Sony Corporation

Marcel Blech

Furkan Dayi

Ralf Boehnke

Qi Wang

Miquel Testar

Ali Eray Topak

Richard Stirling-Gallacher

Ralf Böhnke

Stefan Koch

Arndt Thomas Ott

Matthias Riedel

A surveillance apparatus, a corresponding method, surveillance radar apparatus, computer program, and non-transitory computer-readable recordable recording medium, the surveillance apparatus including an optical camera that captures images based on received light, the optical camera having a first field of view, a radar sensor that emits and receives electromagnetic radiation, the radar sensor having a second field of view, and wherein the first field of view is variable with respect to the second field of view.

Surveillance apparatus having an optical camera and a radar sensor

A method and device for generating an image, the method including: generating an active radar image of an object; displaying the active radar image in a first representation on a display of a handheld screening device; detecting a movement of the handheld screening device; generating a second representation of the displayed radar image based on the detected movement.

Method for generating an image and handheld screening device

A security system comprises a line array of antenna elements configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation and to receive scattered electromagnetic radiation scattered back from an object and an automatic movement element that automatically moves between at least two positions to perform a predetermined function. Said line array is mounted to said automatic movement element to transmit electromagnetic radiation to and receive scattered electromagnetic radiation from a screening area in front of and/or behind the automatic movement element. A controller controls said antenna elements to transmit electromagnetic radiation and to receive scattered electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of positions of the automatic movement element. A processor processes scattered electromagnetic radiation received at a plurality of positions of the automatic movement element and generates image information of the screening area using position information about the plurality of positions of the automatic movement element at which scattered electromagnetic radiation is received and used for processing. The automatic movement element is an automatic door that automatically opens and closes or an advertisement board that automatically changes between two or more advertisements. The automatic movement element is an automatic door that automatically opens and closes or an advertisement board that automatically changes between two or more advertisements.

Security system, method and device

A microwave antenna apparatus includes: a redistribution layer including a carrier layer, a ground plane arranged on a first or second surface of the carrier layer, and a microstrip line arranged on the other one of the first or second surface of the carrier layer; a semiconductor element mounted on the first surface of the carrier layer and coupled to the ground plane and the microstrip line; a mold layer that covers the semiconductor element and the first surface of the carrier layer; and a waveguide arranged within the mold layer and on the first surface of the carrier layer and coupled to the semiconductor element by the microstrip line, wherein a solid state filling material is arranged within the waveguide. Further, integrated antennas and transitions are presented within eWLB packages.

Microwave antenna apparatus, packing and manufacturing method

A surveillance apparatus includes an optical camera that captures images based on received light, the optical camera including a camera aperture and a radar sensor including one or more transmitting antennas configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and one or more receiving antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation. The one or more transmitting antennas and the one or more receiving antennas form a virtual antenna array. The one or more transmitting antennas and the one or more receiving antennas are arranged such with respect to the optical camera that the center area of the virtual antenna array and the center area of the camera aperture coincide.

A handheld screening device including: an antenna array including a plurality of antennas; an input mechanism to select an operation mode; and a controller to determine a group of antennas of the plurality of antennas, wherein the number of antennas in the group is based on the selected operation mode, and to control the group of antennas to emit electromagnetic waves. A corresponding method operates the handheld screening device.

Method for operating a handheld screening device and a handheld screening device

A surveillance apparatus, a corresponding method, surveillance radar apparatus, computer program, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, the surveillance apparatus including an optical camera that captures images based on received light, the optical camera having a first field of view, a radar sensor that emits and receives electromagnetic radiation, the radar sensor having a second field of view, and wherein the first field of view is variable with respect to the second field of view.

A package for embedding one or more electronic components comprises a carrier structure a silicon-based carrier layer, one or more electronic components embedded in one or more cavities formed in the carrier layer, and a cover structure arranged on top of the carrier structure. The cover structure comprises a cover layer and one or more cavities formed in the cover layer. An antenna element and/or a waveguide for connection to an antenna element is formed in and/or on top of the cover layer and coupled to the one or more cavities.

