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US 11,308,712 B2Granted
Imaging system using WiFi signals
AssigneeBoard of Trustees of Michigan State University
InventorJeffrey Nanzer
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Abstract
A passive incoherent millimeter-wave imaging system includes a receiver array including a plurality of receive modules configured to receive a scene signal reflected from a scene. The scene signal is reflected in response to a plurality of incoherent communication signals being reflected off the scene, and the plurality of incoherent communication signals are spatially and temporally incoherent at a point when reaching the scene.
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A passive incoherent millimeter-wave imaging system comprising:
- a receiver array including a plurality of receive modules configured to receive a scene signal reflected from a scene, wherein the scene signal is reflected in response to a plurality of incoherent communication signals being reflected off the scene, and wherein the plurality of incoherent communication signals are spatially and temporally incoherent at a point when reaching the scene;
- a passive incoherent millimeter-wave image processor configured to receive the scene signal reflected from the scene, determining a scene visibility of the scene signal reflected from the scene and construct a reconstructed scene based on a transformation of the scene visibility;
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- a display module configured to display the reconstructed scene.
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An imaging system comprising:
- (a) a receiver array, a display device, and a processor with an associated memory configured to store instructions, wherein the receiver array is configured to receive a scene signal reflected from a scene, wherein the scene signal is reflected in response to a plurality of incoherent communication signals being reflected off the scene, and wherein the plurality of incoherent communication signals are spatially and temporally incoherent at a point when reaching the scene;
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- (b) the instructions cause the processor to construct a reconstructed scene by:
- receiving at least three incoherent communication signals reflected off the scene at the receiver array;
- determining a scene visibility based on the at least three incoherent communication signals;
- identifying a sampling function;
- calculating a sampled visibility based on the scene visibility and the sampling function;
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- performing an inverse Fourier transform of the sampled visibility to construct the reconstructed scene.
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An passive incoherent millimeter-wave imaging method comprising:
- receiving, from a plurality of communication devices, a scene signals including a plurality of incoherent communication signals reflected off a scene, wherein the scene signal is received by a receiver array including a plurality of receive modules, and wherein the plurality of incoherent communication signals are spatially and temporally incoherent at a point when reaching the scene;
- constructing a reconstructed scene based on the scene signal reflected from the scene by:
- determining a scene visibility based on the scene signals;
- identifying a sampling function;
- calculating a sampled visibility based on the scene visibility and the sampling function;
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- performing an inverse Fourier transform of the sampled visibility to construct the reconstructed scene;
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- displaying the reconstructed scene on a display screen.
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