System and method for controlling operation of a vehicle using a millimeter-wave radar sensor

A method, comprising:

• generating, by a first millimeter-wave radar sensor coupled to a driver-side door of a vehicle, a first set of radar data indicative of a presence of an object within a first field of view;
• generating, by a second millimeter-wave radar sensor coupled to a side-view mirror of the vehicle adjacent to the driver-side door, a second set of radar data indicative of a presence of the object within a second field of view;
• determining, by a processing circuit coupled to the first millimeter-wave radar sensor and the second millimeter-wave radar sensor, whether the object is approaching the driver-side door based on the first set of radar data;
• determining, by the processing circuit, whether the object is approaching the side-view mirror based on the second set of radar data;
• and
• controlling, by a controller coupled to the processing circuit, the first millimeter-wave radar sensor, and the second millimeter-wave radar sensor, an operation of the vehicle based on a control signal provided to the controller by the processing circuit.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, the executable program including instructions to:

• generate, using a first millimeter-wave radar sensor coupled to a driver-side door of a vehicle, a first set of radar data indicative of a presence of an object within a first field of view;
• generate, using a second millimeter-wave radar sensor coupled to a side-view mirror of the vehicle adjacent to the driver-side door, a second set of radar data indicative of a presence of the object within a second field of view;
• determine, using a processing circuit coupled to the first millimeter-wave radar sensor and the second millimeter-wave radar sensor, whether the object is approaching the driver-side door based on the first set of radar data;
• determine, using the processing circuit, whether the object is approaching the side-view mirror based on the second set of radar data;
• and
• control, using a controller coupled to the processing circuit, the first millimeter-wave radar sensor, and the second millimeter-wave radar sensor, an operation of the vehicle based on a control signal provided to the controller by the processing circuit.