IP Library Granted Patent US 12,455,306
Granted Patent B2
US 12,455,306 · App. 18/437,662 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Spectrum analysis program, signal processing device, radar device, communication terminal, fixed communication device, and recording medium

Inventors: Nobuya Arakawa (Nagaokakyo, JP); Katsuhisa Kashiwagi (Nagaokakyo, JP); Ryo Saito (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
G01R23/16G01S13/34
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Patent No.
US 12,455,306
App. No.
18/437,662
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spectrum analysis program causing a computer system to execute: generating, using an AF method, first frequency spectrum data having continuous frequency values from a wireless signal, generating, using a frequency spectrum analysis method for outputting reference power values for the wireless signal, second frequency spectrum data having discrete frequency values from the wireless signal, pairing, with each other, frequency values that are closest among frequency values of the first frequency spectrum data and frequency values of the second frequency spectrum data, and generating, based on a comparison between a first power value at a first frequency in the first frequency spectrum data and a second power value at a second frequency corresponding to the first frequency in the second frequency spectrum data, frequency spectrum data serving as an analysis result.

Claims (30)

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a spectrum analysis program causing a computer to execute:

generating, using an annihilating filter method, first frequency spectrum data from a received wireless signal;

generating, using a frequency spectrum analysis method different from the annihilating filter method, second frequency spectrum data from the wireless signal;

pairing, with each other, frequency values that are closest among frequency values of the first frequency spectrum data and frequency values of the second frequency spectrum data; and

generating, based on a comparison between a first power value at a first frequency in the first frequency spectrum data and a second power value at a second frequency corresponding to the first frequency in the second frequency spectrum data, frequency spectrum data indicating an analysis result, wherein the first power value is used as a power value at the first frequency in the frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result in a case where the first power value is less than or equal to the second power value, and the second power value is used as a power value at the first frequency in the frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result in a case where the second power value is less than the first power value.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a spectrum analysis program according to claim 1 , wherein

the frequency values of the second frequency spectrum data are discrete values.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a spectrum analysis program according to claim 2 , wherein

the frequency spectrum analysis method different from the annihilating filter method is a discrete Fourier transform.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a spectrum analysis program according to claim 1 , wherein

the frequency spectrum analysis method different from the annihilating filter method is a discrete Fourier transform.

5 . A signal processing device comprising:

a processor configured to

generate, using an annihilating filter method, first frequency spectrum data from a received wireless signal;

generate, using a frequency spectrum analysis method different from the annihilating filter method, second frequency spectrum data from the wireless signal;

pair, with each other, frequency values that are closest among frequency values of the first frequency spectrum data and frequency values of the second frequency spectrum data; and

generate, based on a comparison between a first power value at a first frequency in the first frequency spectrum data and a second power value at a second frequency corresponding to the first frequency in the second frequency spectrum data, frequency spectrum data indicating an analysis result, wherein the first power value is used as a power value at the first frequency in the frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result in a case where the first power value is less than or equal to the second power value, and the second power value is used as a power value at the first frequency in the frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result in a case where the second power value is less than the first power value.

6 . A radar device comprising:

the signal processing device according to claim 5 ;

a transmission antenna configured to transmit a transmission signal to an object;

a reception antenna configured to receive, as a reception signal, a reflected wave of the transmission signal reflected by the object; and

a mixer configured to mix the transmission signal and the reception signal to output an intermediate frequency signal indicating a frequency difference between the transmission signal and the reception signal;

wherein the signal processing device is configured to generate frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result by treating the intermediate frequency signal as the wireless signal, and estimate, based on the frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result, any one of a speed, a distance, and an angle of the object.

7 . A communication terminal comprising:

a reception antenna that receives a wireless signal from a base station or another communication terminal; and

the signal processing device according to claim 5 , configured to estimate a direction of arrival of the wireless signal from the frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result.

8 . A fixed communication device comprising:

a reception antenna configured to receive a wireless signal from a communication terminal; and

the signal processing device according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor of the signal processing device is configured to estimate, from the frequency spectrum data indicating the analysis result, a time of reception of the wireless signal by the reception antenna, and estimate a distance between the communication terminal and the fixed communication device from a difference between a time of transmission of the wireless signal from the communication terminal and the time of reception of the wireless signal by the reception antenna.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: ARAKAWA, NOBUYA; KASHIWAGI, KATSUHISA; SAITO, RYO
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-131071 · Aug 11, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022028690 · Jul 26, 2022
Related Publication 20240183890A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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