined lines of the rectangle/grid. In this manner, such as from phase differences between the pairs of antennas, more information may be derived compared to antennas positioned merely at the corners of a rectangle to remove ambiguous angles of direction-of-arrival without compromising accuracy of an angular determination. | 11-27-2014 |
20140354467 | ANGLE-RESOLVING RADAR SENSOR - An angle-resolving radar sensor, e.g., for motor vehicles, includes : an antenna having multiple antenna elements which are each switchable to one of multiple evaluation channels; and an evaluation device for determining the angle of incidence of a received signal based on the amplitudes measured in the evaluation channels. The number of antenna elements is greater than the number of evaluation channels and a switching device is provided to connect the evaluation channels alternatingly to different selections of antenna elements. | 12-04-2014 |
20150035696 | OPTIMIZED MONOTONIC RADIATION PATTERN FIT WITH AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION - Characterizing a radiation pattern of an antenna, accurately, is needed to improve the determination of an angle arrival of a radar signal received by the antenna. Accordingly, an optimized monotonic fitting approach with corresponding method and system are provided. The approach represents an approximation of the radiation pattern as a window map having a plurality of windows. The approach finds an optimized monotonic fit of the radiation pattern by adjusting the window map, one window at a time, and testing the resulting new approximations. The approach tests whether a new approximation is a better fit then the other approximations, is monotonic, and has a minimum slope. The approach enforces monotonicity and a minimum slope for ambiguity resolution. The approach further includes calculating an angle arrival of the radar signal based on the optimized monotonic fit. | 02-05-2015 |
20150061922 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar receiver receives reflection wave signals which are a radar transmission signal reflected by a target with plural respective antenna system processors, and estimates an incoming direction of the reflection wave signals. A correlation vector power calculator calculates a correlation vector power based on a correlation vector including outputs of the plural respective antenna system processors. A direction vector correlation calculator calculates a direction vector correlation power on the basis of the correlation vector and a direction vector including information of amplitude and phase deviations that occur between the plural respective antenna system processors for each azimuth angle range of an incoming direction of the reflection wave signals. A distance/azimuth angle detector estimates an azimuth angle of an incoming direction of the refection wave signals based on the correlation vector power and the direction vector correlation power. | 03-05-2015 |
20150097717 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR ANGLE ESTIMATION VERIFICATION - A method for angle estimation verification, adapted for verifying an estimated angle calculated by an electronic apparatus having an angle estimator and at least three antennas, is provided. The estimated angle is extracted from the angle estimator. An autocorrelation matrix is generated according to a signal vector formed by a plurality of measurements of a received signal received by each of the antennas so as to obtain a plurality of eigenvalues. Among phase difference data generated by a plurality of antenna groups formed by all different combinations of two of the antennas, a plurality of possible estimated angles corresponding to the phase difference data not caused by a coterminal angle effect are calculated. According to the eigenvalues and the possible estimated angles, whether the received signal corresponds to a single target or multiple targets is determined so as to verify the reliability of the estimated angle. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097718 | RADAR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INCOMING WAVES FOR THE RADAR APPARATUS - In a radar apparatus, one frequency pair is extracted from among all frequency pairs, and an eigenvalue ratio in relation to the extracted pair is derived. The number of incoming waves is estimated according to the number of eigenvalue ratios each of which is not less than a reference threshold. Then, a proportion of the frequency pairs each estimated to have a plurality of incoming waves, relative to all frequency pairs (hereinafter referred to as plural detection proportion) is calculated as an evaluation value. These steps are repeated every time radar waves are transmitted and received. As a result, when a state where the plural detection proportion becomes not less than a specified proportion is detected over a specified number of cycles, it is determined that noise factor materials have adhered to a covering member. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE REFERENCE POSITIONING IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A multi dynamic environment and location based active augmented reality (AR) system is described. The system uses dynamic scanning, active reference marker positioning, inertial measurement, imaging, mapping and rendering to generate an AR for a physical environment. The scanning and imaging are performed from the perspective of a user wearing a head mounted or wearable display in the physical environment. | 04-09-2015 |
20150130655 | RADAR APPARATUS AND ANGLE VERIFICATION METHOD - A radar apparatus to receive a transmission wave reflected by a target object by antennas, includes a signal analysis unit to analyze reception waves, and to obtain amplitudes and phases of the reception waves, at a frequency with which reception strength shows a peak; a direction detection unit to detect a direction of the target object based on the phases of the reception waves; an estimated amplitude and phase output unit to output estimated amplitudes and estimated phases of reception waves to be received, assuming that the target object exists in the detected direction; and a comparison unit to compare at least one of the amplitudes and the phases for each of the antennas such that the amplitude or phase obtained by the signal analysis unit is compared with that output by the estimated amplitude and phase output unit. | 05-14-2015 |
20150355319 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING RADAR SIGNALS - A device is suggested for processing input data received by several antennas, the device including a processing unit including a buffer and at least one multiplier, wherein the processing unit is configured to calculate a second stage FFT result based on input data received by a first antenna, multiply the second stage FFT result for the first antenna with a first compensation value, and store the result in the buffer. The processing unit is further configured to calculate a second stage FFT result based on input data received by a second antenna, multiply the second stage FFT for the second antenna with a second compensation value, and add the result to the value stored in the buffer. | 12-10-2015 |
20160084939 | RADAR APPARATUS AND INSPECTION SYSTEM - A radar apparatus detects a target that has reflected radar waves on the basis of each of object signals that have been passed, and detects a detection angle that is an angle formed between the target and a specified reference axis. The radar apparatus determines, as an angle correction value, for a target which is disposed at a set distance from the radar apparatus in such a manner that an angle formed between the target and the reference axis becomes a specified angle, a difference between the specified angle and a detection angle that is detected based on a plurality of object signals that pass through the filters by transmitting and receiving radar waves for the target, and stores the determined angle correction value in a storage unit. | 03-24-2016 |