US 12,111,385 B2
Radar sensor processing chain
Daniel Flores Tapia, Fairfield, CA (US)
Assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Filed by GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,440.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204749 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 13/44 (2006.01); G01S 7/35 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 13/4409 (2013.01) [G01S 7/352 (2013.01); G01S 13/003 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a memory system to store processor-executable instructions; a
plurality of radio frequency (RF) sensor suites; and
a plurality of hardware processors coupled with the memory system and with the plurality of RF sensor suites each having at least a corresponding RF receiver, the plurality of hardware processors are configured to:
receive a first radio signal with a first RF receiver in the plurality of RF sensor suites;
convert the received first radio signal to a second frequency range;
perform at least a chirplet transform on the converted signal in the second frequency range;
retrieve stored relative location information for a second RF receiver in the plurality of RF sensor suites;
extract radar waveform information corresponding to the second RF receiver with a controller corresponding to the first RF receiver by utilizing the retrieved information and results from the chirplet transform;
generate a point cloud based on the converted signal in the second frequency range and the extracted radar waveform information;
store the point cloud in the memory system;
coherently add collocated responses;
interpolate extracted waveform information for multiple RF receivers that are non-equally distributed; and
perform a maximum likelihood angle estimation to determine an angular location corresponding to the second RF receiver.