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Sensor and method for estimating position of living body

US10928496B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2017
Grant dateFeb 23, 2021
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/0209
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor includes at least one transmitting station including a transmission antenna; a plurality of receiving stations each including a reception array antenna; a first circuit that extracts, from signals observed by the reception array antenna of each of the plurality of receiving stations, living-body components, which are signal components transmitted from the transmission antenna and reflected by at least one living body; a second circuit that calculates, from the extracted living-body components, a plurality of position spectral functions, which are evaluation functions for evaluating a position of the at least one living body when viewed from the plurality of respective receiving stations; and a third circuit that integrates the plurality of calculated position spectral functions into one position spectral function, and calculates at least one maximum value of the position spectral function obtained as a result of integration to estimate the position of the at least one living body.

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