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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115672 | Method of measuring distance, notably for short-range radar The present invention relates to a procedure for measuring distance. It applies notably in respect of short-range radars, but not exclusively. The method uses an electromagnetic wave comprising at least one emission sequence (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) of the FSK ty... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115671 | Precision method for aligning radio frequency pulse timing characteristics A system and method for correlating first pulsed signals with second pulsed signals includes a first receiving unit, a second receiving unit and a correlation device. The first receiving unit is disposed to receive from a first device one or more first pulsed signal... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8009083 | Detection and ranging apparatus and method of designing detection and ranging apparatus A method of designing a detection and ranging apparatus having an M number of transmitting elements and an N number of receiving elements, includes decomposing a desired polynomial equation representing an array factor of a K element sensor array into a first polyno... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7990310 | Ultra-wideband ranging method and system using narrowband interference supression waveform Disclosed herein is an Ultra-WideBand (UWB) ranging method using a narrowband interference suppression waveform. A transmission signal is transmitted to a target object. The transmission signal, reflected from the target object, is received. A template signal is gen... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7956797 | System and method for measuring a relative distance between vehicle components using ultra-wideband techniques A system for measuring relative distance between a first component on a vehicle and a second component on the vehicle is provided. The system includes a wireless ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver attached to the first component. The wireless UWB transceiver transmits... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7928899 | Detection and compensation of target losses when there is a channel change The present invention relates to a method of detecting and correcting the loss of a target lost by the distance sensor installation of a motor vehicle when a target object (4) moves from one detection channel of the distance sensor installation to an adjacent... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7889118 | Radar system and method using pulse compression A radar system includes an antenna and has short range detection capability. The radar system includes a receiver coupled to the antenna for receiving a receive signal associated with a pulse compressed transmission signal and a matched filter configured to accumula... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889119 | Radial gap measurement on turbines Radial gap measurement on turbines by a microwave measuring method and an evaluation of a Doppler effect which varies according to the size of the radial gap is described. At least one radar sensor embodied as a transmission and reception unit is provided in the wal... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7843379 | Symmetrical multi-path method for determining the distance between two transmitter-receivers The invention relates to a symmetrical multi-path method for determining the spatial distance between two transmitter-receivers. Both transmitter-receivers set off at least one signal round in each case. A signal round comprises the steps: a) transmitti... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839323 | Error estimation and correction in a two-channel time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter A two-channel time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter (TIADC) system that provides for estimation and correction of offset, gain, and sample-time errors. Error in the offsets of the two ADCs that form the TIADC produces a spurious signal at the Nyquist frequenc... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7808424 | Method and apparatus for measuring distance A device measures distance using a wireless signal that has two simultaneously transmitted components. Each of the two components includes a respective repeated code, the two codes having different durations. On receipt of the signal, the propagation distance is cal... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7782247 | System and method for target location A method for method of estimating the position of one or more target nodes based on received reflections of a primary signal. The method includes receiving a primary signal from a transmitter node having a known location at a receiver node having a known location an... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7728763 | High resolution ranging apparatus and method using UWB Provided is a high resolution distance ranging apparatus using an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication. The apparatus includes: a first spectrum analyzer for extracting a frequency component corresponding to multipath time delay from a reception signal; a second spect... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714773 | RFID tag distance measuring system and reader An RFID tag distance measuring system includes a reader that outputs a predetermined carrier signal to a tag and receives a reflected signal of the carrier signal from the tag. The reader has signal output means for outputting signals at multiple frequencies, which ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7683825 | Method and apparatus for measuring distance between a target and a receiver in a ranging system A method of measuring distance between a target and a receiver in a ranging system may comprise transmitting a first pulse at a first time determined by a sampling clock in a receiver, receiving the first pulse, sampling the first pulse at a predetermined amplitude ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7649490 | Method, and apparatus for measuring distance using radio frequency signal Provided are a method, apparatus, and medium for measuring a distance using a radio frequency (RF) signal. The method of measuring a distance includes setting the transmitter power of an RF signal of a signal generating module to a minimum so as to measure the longe... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7629919 | Method and apparatus for measuring distance using dual-component radar A device measures distance using a wireless signal that has two simultaneously transmitted components. Each of the two components includes a respective repeated code, the two codes having different durations. On receipt of the signal, the propagation distance is cal... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7538716 | System and method for location determination using time differences The present invention relates to a system and a method for location determination using time differences. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a transmission signal by using a directional transmitter rotating at an angular velocity, the t... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7518546 | Method and apparatus for measuring distance using low clock rate signal Provided is an apparatus and a method of measuring a distance between devices using a low clock frequency signal. The apparatus includes clock frequency generators, counters, a controller and a calculator for determining the distance based on clock signal overlap. R... