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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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  • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
  • G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
  • G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
  • G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
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  • G01S7/4052—Means for monitoring or calibrating by simulation of echoes
  • G01S7/4082—Means for monitoring or calibrating by simulation of echoes using externally generated reference signals, e.g. via remote reflector or transponder
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
  • G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
  • G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
  • G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
  • G01S2013/9327—Sensor installation details
  • G01S2013/93271—Sensor installation details in the front of the vehicles
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
  • G01S7/02—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S13/00
  • G01S7/40—Means for monitoring or calibrating
  • G01S7/4052—Means for monitoring or calibrating by simulation of echoes
  • G01S7/406—Means for monitoring or calibrating by simulation of echoes using internally generated reference signals, e.g. via delay line, via RF or IF signal injection or via integrated reference reflector or transponder
  • G01S7/4065—Means for monitoring or calibrating by simulation of echoes using internally generated reference signals, e.g. via delay line, via RF or IF signal injection or via integrated reference reflector or transponder involving a delay line

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a radar target emulator, in particular for the digital processing of at least one analog radar signal, a test bench with such a radar target emulator and a method for the digital processing of at least one analog radar signal.
• Driver assistance systems or assistance systems are generally responsible for this, which use information about the vehicle environment, in particular and the probable route, via in-vehicle sensors and / or via communications with other vehicles and / or stationary stations or services to assist the driver in standard driving situations and / or to support extreme situations in the form of indications and / or to actively intervene in vehicle behavior.
• radar sensors are used, which monitor the immediate environment of the vehicle with respect to obstacles and / or preceding vehicles or the like.
• an assistance system it is known to supply the information determined by the radar sensors about a, in particular virtual, test scenario and to evaluate the reaction of the assistance system.
• the radar sensors are sent modulated radar signals based on the test scenario.
• DE 38 88 993 T2 relates to a device for monitoring the radar efficiency.
• a closed-loop radar operation monitor is provided which includes a delay line arrangement for generating the plurality of simulated radar target echo signals. A series of simulated radar target echoes are generated under the influence of multiplexer control.
• a radar operation monitor has a self-contained delay line. As a result, the delay of signals through the delay line is made only after generating a plurality of individual signals from radar targets, as shown for example in Fig. 2 of said document.
• US 5,247,843 relates to a system and method for simulating electromagnetic environments, wherein an array of one or more horns emits electromagnetic signals at apparent angles to a receiving antenna.
• WO 2016 02225683 A1 relates to a method and a device for determining a misalignment of a radar sensor unit, wherein a plurality of targets are provided by an adjusting device in an arrangement and in each case two targets are aligned horizontally or vertically relative to one another.
• a radar target emulator according to claim 1 a test bench having such a radar target demodulator according to claim 11 and a method for digitally processing at least one analog radar signal according to claim 12.
• One aspect of the present invention relates to a radar target emulator, in particular for digitally processing at least one analog radar signal comprising a first radar signal Conversion device which is adapted to convert the at least one analog radar signal into at least one corresponding digital radar data packet.
• a data processing device of the radar target emulator preferably has a time delay device and a modification device, wherein the time delay device is set up to provide a plurality of time-delayed radar data packets based on the at least one digital radar data packet, and the modification device is set up based on the plurality of time-delayed radar data packets to provide modified radar data packets.
• a second conversion device is preferably configured to provide analog processed radar signals by converting the digital radar data packets processed by the data processing device, and a transmitting device comprises at least two transmitting devices, which are in particular configured to transmit the analog processed radar signals provided by the second conversion device.
• a "radar target emulator” in the sense of the present invention is in particular a device for stimulating a radar sensor, in particular a vehicle, which preferably receives a radar signal emitted by the radar sensor, modifies radar data packets generated on the basis of the radar signal and sends them back to the sensor as a processed radar signal the modification is preferably imaged on a test scenario, in particular a virtual test scenario, for example in order to determine and evaluate the response of a control device of the vehicle to this test scenario. impose on the processed radar signal the simulated test scenario by modifying one or more radar data packets.
