Method of operating a radar system to reduce nuisance alerts caused by false stationary targets
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMatthew R. Smith, Robert J. Cashler
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Abstract
A method for operating a radar system on a vehicle to reduce nuisance alerts caused by a stationary structure proximate to the vehicle. The method includes determining a stationary count indicative of the number of targets detected by the radar system that are within a travel path of the vehicle and are classified by the radar system as stationary, and indicating that the vehicle is proximate to a stationary structure if the stationary count is greater than a count threshold.
Claims10
A method for operating a radar system on a vehicle to reduce nuisance alerts caused by a stationary structure proximate to the vehicle, said method comprising:
- providing a radar system that includes a radar antenna and a controller;
- determining by the system a stationary count indicative of the number of targets presently detected by the radar system that are within a travel path of the vehicle and are classified by the radar system as stationary;
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- indicating by the system that the vehicle is proximate to a stationary structure if the stationary count is greater than a count threshold.
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