US 11,835,647 B2
Radar signal management using target characteristics
Bryan Cattle, Arlington, VA (US); and Marco La Manna, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to KMB TELEMATICS, INC., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by KMB Telematics, Inc., Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,330.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,763, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,654, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0239797 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 7/28 (2006.01); G01S 7/282 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 7/411 (2013.01) [G01S 7/282 (2013.01); G01S 7/2806 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9318 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9319 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93185 (2020.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radar system comprising:
a signal generator comprising:
a waveform optimization module operative to:
identify first operational limits defining a limit of a detection operation, imaging operation, or some combination thereof, the first operational limits being associated with first operational values of operational parameters;
identify the first operational values of the operational parameters that are subject of the first operational limits, wherein the first operational values are defined in relation to the first operational limits based on characteristics of a target that are detected by the radar system;
identify radar waveform parameters to optimize;
determine first optimal values for the radar waveform parameters based on the first operational values associated with the first operational limits that are distinctly determined from the first optimal values based on the characteristics of the target;
a modulation generation module operative to generate a first optimized radar signal using the first optimal values of the radar waveform parameters, wherein the first optimized radar signal is optimized for the first operational limits; and
one or more antennas coupled to the signal generator, the one or more antennas operative to transmit the first optimized radar signal toward the target in a target area.