Application-based signal processing parameters in radar-based detection

A device comprising:

• a processing system;
• a radar-based detection component implemented at least partially in hardware, the radar-based detection component comprising:
• at least one radar-emitting element for transmitting a radar field;
• at least one antenna for receiving an incoming RF signal generated by the radar field reflecting off one or more objects;
• a digital signal processing stage;
• and
• a machine-learning stage;
• one or more applications maintained in computer-readable storage media and executable by the processing system to perform a plurality of operations;
• and
• at least one Application Programming Interface (API) maintained in the computer-readable storage media and configured to provide a programmatic interface between the applications and the radar-based detection component, the at least one API configured to:
• receive API calls from the applications, the API calls comprising high-level requests to configure the radar-based detection component, the high-level requests not setting specific parameters of the digital signal processing stage, the machine-learning stage, or the radar field;
• determine, based on the API calls, configuration parameters for at least one of the digital signal processing stage, the machine-learning stage, or the radar field;
• configure, using the respective configuration parameters, at least one of the digital signal processing stage, the machine-learning stage, or the radar field;
• and
• pass information about the objects to the applications.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that are executable by a processing system to implement at least one Application Programming Interface (API) configured to provide a programmatic interface between applications and a radar-based detection component, the at least one API configured to:

• receive API calls from the applications, the API calls comprising high-level requests to configure the radar-based detection component, the high-level requests not setting specific parameters of a digital signal processing stage of the radar-based detection component, a machine-learning stage of the radar-based detection component, or a radar field of the radar-based detection component;
• determine, based on the API calls, configuration parameters for at least one of the digital signal processing stage, the machine-learning stage, or the radar field;
• configure, using the respective configuration parameters, at least one of the digital signal processing stage, the machine-learning stage, or the radar field;
• and
• pass information about the objects to the applications.