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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt, VTT, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT, VTT, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2020.01); A61H 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/426 (2013.01); A61H 3/061 (2013.01); G01S 13/86 (2013.01); G01S 13/90 (2013.01); G01S 13/93 (2013.01); A61H 2003/063 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0184 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5023 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5048 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5058 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable electronic navigational aid () e.g. for the blind (), comprising a radio frequency, preferably millimeter wave, radar () with at least one transmitting (TX) channel and a plurality of receiving (RX) channels, at least one orientation sensor () configured to obtain data indicative of the orientation of the radar, and a processing element () configured to adaptively control () the beamforming of the radar based on the data provided by the orientation sensor. A corresponding method is presented. An accessory, such as a replaceable cover, containing a radio frequency radar for attaching to an electronic host device is presented.