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Estimating device and estimating method

US11175380B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2019
Grant dateNov 16, 2021
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/68
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An estimating device includes: a transmission antenna; a transmission signal generator that generates a multicarrier signal; a transmitter that outputs the multicarrier signal to the transmission antenna; a reception antenna; a receiver that measures reception signals including a reflected signal which is the transmitted multicarrier signal that has been reflected or dispersed by the moving body; a complex transfer function calculator that calculates, from the measured reception signals, a plurality of complex transfer functions indicating propagation characteristics between a transmission antenna element and a reception antenna element; a moving body correlation matrix calculator that calculates, for each of subcarriers, a moving body correlation matrix from the complex transfer functions; a subcarrier integrator that integrates the moving body correlation matrices; and an estimation processor that estimates the direction or position in which the moving body is present, using the integrated moving body correlation matrix obtained by the integration.

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