G01S3/14

POSITIONING METHOD, GATEWAY, AND POSITIONING DEVICE
20240319360 · 2024-09-26 ·

Disclosed are a positioning method, a gateway, and a positioning device. The positioning method comprises: receiving, by means of a Bluetooth gateway, a data packet sent by a terminal device and comprising target position information, and position information of a Bluetooth node closest to the terminal device; determining the closest Bluetooth node according to the position information of the closest Bluetooth node; receiving, by the closest Bluetooth node, a data packet sent by the terminal device and comprising CTE information; obtaining current position information of the terminal device according to the CTE information; and when the current position information of the terminal device is inconsistent with the target position information, obtaining, according to the current position information of the terminal device and the target position information, position information of a next Bluetooth node closest to the terminal device and navigation information, and sending the navigation information to the terminal device.

Multi-channel active array system and method for obtaining positional information of an object
12099130 · 2024-09-24 · ·

An antenna arrangement (1) comprising an antenna array is disclosed. The antenna array comprises N antenna elements (2) (N being an integer ?3). Moreover, each antenna element is connected to an electronics module (3) out of P electronics modules, P being an integer such that 3?P?N, where each electronics module is configured to generate an output signal indicative of a signal received by a corresponding one or more antenna elements. The antenna arrangement further comprises control circuitry (10) connected to the antenna array. The control circuitry is configured to receive each output signal, compute a sum of cross-correlations between each output signal and a set of other output signals originating from other corresponding antenna elements, and determine at least one angle of a direction of arrival of the electromagnetic waves relative to the antenna array based on the computed sum.

Multi-channel active array system and method for obtaining positional information of an object
12099130 · 2024-09-24 · ·

An antenna arrangement (1) comprising an antenna array is disclosed. The antenna array comprises N antenna elements (2) (N being an integer ?3). Moreover, each antenna element is connected to an electronics module (3) out of P electronics modules, P being an integer such that 3?P?N, where each electronics module is configured to generate an output signal indicative of a signal received by a corresponding one or more antenna elements. The antenna arrangement further comprises control circuitry (10) connected to the antenna array. The control circuitry is configured to receive each output signal, compute a sum of cross-correlations between each output signal and a set of other output signals originating from other corresponding antenna elements, and determine at least one angle of a direction of arrival of the electromagnetic waves relative to the antenna array based on the computed sum.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING VESSELS
20240303852 · 2024-09-12 · ·

A method of detecting vessels is described. A vessel is detected if a match exists between an object detection from each of two or more detectors 100, based on data obtained by the two or more detectors 100, which are selected from: an RF antenna 102; a light sensor 104; a radar detector 106; and an Automatic Identification System receiver 108. A method for detecting the presence of vessels at night is also described. The method comprises detecting a plurality of blobs within image data, applying an image mask to the image data to remove regions of the image data that are associated with having static objects and to retain the remaining portions of the image data, identifying one or more clusters of the detected plurality of blobs within the retained image data, and determining the presence of one or more vessels based on the one or more identified clusters.

DIRECTION FINDING TECHNIQUE FOR AMPLITUDE-ONLY SPIRAL ANTENNAS

A direction finding system includes a multi-arm spiral antenna configured to receive a signal, a processor, and a memory including instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to detect amplitudes of voltage of the signal received by the multi-arm spiral antenna, estimate, by the AI algorithm, an elevation angle of the signal based on a frequency and the amplitudes of voltages of the signal, estimate, by the AI algorithm, an azimuth angle based on the frequency, the elevation angle, and the amplitudes, determine, by the AI, a rotational offset based on the frequency and a rotational model, and calculate and output, by the AI algorithm, a direction of a source of the signal based on the rotational offset and the azimuth angle.

Location reporting for user equipment

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may request a user equipment (UE) to report location information for the UE using a specific format. The UE may report the location information to the base station based on the request. The base station may use the location information reported by the UE to determine the location of the UE.

Phasing an optical interferometer using the radio emission from the target being observed

An interferometry system including a first telescope for simultaneously receiving a first optical/infrared signal and a first radio signal from a target; a second telescope configured to simultaneously receive a second optical/infrared signal and a second radio signal from the target; a first beam splitter communicatively connected to the first telescope, where the first beam splitter is configured to separate the first optical/infrared signal from the first radio signal; a second beam splitter communicatively connected to the second telescope, where the second beam splitter is configured to separate the second optical/infrared signal from the second radio; and a first optical/infrared interferometer configured to detect an interferometry image of the target using the first and second optical/infrared and radio signals.

Phasing an optical interferometer using the radio emission from the target being observed

An interferometry system including a first telescope for simultaneously receiving a first optical/infrared signal and a first radio signal from a target; a second telescope configured to simultaneously receive a second optical/infrared signal and a second radio signal from the target; a first beam splitter communicatively connected to the first telescope, where the first beam splitter is configured to separate the first optical/infrared signal from the first radio signal; a second beam splitter communicatively connected to the second telescope, where the second beam splitter is configured to separate the second optical/infrared signal from the second radio; and a first optical/infrared interferometer configured to detect an interferometry image of the target using the first and second optical/infrared and radio signals.

Hierarchical Phase Shift Apparatus for Array Antenna Weight Look Ahead, Elaboration, and Beam-splitting Methods
20180269573 · 2018-09-20 ·

An array antenna system consists of layered construct of subarrays. Each beam pointing angle requires an antenna weight vector (AWV). A circuit tracks the changing orientation of a beam within a much larger virtual array of antenna weights. A row or column of a local RAM may be determined to be least likely to be read next and is overwritten with antenna weights more likely to be read next. An address translation circuit represents the RAM as a barrel. An adaptively adjusted antenna weight method optimizes received signal power. A beam splitting method provides a mirror beam pointing direction by wrapping around a look ahead table of antenna weight vectors when an antenna is itself gyrating or when a remote transceiver is anticipated to transit the horizon.

Hierarchical Phase Shift Apparatus for Array Antenna Weight Look Ahead, Elaboration, and Beam-splitting Methods
20180269573 · 2018-09-20 ·

An array antenna system consists of layered construct of subarrays. Each beam pointing angle requires an antenna weight vector (AWV). A circuit tracks the changing orientation of a beam within a much larger virtual array of antenna weights. A row or column of a local RAM may be determined to be least likely to be read next and is overwritten with antenna weights more likely to be read next. An address translation circuit represents the RAM as a barrel. An adaptively adjusted antenna weight method optimizes received signal power. A beam splitting method provides a mirror beam pointing direction by wrapping around a look ahead table of antenna weight vectors when an antenna is itself gyrating or when a remote transceiver is anticipated to transit the horizon.