EP3368916A1 - Procédé et dispositif de suivi d'objets, en particulier d'objets en mouvement, dans l'espace tridimentionnel de capteurs radars imageurs - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de suivi d'objets, en particulier d'objets en mouvement, dans l'espace tridimentionnel de capteurs radars imageurs

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EP3368916A1
EP3368916A1 EP16784532.0A EP16784532A EP3368916A1 EP 3368916 A1 EP3368916 A1 EP 3368916A1 EP 16784532 A EP16784532 A EP 16784532A EP 3368916 A1 EP3368916 A1 EP 3368916A1
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Andre Giere
Manuel Wolf
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  • the invention relates to a method, a use and a device for improving and tracking objects, in particular moving objects, in the three-dimensional space of imaging radar sensors.
  • the individual sensor units or front ends are individually coupled to a control device and data evaluation device, and the joint viewing of the front ends takes place only at the tracker level.
  • the size of the system and its costs grow.
  • any additional mounted and waiting device can incur significant costs, determined by the number and size of sensors used.
  • millimeter-wave radar sensors for use in object detection, e.g. for automotive and aeronautical applications a compact and cost-effective design.
  • the senor should allow object detection in three-dimensional space, which allows additional precise localization both in the horizontal and in the vertical.
  • tracking (tracking) of the objects is to be made possible.
  • the data rate with which the sensor information is processed is of great importance for the quality of the track information and thus for the quality and performance of the overall system. This, in turn, requires an increased number and size of readout and control components in an architecture based on individual conventional sensor units.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an apparatus, a method and a radar system which makes it possible to reduce the overall system in terms of size and costs, without losses being associated with the evaluation speed and accuracy.
  • the object is achieved according to the device with the features of claim 1, according to the method with the features of claim 12 and according to the radar system with the features of claim 23, and use in a helicopter radar.
  • the device for determining a position of an object in three-dimensional space at least two sensor units and a central signal processing device, to which the sensor units are coupled.
  • the advantage is achieved that the number of readout and control components is reduced to a single central data processing device, which takes over the control and signal readout for any number of sensor units.
  • a reduction in the overall size and cost of the sensor can be achieved.
  • data readout and data processing processes can be advantageously coordinated and optimized.
  • the individual sensor units can be read out and evaluated as one unit.
  • the data evaluation can be improved. Since a single signal processing device executes data readout and evaluation for all sensor units, data can be partitioned and preprocessed at various levels. For multiple sensor units, e.g. in a total spatial
  • Capture the individual sensor units can be targeted with less latency.
  • the senor can be adapted specifically for different requirements.
  • the data read-out and data evaluation can take place simultaneously and simultaneously encompass all sensor units. If the read-out data is preprocessed, the update rate of the speed of the objects can also be adapted in a more targeted manner. This avoids data congestion on several levels.
  • the data size transferred for mapping is minimized by preprocessing the data.
  • the inventive method for determining a position of an object in three-dimensional space, in particular a moving object comprises at least the method steps of providing at least two sensor units and the Koppeins the at least two sensor units with a central signal processing device. It is innovative that the individual control and readout and process steps, which are described in detail as the subject of the dependent claims, all can be summarized centrally on the signal processing device, a multiple of the required data memory can be reduced. In addition, by the fact that the sensor units are centrally controlled, the individual process steps can be partitioned and performed in an optimized sequence, and data transmission times can be reduced.
  • the radar system according to the invention comprises the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention.
  • An advantage that results for the overall system is the compact and inexpensive construction that is made possible by the reduction of the control and readout units to a single one. These radar systems are more compact and less expensive to produce and maintain. When used as a helicopter radar, a 360 ° cover is easily made possible.
  • the at least two sensor units are designed such that a single, expanded virtual field of view is created by the signal processing device from the respective data read out by the signal processing device. This is made possible by the selection of the main radiation direction and / or by spatial alignment of the individual sensor units in both a horizontal and vertical direction.
  • the individual sensor units are driven and aligned by the signal processing device, both in a vertical and in a horizontal direction. This positioning of the adjacent sensor units in a sensor housing makes it possible to superimpose the fields of view of the individual sensor units by a few degrees of the opening angle.
  • two or more sensor units can be arranged planar parallel to each other, if they have a corresponding main radiation direction.
  • the different direction of the opening of the visual field is thus implemented by the different emission characteristics.
