Terahertz sensors and related systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US12105181B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17845266

    申请日:2022-06-21

    Applicant: TeraDar, Inc.

    Abstract: An active radio-frequency (RF) sensing technology for determining the relative and/or absolute state (e.g., position, velocity, and/or acceleration) of a target object (e.g., a person, a car, a truck a lamp post, a utility pole, a building) is described. The sensors described herein operate in the Terahertz band (300 GHz to 3 THz). An active RF sensing device comprises a substrate and first and second semiconductor dies mounted on the substrate. The first semiconductor die has an RF transmit antenna array integrated thereon, and the transmit antenna array comprises a first plurality of RF antennas configured to generate an RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band. The second semiconductor die has an RF receive antenna array integrated thereon, and the receive antenna array comprises a second plurality of RF antennas configured to receive RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING NUMBER AND RANGE OF A PLURALITY OF MOVING TARGETS

    公开(公告)号:US20170254893A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-07

    申请号:US15060350

    申请日:2016-03-03

    CPC classification number: G01S13/582 G01S7/062 G01S13/28 G01S13/723 G01S13/726

    Abstract: System and method for estimating locations and range rates of a multiplicity of targets by estimating range-Doppler state representation, including: computing a prior range-Doppler state estimate matrix and a measurement matrix containing phase shifted and re-ordered samples of a transmitted signal waveform; applying the measurement matrix to the range-Doppler state estimate matrix to generate a prediction of a current return sample and calculating a difference between the current return signal sample and the prediction of the current return signal sample; multiplying the difference by a gain matrix to obtain an adjustment to the prior range-Doppler state estimate matrix; repeating the process for a next return signal; computing an estimated range-Doppler map (RDM); applying a threshold to the estimated RDM to detect individual targets and obtain their range and Doppler parameters; and using the range and Doppler parameters to estimate the locations and range rates of the targets.

    Image processing device, radar apparatus, image processing method and image processing program
    9.
    发明授权
    Image processing device, radar apparatus, image processing method and image processing program 有权
    图像处理装置,雷达装置,图像处理方法和图像处理程序

    公开(公告)号:US09575173B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-21

    申请号:US14363760

    申请日:2012-12-04

    Inventor: Koji Nishiyama

    Abstract: An image processing device which generates an image where a target object can be discriminated from an object other than the target object. An image processor (15), for echo signals read from a sweep memory (14), calculates a ratio of echo signals indicating a predetermined level or higher among the echo signals of a predetermined number of samples, and generates image data having a display element according to the calculated ratio. This ratio indicates a lower value for an object more isolated and a higher value for an object existing as a larger mass. The image processor (15)acquires color values according to the calculated ratio. Since the target object, such as a ship, is an isolated object and the ratio becomes low, the color values indicate red, and since inland is an object existing as a large mass and the ratio becomes high, the color values indicate green.

    Abstract translation: 一种图像处理装置,其生成可以与目标对象以外的对象区别目标对象的图像。 用于从扫描存储器(14)读取的回波信号的图像处理器(15)计算指示预定数量样本的回波信号中指示预定水平或更高水平的回波信号的比率,并产生具有显示元件 根据计算的比例。 该比率表示对象更为隔离的较低值,并且对于作为较大质量存在的对象的值较高。 图像处理器(15)根据计算的比率获取颜色值。 由于诸如船舶的目标物体是孤立的物体,所以该比率变低,所以颜色值表示红色,并且由于内陆是作为大质量存在的物体并且比率变高,所以颜色值表示绿色。

    DIGITAL RANGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    10.
    发明申请
    DIGITAL RANGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS 有权
    数字测距系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170031004A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-02

    申请号:US15187573

    申请日:2016-06-20

    Abstract: A radar or sonar system amplifies the signal received by an antenna of the radar system or a transducer of the sonar system is amplified and then subject to linear demodulation by a linear receiver. There may be an anti-aliasing filter and an analog-to-digital converter between the amplifier and the linear receiver. The system may also have a digital signal processor with a network stack running in the processor. That processor may also have a network interface media access controller, where the system operates at different ranges, the modulator may produce pulses of two pulse patterns differing in pulse duration and inter-pulse spacing, those pulse patterns are introduced and used to form two radar images with the two images being derived from data acquired in a duration not more than twenty times larger than the larger inter-pulse spacing, or for a radar system, larger than one half of the antenna resolution time. One or more look-up tables may be used to control the amplifier. The radar system may generate digital output which comprises greater than eight levels of radar video.

    Abstract translation: 雷达或声纳系统放大由雷达系统的天线接收到的信号,或者声纳系统的换能器被放大,然后经线性接收机进行线性解调。 在放大器和线性接收器之间可能存在抗混叠滤波器和模数转换器。 系统还可以具有在处理器中运行的网络堆栈的数字信号处理器。 该处理器还可以具有网络接口媒体访问控制器,其中系统在不同的范围内操作,调制器可以产生脉冲宽度和脉冲间距不同的两个脉冲模式的脉冲,这些脉冲模式被引入并用于形成两个雷达 具有两个图像的图像源自在比较大的间隔间隔不超过二十倍的持续时间内获取的数据,或对于大于天线分辨率时间的一半的雷达系统。 可以使用一个或多个查找表来控制放大器。 雷达系统可以产生包括大于8级的雷达视频的数字输出。

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