Richwave Technology Corp.

Hsiang-Feng Chi

Chiang-Hua Yeh

Han-Jieh Chang

Shun-Pin Yang

Wei-min Liu

Keng-Hao Liu

Po-Fu Wan

A radar apparatus and an interference suppression method are provided. The radar apparatus includes a clock generator, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a notch filter. The clock generator is configured to generate a sampling frequency. The ADC is coupled to the clock generator, and is configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal according to the sampling frequency. The notch filter is coupled to the ADC, and is configured to attenuate one or more interfered frequencies of the digital signal. The interfered frequencies are related to the sampling frequency. Accordingly, the interference at a specific frequency and harmonics thereof may be suppressed.

Radar apparatus and interference suppression method

A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar device and a signal processing method thereof are provided. The frequency modulated continuous wave radar device includes a transmitter stage circuit, a frequency synthesizer, a receiver stage circuit, a pre-stage circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The transmitter stage circuit transmits a transmitting signal. The frequency synthesizer generates the transmitting signal associated with a chirp period. The receiver stage circuit receives a receiving signal including a periodic interference signal with a noise period associated with the chirp period. The pre-stage circuit outputs a to-be-processed signal including multiple frames according to the receiving signal and the transmitting signal. The signal processing circuit groups the frames into multiple frame groups. The signal processing circuit generates a processed signal by sampling at least one frame from the multiple frames in each of the frame groups with an identical sampling rule.

Frequency modulated continuous wave radar device and signal processing method thereof

The Doppler signal processing device includes a frequency analyzer, an interference suppressor, an interference baseline estimator and a synthesizer. The frequency analyzer can generate a frequency domain signal according to a digital signal. The interference suppressor can perform a suppression operation to generate an interference suppressed frequency domain signal. The interference baseline estimator can generate or update the frequency domain interference estimation signal according to the frequency domain signal. The synthesizer can generate an interference suppressed digital signal according to the interference suppressed frequency domain signal, where the interference suppressed digital signal is related to the digital signal with the interference energy suppressed.

Doppler signal processing device and method thereof for interference suppression

An object recognition method includes generating Doppler spectrogram data according to an echo signal, the echo signal being relating to an object; transforming N sets of time-domain data of the Doppler spectrogram data corresponding to N velocities into N sets of cadence spectrogram data, respectively; combining the N sets of spectrogram data to obtain 1D/2D cadence spectrum data, and acquiring a series of cadence feature from the 1D/2D cadence spectrum data to recognize the object.

Object recognition method and object recognition device

A radar apparatus includes a transmitting analog front-end circuit, a plurality of antenna ports, a switching controller, a switching circuit, and a receiving analog front-end circuit. The transmitting analog front-end circuit generates a transmitting signal according to a carrier wave signal. A frequency of the carrier wave signal changes with time during a frequency sweep period of the carrier wave signal. The antenna ports are respectively configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the transmitting signal. The switching controller is coupled to the transmitting analog front-end circuit and configured to generate a control signal according to the frequency sweep period of the carrier wave signal. The switching circuit is coupled to the antenna ports and the switching controller, configured to select one of the antenna ports to receive the echo signal according to the control signal, and coupled to the receiving analog front-end circuit.

Radar apparatus and signal processing method thereof

A Doppler radar apparatus including a transmitting device, a receiving device and a narrowband interference suppression device is provided. The transmitting device is configured to transmit a first wireless signal. The receiving device is coupled to the transmitting device and is configured to receive a second wireless signal to generate a first digital signal. The first digital signal includes a Doppler signal component and a narrowband interference signal component, and a bandwidth of the narrowband interference signal component is smaller than a bandwidth of the Doppler signal component. The narrowband interference suppression device is coupled to the receiving device and is configured to perform interference suppression on the first digital signal to suppress the narrowband interference signal component in the first digital signal to generate an output digital signal.

Doppler radar apparatus and narrowband interference suppression method thereof

A radar detector including a radar transmitting device, a radar receiving device, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a digital processing unit, and an interference suppression method using the radar detector are provided. The radar transmitting device transmits a first wireless signal. The radar receiving device receives a second wireless signal to generate an analog reference signal in response to the first wireless signal is subdued from being transmitted, and receives a third wireless signal to generate an analog main signal in response to the first wireless signal is not subdued from being transmitted. The ADC generates a digital reference signal according to the analog reference signal, and generates a digital main signal according to the analog main signal. The digital processing unit adjusts the digital or analog main signal according to the digital reference signal to correspondingly suppress interference components in the digital main signal or in the analog main signal.