• a “conversion device” in the sense of the present invention is in particular a device which converts an analog radar signal into a digital radar data packet which characterizes the analog radar signal or a digital radar data packet into an analog radar signal which characterizes the digital radar data packet Conversion device configured to receive the analog radar signal or the digital radar data packet and to generate a corresponding digital radar data packet or a corresponding analog radar signal Conversion device may be about an analog-to-digital converter or a digital-to-analog converter.
• a "data processing device” in the sense of the present invention is in particular a device that is preferably configured to process, for example to duplicate, store, modify, combine, link, manage and / or the like a digital data processing device Computer system, in particular with at least one processor and at least one memory, be formed.
• a "time delay device” in the sense of the present invention is a device, such as a software module, which receives a radar data packet and provides it again in a time-delayed manner
• a time delay device can, for example, be designed as a software function in which at least the radar data packet is received as an input variable and which the time-delayed radar data packet as the output.
• a “modification device” in the sense of the present invention is in particular a device, such as a software module, which receives a radar data packet and makes a modification, in particular based on a test scenario, on the radar data packet
• a modification device can be designed, for example, as a software module into which at least the radar data packet as input variables and which changes the radar data packet in such a way that the modified radar data packet characterizes at least a part, for example an object, of a test scenario.
• the invention is based on the approach of converting one or more received analog radar signals, which were preferably transmitted by a radar sensor, into at least one or more corresponding digital radar data packets, ie a digital representation of the one or more analog radar signals, and by means of a time delay device. in particular a so-called digital delay line, based on the one or more radar data packets to provide a plurality of time-delayed radar data packets, in particular to generate.
• a time-delayed radar data packet can be provided, wherein the time delay emulates a transit time of an originally analog radar signal and thus characterized a, in particular virtual, distance of the object to the radar sensor.
• a modification device is preferably provided for adapting the time-delayed radar data packets with regard to the test scenario, in particular by changing the digital radar data packets in a manner that corresponds to the modulation of the corresponding analog radar signals by the reflection at one or more objects of the test scenario. This enables a fast, in particular real-time capable, provision of the test scenario in a digital data processing device, in particular based on at least one analog radar signal.
• a plurality of radar targets i. Objects of the test scenario, alternatively or in addition to the setting of the virtual distance by the time delay device in a simple way at different positions in the azimuth plane and / or the elevation plane are emulated, preferably by the modified radar data packets distributed to the at least two transmitting devices or the at least two transmitting devices be assigned, in particular before the second conversion device converts the modified radar data packets distributed to the transmitting devices into analog processed radar signals.
• the extent of individual targets along the azimuth plane and / or elevation plane can also be emulated, preferably by distributing a modified radar data packet to at least two adjacent transmitting devices or assigning them to at least two adjacent transmitting devices, in particular before the second converting device modifies the modified one distributed to the transmitting devices Radar data packet converted into an analog processed radar signal.
• the invention allows a simple and flexible mapping of radar targets, in particular with regard to the number of emulatable radar targets and / or the possible target distances or positions of the targets.
• the time delay device is set up to delay the at least one digital radar data packet several times in time by one or more, in particular different, predetermined periods of time.
• the time delay device can store the digital radar data packet in Preferably, for each object of the test scenario to be emulated, each time delay by a predetermined period of time, preferably based on the targeted virtual distance of the object to the radar sensor, wherein each of the time-delayed radar data packets is modified directly by the modulation device in the further processing, in each case an emulated object map.
• the digital radar data packet can be delayed several times, in particular the same, predetermined time duration, so that during further processing, in particular by a combination, preferably based on the targeted virtual distance of the object to the radar sensor, of at least two of the time-delayed radar data packets, in each case a time-delayed radar data packet with the desired time delay is formed and modified by the modulation device.
• This allows flexible adaptation of the time delay of the radar data packet, for example, to a change of the test scenario.
• the time delay device is set up to provide at least one of the plurality of time-delayed radar data packets by renewed time delay of an already previously delayed radar data packet.
• the time delay device is preferably configured to resume the previously time-delayed radar data packet and to delay it with a, in particular, predetermined, time delay.
