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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 7/03 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 5/22 (2015.01); H01Q 5/40 (2015.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 7/03 (2013.01); H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H01Q 5/22 (2015.01); H01Q 5/40 (2015.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); G01S 2007/027 (2013.01); G01S 2013/0245 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.