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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Uhnder, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Curtis Davis, St. Louis, MO (US);
Manju Hegde, St. Louis, MO (US);
Wayne E. Stark, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aria Eshraghi, Austin, TX (US);
Marius Goldenberg, Austin, TX (US);
Murtaza Ali, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Uhnder, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A shared radar and communication system for a vehicle includes capabilities for radar detection and communication with vehicles equipped with similar systems. The radar system is equipped with pluralities of transmit antennas and pluralities of receive antennas. The radar transmits a signal modulated with spread codes that are information bits. A receiver discriminates the signals sent from own transmitters and multiple reflections to detect objects of interest. In addition, the receiver discriminates signals transmitted from different systems on other vehicles. This requires the receiving system to have knowledge of the codes transmitted by the other vehicle. The receiving system determines the information bits sent by the other vehicle. If multiple radar systems on multiple vehicles use different sets of codes (but known to each other), the multiple systems can create a communication infra-structure in addition to radar detection and imaging.