Radar detector and interference suppression method using radar detector

A method of detecting a life includes receiving an echo signal including an in-phase component and a quadrature component, performing a preprocessing procedure on the echo signal to generate a preprocessed signal, generating, according to the preprocessed signal, complex conjugate data associated with the in-phase component and the quadrature component, performing a first time-domain-to-frequency-domain transform on the complex conjugate data to generate Doppler spectrogram data comprising a plurality of positive velocity energies and a plurality of negative velocity energies, generating combined Doppler spectrogram data according to the plurality of positive velocity energies and the plurality of negative velocity energies, performing a second time time-domain-to-frequency-domain transform on the combined Doppler spectrogram data to generate spectrum data, and determining whether a life is detected according to the spectrum data.

Detection system and method of detecting life using radar

A radar apparatus and a leakage correction method thereof are provided. The radar apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a sinewave signal generator. The sinewave signal generator generates a sinewave signal. The receiver includes another sinewave signal generator and a correcting circuit. The receiver receives transmitting signals including the sinewave signal from the transmitter. The sinewave signal generator of the receiver generates another sinewave signal according to the amplitude of the transmitting signals or received transmitting signals. The correcting circuit corrects leakage situation on the received transmitting signals according to another sinewave signal. The phasor of sinewave form corresponding to the leakage situation relates to the phasor of another sinewave signal. Accordingly, the performance of receiver may be improved effectively.

Radar apparatus and leakage correction method

An object recognition method includes generating a first frequency domain signal according to a first echo signal, updating at least one parameter of a primary classifier according to the first frequency domain signal and a training target corresponding to the first frequency domain signal, generating a second frequency domain signal according to a second echo signal, and generating object classification data corresponding to the second frequency domain signal according to the second frequency domain signal and the at least one parameter of the primary classifier. The object classification data is associated with presence of a second object.

Object recognition method using radar, object recognition system, and method of updating primary classifier in object recognition system

Doppler signal processing device for detecting an object according to a received wireless signal. The Doppler signal processing device includes a frequency analysis unit for generating a frequency domain signal vector according to at least one digital signal, an interference suppression unit for performing a suppression operation according to the frequency domain signal vector and a frequency domain interference estimation signal vector to generate an interference suppressed frequency domain signal vector, an interference estimation unit for generating the frequency domain interference estimation signal vector according to the frequency domain signal vector, a detection unit for generating a result signal according to the interference suppressed frequency domain signal vector, an error detection unit for optionally providing an error detection control signal to the interference estimation unit to adjust a rate of updating the frequency domain interference estimation signal vector.

Doppler signal processing device and method thereof for interference spectrum tracking and suppression

An ultra-wideband radar transceiver and an operating method thereof are provided. The ultra-wideband radar transceiver includes a receiving module. The receiving module includes an I/Q signal generator, a first sensing circuit and a second sensing circuit. The I/Q signal generator receives M consecutive echo signals and generates M consecutive in-phase signals and M consecutive quadrature-phase signals accordingly, wherein M is an integer greater than 1. The first sensing circuit is coupled to the I/Q signal generator to receive the M consecutive in-phase signals and is configured to perform integration and analog-to-digital conversion on the M consecutive in-phase signals to generate a first digital data. The second sensing circuit is coupled to the I/Q signal generator to receive the M consecutive quadrature-phase signals and is configured to perform integration and analog-to-digital conversion on the M consecutive quadrature-phase signals to generate a second digital data.

Ultra-wideband radar transceiver and operating method thereof

A phase information extraction circuit includes a first mixer circuit for generating a second analog signal by mixing a carrier signal with a first analog signal generated by a transmitted signal reflected by the object, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the first mixer circuit for generating a first digital signal according to the second analog signal, an in-phase quadrature (I/Q) signal generator coupled to the ADC for generating a digital I signal and a digital Q signal according to the first digital signal, and a first phase acquisition unit for extracting phase information according to the digital I signal and the digital Q signal.

Phase information extraction circuit and method thereof for object movement detection

A signal processing system includes a transmission module and a receiving module. The transmission module generates and transmits a transmitted radio frequency signal according to a data signal and a first spread vector. The transmission module includes a spread spectrum unit, a digital-to-analog converter and a mixer. The spread spectrum unit generates a spread spectrum signal according to the data signal and the first spread vector. The digital-to-analog unit generates an analog signal according to the spread spectrum signal. The mixer mixes the analog signal and a carrier signal so as to generate the transmitted radio frequency signal. The receiving module receives a received radio frequency signal and a second spread vector so as to generate a spectrum despread signal and generate object detection information data accordingly. The received radio frequency signal is generated by having the transmitted radio frequency signal reflected by a measured object.

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