FOOTWEAR SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210325560A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US16894484

    申请日:2020-06-05

    IPC分类号: G01V3/12 H04B1/38 G01N22/00

    摘要: Footwear scanning systems and associated methods are described. According to one aspect, a footwear scanning system includes a base, a shuttle configured to rotate beneath the base, wherein the shuttle comprises an antenna array configured to transmit electromagnetic waves through the base into footwear above the base during the rotation of the shuttle and to receive electromagnetic waves reflected from the footwear during the rotation of the shuttle, a transceiver coupled with the antenna array and configured to apply electrical signals to the antenna array to generate the transmitted electromagnetic waves and to receive electrical signals from the antenna array corresponding to the received electromagnetic waves, and processing circuitry configured to process an output of the transceiver corresponding to the received electromagnetic waves to provide information regarding contents within the footwear.

    Footwear Scanning Systems and Methods
    3.
    发明申请
    Footwear Scanning Systems and Methods 有权
    鞋类扫描系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140320331A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-30

    申请号:US13870835

    申请日:2013-04-25

    IPC分类号: G01S13/88

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for scanning articles, such as footwear, to provide information regarding the contents of the articles are described. According to one aspect, a footwear scanning system includes a platform configured to contact footwear to be scanned, an antenna array configured to transmit electromagnetic waves through the platform into the footwear and to receive electromagnetic waves from the footwear and the platform, a transceiver coupled with antennas of the antenna array and configured to apply electrical signals to at least one of the antennas to generate the transmitted electromagnetic waves and to receive electrical signals from at least another of the antennas corresponding to the electromagnetic waves received by the others of the antennas, and processing circuitry configured to process the received electrical signals from the transceiver to provide information regarding contents within the footwear.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于扫描诸如鞋类的物品的方法和装置,以提供关于物品内容的信息。 根据一个方面,一种鞋类扫描系统包括被配置为接触待扫描的鞋类的平台,被配置为将电磁波通过平台传输到鞋类中并且接收来自鞋类和平台的电磁波的天线阵列,与 天线阵列的天线,并且被配置为将电信号施加到至少一个天线以产生所发射的电磁波并且从与天线中的其他天线接收的电磁波相对应的至少另一个天线接收电信号,以及 处理电路被配置为处理来自收发器的接收的电信号以提供关于鞋类内容的信息。

    Imaging Systems and Imaging Methods
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240345244A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18133777

    申请日:2023-04-12

    IPC分类号: G01S13/90 G01S13/88

    摘要: Imaging systems and associated methods are described. According to one aspect, an imaging system includes processing circuitry configured to: access radar data for a plurality of sampling points at a plurality of different locations of an imaging aperture, and wherein the radar data results from the transmission and reception of electromagnetic energy via an antenna array with respect to a target imaging volume; access a plurality of different weightings that correspond to different ones of the sampling points of the imaging aperture; focus the radar data of the sampling points to generate an image of the target imaging volume; and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to use the different weightings of the sampling points to focus the radar data of respective ones of the sampling points.

    Imaging Systems and Associated Methods
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240118411A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-11

    申请号:US17959890

    申请日:2022-10-04

    摘要: Imaging systems and associated methods are described. According to one aspect, an imaging system includes an antenna array having transmit and receive antennas, the transmit antennas emit electromagnetic energy from a plurality of different positions about a target imaging volume and the receive antennas receive reflections of the electromagnetic energy at the different positions, a transceiver configured to control the emission of the electromagnetic energy and to generate radar data that is indicative of the reflections of the electromagnetic energy received via the receive antennas; and processing circuitry configured to focus the radar data to provide first focused data in a first dimension, to focus the radar data in a second dimension to provide second focused data, and use the second focused data to focus the radar data in a third dimension to provide third focused data comprising an image of the target imaging volume.

    Footwear scanning systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11520069B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US16894484

    申请日:2020-06-05

    摘要: Footwear scanning systems and associated methods are described. According to one aspect, a footwear scanning system includes a base, a shuttle configured to rotate beneath the base, wherein the shuttle comprises an antenna array configured to transmit electromagnetic waves through the base into footwear above the base during the rotation of the shuttle and to receive electromagnetic waves reflected from the footwear during the rotation of the shuttle, a transceiver coupled with the antenna array and configured to apply electrical signals to the antenna array to generate the transmitted electromagnetic waves and to receive electrical signals from the antenna array corresponding to the received electromagnetic waves, and processing circuitry configured to process an output of the transceiver corresponding to the received electromagnetic waves to provide information regarding contents within the footwear.

    Imaging Systems and Related Methods Including Radar Imaging with Moving Arrays or Moving Targets

    公开(公告)号:US20200319331A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16837763

    申请日:2020-04-01

    IPC分类号: G01S13/90 G01S7/35 G01S13/42

    摘要: Imaging systems, including radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave arrangements, and related methods are described. According to one aspect, an imaging system includes an antenna array, a position capture system configured to generate position information indicative of locations of one of the antenna array and the target at the first and second moments in time, and wherein the one of the antenna array and the target move between the first and second moments in time, a transceiver configured to control the antenna array to emit electromagnetic energy towards the target and to generate an output that is indicative of the received electromagnetic energy, a data acquisition system configured to generate radar data, processing circuitry configured to process the position information and the radar data to generate image data regarding the target, and an interface configured to use the image data to generate visual images regarding the target.

    Apparatus for synthetic imaging of an object
    8.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for synthetic imaging of an object 有权
    用于物体的合成成像的装置

    公开(公告)号:US08937570B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-20

    申请号:US13629849

    申请日:2012-09-28

    发明人: David M. Sheen

    CPC分类号: G01S13/90 H01Q21/061

    摘要: An apparatus for synthetic imaging of an object is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of transmitter elements spaced apart by a first distance in a first column and a plurality of receiver elements spaced apart by a second distance in a second column. The first distance and the second distance are different. The plurality of transmitter elements is a non-integer multiple of the plurality of receiver elements, and the plurality of receiver elements is a non-integer multiple of the plurality of transmitter elements.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于物体的合成成像的装置。 该装置包括在第一列中间隔开第一距离的多个发射器元件和在第二列中间隔开第二距离的多个接收器元件。 第一距离和第二距离是不同的。 多个发射机元件是多个接收机元件的非整数倍,并且多个接收机元件是多个发射机元件的非整数倍。

    Footwear scanning systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US09715012B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-25

    申请号:US13870835

    申请日:2013-04-25

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for scanning articles, such as footwear, to provide information regarding the contents of the articles are described. According to one aspect, a footwear scanning system includes a platform configured to contact footwear to be scanned, an antenna array configured to transmit electromagnetic waves through the platform into the footwear and to receive electromagnetic waves from the footwear and the platform, a transceiver coupled with antennas of the antenna array and configured to apply electrical signals to at least one of the antennas to generate the transmitted electromagnetic waves and to receive electrical signals from at least another of the antennas corresponding to the electromagnetic waves received by the others of the antennas, and processing circuitry configured to process the received electrical signals from the transceiver to provide information regarding contents within the footwear.