A sensing system includes a first radar sensing assembly and an analysis system. The first radar sensing assembly measures plural distances to a first target location at different times using radar. The analysis system receives the plural distances from the first radar sensing assembly and quantifies movements of a target object at the first target location at the different times by calculating differences in the plural distances measured by the first radar sensing assembly. The analysis system generates one or more first quantified activity level values indicative of the movements of the target object at the first target location using the differences in the plural distances that are calculated.
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A61B 5/08 - Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
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G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING DISTANCE AND/OR MOVEMENT USING COMMUNICATION OVERLAY
A method for measuring a separation distance to a target object using a communication signal includes transmitting from a first device, via a transmitter of the first device, a communication signal including a first bit pattern encoded therein. The method also includes receiving, via a processor on the first device, a copy of the communication signal prior to encoding and receiving, via a receiver of the first device, an echo based on the transmitted communication signal. The received echo is decoded and the method includes identifying, via the processor, the first bit pattern in the copy of the communication signal and identifying, via the processor, the first bit pattern in the decoded echo. Then the method determines, via the processor, a time of flight of the first bit pattern based on identifying the first bit pattern in each of the copy of the transmitted communication signal and in the received echo, and performs, via the processor, an action based on the determined time of flight.
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G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING DISTANCE AND/OR MOVEMENT
A method (e.g., a method for measuring a separation distance to a target object) includes transmitting an electromagnetic first transmitted signal from a transmitting antenna toward a target object that is a separated from the transmitting antenna by a separation distance. The first transmitted signal includes a first transmit pattern representative of a first sequence of digital bits. The method also includes receiving a first echo of the first transmitted signal that is reflected off the target object, converting the first echo into a first digitized echo signal, and comparing a first receive pattern representative of a second sequence of digital bits to the first digitized echo signal to determine a time of flight of the first transmitted signal and the echo.
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/10 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves
G01S 17/36 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 17/32 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
G01S 13/89 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
G01S 17/87 - Combinations of systems using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
G01S 17/89 - Lidar systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
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G01S 13/36 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
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Systems and methods for high resolution distance sensing and applications
A sensing system includes a first radar sensing assembly and an analysis system. The first radar sensing assembly measures plural distances to a first target location at different times using radar. The analysis system receives the plural distances from the first radar sensing assembly and quantifies movements of a target object at the first target location at the different times by calculating differences in the plural distances measured by the first radar sensing assembly. The analysis system generates one or more first quantified activity level values indicative of the movements of the target object at the first target location using the differences in the plural distances that are calculated.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A61B 5/0507 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves using microwaves or terahertz waves
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
G01S 7/41 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisationTarget signatureTarget cross-section
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G01S 13/50 - Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
A61B 5/0205 - Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
A61B 5/05 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves
A61B 5/08 - Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
A61B 5/113 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb occurring during breathing
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
This disclosure is enables various technologies involving various actions based on an object detecting a defined area and the defined area detecting the object.
A method for measuring a separation distance to a target object using a communication signal includes transmitting from a first device, via a transmitter of the first device, a communication signal including a first bit pattern encoded therein. The method also includes receiving, via a processor on the first device, a copy of the communication signal prior to encoding and receiving, via a receiver of the first device, an echo based on the transmitted communication signal. The received echo is decoded and the method includes identifying, via the processor, the first bit pattern in the copy of the communication signal and identifying, via the processor, the first bit pattern in the decoded echo. Then the method determines, via the processor, a time of flight of the first bit pattern based on identifying the first bit pattern in each of the copy of the transmitted communication signal and in the received echo, and performs, via the processor, an action based on the determined time of flight.
G01S 13/28 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves wherein the transmitted pulses use a frequency- or phase-modulated carrier wave with time compression of received pulses
G01S 7/00 - Details of systems according to groups , ,
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
This disclosure enables various technologies involving various actions based on tracking an object via a plurality of distance sensors, without synchronizing carrier waves of the distance sensors or without employing a PLL technique on the distance sensors.
A method comprising: receiving, by a server, in real-time, a first set of data from a first mobile phone positioned within an enclosed area, wherein the first mobile phone includes a first inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a first distance sensor, wherein the first set of data includes a first real- time inertia reading from the first IMU and a first real-time distance reading from the first distance sensor off a first vertically extending surface stationarily positioned within the enclosed area; receiving, by the server, in real-time, a second set of data from a second mobile phone positioned within the enclosed area, wherein the second mobile phone includes a second inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a second distance sensor, wherein the second set of data includes a second real-time inertia reading from the second IMU and a second real-time distance reading from the second distance sensor off a second vertically extending surface stationarily positioned within the enclosed area, wherein the first vertically extending surface is spaced apart from the second vertically extending surface within the enclosed area; performing, by the server, in real-time, a data fusion of the first real-time distance reading, the first real-time inertia reading, the second real-time distance reading, and the second real- time inertia reading while the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone are positioned within the enclosed area, wherein the data fusion is based on a specific time or a specific time range at which the first real-time distance reading, the first real-time inertia reading, the second real-time distance reading, and the second real-time inertia reading were made; determining, by the server, in real-time, a first real-time position of the first mobile phone within the enclosed area based on the data fusion and a second real-time position of the second mobile phone within the enclosed area based on the data fusion; and taking, by the server, in real-time, an action based on the first real-time position and the real-time second position.
