Patent ID: 11906617
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A radar system comprising:
a transmit array comprising a plurality of transmit antenna elements;
radar transmitter electronics in signal communication with the transmit array, wherein the radar transmitter electronics, in conjunction with the transmit array, are configured to output a frequency modulation continuous wave (FMCW) transmit beam that illuminates a fixed high aspect ratio field of regard (FOR) that is greater extent in a first illumination direction than in a second illumination direction,
wherein the second illumination direction is substantially perpendicular to the first illumination direction, and

a receive array comprising a plurality of receive antenna elements; and
radar receiver electronics operable to receive a plurality of receive signals from the receive array; and
processing circuitry operable to:
within the radar receiver electronics, perform digital beam forming from the plurality of receive signals;
determine one or more characteristics of a sub-area of the FOR illuminated by the fixed high aspect ratio FMCW transmit beam, wherein the digital beam forming results in a first digital beam and a first sub-area, and the processing circuitry is further operable to generate a second digital beam different from the first digital beam, and the processing circuitry is operable to determine one or more characteristics of a second sub-area simultaneously with determining characteristics of the first sub-area;
establish a communication session with an external computing device via an application program interface (API), wherein the communication session comprises:
receiving control inputs from the external computing device via the API;
outputting a signal to an external display device, wherein the signal comprises:
target detection information in three dimensions, the three dimensions including range, azimuth, and elevation; and
target movement characteristics, including relative velocity and angular velocity.