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US 2003/0117312 A1Published application
Radar system
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsMotoi Nakanishi, Toru Ishii, Tetsu Nishimura
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Abstract
In an FM-CW radar system, regarding peaks appearing in the frequency spectrum of a beat signal in an FM-CW radar, groups of consecutive peaks in beam bearings within a predetermined frequency difference are regarded as being caused by reflected waves from a single target, and based on a combination of a peak group in an up-modulating interval and a peak group in a down-modulating interval, a relative distance to a target and its relative speed are determined.
Claims13
A radar system comprising:
- a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting a transmitting signal changing in a triangular waveform so that a frequency-gradually-rising up-modulating interval and a frequency-gradually-dropping down-modulating interval are temporally repeated and for receiving a reception signal including a reflected signal from a target;
- a scanning unit for changing the beam bearing of the transmitting signal for predetermined bearing angles;
- a frequency-analyzing unit for determining data on the frequency spectrum of a beat signal representing a frequency difference between the transmitting signal and the reception signal;
- a detection unit for detecting, based on the frequency of the beat signal in the up-modulating interval and the frequency of the beat signal in the down-modulating interval, at least one of a relative distance to the target and a relative speed thereof;
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- a checking unit in which, peak groups each including consecutive peaks appearing in the frequency spectrum in the beam bearings within a predetermined frequency difference are regarded as being caused by waves reflected by a single target, and said checking unit performs checking, in pairs, of each peak group in the up-modulating interval and each peak group in the down-modulating interval.
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