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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Inxpect S.p.a., Brescia, IT;
Alessio Degani, Brescia, IT;
Federico Papi, Brescia, IT;
Filippo Parrini, Florence, IT;
Alessandro Spinetti, Brescia, IT;
INXPECT S.P.A., Brescia (BS), IT;
Abstract
A system () and a method for finding the direction (θ) of a target () in a detection plane, e.g. the azimuthal plane. The system comprises a plurality of transceivers () which transmit continuous-wave radio signals () oriented in distinct main directions of transmission () and receive a return radio signal () reflected from a target (), wherein the transceivers have partially overlapping angular fields of view. A controller () analyzes the transmitted and return signals by calculating signal amplitudes associated with the return signals and determining the direction (θ) of the target as a direction of a mean signal vector obtained from signal vectors having as a modulus the signal amplitudes of respective transceivers.