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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8018374 | Radar A radar having a high time and high spatial resolution and being capable of performing volume scanning with an inexpensive and simple structure, while enabling reduction is size and weight. A radar (50) is provided with an antenna unit (51) including a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7812760 | Short-range radar and control method thereof A transmitting unit of a short-range radar includes a first pulse generating unit, a second pulse generating unit, an oscillator and a switch, and while complying with the spectrum mask specified for a UWB short-range radar, emits a predetermined short pulse wave no... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7612709 | Radar device and processing method of the same A radar device has a clock generator (131) generating a base clock; a transmitter (121 to 125) transmitting transmission pulses as gradually increasing a displacement amount with respect to each edge of the base clock; and a receiver (101... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7525477 | Distance measuring device A distance measuring device includes: an impulse generator that generates an impulse; a transmission antenna that transmits the impulse generated by the impulse generator; a reception antenna that receives a reflected signal of the impulse transmitted from the trans... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7498975 | 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... | 03/03/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7439906 | Doppler-compensated radar pulse compression processing system and method A radar receiver system includes a receiver, a processor including a Doppler Compensated Adaptive Pulse Compressor (DCAPC) algorithm, possible other intermediate processing and a target detector. The DCAPC algorithm processes samples of a radar return signal, applie... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7420504 | Method of operating a multibeam radar A method of operating a multibeam radar carried on a platform flying a mission over a prescribed flight path to obtain images of a plurality of target areas, the beams of said radar being the result of respective transmit pulses and beam returns being received by re... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7391362 | Linear FM radar A FM-CW radar system comprises a frequency modulated continuous wave digital generator that produces both in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) outputs to orthogonally oriented transmitter antennas. A linearly polarized beam is output from a switched antenna array t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385513 | Device for monitoring and measuring distance A device for monitoring distances having an interrogator and a transponder in wireless communication with the interrogator, the transponder having a signaling device that is activated based on the distance between the interrogator and transponders. The interrogator ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379016 | Carrier phase detection system for radar sensors A pulse detection system for expanded time radar, laser and TDR sensors detects specific cycles within bursts of cycles. A sensor transmits and receives short bursts of RF cycles. A transmit pulse detector triggers on a selected cycle of the detected transmit burst ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365278 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having a contamination barrier member A vehicle occupant sensing system that includes at least one sensor and at least one sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a base and an upper slide member supported for movement toward and away from the base wherein the sensor is operable to detect movement of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352320 | FM-CW radar An FM-CW radar includes a transmitting section, a mixing section, an A/D conversion section, a storage unit, and a signal processing section. The transmitting section transmits a continuous wave frequency-modulated with a triangular wave. The mixing section mixes th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345624 | Pulse wave radar device To achieve a purpose of the present invention, a pulse wave radar device related to the present invention modulates a first transmitting pulse and a second transmitting pulse which are separated from each other by a predetermined lapse of time and transmits a transm... | 03/18/2008 |
| RE40128 | Stabilization in a radar level gauge A radar gauge adapted to sense fluid level in a tank and including a radar gauge circuit in which radar transmission and level sampling are controlled by a transmit frequency and a sample frequency respectively. A first frequency separation between first and second ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7292027 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having sensor assemblies with variable biasing member A vehicle occupant sensing system that includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a housing that includes a base and an upper slide member. The upper slide member is moveable toward and away from the base. A sensor is operatively fixed relative to at least ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286080 | High-frequency transmitting/receiving apparatus, radar system having the same, and vehicle and small boat equipped with the radar system Provided is a millimeter-wave transmitting/receiving apparatus of pulse-modulation type in which pulse-modulated millimeter-wave signals for transmission are prevented from being outputted to a reception system due to inner reflection or other causes. Included are: ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280069 | Range-finding radar apparatus with high-resolution pulse-width calculation unit A radar apparatus includes a modulation signal generating unit that generates a modulation signal based on an internal clock with a cycle Tc and generates a trigger signal in synchronization with the modulation signal, a carrier wave generating unit that generates a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272431 | Remote-sensing method and device Apparatus and methods for performing remote detection of physiological activity are described. One aspect of the invention involves obtaining information concerning respiration and heart function. In one embodiment, the invention includes a source containing an osci... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258398 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having an upper slide member with an emitter interference member A vehicle occupant sensing system adapted for detecting a condition of a vehicle seat assembly including at least one emitter and at least one sensor disposed spaced relative to the emitter. The sensor is operable to detect relative distance between the emitter and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250900 | System and method for sidelobe reduction using detect-and-subtract techniques A radar system and method for detecting targets using pulse-compressed signals is disclosed. In one application, the systems and methods can be used to detect one or more relatively small targets whose pulse-compressed signals are masked by the time-sidelobes of a l... