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Autonomous moving object

US12386063B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 3, 2024
Grant dateAug 12, 2025
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2044

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S2013/93271
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an autonomous moving object comprising: a radar sensor configured to scan a volume in front of the object, and a radar signal processor configured to: acquire a sequence of radar responses, each radar response of the sequence being acquired at a different position (P) of the autonomous moving object, and perform synthetic aperture radar processing of at least parts of the acquired sequence of radar responses to obtain a synthetic aperture radar image representing response amplitude as a function of at least distance and angle with respect to the radar sensor, the autonomous moving object further comprising: a controller configured to detect presence of a potential obstacle within a pre-defined sub-volume in front of the autonomous moving object by analyzing the synthetic aperture radar image and, in response to detecting presence of a potential obstacle, output a control command configured to cause a changed movement of the autonomous moving object.

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