Patent ID: 11860269
Assignee: PERCEPTIVE INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A transponder configured to receive an input probing signal, comprising one or more probing signals, from an object detection system and transmit an output echo signal to the object detection system, wherein the output echo signal is usable for detecting one or more objects in an environment, wherein the transponder is physically separate from the object detection system while being communicatively coupled thereto through a communication link, the transponder comprising:
an upconverter unit configured to upconvert the one or more probing signals to generate one or more RF probing signals;
a downconverter unit configured to generate one or more echo signals by down-converting one or more RF echo signals associated with the one or more RF probing signals, wherein the output echo signal comprises the one or more echo signals;
an antenna unit configured to:
generate free space probing waves using the one or more RF probing signals and direct the free space probing waves to the environment for detecting the one or more objects, and
generate the one or more RF echo signals using free space echo waves received from the one or more objects;
wherein the one or more probing signals comprise one or more baseband signals generated by the object detection system.