• the time delay device can have a plurality of time delay modules which are set up to delay the digital radar data packet sequentially, in particular by one or more predetermined time periods, and in each case to provide a time-delayed radar data packet.
• the complexity of the time delay device can advantageously be reduced and / or time-delayed radar data packets can be provided particularly reliably.
• the time delay device is adapted to at least temporarily store the at least one digital radar data packet and to provide it at intervals which are characterized by the one or more predetermined time periods.
• the time delay device can retain the digital radar data packet and repeat it for periods of time which preferably depend on the desired virtual distances of the objects of the test scenario to the radar sensor, for further processing. release machining.
• the complexity of the time delay device can advantageously be further reduced and the provision of the time-delayed radar data packets can be flexibly or clocked as required.
• the time delay device is set up to time-delay the radar data packet, taking into account a processing time required to process the radar data packet in the data processing device.
• the time delay device is preferably set up to adapt the time delay of the digital radar data packet to a change, in particular to fluctuations, of said processing time, in particular taking into account the intended virtual distances of the objects of the test scenario to the radar sensor.
• the time delay of the digital radar data packet caused by the time delay device can be reduced if, due to a, in particular increasing, complexity of the virtual test scenario, an increase in the required computing power for simulating the test scenario is determined or at least foreseeable. In this way, latency delays in the processing of the radar data packet can be compensated, which would otherwise affect the precision of the virtual distances of objects of the test scenario to the radar sensor.
• the data processing device has a first data processing device which is set up to combine at least two of the plurality of radar data packets delayed in time by the delay device and to provide them as further time-delayed radar data packets, in particular to output to the modification device.
• the first data processing device is configured to provide a plurality of time-delayed radar data packets, on the basis of which the objects to be emulated or the test scenario, in particular after appropriate modification by the modification device, can be imaged.
• the number of further time-delayed radar data packets provided by the first data processing device is preferably independent of the number of time-delayed radar data packets provided by the time-processing device.
• the data processing device has a second data processing device which is set up to combine at least two of the radar data packets modified by the modification device and to provide them as further modified radar data packets, in particular to output them to the second conversion device.
• the second data processing device is configured to provide a plurality of further modified radar data packets, on the basis of which a predetermined distribution of the emulated objects, in particular after appropriate conversion by the second conversion device, is effected on the at least two transmitting devices.
• the number of further modified radar data packets provided by the second data processing device is preferably independent of the number of modified radar data packets provided by the modification device. This allows the free positioning and / or moving of emulated objects in the azimuth plane and / or the elevation plane relative to the radar sensor.
• the first and / or second data processing device preferably has at least two data processing modules which are set up to combine at least two of the time-delayed or modified radar data packets substantially simultaneously, in particular in parallel.
• a data processing module can be provided which combines at least two of the time-delayed or modified radar data packets.
• a radar data packet can be formed with a time delay corresponding to a distance of the object to be emulated from the radar sensor.
• radar data packets can be formed, by means of which a desired lateral positioning of the objects to be emulated relative to the radar sensor is possible.
• first and / or second data processing device can also be set up to provide at least one of the time-delayed or modified radar data packets unchanged, in particular to output to the modification device or to the second conversion device.
• the first and / or the second data processing device is set up several times, in particular parallel to one another, one of the time intervals provided by the delay device. delayed receiving radar data packets or one of the modified radar data packets provided by the modification device as first input data and recording at least two of the time delay device modified by the modification device, already combined radar data packets as second input data, and the recorded first input data with the recorded second input data to combine and provide each as output data.
• the further time-delayed radar data packets at the modification device or the other modified radar data packets at the second conversion device are preferably provided for conversion into corresponding analog processed radar signals for transmission by means of the at least two transmission devices on the basis of the output data.
• the time-delayed or modified radar data packets can thus be adapted flexibly with regard to the test scenario or the spatial distribution of the objects to be emulated within the test scenario.
• the first and / or the second data processing device preferably has a plurality of data processing modules, each of which is set up to receive and combine the first and second input data and to provide each one of them as output data.