  • the central signal processing device is designed so that the received signals can be read out by the sensor units according to a multiplexing method. Multiplexing methods require simultaneous linking of all sensor units to the signal processing device.
  • the central signal processing device can generate selected object lists from the received signals of the individual sensor units by controlling, reading and evaluating the individual sensor units.
  • These object lists represent received signals of the individual sensor units that have been preprocessed and preselected, thereby causing a considerable reduction in the data volumes and quantities. Data can be processed faster without requiring more computing power.
  • the respective sensor units consist of one
  • Frontend having at least one transmitting antenna and at least two, preferably four, eight or sixteen, receiver antennas.
  • the arrangement of the receiver antennas in the front end is designed so that a determination of the position in at least one plane is made possible by digital steel forming.
  • the arrangement of the transmitter antennas enables a position determination in at least one plane by phase comparison and / or amplitude comparison. Whereby the number of receiver antennas is adapted to the accuracy of the angle determination necessary for the entire system and also determines the sensitivity of the system.
  • the nature of the antennas is designed to be in a frequency band of one
  • GHz can be operated up to a THz, preferably the operating frequency range is in a frequency band of 5 to 150 GHz, in particular in the range of 75 to 85 GHz.
  • millimeter waves are an advantage for altitude measurement. Millimeter waves penetrate dielectric materials such as snow or fog, e.g. Therefore, an accurate height measurement can be done even in poor visibility. Even smaller objects in difficult visibility conditions can be detected. The higher the frequency and the bandwidth, the better the spatial resolution.
  • receivers and transmit antennas are implemented in a planar printed circuit board technology, which improves the stability of the sensor unit.
  • the received signals from the channels of the receiver antennas of the receiver arrays are read out by the signal processing device by means of a time division multiplex method, a frequency division multiplex method, a code division method or a combination of these methods.
  • the use of multiplexing in the data readout allows a parallel sequence of data readout and evaluation. Also, greater flexibility of the system by selecting or combining these methods is possible.
  • the range determination (Range-FFT) is performed immediately after the digitization of the analog signal data. This has the advantage that objects whose removal is not considered relevant for tracking can be sorted out at this point in order to minimize the data set. These objects are then not included in the object lists.
  • the multiplex method proves to be particularly advantageous in order to calculate the data from all sensor units already at the raw data level to the same reference value.
  • Each sensor unit has its own frame of reference in which the objects are calculated using the above methods. Traditionally, this data is then merged to track an object at the tracker's level.
  • the individual fields of view are considered individually, resulting in a much greater need for computing power and time required to parameterize the individual objects of the various frames of reference to the same frame of reference.
  • the sensor units are read out with a time offset, ie the transmission channel is divided into time slices and each sensor unit is allocated a time interval for the transmission. As a result, all sensor units can be read out one after the other in extremely short time intervals.
  • This denomination allows fragmented data preprocessing, eg after the analogue signals have been processed of an AD converter have been converted into digital data, a first fast Fourier transformation FFT can take place.
  • the selected data are evaluated by a tracking unit and transferred for display as a data record.
  • Evaluation can take place simultaneously. While the data evaluation of the first cycle is still ongoing, the data readout of the second cycle can already take place.
  • the sensor units are assigned their own frequency band and the data acquisition takes place simultaneously as well as the preprocessing of the data, i. after the analogue signals have been converted into digital data by means of an AD converter, a first fast Fourier transformation FFT can take place. This is done simultaneously for sensor units.
  • the selected data are evaluated by a tracking unit and transferred for display as a data record.
  • Signal data readout, preprocessing and evaluation can take place simultaneously. While the data evaluation of the first cycle is still ongoing, the data readout of the second cycle can already take place.
  • the code multiplexing also acquires the data simultaneously, a code is assigned to the sensor units, and thus the data stream can be assigned to a sensor unit.
  • these digitized data read out by a multiplexing method are bundled into a beamed antenna beam by the method of beamforming.
  • This is a signal processing method used in sensor arrays for directionally receiving or transmitting signals.
  • a speed calculation and a distance calculation are carried out by means of a two-dimensional FFT and then a so-called false alarm rate or "constant false alarm rate" CFAR algorithm can be used to search for objects resulting from the noise of the sensor or from a disturbing background - so-called clutter - highlight (pre-targets).
  • the calculation steps of the distance and velocity calculation, position determination and the differentiation of the signals from the background noise and ground reflections allows only these signals to be selected as relevant objects already at raw data level.
