Navigational aid with adaptive radar

Mervi Hirvonen (Inventor), Tero Kiuru (Inventor), Janne Häkli (Inventor), Pekka Pursula (Inventor)

    Research output: PatentPatent

    Abstract

    A portable electronic navigational aid (104) e.g. for the blind (102), comprising a radio frequency, preferably millimeter wave, radar (218) with at least one transmitting (TX) channel and a plurality of receiving (RX) channels, at least one orientation sensor (220) configured to obtain data indicative of the orientation of the radar, and a processing element (210) configured to adaptively control (500, 602) the beamforming of the radar based on the data provided by the orientation sensor. A corresponding method is presented. An accessory, such as a replaceable cover, containing a radio frequency radar for attaching to an electronic host device is presented.

    Patent family as of 18.11.2021
    AU2015316666 AA 20170427 AU20150316666 20150914      
    AU2015316666 BB 20200305 AU20150316666 20150914      
    CA2961290 AA 20170314 CA20152961290 20150914      
    CN107106400 A 20170829 CN201580061986 20150914      
    CN107106400 B 20210507 CN201580061986 20150914      
    DE602015061555 D1 20201119 DE201560061555T 20150914      
    EP3193810 A2 20170726 EP20150784967 20150914      
    EP3193810 B1 20201104 EP20150784967 20150914      
    JP2017533443 T2 20171109 JP20170534006T 20150914      
    JP2021113822 A2 20210805 JP20210071196 20150914      
    KR20170057340 A 20170524 KR20177010042 20150914      
    US11137490 BB 20211005 US20140487190 20140916      
    US2016077202 AA 20160317 US20140487190 20140916      
    WO16042203 A2 20160324 WO2015FI50602 20150914      
    WO16042203 A3 20160519 WO2015FI50602 20150914

    Link to current patent family on right 

    Original languageEnglish
    Patent numberEP3193810
    IPCG01S 13/ 90 A I
    Priority date14/09/15
    Publication statusPublished - 26 Jul 2017
    MoE publication typeH1 Granted patent

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Navigational aid with adaptive radar'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this