• the number of data processing modules is preferably given by the product of the number of time-delayed radar data packets provided by the time delay device with the number of objects to be emulated of the test scenario or from the product of the number of objects to be emulated of the test scenario with the number of transmit devices.
• the data processing modules can advantageously be formed by software or be part of a software that receives and processes the corresponding first and second input data and outputs the corresponding output data.
• the output data of one of the plurality of data processing modules can advantageously form the second input data of another of the plurality of data processing modules, so that the further time-delayed radar data packets provided at the modification device or the further modified radar data packets provided at the second conversion device are formed in a cascade manner.
• the first and / or second data processing device in particular a data processing module, to retrieve the output data provided by it as supply second input data, so that the further time-delayed or modified radar data packets are formed iteratively.
• the first and / or the second data processing device is set up to weight the radar data packets delayed in time by the time delay device or the radar data packets modified by the modification device when combined with one another.
• a modified radar data packet may be weighted and distributed to at least two adjacent transmitting devices such that the corresponding analog processed radar signal is received at two different angles, in particular azimuth and / or elevation angles, from the radar sensor, thus emulating expansion of the object.
• the radar target emulator has a receiving device with at least two receiving devices which are adapted to receive radar sensor radiated analog radar signals, wherein the first conversion means is adapted to the analog radar signals, in particular parallel, in corresponding digital To convert radar data packets.
• the at least two receiving devices are in particular configured to receive transmitted radar signals modulated by the radar sensor into different transmission ranges, at different frequencies and / or with different modulation methods.
• the corresponding digital radar data packets can then, in particular independently of one another and / or in parallel, be processed by the data processing device, so that a test scenario can also be digitally, particularly simply, flexibly and / or quickly, mapped to complex radar signals.
• a second aspect of the invention relates to a test stand, in particular for a vehicle, with a radar target emulator according to the first aspect of the invention. Due to the at least substantially completely digitally executed radar target emulator, which optionally has at least two receiving devices and at least two transmitting devices, it is possible to provide or process spatially extended and / or complex radar signals of a radar sensor in the test bench, and locally. solubilized, in particular with respect to an azimuth plane and / or an elevation plane, to provide processed radar signals at the radar sensor, wherein the test stand has no movable or mechanical components. Therefore, the test bench can be made compact.
• a third aspect of the invention relates to a method of digitally processing at least one analog radar signal, comprising the steps of: converting the at least one analog radar signal into at least one corresponding digital radar data packet; Providing a plurality of time-delayed radar data packets based on the at least one digital radar packet by a time delay device of a data processing device; Providing a plurality of modified radar data packets based on the plurality of time-delayed radar data packets by a modification device of the data processing device; Providing at least one analog processed radar signal by converting the digital radar data packets processed by the data processing device; and transmitting the at least one analog processed radar signal.
• Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a test bench
• Fig. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of a data processing device.
• FIG. 1 shows a preferred exemplary embodiment of a test stand 100, which is preferably set up for testing a vehicle 200 with a radar sensor RS for transmitting and receiving analog radar signals S, S 'and has a radar target emulator 1.
• a radar sensor RS for transmitting and receiving analog radar signals S, S 'and has a radar target emulator 1.
• the radar sensor RS is shown once in dashed lines with respect to the transmission of radar signals S and the reception of radar signals S 'processed by the radar target emulator 1.
• the radar target emulator 1 is preferably set up to influence radar signals S emitted by the radar sensor RS on the basis of a test scenario, such as a traffic situation, in such a way that the radar signals S 'thus processed and transmitted back to the radar sensor RS map the test scenario , As a result, components of the vehicle 200 whose function is based on reflected radar signals S 'can be tested.
• a test scenario such as a traffic situation
• the radar sensor RS preferably has a plurality of transmission areas RS1, RS2, which are in particular at least substantially spatially separated and / or symmetrical with respect to an axis, in particular a vehicle longitudinal axis.
• the radar signals S emitted into the transmission ranges RS1, RS2 propagate in different directions and can have different frequencies or be modulated with different modulation methods, so that objects which reflect the radar signals S back to the radar sensor are assigned to the different transmission ranges RS1, RS2 and / or can be detected with a high spatial resolution.