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511656 | Spotlight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system and method for generating a SAR map in real-time using a modified polar format algorithm (PFA) approach Embodiments of spotlight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems and methods generating a SAR map in real time with minimum latency using a modified Polar Format Algorithm are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodim... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7504991 | Distance measuring system Disclosed is a distance measuring system comprising a transmitter that sequentially generates pulse sequences each having a plurality of pulse signals of equal amplitudes arranged at equi-time intervals, and transmits the generated pulse sequence as a radio wave; an... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7495605 | Radar apparatus A radar apparatus includes a receiving means that receives a reflected signal, a beat signal generation means that generates beat signals based on the reflected signal, a correlation matrix generation means that calculates correlation matrices based on the beat sign... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7486226 | Device and a method for accurate radar level gauging The invention relates to a system, device, and method for using radar signals to measure the distance (h) to a surface from said device, the device comprising a transmitter and a transmitting antenna for transmitting radar signals, and a receiver and a receiving ant... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7479921 | Distance measuring device, distance measuring method and distance measuring program A transmission unit emits an electromagnetic wave having the same frequency f as an output signal from a sending unit in a direction of a measurement axis. A detecting unit performs synchronous detection on a reflected wave detected by a directional coupler by an in... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7443336 | In-vehicle pulse radar device Provided is an in-vehicle pulse radar device capable of calculating a distance to a target object based on a delay time between a transmission pulse wave and a received signal. The in-vehicle pulse radar device includes: a reception control unit for controlling pass... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439904 | Ranging system and method thereof A ranging system and ranging method are provided. The ranging system includes a transmission signal generator which generates a transmission signal, which is transmitted from a transmission device to a reception device; a correction signal generator which converts t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436492 | Electronic distance meter featuring spectral and spatial selectivity Disclosed is a distance meter, particularly for telescope arrays in ground-based or space-based applications for detecting surfaces. Said distance meter comprises at least one radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation on to a target that is to be measu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436350 | Combined aircraft TCAS/transponder with common antenna system The present invention is a combined aircraft TCAS/Transponder with common antenna system and transmitter. Common TCAS/Transponder multi-monopole top and bottom antennas may be connected to a top and bottom antenna modules, the top and bottom antenna modules being el... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432848 | Inter-vehicle distance detecting device and inter-vehicle distance detecting method There are provided an inter-vehicle distance detecting device and an inter-vehicle distance detecting method which can precisely measure an inter-vehicle distance from a user's own vehicle to a neighboring vehicle even if a radar becomes unable to detect the neighbo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433693 | Location-sensitive calibration data A system, method and device are provided for determining the position of a mobile station through the identification of an approximate position of the mobile station. Thereafter received signal strength (RSSI) fingerprint data for the approximate position is request... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429948 | Device and method for calibrating and improving the accuracy of barometric altimeters with GPS-derived altitudes In a combined GPS/altimeter device, the calibration and hence the accuracy of barometric altimeter measurements are enhanced with the aid of derived altitudes from a GPS. The device determines the need for calibration and perform the subsequent computations necessar... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427946 | Object sensing apparatus While an FM-CW mode for sensing an object, in which a frequency of an electromagnetic wave transmitted from a transmission/reception antenna 6 is continuously modulated, and also, a CW mode for judging an abnormal condition, in which the frequency of the elec... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427944 | Pulse radar system A pulse radar system includes: a pulse output circuit that outputs a periodic transmission pulse and a gate pulse having a cycle which is a rational multiple of a cycle of the transmission pulse and is different from a cycle of the transmission pulse; a transmission... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428468 | Monitoring apparatus To provide a monitoring device which can detect conditions of a sleeping person reliably and which is simple. A monitoring device comprising: multiple independent distance sensors 11 installed facing different positions in a monitored target area 50 to... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420462 | Air spring distance indicating system and method A distance indicating system includes a transmitting portion, a transceiver spaced a distance from the transmitting portion, and a receiving portion supported in spaced relation to the transceiver. The transmitting portion broadcasting a first electromagnetic wave. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417585 | Radar scanning method A scanning method of an in-vehicle scanning-type radar for emitting beams subsequently to execute scanning and for detecting an object includes determining whether or not the object is in an approaching state. When it is determined that the object is not in the appr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417582 | System and method for triggering an explosive device A proximity fuze (proximity fuse) comprising an ultra wideband (UWB) radar transmitter, a UWB radar receiver, an antenna, a timing system, and a signal processor. One embodiment includes an antenna with an annular conical radiation pattern. In another embodiment, a ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417586 | Methods and systems for interferometric cross track phase calibration A method to compensate for variances in signal path delays for a plurality of radar return processing channels is described. The method comprises providing a signal in the signal path between an antenna and a corresponding receiver of each radar return processing ch... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414569 | Vehicular radar sensor with distributed antenna The radar sensor system includes a radar module, a plurality of antenna units, and a signal carrier. The plurality of antenna units are in communication with the radar module and distributed across a sensing region. The antennas may be connected in a series configur... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7405662 | Wireless tag ranging Disclosed are embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for ranging or determining a distance between a reader and a wireless tag. In one embodiment, a query signal is transmitted from the reader to the wireless tag. The carrier signal from the reader may then ... | 07/29/2008 |
