Apparatus for high accuracy distance and velocity measurement and methods thereof
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1. A method for measuring a parameter of a target, the method comprising:
- transmitting at least one signal towards a target;
receiving at least one of a return signal sent in response to a detection of the transmitted signal at the target and at least a portion of the transmitted signal back from the target;
equivalent time sampling at two or more times of at least one portion of the received signal to obtain a sampled signal, wherein a time period between the times for sampling is greater than a period of the at least one transmitted signal;
determining a measured parameter based on at least one of an amplitude of the sampled signal and a phase of the sampled signal.
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Abstract
A system and method for measuring a parameter of a target in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes transmitting at least one signal towards a target and receiving at least a portion of the transmitted signal back from the target. The measured parameter is one of distance velocity, or reflectivity. The transmitted signal is of the coherent burst waveform, and upon reception is processed with equivalent time sampling, AGC with minimal, if any, error, and a discrete Fourier transform.
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51 Claims
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1. A method for measuring a parameter of a target, the method comprising:
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transmitting at least one signal towards a target; receiving at least one of a return signal sent in response to a detection of the transmitted signal at the target and at least a portion of the transmitted signal back from the target; equivalent time sampling at two or more times of at least one portion of the received signal to obtain a sampled signal, wherein a time period between the times for sampling is greater than a period of the at least one transmitted signal; determining a measured parameter based on at least one of an amplitude of the sampled signal and a phase of the sampled signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 37, 38)
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19. A system for measuring a parameter of a target, the system comprising:
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a transmission system which transmits at least one signal towards a target; a receiving system that receives at least one of a return signal sent in response to a detection of the transmitted signal at the target and at least a portion of the transmitted signal back from the target; an equivalent time sampling system that at two or more times samples at least one portion of the received signal to obtain a sampled signal, wherein a time period between the times for sampling is greater than a period of the at least one transmitted signal; and a parameter processing system that determines a measured parameter based on at least one of an amplitude of the sampled signal and a phase of the sampled signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39)
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40. A method for measuring the distance of a target, the method comprising:
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transmitting at least one coherent burst signal towards a target; receiving a portion of the transmitted signal back from the target; equivalent time sampling at two or more times at least one portion of the received signal to obtain a sampled signal, wherein a time period between the times for sampling is greater than a period of the at least one coherent burst signal; and determining the distance based on the sampled signal and a phase difference between the transmitted signal and the sampled signal. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 50)
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45. A system for measuring the distance of a target, the system comprising:
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a transmission system which transmits at least one coherent burst signal towards a target; a receiving system that receives a portion of the transmitted signal back from the target; an equivalent time sampling system that samples at two or more times at least one portion of the received signal to obtain a sampled signal, wherein a time period between the times for sampling is greater than a period of the at least one coherent burst signal; and a distance processing system that determines the distance based on the sampled signal and a phase difference between the transmitted signal and the sampled signal. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 51)
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