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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Haitham Zuhair Al-hassanieh, Cambridge, MA (US);

Fadel Adib, Cambridge, MA (US);

Dina Katabi, Cambridge, MA (US);

Piotr Indyk, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Haitham Zuhair Al-Hassanieh, Cambridge, MA (US);

Fadel Adib, Cambridge, MA (US);

Dina Katabi, Cambridge, MA (US);

Piotr Indyk, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/30 (2010.01); G01S 19/37 (2010.01); H04B 1/709 (2011.01); H04B 1/7105 (2011.01); H04N 19/60 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/30 (2013.01); G01S 19/37 (2013.01); H04B 1/709 (2013.01); H04B 1/71052 (2013.01); H04N 19/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

An offset estimator (e.g., a time delay, a spatial image offset, etc.) makes use of a transform approach (e.g., using Fast Fourier Transforms). The sparse nature of a cross-correlation is exploited by limiting the computation required in either or both of the forward and inverse transforms. For example, only a subset of the transform values (e.g., a regular subsampling of the values) is used. In some examples, an inverse transform yields a time aliased version of the cross-correlation. Further processing then identifies the most likely offset of the original signals by considering offsets that are consistent with the aliased output.


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