Application-based signal processing parameters in radar-based detection

A method for dynamically configuring a radar-based detection component performed by a device, the method comprising:

• configuring, based on a first operating context of the device, at least one of a digital signal processing stage of a pipeline of the radar-based detection component, a machine-learning stage of the pipeline of the radar-based detection component, or a radar field of the radar-based detection component using at least one gesture sensor Application Programming Interface (API) that grants at least one application mid-level or high-level access to the radar-based detection component;
• receiving first information from the radar-based detection component via the gesture sensor API;
• determining to reconfigure the radar-based detection component based, at least in part, on the first information;
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• reconfiguring at least one of the digital signal processing stage of the pipeline of the radar-based detection component, the machine-learning stage of the pipeline of the radar-based detection component, or the radar field of the radar-based detection component via the mid-level or high-level access to the radar-based detection component granted by the gesture sensor API based upon a second operating context associated with the device, the reconfiguring enabling the device to acquire second information from the radar-based detection component.

A device comprising:

• a processing system;
• a radar-based detection component implemented at least partially in hardware, the radar-based detection component comprising:
• a radar-emitting element for transmitting a radar field;
• an antenna for receiving an incoming RF signal generated by the radar field reflecting off target objects;
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• a pipeline for processing the incoming RF signal to identify information about the target objects;
• an application maintained in computer-readable storage media and executable by the processing system to perform a plurality of operations;
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• multiple gesture sensor Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) maintained in the computer-readable storage media and configured to provide a programmatic interface between the application and the radar-based detection component, the gesture sensor APIs configured to grant the application mid-level or high-level access to the radar-based detection component to enable the application to:
• configure at least one of a digital signal processing stage of the pipeline of the radar-based detection component, a machine-learning stage of the pipeline of the radar-based detection component, or the radar field of the radar-based detection component, via the mid-level or high-level access to the radar-based detection component granted by the gesture sensor APIs, based on a first operating context associated with the application;
• receive, from the radar-based detection component and via the gesture sensor APIs, first information associated with a first target object;
• reconfigure at least one of the digital signal processing stage of the pipeline of the radar-based detection component, the machine-learning stage of the pipeline of the radar-based detection component, or the radar field of the radar-based detection component, via the mid-level or high-level access to the radar-based detection component granted by the gesture sensor APIs, based on a second operating context associated with the application;
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• acquire, from the radar-based detection component and via the gesture sensor APIs, second information associated with a second target object.