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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Qi Wang, Stuttgart, DE;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A surveillance apparatus for determining a position of an object in a field of view, comprising a radar sensor having at least on transmitting antenna configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation and a plurality of receiving antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation, wherein the receiving antennas form a virtual antenna array, and a processing unit connected to the radar sensor to receive signals from the receiving antennas corresponding to the received electromagnetic radiation, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a correlation matrix on the basis of the received signals, and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a direction of a position of the object in the field of view with respect to the radar sensor on the basis of the correlation matrix for a defined distance of the object from the radar sensor.