WO2005121833A1 - レーダ信号処理装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for performing signal processing of a radar system using a multi-beam, and more particularly to a technique for separately measuring azimuths of a plurality of targets.
- an automobile is traveling on a road having a plurality of lanes (including oncoming lanes), and information on other vehicles traveling on the own vehicle traveling lane and information on traveling on a different lane from the own vehicle traveling lane. It is necessary to perform a different process with the information on the vehicle. For this reason, radars mounted on automobiles are required to observe not only the distance and speed of other vehicles but also the azimuth of other vehicles.
- a radar system capable of calculating a relative distance and a relative speed
- an FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) system and a pulse Doppler system As a radar system that can calculate the direction of the target, a single antenna is used for both transmission and reception, and signals obtained by scanning in multiple directions with a beam emitted from this antenna are used.
- a multiple-original bubbling method that detects the direction of the target based on the amplitude difference of the target, receives the reflected waves reflected by the target with a plurality of receiving antennas, and detects the target based on the phase difference between the signals of these receiving antennas.
- An amplitude monopulse for detecting the direction is known.
- the azimuth measurement method according to the conventional technology generates a false image when a plurality of targets that run in parallel at almost the same speed are included in the same beam.
- the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and has as its object to select a beam set suitable for calculating an azimuth angle from multiple beams. Disclosure of the invention
- the radar signal processing device includes:
- An azimuth calculator for calculating the azimuth in the beam set from the set of received signals
- An Mffi value calculator that calculates an evaluation value of a correspondence relationship between the beam set and the target from the distribution of the azimuth angles in the beam set;
- a set of beams suitable for calculating the azimuth of a plurality of targets is selected from the multi-beams. Separation is effective and measurement accuracy can be prevented from lowering.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a radar apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the radar device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radar device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a signal processing portion of the radar device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a process performed by the radar apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a principle of selecting a beam set according to the first embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the principle of selecting another beam set according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a process performed by the radar apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a radar device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the radar device shown in this figure is a small radar device supposed to be mounted on an automobile.
- the radar device 1 is composed of a radome 11, a frame 12, and a radome 13. This protects the internal components and secures them.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the radar device 1.
- an antenna 14 is an antenna that receives radio waves arriving in the air and also emits radio waves.
- the actuator 15 (antenna driver) is a vertical drive that drives the direction of the antenna 14 so that the irradiation direction of the antenna 14 is set to one of a plurality of predetermined directions.
- a magnetic ⁇ K generating seesaw type actuator is adopted.
- the direction of the antenna 14 is controlled like a seesaw. As a result, it is configured to irradiate the beam in multiple directions.
- the different beams mean beams irradiated in different directions. Therefore, beams with the same irradiation direction force are treated as the same beam.
- the signal transceiver 16 generates a transmission signal (keyword) radiated by the antenna 14, amplifies the generated reference signal by feeding power, outputs the amplified signal to the antenna 14, and outputs the signal to the target.
- the signal processor 17 is a part corresponding to the radar signal processing device described in claim 1.
- the signal processor 17 obtains a reception signal processed by the signal transceiver 16, and obtains a relative signal of the external target.
- the portion indicated by reference numeral 17_a is a bus connector for outputting the relative distance, relative speed, and azimuth derived from the signal processor 17 as an electric signal to an external device.
- the components shown here such as the antenna 14, the antenna 15, the signal transceiver 16, and the signal processor 17 are merely examples, and the entire structure is inseparable. Alternatively, each component may be divided into more detailed components.
- Actuyue 15 is a force that mechanically changes the direction of the antenna 14
- the antenna 14 is configured as an array antenna, and the phase of the transmission wave of each array element is changed.
- the parts such as the antenna 14 and the signal transmitter / receiver 16 can be configured by the following method, and therefore, the description of the details of the configuration is omitted.
- FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram in the case where the radar device 1 is configured by the FMCW radar system.
- FMCW radar is, roughly speaking,
- Unit 16 generates a reference signal
- the antenna 14 irradiates the target with a transmission wave based on the reference signal subjected to the frequency modulation in this way, receives the reflected radio wave
- the antenna 14 mixes the received wave (received signal) with the reference signal generated by the signal transceiver 16 at that time to generate a beat signal
- the F MCW radar is described in, for example, 'Introduction to Radar Systems "MISKOLNIK, McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC. (1962).
- the beam signal frequency pair is calculated for each beam, and the relative distance of the target and the target speed are calculated.
- the radar device 1 calculates the azimuth of the target by using the beam radiated from the antenna 14 using, for example, a method based on the sequential mouth-bing method.