Package with embedded electronic components and a waveguide cavity through the package cover, antenna apparatus including package, and method of manufacturing the same

A method for generating an image is provided including taking a first active radar image of an object from a first position with a handheld screening device; taking a second active radar image of the object from a second position with the handheld screening device; and generating a third image based on the first active radar image and the second active radar image. A corresponding handheld screening device is provided as well.

A method for operating a handheld screening device is provided, including taking a first image; determining a region of interest in the first image; and generating a scanned image by an active radar scan of the region of interest. A corresponding handheld screening device is provided as well.

Method for operating a handheld screening device and handheld screening device

An optically controlled microwave antenna that reduces optical power consumed by the antenna. The optically controlled microwave antenna includes an antenna array including plural antenna elements and a feed for illuminating the antenna array with and/or receiving microwave radiation of the operating frequency from the antenna array to transmit and/or receive microwave radiation. An antenna element includes a waveguide, an optically controllable semiconductor element arranged within the waveguide in front of a light transmissive portion of a second end portion, the semiconductor element changing its material properties under control of incident light, and a controllable light source arranged at or close to the light transmissive portion of the second end portion for projecting a controlled light beam onto the semiconductor element for controlling its material properties, in particular its reflectivity.

Optically controlled microwave antenna

A method for displaying an active radar image of an object on a handheld screening device is provided comprising taking a sequence of active radar images of an object, the different active radar images of the sequence being representative for different distances of the object from the handheld screening device; selecting an image of the sequence of active radar images; and displaying the selected image on a display. A corresponding handheld screening device is provided as well.

Method for displaying an active radar image and handheld screening device

An antenna arrangement comprises a first antenna array comprising a systematic arrangement of first antennas, at least two second antenna arrays, arranged adjacent to said first antenna array and each comprising a systematic arrangement of second antennas, at least two third antenna arrays each comprising at least one third antenna, wherein a third antenna array is arranged at a border area of said first antenna array and a second antenna array and replaces a first antenna closest to the adjacent second antenna array and a second antenna closest to the adjacent first antenna array. Said first or second antennas are transmitting and the other of said first or second antennas are receiving radiation. The at least one third antenna is transmitting and/or receiving radiation.

Antenna arrangement and beam forming device

An optically controlled microwave antenna that reduces the optical power consumed by the antenna and to enable polarimetric detection an optically controlled microwave antenna comprises an antenna array and a feed for illuminating said antenna array with and/or receiving microwave radiation. The antenna array comprises a plurality of antenna elements each including a waveguide, two optically controllable semiconductor elements arranged within the waveguide in front of the light transmissive portion of the second end portion, a controllable light source arranged at or close to the light transmissive portion of the second end portion for projecting a controlled light beam onto said semiconductor element for controlling its material properties, and a septum arranged within the waveguide in front of the light transmissive portion of the second end portion and separating said waveguide into two waveguide portions.

Dual-polarized optically controlled microwave antenna

A microwave antenna comprises an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements. An antenna element comprises a cover, a hollow waveguide formed within the cover for guiding microwave radiation at an operating frequency between a first open end portion and a second end portion arranged opposite the first end portion, a septum arranged centrally and along the longitudinal direction within the waveguide and separating said waveguide into two waveguide portions, a substrate arrangement arranged at the second end portion within the cover, said substrate arrangement comprising a ground plane and line structures arranged on both sides of and at a distance from said ground plane and a substrate integrated waveguide, a waveguide transition arranged between said hollow waveguide and said substrate integrated waveguide, an integrated circuit arranged within said cover and electrically contacted to said ground plane and said line structures, and terminals electrically contacted to said integrated circuit.

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Herrenberg, Germany

Marcel Blech