• the radar target emulator 1 has a receiving device 2, for example an antenna array, preferably having at least two receiving devices RX, approximately three antennas distributed along a line or on a surface, which are equipped to receive the analog radar signals S emitted by the radar sensor S and a first conversion device 3 is connected, which digitizes the received radar signals S and outputs as corresponding digital radar data packets D to a data processing device 4, in particular a time delay device 5.
• a digital radar data packet D is preferably provided for each received radar signal S, for example in that the first conversion device 3 is designed as an analogue-to-digital converter, wherein the various provided digital radar data packets D are assigned to a transmission range RS1, RS2, for example.
• the time delay device 5 is preferably set up to receive the provided digital radar data packets D and output them several times with different time delays to a first data processing device 6.
• the time delay device 5 executes the time delay, in particular by one or more predetermined time periods, for each of the provided digital radar data packets D, preferably substantially simultaneously and / or in parallel, ie three times in the example shown.
• the time-delayed radar data packets Dz provided thereupon by the time delay device 5 are shown here for the sake of clarity only for one of the provided digital radar data packets D.
• the first data processing device 6 is particularly suitable for providing further time-delayed radar data packets Dz 'on the basis of the time-delayed radar data packets Dz, for example by combining at least two of the provided time-delayed radar data packets Dz. On the basis of the combination of at least two of the time-delayed radar data packets Dz provided, it is thus possible in particular to form additional time-delayed radar data packets Dz '.
• the two time-delayed radar signals Dz provided by the time delay device 5 are unchanged by the first data processing device 6 as further time-delayed radar data packets Dz 'together with a further time-delayed radar data packet Dz', which is approximately a combination of the two provided by the time delay device 6 delayed radar data packets Dz based provided.
• the number of radar data packets Dz provided by the time delay device 5 can therefore differ from the number of further time-delayed radar data packets Dz 'provided by the first data processing device 6.
• the first data processing device 6 is set up, in particular, to provide a sufficient number of further time-delayed radar data packets Dz 'based on the combination of at least two of the radar data packets Dz provided by the time delay device 5, in order to map the test scenario by modifying the radar data packets Dz' by the modification device 7 to allow.
• the first data processing device 6 uses the combination of at least two of the radar data packets Dz provided by the time delay device 5 for each object of the test scenario to be emulated in each case another time-delayed radar data packet Dz ', whereby each of these objects is assigned a dependent on the time delay of the respective provided radar data packet Dz' virtual distance.
• the modified radar data packets Dm provided by the modification device 7 are received by a second data processing device 8 and optionally combined with one another to a transmitting device 10, such as an antenna array, with at least two transmitting devices TX, in the present example about four Antennas arranged along a line or on a surface, after being converted by a second conversion device 9, are outputted as an analog processed radar signal S '.
• a transmitting device 10 such as an antenna array
• the modified radar data packets Dm which preferably each characterize an emulated object of the test scenario, are output or provided by the second data processing device 8 as further modified radar data packets Dm ', taking into account a spatial distribution of the emulated objects in the test scenario.
• the output or provision is carried out, for example, such that the further modified radar data packets Dm 'or the corresponding analog processed radar signals S' are distributed to the transmitting devices TX or assigned to the transmitting devices TX according to an arrangement of the emulated objects in the test scenario. Therefore, the number of modified radar data packets Dm provided by the modifier 7 may differ from the number of further modified radar data packets Dm 'provided after processing in the second data processing device 8 and the corresponding analog processed radar signals S', respectively.
• the number of modified radar data packets Dm provided by the modification device 7 preferably corresponds to the number of objects to be emulated in the test scenario, while the number of further modified radar data packets Dm provided by the second data processing device 8 or of the corresponding analog processed radar signals S 'is of the desired spatial lateral distribution of the emulated objects.
• the provision or output of the further modified radar data packets Dm 'by the second data processing device 8 to the transmitting device or devices TX makes it possible, in particular, to image a simulated object with respect to the Radar sensor RS under an angle determined by the spatial position of the transmitting devices TX angle, in particular azimuth angle and / or elevation angle.
