Invention Publication
- Patent Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINATION OF DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ANGLE
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Application No.: US18479861Application Date: 2023-10-03
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Publication No.: US20240142617A1Publication Date: 2024-05-02
- Inventor: Yiting Lu , Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar , Marco Jan Gerrit Bekooij
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP 200091.1 2022.10.06
- Main IPC: G01S15/42
- IPC: G01S15/42 ; G01S7/03 ; G01S7/35

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive an input dataset of radar signals received at a plurality of antenna elements that are arranged in a first plane; define a matrix of beamsteering vectors each representing an expected response at the antenna elements of the radar signals from the respective target and comprising a function of a first direction of arrival, DoA, angle θ, relative to the plurality of antenna elements, and a second DoA angle Φ, wherein the first DoA angle comprises a function of an elevation angle and the second DoA angle comprises an azimuth angle to the respective target, wherein the azimuth angle lies in a second plane that is arranged perpendicular to the first plane; define an objective function; search for a set of the first and second DoA angles for each of the plurality of targets by the repeated evaluation of the objective function.
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