Invention Application
- Patent Title: STEPPED RADAR CROSS-SECTION TARGET AND MARKING TAPE
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Application No.: PCT/IB2019/050640Application Date: 2019-01-25
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Publication No.: WO2019145911A3Publication Date: 2019-08-01
- Inventor: SALEHI, Mohsen , DOERING, Marcel , WEINMANN, Christian , BUETTNER, Joern , CLEAR, Susannah C. , RING, Edmund J. , SAINATI, Robert A. , HEDBLOM, Thomas P.
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: 3M Center Post Office Box 33427 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 US
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: 3M Center Post Office Box 33427 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 US
- Agency: TÉLLEZ, Carlos M. et al.
- Priority: US62/622,532 20180126
- Main IPC: E01F9/00
- IPC: E01F9/00 ; E01F11/00 ; G08G1/00
Abstract:
A pathway article that includes a radar reflective structure with a large radar cross section (RCS) in a compact planar structure. The radar reflective structure may include a plurality of elements that act as antennae and may be spaced appropriately on a planar surface creating a radar reflecting surface. The antenna may be a reflecting surface of a stepped triangular slot. Selecting the spacing between the antennae may cause constructive interference and reflection substantially opposite the direction of the incident radar radiation. Pathway articles may also include at least one additional feature that may be detected by other sensors. Examples of other features include retroreflective features detectable by the human eye, visible camera and similar sensors. This redundancy in the detectable features of the pathway article may enable use of sensor fusion to provide greater confidence of detection of the pathway article under a wide range of conditions.
Public/Granted literature
- WO2019145911A2 STEPPED RADAR CROSS-SECTION TARGET AND MARKING TAPE Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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