Electronic device, method for controlling electronic device, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025004125-A1
Application number	US-202218711034-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 7, 2022
Priority date	Nov 18, 2021
Publication date	Jan 2, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device includes a transmission antenna, a plurality of reception antenna arrays, and a signal processor. The transmission antenna transmits a transmission wave. Each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays includes a plurality of reception antennas each configured to receive a reflected wave. The reflected wave is the transmission wave having been reflected. The signal processor detects, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave, displacement of a subject reflecting the transmission wave. The plurality of reception antenna arrays is arranged in different orientations from one another. The signal processor synthesizes the displacement of the subject detected by each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays.

First claim

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a transmission antenna configured to transmit a transmission wave; a plurality of reception antenna arrays each including a plurality of reception antennas each configured to receive a reflected wave, the reflected wave being the transmission wave having been reflected; and a signal processor configured to detect, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave, displacement of a subject reflecting the transmission wave, wherein the plurality of reception antenna arrays is arranged in different orientations from one another, and the signal processor synthesizes the displacement of the subject detected by each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of reception antenna arrays is arranged in such a manner that each direction orthogonal to a direction in which the plurality of reception antennas is arranged in each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays is different from those of others of the plurality of reception antenna arrays.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of reception antenna arrays is each configured as a plane antenna, and is arranged in such a manner that directions of lines normal to the plane antennas are different from one another.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of reception antenna arrays is arranged in such a manner that directions perpendicular to receiving surfaces of the plurality of reception antenna arrays are different from one another.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal processor synthesizes the displacement, after performing coordinate transformation thereof into a coordinate system of the plurality of dimensions, of the subject detected by each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein
the signal processor synthesizes the displacement, after performing the coordinate transformation thereof by using a transformation matrix that is based on Euler angles, of the subject detected by each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
based on the transmission signal and the reception signal, the signal processor detects oscillations of the subject.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
based on the transmission signal and the reception signal, the signal processor detects vibrations of an apparatus that is the subject.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
based on the transmission signal and the reception signal, the signal processor detects a heartbeat of a human or an animal that is the subject.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of reception antenna arrays includes three reception antenna arrays, and the signal processor synthesizes the displacement of the subject detected by each of the three reception antenna arrays, in a coordinate system of three dimensions identical in number thereto.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal processor synthesizes the displacement of the subject detected by each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays, in a coordinate system of a plurality of dimensions identical in number thereto.

12 . A method for controlling an electronic device, comprising:
transmitting a transmission wave from a transmission antenna; receiving a reflected wave, the reflected wave being the transmission wave having been reflected, via a plurality of reception antenna arrays each including a plurality of reception antennas, the plurality of reception antenna arrays being arranged in different orientations from one another; detecting, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave, displacement of a subject reflecting the transmission wave; and synthesizing the displacement of the subject detected by each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer program instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
transmit a transmission wave from a transmission antenna; receive a reflected wave, the reflected wave being the transmission wave having been reflected, via a plurality of reception antenna arrays each including a plurality of reception antennas, the plurality of reception antenna arrays being arranged in different orientations from one another; detect, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave, displacement of a subject reflecting the transmission wave; and synthesize the displacement of the subject detected by each of the plurality of reception antenna arrays.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Kuroda Jun
• Sahara Tooru
• Yamamoto Kenji
• Homma Takuya
• Tong Fangwei

Classifications

• G01S7/295

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• G01S13/003

  Bistatic radar systems; Multistatic radar systems · CPC title

• G01S13/931

  of land vehicles · CPC title

• G01S13/42

  Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates (indirect measurement G01S13/46) · CPC title

• G01S13/343

  using sawtooth modulation · CPC title