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G01C 21/16 - NavigationNavigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigatedDead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
G01S 13/42 - Simultaneous measurement of distance and other coordinates
G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
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TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPPORTUNISTIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
A method (e.g., a method for measuring a separation distance to a target object) includes transmitting an electromagnetic first transmitted signal from a transmitting antenna toward a target object that is a separated from the transmitting antenna by a separation distance. The first transmitted signal includes a first transmit pattern representative of a first sequence of digital bits. The method also includes receiving a first echo of the first transmitted signal that is reflected off the target object, converting the first echo into a first digitized echo signal, and comparing a first receive pattern representative of a second sequence of digital bits to the first digitized echo signal to determine a time of flight of the first transmitted signal and the echo.
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/10 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves
G01S 17/36 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 17/32 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
G01S 13/89 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
G01S 17/87 - Combinations of systems using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
G01S 17/89 - Lidar systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
G01S 7/41 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisationTarget signatureTarget cross-section
G01S 13/36 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
This disclosure is enables various technologies involving various actions based on an object detecting a defined area and the defined area detecting the object.
This disclosure is enables various technologies involving various actions based on an object detecting a defined area and the defined area detecting the object.
A sensing system includes a first radar sensing assembly and an analysis system. The first radar sensing assembly measures plural distances to a first target location at different times using radar. The analysis system receives the plural distances from the first radar sensing assembly and quantifies movements of a target object at the first target location at the different times by calculating differences in the plural distances measured by the first radar sensing assembly. The analysis system generates one or more first quantified activity level values indicative of the movements of the target object at the first target location using the differences in the plural distances that are calculated.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
A61B 5/0507 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves using microwaves or terahertz waves
G01S 7/41 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisationTarget signatureTarget cross-section
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/50 - Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
A61B 5/113 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb occurring during breathing
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
A method (e.g., a method for measuring a separation distance to a target object) includes transmitting an electromagnetic first transmitted signal from a transmitting antenna toward a target object that is a separated from the transmitting antenna by a separation distance. The first transmitted signal includes a first transmit pattern representative of a first sequence of digital bits. The method also includes receiving a first echo of the first transmitted signal that is reflected off the target object, converting the first echo into a first digitized echo signal, and comparing a first receive pattern representative of a second sequence of digital bits to the first digitized echo signal to determine a time of flight of the first transmitted signal and the echo.
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/36 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
G01S 13/10 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves
G01S 17/36 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 17/32 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
G01S 7/41 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisationTarget signatureTarget cross-section
A sensing system includes a first radar sensing assembly and an analysis system. The first radar sensing assembly measures plural distances to a first target location at different times using radar. The analysis system receives the plural distances from the first radar sensing assembly and quantifies movements of a target object at the first target location at the different times by calculating differences in the plural distances measured by the first radar sensing assembly. The analysis system generates one or more first quantified activity level values indicative of the movements of the target object at the first target location using the differences in the plural distances that are calculated.
A61B 6/00 - Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
A61B 5/05 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves
G01S 7/41 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisationTarget signatureTarget cross-section
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/50 - Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A61B 5/08 - Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
A61B 5/113 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb occurring during breathing
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
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System and method for sensing distance and/or movement
A method (e.g., a method for measuring a separation distance to a target object) includes transmitting an electromagnetic first transmitted signal from a transmitting antenna toward a target object that is a separated from the transmitting antenna by a separation distance. The first transmitted signal includes a first transmit pattern representative of a first sequence of digital bits. The method also includes receiving a first echo of the first transmitted signal that is reflected off the target object, converting the first echo into a first digitized echo signal, and comparing a first receive pattern representative of a second sequence of digital bits to the first digitized echo signal to determine a time of flight of the first transmitted signal and the echo.
G01S 13/36 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
G01S 13/10 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves
G01S 17/36 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated with phase comparison between the received signal and the contemporaneously transmitted signal
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 17/32 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 7/41 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisationTarget signatureTarget cross-section
A sensing system (11) includes a first radar sensing assembly (10; 3104, 3106; 4100, 4200) and an analysis system (18). The first radar sensing assembly (10; 3104, 3106; 4100, 4200) measures plural distances (12; 22, 30; 42, 50, 60, 70, 80; 4102, 4202) to a first target location (16) at different times using radar. The analysis system (18) receives the plural distances (12; 22, 30; 42, 50, 60, 70, 80; 4102, 4202) from the first radar sensing assembly (10; 3104, 3106; 4100, 4200) and quantifies movements of a target object (14) at the first target location (16) at the different times by calculating differences in the plural distances (10; 3104, 3106; 4100, 4200) measured by the first radar sensing assembly (10; 3104, 3106; 4100, 4200). The analysis system (18) generates one or more first quantified activity level values indicative of the movements of the target object (14) at the first target location (16) using the differences in the plural distances (12; 22, 30; 42, 50, 60, 70, 80; 4102, 4202) that are calculated.
A method (e.g., a method for measuring a separation distance to a target object) includes transmitting an electromagnetic first transmitted signal from a transmitting antenna toward a target object that is a separated from the transmitting antenna by a separation distance. The first transmitted signal includes a first transmit pattern representative of a first sequence of digital bits. The method also includes receiving a first echo of the first transmitted signal that is reflected off the target object, converting the first echo into a first digitized echo signal, and comparing a first receive pattern representative of a second sequence of digital bits to the first digitized echo signal to determine a time of flight of the first transmitted signal and the echo.
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