公开(公告)号：US11254338B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16143035

申请日：2018-09-26

Applicant: Thales Canada Inc

Inventor： Alon Green ,  Walter Kinio ,  Peter Timmermans

IPC: B61L25/02 ,  G01S13/06 ,  G01S13/86 ,  G01S17/06 ,  G01S17/58 ,  G01S13/58 ,  G01S13/75 ,  B61L5/12 ,  G01S13/88 ,  B61L23/00 ,  H01Q15/18 ,  H01Q17/00 ,  H01Q1/32

Abstract: A system comprises a first sensor on a first end of a vehicle and an on-board controller coupled to the first sensor. The first sensor is configured to detect a radio frequency (RF) signature of a marker along a guideway. The first sensor is a radar detection device. The on-board controller is configured to determine a first position of the vehicle on the guideway or a first distance from the position of the vehicle to a stopping location along the guideway based on at least the RF signature received from the first sensor. The marker is a metasurface plate comprising a first diffused element, a first retroreflector element, a first absorbing element and a second diffused element between the first retroreflector element and the first absorbing element.

公开(公告)号：US11608097B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US16489337

申请日：2018-02-28

Applicant: Thales Canada Inc.

Inventor： Alon Green ,  Walter Kinio ,  Peter Timmermans

IPC: B61L25/02 ,  G01P3/68 ,  G01S13/60 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/58 ,  G01S17/87

Abstract: A system comprises a set of sensors on a first end of a vehicle having the first end and a second end, and a controller. The sensors are configured to generate corresponding sensor data based on a detected object along a direction of movement of the vehicle. The controller is configured to compare a time at which the first sensor detected the object with a time at which the second sensor detected the object to identify the first end or the second end as a leading end of the vehicle, and to calculate a position of the leading end of the vehicle based on the sensor data generated by one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor. The controller is also configured to generate a map of the plurality of objects based on the sensor data.

公开(公告)号：US11183769B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16171955

申请日：2018-10-26

Applicant: Thales Canada Inc

Inventor： Alon Green ,  Peter Timmermans ,  Walter Kinio ,  Alex M. H. Wong ,  Philip Christian ,  George V. Eleftheriades

IPC: H01Q15/18 ,  H01Q3/46 ,  H01Q15/14 ,  H01Q15/24 ,  H01Q19/10 ,  H01Q21/06

Abstract: A metasurface includes a dielectric material, a ground plane on a back side of the dielectric material; and at least one conductive element on a top surface of the dielectric material, wherein the at least one conductive element includes at least one of a ground-backed dipole or a slot array.