IP Library Granted Patent US 12,345,801
Granted Patent B2
US 12,345,801 · App. 17/703,081 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Velocity measurement signal transmission method and receiving method

Inventors: Ben Wang (Beijing, CN); Dejian Li (Beijing, CN); Jintai Zhu (Beijing, CN); Dapeng Lao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G01S13/584G01S13/92H04B1/69H04B7/0413H04B2001/6912
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Patent No.
US 12,345,801
App. No.
17/703,081
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A velocity measurement signal transmission and receiving method for an intelligent driving system includes generating a plurality of chirp signals for measuring moving velocities of one or more moving targets ( 301 ); and transmitting the plurality of chirp signals in a time-division multiplexing (TDM) repetition cycle by using M antennas ( 302 ), where the TDM repetition cycle includes one single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles.

Claims (43)

1. A velocity measurement signal transmission method, comprising:

generating a plurality of chirp signals; and

transmitting the plurality of chirp signals in a time-division multiplexing (TDM) repetition cycle using M antennas,

wherein the TDM repetition cycle comprises a single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles,

wherein the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle comprises N frequency sweep cycles,

wherein transmitting the chirp signals further comprises transmitting N chirp signals of the chirp signals in the N frequency sweep cycles by one of the M antennas or simultaneously transmitting the N chirp signals by at least two of the M antennas,

wherein there is a delay between at least two of the M antennas,

wherein each multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle of the L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles comprises M frequency sweep cycles,

wherein M chirp signals of the chirp signals in the M frequency sweep cycles are respectively transmitted in order by the M antennas,

wherein M and N are positive integers greater than 1, and

wherein L is a positive integer.

2. The velocity measurement signal transmission method of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of N to L is greater than a first threshold.

3. The velocity measurement signal transmission method of claim 1 , wherein values of L, M, and N cause a ratio of a quantity of 0 values to a quantity of non-0 values in a weight function w to not exceed a second threshold, wherein the weight function w=c⊗c − , wherein c is a vector that comprises N+L×M elements, wherein c − represents vector inversion of c, wherein ⊗ represents a linear convolution operation of the vector, wherein the N+L×M elements correspond to transmit antennas in the M antennas of N+L×M chirp signals in one TDM repetition cycle starting from the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle or the L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles, wherein an element corresponding to a first transmit antenna of the M transmit antennas in the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is 1, and wherein elements corresponding to the other M−1 antennas other than the first transmit antenna are zero values.

4. The velocity measurement signal transmission method of claim 2 , wherein values of the L, the M, and the N cause a ratio of a quantity of zero values to a quantity of non-0 values in a weight function w does to not exceed a second threshold, wherein the weight function w=c⊗c − , wherein c is a vector that comprises N+L×M elements, wherein c − represents vector inversion of c, wherein ⊗ represents a linear convolution operation of the vector, wherein the N+L×M elements correspond to transmit antennas in the M antennas of N+L×M chirp signals in one TDM repetition cycle starting from the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle or the L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles, wherein an element corresponding to a first transmit antenna of the M transmit antennas in the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is 1, and wherein elements corresponding to the other M−1 antennas other than the first transmit antenna are 0 values.

5. The velocity measurement signal transmission method of claim 1 , wherein a time interval between the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and the multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is zero; or is an integer multiple of the M frequency sweep cycles or the N frequency sweep cycles.

6. The velocity measurement signal transmission method of claim 2 , wherein a time interval between the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and the each multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is zero; or is an integer multiple of the M frequency sweep cycles or the N frequency sweep cycles.

7. The velocity measurement signal transmission method of claim 3 , wherein a time interval between the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and the each multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is zero, or is an integer multiple of the M frequency sweep cycles or the N frequency sweep cycles.

8. The velocity measurement signal transmission method of claim 1 , wherein a first transmit antenna in the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle transmits the (K+1) th chirp signal in the multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and wherein a relationship among M, N, and K satisfies one of the following:

if K= 0, N≥M− 1;

if 0< K≤M,N≥M ; or

if K>M,N≥K+ 1.

9. A signal transmission apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the signal transmission apparatus to:

generate a plurality of chirp signals; and

transmit the plurality of chirp signals in a time division multiplexing (TDM) repetition cycle using M antennas,

wherein the TDM repetition cycle comprises a single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles,

wherein the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle comprises N frequency sweep cycles,

wherein the signal transmission apparatus is configured to transmit N chirp signals of the chirp signals in the N frequency sweep cycles by one of the M antennas or simultaneously transmit the N chirp signals by at least two of the M antennas,

wherein there is a delay between the at least two antennas,

wherein each multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle of the L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles comprises M frequency sweep cycles,

wherein M chirp signals of the chirp signals in the M frequency sweep cycles are respectively transmitted in order by the M antennas, and

wherein M and N are positive integers greater than 1, and L is a positive integer.

10. The signal transmission apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a ratio of N to L is greater than a first threshold.

11. The signal transmission apparatus of claim 9 , wherein values of L, M, and N cause a ratio of a quantity of 0 values to a quantity of non-0 values in a weight function w to not exceed a second threshold, wherein the weight function w=c⊗c − , wherein c is a vector that comprises N+L×M elements, wherein c − represents vector inversion of c, wherein ⊗ represents a linear convolution operation of the vector, wherein the N+L×M elements correspond to transmit antennas in the M antennas of N+L×M chirp signals in one TDM repetition cycle starting from the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle or the L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles, wherein an element corresponding to a first transmit antenna of the M transmit antennas in the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is 1, and wherein elements corresponding to the other M−1 antennas other than the first transmit antenna are 0 values.

12. The signal transmission apparatus of claim 10 , wherein values of the L, the M, and the N cause a ratio of a quantity of 0 values to a quantity of non-0 values in a weight function w to not exceed a second threshold, wherein the weight function w=c⊗c − , wherein c is a vector that comprises N+L×M elements, wherein c − represents vector inversion of c, wherein ⊗ represents a linear convolution operation of the vector, wherein the N+L×M elements correspond to transmit antennas in the M antennas of N+L×M chirp signals in one TDM repetition cycle starting from the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle or the L consecutive multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycles, wherein an element corresponding to a first transmit antenna of the M transmit antennas in the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is 1, and wherein elements corresponding to the other M−1 antennas other than the first transmit antenna are 0 values.

13. The signal transmission apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a time interval between the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and the multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is zero, or is an integer multiple of the M frequency sweep cycles or the N frequency sweep cycles.

14. The signal transmission apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a time interval between the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and the each multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is zero; or is an integer multiple of the M frequency sweep cycles or the frequency sweep cycles.

15. The signal transmission apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a time interval between the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle and the each multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle is zero, or is an integer multiple of the M frequency sweep cycles or the N frequency sweep cycles.

16. The signal transmission apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a first transmit antenna in the single-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle transmits the (K+1) th chirp signal in the multi-antenna transmit mode sub-cycle, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and a relationship among M, N, and K satisfies one of the following:

if K= 0, N≥M− 1;

if 0< K≤M,N≥M ; or

if K>M,N≥K+ 1.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069335/0922 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2024
From: WANG, BEN; LI, DEJIAN; ZHU, JINTAI; LAO, DAPENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069023/0626 →
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