  • Object lists are created which consist of these preselected signal data of the sensor units. This reduces and prepares the total amount of data that has a faster evaluation.
  • the signal data of the sensor units are combined so that they have the same reference quantities and the same reference frame and thus the virtual field of view can be formed.
  • the data of the individual sensor units are transferred to a common reference system, which can be considered as the sum of the individual fields of view. This parameterization on a system does not overlap.
  • merging the signal data onto a frame of reference is performed after forming the object lists.
  • the merging of the signal data is performed prior to forming the object lists. This can be done after linking the receive signals to bundled data, or after the velocity calculation (Doppler
  • the position of an object which originally has its reference values in the field of view of a sensor unit, can be displayed and tracked in the virtual field of view by means of a tracking algorithm.
  • Data is preprocessed and preselected, the amount of data is reduced, this is particularly important for high data readout rates must be evaluated adhoc, so that no pile-up or data congestion of the data packets may arise. Conventionally, this can be avoided in such cases by larger or a plurality of data processing devices or by the extension of the data read-out paths.
  • Fig. 1 shows an antenna arrangement in a front end.
  • Fig. 2 shows an embodiment with a sensor with three sensor units.
  • FIG 3 shows a further embodiment with a sensor with two sensor units.
  • FIG. 4 shows the readout and signal processing sequence for a sensor with 2 sensor units with a time division multiplex method.
  • Fig. 5 shows in an analogous manner, the data readout and evaluation for a sensor with three sensor units.
  • FIG. 6 shows the simultaneous data readout and evaluation with a frequency division multiplexing method in the case of a sensor with two sensor units.
  • Fig. 7 shows a sensor with two sensor units with the field of view of beam lobes.
  • Fig. 8 shows a tracked object track passing through 2 fields of view.
  • Fig. 9 shows the use of two according to the application sensors for a 360 ° cover
  • FIG. 10 shows the use of the sensor arrangement according to FIG. 9 in a helicopter system Embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to figures.
  • Fig. 1 shows an example of the antenna arrangement (100) in a front end.
  • Two transmitting antennas (1) are coupled to a control and readout unit (2) and an array (3) of 8 receiver antennas is coupled to a control and readout unit (4).
  • This front end shown in Fig. 1 e.g. is designed for height determination by means of phase monopulse, which is achieved by the staggered transmission antennas.
  • the arrangement and the respective field of view of a sensor with two or three sensor units are illustrated in the following two figures. It is also shown that the geometry of the housing as well as the positioning of the sensor unit is dependent on the number of sensor units used and the intended overlap zone of the fields of view.
  • FIG. 2 shows an embodiment with a sensor (200) with three sensor units (21, 22, 23), each having an antenna arrangement (100) which are positioned in the sensor housing (20) and each schematically a field of view (21 1, 221, 231).
  • FIG 3 shows a further embodiment with a sensor (300) with two sensor units (31, 32) each having an antenna arrangement (100) which are positioned in the sensor housing (30) and in each case schematically a field of view (31 1, 321) include.
  • FIG. 4 shows the readout and signal processing sequence of the signal processing device for a sensor with two sensor units.
  • the data is read out using a time-division multiplex method.
  • FIGS. 4a) to 4d) illustrate the time sequence of the individual read-out steps and the simultaneous evaluation of these read-out data.
  • FIG. 4a) shows the temporal activation sequence of the two sensor units. In a first time span in the microsecond range, the antenna arrangement of the front end of the first sensor unit is activated, after a switchover period the first sensor unit is deactivated and the second sensor unit is activated.
  • Fig. 4b) shows respectively the timing of the individual time-portioned signal data readout.
  • Fig. 4c) shows that the data is further processed as time-portioned data packets.
  • the time portion nator analog signal is converted by means of AD converter into a digital data packet, on this data packet is a Fast Fourier transform to a distance calculation (Range-FFT) is applied before the data is passed in this form for caching or further processing.
  • This data processing takes place simultaneously with the data acquisition as shown in FIG. 4b).
  • Fig. 4d the entire timing of the signal processing cycle as a whole is shown.
  • the data set of the respective sensor activation time units RF1 and RF2 is evaluated by means of a velocity calculation (Doppler-FFT) and with the method of beamforming the position is determined and an object detection algorithm selects the object data from these sensor activation time units.
