Surveillance apparatus having an optical camera and a radar sensor
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsQi Wang, Marcel Daniel Blech, Ralf Boehnke
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Abstract
A surveillance apparatus includes an optical camera that captures images based on received light, the optical camera including a camera aperture and a radar sensor including one or more transmitting antennas configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and one or more receiving antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation. The one or more transmitting antennas and the one or more receiving antennas form a virtual antenna array. The one or more transmitting antennas and the one or more receiving antennas are arranged such with respect to the optical camera that the center area of the virtual antenna array and the center area of the camera aperture coincide.
Claims19
A surveillance apparatus comprising:
- an optical camera configured to capture images based on received light, said optical camera having a camera aperture;
- and
- a radar sensor having one or more transmitting antennas configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and one or more receiving antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation, said one or more transmitting antennas and said one or more receiving antennas forming a virtual antenna array,
- wherein said one or more transmitting antennas and said one or more receiving antennas are arranged with respect to the optical camera such that the center area of the virtual antenna array and the center area of the camera aperture coincide, and
- at least one of said one or more transmitting antennas and/or at least one of said one or more receiving antennas is arranged to at least partially cover the camera aperture which is a physical feature of the optical camera.
A surveillance method comprising:
- capturing images based on received light with an optical camera, said optical camera having a camera aperture;
- and
- emitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation with a radar sensor, having one or more transmitting antennas configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and one or more receiving antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation, said one or more transmitting antennas and said one or more receiving antennas forming a virtual antenna array,
- wherein said one or more transmitting antennas and said one or more receiving antennas are arranged such with respect to the optical camera that the center area of the virtual antenna array and the center area of the camera aperture coincide, and
- at least one of said one or more transmitting antennas and/or at least one of said one or more receiving antennas is arranged to at least partially cover the camera aperture which is a physical feature of the optical camera.
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