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248205 | Radar apparatus A transmitter emits into an intended search space a radar wave having a predetermined frequency pulse-modulated by a trigger pulse of a predetermined width. A receiver receives a reflected wave of the radar wave and outputs a receive signal. A local pulse generator ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248208 | Methods and systems for maintaining a position during hovering operations A method for maintaining a position of a hovering vehicle that incorporates a radar altimeter is described. The method includes receiving signals at the radar altimeter based on a change of horizontal direction, operating the radar altimeter to generate a Doppler fr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248207 | System and method for sidelobe reduction using point spread function expansion Systems and methods for detecting targets using pulse-compressed radar signals are disclosed. In one application, relatively small targets that are masked by the time-sidelobes of a larger target's return signal can be detected. The methods include a signal expansio... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233279 | Method and device for distance measurement by pulse radar In order to provide the method and the device for distance measurement by pulse radar that securely eliminates the false echo from the distance over the detectable limit determined by the pulse generation cycle, the pulse radar comprises the pulse signal sending uni... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230782 | Correlation receiver for demodulating servo track information A correlation receiver, among other functions, detects peaks of a correlation signal. The correlation receiver includes a master peak detector for determining whether an amplitude of a pulse of the correlation signal exceeds by at least a first delta an amplitude of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230980 | Method and apparatus for impulse radio transceiver calibration A method for calibrating an impulse radio distance measuring system comprising an impulse radio transceiver by conducting a pulse through a transmit receive switch to an antenna, receiving return energy which has been discharged across the transmit receive switch, d... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225067 | Vehicle occupant sensing system for a vehicle seat assembly and method of operating the same A vehicle occupant sensing system including at least one transmitter operable to create a transmitted magnetic field and at least one receiver operatively fixed relative to the transmitter. Additionally, the vehicle occupant sensing system includes at least one cond... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218268 | Self-calibrating interferometric synthetic aperture radar altimeter A synthetic aperture radar system uses RF bandwidth and Doppler beam sharpening principles to develop fine altitude and along-track resolutions. To achieve accurate cross-track position measurements the system and method exploit a combination of modes based on a nov... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215278 | Radar frequency hopping Apparatus and methods for adjusting or “hopping” the center frequency or the pulse repetition frequency of a radar system improve the co-locatability of multiple radars commonly located in a region. In a Time Domain Downconversion (TDDC) or Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199749 | Radar detection device employing a scanning antenna system Systems and methods for detecting a respiration signal in a target area are disclosed. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. The system includes a scanning antenna configured to transmit a micr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199752 | Phased null radar A method for reducing the interference between a source transmitting pulses and equipments having nominal bandwidths which are outside the nominal bandwidth of the transmitted pulses, but which respond to sideband energy of the pulses. Phase perturbations are applie... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199747 | Generating a fine time offset using a SiGe pulse generator A method and apparatus for generating short electronic pulses using a modified differential trigger that is partly an analogue sinusoidal voltage and partly a selectable, DC voltage. The differential trigger is applied to a differential base band pulse generator hav... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196658 | Waveform generation method, waveform generation program, waveform generation circuit and radar device A conventional waveform generation circuit was required to increase a number of bits or a sampling rate for a D/A converter to enhance a precision of waveform shaping, and had a problem that a cost was increased. Therefore, as a method for enhancing the precision of... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190306 | Method and system for detecting with radar the passage by a vehicle of a point for monitoring on a road The invention relates to a method for detecting the passage by a vehicle of a determined point for monitoring on a road, wherein from a remotely situated location a radar beam is transmitted continuously to the point for monitoring, reflections from the transmitted ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185916 | Vehicle seat assembly having a field effect sensor for detecting seat position A vehicle seat assembly including a rail pair defining a mounting rail and a triggering rail. One of the rails is supported on a floor pan of the vehicle and the other is adapted to support a seat cushion. The rails are moveably supported relative to each other. Als... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172244 | Vehicle seat assembly having a vehicle occupant sensing system and a seat cushion insert positioned therein A vehicle seat assembly that includes a seat cushion having at least one recess disposed thereon. The vehicle seat assembly also has a plurality of sensor assemblies, each including a base and an upper slide member. The upper slide member is supported for movement t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7151484 | Pulse compression processor A pulse compression processor 20 compressing a modulated pulse signal correlately received by a receiver, includes a coefficient calculator 30 calculating a set of filtering coefficients for converting sampled output signal values outside a vicinity of... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151481 | Method for detecting targets and determining their distance via an HPRF radar system A method for detecting targets and determining their distance by means of an HPRF radar system including a transmitter for transmitting bursts having a preselectable number Z of transmission pulses and a preselectable pulse repetition frequency PRF and a receiver fo... | 12/19/2006 |