• the second data processing device 8 can also be set up to provide at least one of the provided radar data packets Dm to a plurality of, in particular adjacent, transmission devices TX, whereby an extent of the emulated object characterized by the modified radar data packet Dm is mapped relative to the radar sensor RS. It is likewise possible to assign the modified radar data packets Dm to the transmitting devices TX dynamically so that a movement of the corresponding emulated objects is imaged.
• the data processing device 4 preferably has at least one processor and at least one memory, so that the time delay device 5, the first and second data processing device 6, 8 and the modification device 7 can be executed as software modules on the data processing device 4. Between the processing of the digital radar data packets D, Dz, Dz ', Dm, Dm' by said software modules on the processor, the digital radar data packets D, Dz, Dz ', Dm, Dm' can be stored on the memory at least temporarily. This enables a flexible, cost-effective, reliable and rapid representation of the test scenario with respect to the radar sensor RS by means of the analog processed radar signals S 'based on the transmitted analog radar signals S.
• Figure 2 shows a preferred embodiment of a data processing device 6, 8, the provided digital radar data packets, in the example shown provided by a time delay device 5 time-delayed radar data packets Dz1, Dz2, Dz3, Dz4 and is adapted to combine at least two of the recorded radar data packets and / or, in the example shown, to a modification device 7.
• the data processing device 6, 8 can also record modified radar data packets provided by the modification device 7 and output them to a conversion device.
• the data processing device 6, 8 shown may in particular be the first or second data processing device shown in FIG. For reasons of clarity, the same elements in FIG. 2 are identified only once by a reference symbol.
• the function of the data processing device 6, 8 is preferably equivalent to the function of a so-called switching matrix in which signals applied to a plurality of inputs of the switching matrix are successively passed through individual matrix elements of the switching matrix and thereby processed, in particular split, amplified or attenuated and / or combined.
• the data processing device 6, 8 operates in cascade.
• the data processing device 6, 8 a plurality of data processing modules 1 1, 1 1a, 1 1 b, 11 c, 1 1 d, each receiving first and second input data E1, E2, optionally combine with each other and provide as output data A or can spend.
• the first input data E1 are formed in particular by one of the plurality of time-delayed radar data packets Dz1-Dz4 provided
• the second input data E2 are formed in particular by another of the radar data packets Dz1-Dz4 or by at least two time-delayed radar data packets Dz1-Dz4 already combined with one another.
• first and second input data E1, E2 is indicated by a solid black circle.
• the dotted lines illustrate the relationship between the time-delayed radar data packets Dz1-Dz4 provided by the time delay device 5 and the further time-delayed radar data packets Dz 'output by the data processing device 6, 8 to the modification device 7.
• the first input data E1 from the second time-delayed radar data packet Dz2 and the second input data E2 are formed by the first time-delayed radar data packets Dz1, combined with one another and output as output data A to the second data processing module 11b.
• the output data A output by the first data processing module 11a form the second input data E2 in the second data processing module 11b
• the first input data E1 are formed by the third time-delayed radar data packet Dz3.
• the first and second input signals E1, E2, which are combined with one another in the second data processing module 11b, are output as output data A to the third data processing module 11c and from this, in turn, as second input data E2 recorded.
• the further time-delayed radar data packet Dz 'thus output thus contains portions of all four time-delayed radar data packets Dz1-Dz4.
• the first time-delayed radar data packet Dz1 forms the second input data E2
• the third time-delayed radar data packet Dz3 forms the first input data El.
• the combination of the first and second input signals E1, E2 is used as output data A or as a further time-delayed one Radar data packet Dz 'to the modification device 7 output.
• the further time-delayed radar data packet Dz 'thus output thus only contains portions of the first and third time-delayed radar data packet Dz1, Dz3.
• the remaining, unspecified data processing modules 1 1 perform in the example shown no operation on the provided by the time delay means 5 time-delayed radar data packets Dz or combinations thereof.
• the further time-delayed radar data packet Dz 'output by the data processing device 6, 8 to the modification device 7 is therefore formed exclusively by the first time-delayed radar data packet Dz1.

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