Compressed Sensing for Gesture Tracking and Recognition with Radar
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing, by an emitter of a radar system, a radar field;
receiving, at a receiver of the radar system, one or more reflection signals caused by a gesture performed within the radar field;
digitally sampling the one or more reflection signals based, at least in part, on compressed sensing to generate digital samples;
analyzing, using the receiver, the digital samples at least by using one or more sensing matrices to extract information from the digital samples; and
determining the gesture using the information extracted from the digital samples.
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Abstract
This document describes techniques using, and devices embodying, radar-based gesture recognition using compressed sensing. These techniques and devices can enable a great breadth of gestures and uses for those gestures, such as gestures to use, control, and interact with computing and non-computing devices, from software applications to refrigerators. The techniques and devices are capable of providing a radar field that can sense gestures from multiple actors at one time and through obstructions using compressed sensing, thereby improving gesture breadth and accuracy over many conventional techniques using less complex components.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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providing, by an emitter of a radar system, a radar field; receiving, at a receiver of the radar system, one or more reflection signals caused by a gesture performed within the radar field; digitally sampling the one or more reflection signals based, at least in part, on compressed sensing to generate digital samples; analyzing, using the receiver, the digital samples at least by using one or more sensing matrices to extract information from the digital samples; and determining the gesture using the information extracted from the digital samples. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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providing, using an emitter of a device, a radar field; receiving, at the device, a reflection signal from interaction with the radar field; processing, using the device, the reflection signal by; acquiring N random samples of the reflection signal over a data acquisition window based, at least in part, on compressed sensing; and extracting information from the N random samples by applying one or more sensing matrices to the N random samples; determining a gesture associated with the interaction with the radar field; and responsive to determining the gesture, passing the gesture to an application or operating system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A radar-based gesture recognition system comprising:
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a radar-emitting element configured to provide a radar field; an antenna element configured to receive reflections generated from interference with the radar field; an analog-to-digital (ADC) converter configured to capture digital samples based, at least in part, on compressed sensing; and at least one processor configured to process the digital samples sufficient to determine a gesture associated with the interference by extracting information from the digital samples using one or more sensing matrices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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