  • Doppler-FFT Doppler-FFT
  • FIG. 5 shows, in an analogous manner, the data read-out and evaluation in the case of a sensor with three sensor units.
  • Fig. 6 shows where the simultaneous data readout and evaluation with a frequency multiplexing in the case of a sensor with two sensor units can be seen.
  • Fig. 6a in a time interval simultaneous data readout of the two sensor units, which were both activated at the same time to see.
  • Fig. 6b shows that each sensor unit has been assigned a specific frequency band, the analogue signals received at the same time can be assigned to the respective sensor unit.
  • Fig. 6c) shows the preprocessing of the signal data from a time interval.
  • the analog signals of both sensor units are converted into digital data packets by means of an AD converter and a fast Fourier transformation for range calculation (FFT) is applied to these data packets before the data in this form are transferred for intermediate storage or further processing.
  • FFT fast Fourier transformation for range calculation
  • Fig. 6d The entire timing of the signal processing cycle is shown in Fig. 6d).
  • the data set of both sensor units is evaluated together, the position is determined by means of a velocity calculation (Doppler-FFT) and with the method of beamforming and an object recognition algorithm selects the object data from this common sensor activation time unit.
  • Doppler-FFT Doppler-FFT
  • FIG. 7 shows a sensor (300) with two sensor units as shown in FIG. 3, with beam lobes formed by the beam shaping, which in each case coincide Form field of view for a sensor unit.
  • Both fields of view (71, 72) together and with the two overlapping beam lobes (73) a continuous expanded field of view can be provided.
  • FIG. 8 shows a sensor (300) with two sensor units, as can be seen in FIG. 3, with beam lobes formed by the beam shaping, which in each case together form a field of view for a sensor unit.
  • a continuous expanded field of view can be provided.
  • FIG. 8 shows the fields of view (71, 72) formed by the beam lobes (73) and the overlapping area.
  • both fields of view and the overlapping area are shown in FIG. 8a) and the tracked object track changes from one field of view to the other.
  • the object track point 4 is read out by both sensor units and evaluated and then transferred from one reference system to the other.
  • FIG. 8b) shows that the same object track is represented in a virtual expanded field of view, as shown, for example, in FIGS. 7 and 8a), from the fields of view of the individual sensor units.
  • a helicopter radar As a special use, a helicopter radar is considered, the key advantage is that a complete 360 ° all-round coverage of the environment can be achieved with only 2 sensor devices, which are firmly mounted to the helicopter structure below the rotor axis, without the need for additional extensions or attachments ,
  • the entire system can be implemented with these 2 sensor devices, since they can be designed as so-called smart sensors.
  • the entire data processing and the generation of a 360 ° status report are implemented within the sensor devices.
  • a communication between the preferred two sensors takes place, which are preferably attached to the left & right side of the helicopter or front & rear of the helicopter.
  • two or more, preferably three single front ends are first mounted in the sensor housing in a sensor housing, so that the individual FoV of two adjacent front ends are superimposed by a few degrees of the opening coil.
  • the radar raw data are prepared and combined to form an overall picture for the individual sensor unit.
  • the calculated pre-targets are now plausibilized over several measurements and combined into tracks.
  • Other system inputs are also taken into account, such as Speed over ground, turns of the helicopter and more.
  • the track information is exchanged with the adjacent adjacent sensor units (if any) to provide a full 360 degree coverage image.
  • Each individual sensor unit has a maximum monitored area of up to 200 ° azimuth.
  • the individual sensor units are designed so that they can be connected together directly without any adjustments with other identical sensor units to form a total sensor system. No additional electronic hardware is required for this, a simple cable connection is sufficient. Thus, larger areas can be monitored and also install additional sensors to cover possible caused by attachments or the like blind spot.
  • Fig. 9 only two devices according to the invention lying against each other are arranged so schematically that a 360 ° cover is made possible. In this embodiment, it is also advantageous if in each case 3 sensor units are used.
  • Fig. 10 also the arrangement example are shown as a helicopter radar, namely the corresponding placement of the two erfindungswashen devices on the helicopter. The 360 ° cover is clearly illustrated in FIG. 10, which additionally reveals two overlapping areas.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif pour déterminer une position d'un objet dans un espace tridimensionnel, en particulier d'un objet en mouvement, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif comprend au moins deux unités de détection, chaque unité de détection comprenant un champ de vision (FoV), et toutes les unités de détection étant couplées par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif de traitement de signal central.
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