Light-Weight Radar System
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsLars Fucke, Grzegorz Marian Kawiecki
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Abstract
Disclosed is a light-weight radar system (“LWRS”) for sense and avoid applications in a vehicle. The LWRS includes a plurality of receivers, a plurality of transmitters, an obstacle database, and a processing device. The processing device is in signal communication with the plurality of receivers, plurality of transmitters, and the obstacle database. The processing device includes at least one processor and a computer computer-readable medium (“CRM”) having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions.
Claims16
A light-weight radar system (“LWRS”) for sense and avoid applications in a vehicle, the LWRS comprising:
- a plurality of receivers;
- a plurality of transmitters;
- an obstacle database;
- and
- a processing device in signal communication with the plurality of receivers, plurality of transmitters, and the obstacle database,
- wherein the processing device includes
- a processor, and
- a computer-readable medium (“CRM”) having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to
- transmit a plurality of transmit radio frequency (“RF”) signals from the plurality of transmitters to one or more targets in an environment of operation of the LWRS,
- receive a plurality of reflected RF signals at the plurality of receivers from the one or more targets in the environment of operation,
- perform radar processing on the plurality of reflected RF signals to detect the one or more targets or relevant data from other sources,
- update the obstacle database with the detected one or more targets, and
- provide obstacle data to one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle.
A computer-implemented method for sensing and avoiding objects within an environment of operation with a light-weight radar system (“LWRS”) in a vehicle, wherein the LWRS has a plurality of receivers, plurality of transmitters, an obstacle database, and a processing device, the method comprising:
- transmitting a plurality of transmit radio frequency (“RF”) signals from the plurality of transmitters to one or more targets in an environment of operation;
- receiving a plurality of reflected RF signals at the plurality of receivers from the one or more targets in the environment of operation or relevant data from other sources;
- performing radar processing on the plurality of reflected RF signals to detect the one or more targets;
- updating the obstacle database with the detected one or more targets;
- and
- providing obstacle data to one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.