Radar device, radar positioning system, radar positioning method, and computer readable media storing radar positioning program

A radar device installed in a movable body and for transmitting electromagnetic waves at a predetermined frequency and receiving response waves transmitted from a transponder in response to the electromagnetic waves, respectively, the radar device comprising:

• a representative distance calculator configured to calculate a representative distance from the radar device to the transponder based on the response waves that are continuous over a predetermined azimuth angle range;
• a representative relative azimuth calculator configured to calculate a representative relative azimuth of the transponder from the radar device based on the continuous response waves;
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• a positioning component configured to calculate a location of the radar device based on positional information of the transponder that is contained in each of the response waves, the calculated representative distance, and the calculated representative relative azimuth, the positioning component comprising:
• a candidate location calculator configured to calculate a plurality of candidate locations by calculating each of the candidate locations based on positional information, representative distances, and representative relative azimuths of a plurality of transponders;
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• a selector configured to select the location of the radar device from the plurality of calculated candidate locations, such that among two, first and second candidate locations of the plurality of candidate locations calculated by the candidate location calculator, the selector selects the first candidate location as the location of the radar device when a first relative azimuth difference corresponding to a difference in relative azimuth between first and second transponders with respect to a heading of the movable body at the first candidate location is substantially equal to a second relative azimuth difference corresponding to a difference in representative relative azimuth between the first and second transponders calculated by the representative relative azimuth calculator.

A radar device installed in a movable body and for transmitting electromagnetic waves at a predetermined frequency and receiving response waves transmitted from a transponder in response to the electromagnetic waves, respectively, the radar device comprising:

• a representative distance calculator configured to calculate a representative distance from the radar device to the transponder based on the response waves that are continuous over a predetermined azimuth angle range;
• a representative relative azimuth calculator configured to calculate a representative relative azimuth of the transponder from the radar device based on the continuous response waves;
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• a positioning component configured to calculate a location of the radar device based on positional information of the transponder that is contained in each of the response waves, the calculated representative distance, and the calculated representative relative azimuth, the positioning component comprising:
• a candidate location calculator configured to calculate a plurality of candidate locations by calculating each of the candidate locations based on positional information, representative distances, and representative relative azimuths of a plurality of transponders;
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• a selector configured to select the location of the radar device from the plurality of calculated candidate locations, such that among two, first and second candidate locations of the plurality of candidate locations calculated by the candidate location calculator, the selector selects the location of the radar device based on a positional relation in east-west or north-south directions between the first and second transponders by using characteristics of first and second transponders and the first and second candidate locations locating in quadrants, respectively, centering on an intersection point between a straight line connecting the first candidate location with the second candidate location and a straight line connecting the first transponder with the second transponder.