Integrated and configurable radar system

An integrated radar system comprising:

• a plurality of radar devices configured to operate as a system to scan an area covered by the plurality of radar devices, in which a respective radar device of the plurality of radar devices includes:
• an antenna module configured to have one or more antennas to transmit an omni-directional outgoing radar signal and a plurality of antennas to establish a shaped pattern for receiving a reflected signal of the outgoing radar signal from an object located in the area;
• a shaping module configured to operate with the antenna module to adjust shaping of the reflected signal received via the shaped pattern of the plurality of antennas;
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• a transceiver configured to generate an outgoing transmission signal to the antenna module to generate the outgoing radar signal and to receive the reflected signal that is shape adjusted from the shaping module;
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• a processing module coupled to the plurality of radar devices to generate individual control signals to corresponding transceivers of the radar devices to generate corresponding outgoing transmission signals and to receive corresponding reflected signals that are shape adjusted from the corresponding transceivers of the radar devices, and in which the processing module is configured to process the corresponding reflected signals from transceivers of the plurality of radar devices to determine a location of the object in the area being scanned by the plurality of radar devices.

A method of locating an object by use of an integrated radar system comprising:

• transmitting corresponding outgoing radar signals from a plurality of radar devices configured to operate as a system to scan an area covered by the plurality of radar devices, in which a respective radar device of the plurality of radar devices is configured to scan separately from other radar devices;
• for a respective radar device of the plurality of radar devices:
• receiving a control signal to generate an outgoing transmission signals from a transceiver;
• shaping the outgoing transmission signals into shaped signals;
• coupling the shaped signals to a plurality of antennas to generate a shaped pattern for transmitting an outgoing radar signal from the plurality of antennas;
• receiving a reflected signal of the outgoing radar signal from an object located in the area by the plurality of antennas;
• adjusting shape of the reflected signal received via the shaped pattern for the plurality of antennas;
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• receiving the reflected signal that is shape adjusted at the transceiver;
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• processing corresponding reflected signals that are shape adjusted from the corresponding transceivers of the radar devices to determine a location of the object in the area being scanned by the plurality of radar devices.