- the sequential roving method is detailed in publications such as “Introduction to Aitborne Radar (second edition)” GEORGE W. STIMSON'SciTfec Publishing Inc. (1998).
- the signal transmitter / receiver 16 is provided with a VC0 161, a transmitter 162, a solar cell 1613, and a receiver 164.
- the VCO 61 is a Control controlled oscillator (Voltage Controlled Oscillator), which is an element or a circuit that generates a reference signal accompanied by frequency modulation consisting of an up phase and a down phase according to the fluctuation of € i £.
- the symbol generated by VCO 161 is divided into two parts, one of which is output to transmitter 162. The other is output to signal processor 17 Is forced.
- the transmitter 162 amplifies the symbol generated by the VCO 16 1 force S and outputs the amplified signal to the antenna 14 via the circulator 163.
- Circuit 1 is a circuit or element that switches the transmission and reception of the antenna 14 and conducts the transmitter 16 2 to the antenna 14 at the time of transmission and conducts the antenna 14 to the receiver 16 4 at the time of reception . It is determined by the distance of the target that is the target of the detection of the difficulty of the round-trip change of the day.
- the S range is 100 m to 200 m3 ⁇ 4g, so the switching area is in the range of several microseconds to several tens of microseconds.
- the receiver 164 is a circuit or an element that performs detection processing of a received wave received by the antenna 14.
- the received signal output from the receiver 164 is output to the signal processor 17.
- the actuator 15 that controls the irradiation direction of the antenna 14 outputs a beam switching signal to the signal processor 17.
- the signals may be supplied and synchronized based on the clock signal.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the signal processor 17.
- the mixer 17 1 (mixer) is a circuit or element that mixes a reference signal and a received signal to generate a beat signal.
- the K / Omm 172 is a circuit or element that converts the beat signal generated by the mixer 171 into a digit signal as an observation value at each observation time (sample time).
- the storage device 173 is a storage element or circuit that stores the output beat signal of each beam converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 172 during one sampling.
- the selector 174 is a beam splitter (or a click signal when the radar device 1 is clock-synchronized) output from the actuator 15 and the beam selector 1 to be output. Based on the beam selection signal sent from the controller 83, this selector distributes the digitized observation values stored in the memory 173 to a processing system for calculating the distance and velocity of each beam.
- the beam switching signal output by Actuyue 15 is used to determine the beam processing system that distributes observation values, and the beam selection signal is used to determine whether to output the observation value of each beam. .
- S hidden speed calculator 1 7 5—1 to: 1 7 5—N is obtained from N beams (where N is 2 or more; hereinafter the same) irradiated by the antenna 14 A circuit or element that processes each observation value and calculates the relative S and relative to the target.
- N is 2 or more; hereinafter the same
- a circuit or element that processes each observation value and calculates the relative S and relative to the target In FIG. 4, for the sake of explanation, the processing systems for each beam are independent and are shown to be processed in parallel. However, one processing system is processed by time division among a plurality of beams. It goes without saying that this may be achieved.
- Hidden. Speed calculator 1 7 5-1-1 7 5- ⁇ calculates the pair of the up-phase beat signal frequency and the down-phase beat signal frequency for each target, and calculates the relative distance to the target and The relative speed is calculated.
- the A / D converter 176 is a circuit or element that directly converts a received signal at each observation time into a digitized signal.
- the storage device 177 is a storage element or a circuit that stores the output signal of each beam for one sampling.
- the selector 178 selects a beam switching signal (or a clock signal when the radar device 1 synchronizes with the clock) output from the actuator 15 and a beam selection signal transmitted from the beam selector ⁇ 83.
- the azimuth angle calculator 1 7 9—1 to 1 7 9—N—1 is a combination of adjacent beams or partially overlapping beam patterns from the N beams radiated by the antenna 14. It is a circuit or element for calculating the azimuth.
- the azimuth of the target is calculated by combining the adjacent beam i and beam i + 1 (where i is a natural number less than N). It is to be calculated.
- the position and marrow calculator 180 are calculated from the results of the calculation of the occlusion calculator 1775-1-1 to 175-N and the azimuth calculator 1797-l to 179-N-l. It is a circuit or element that integrates and calculates the position and velocity of the target.
- the calculation result of the position / speed calculator 180 is output to the outside via the bus connected to the bus connector 17-a, and is used for other control processing and information display. .
- the hidden speed calculator 1 75 —: !! 1 75—N and the azimuth calculator 1 79—1—: 179-N-1 are arranged in parallel.
- the power that is to distribute the processing of each beam is such that the same ⁇ g calculator and azimuth calculator are shared by time sharing among multiple beams. It goes without saying that it can be configured.
- each distance / speed calculator and each azimuth calculator may perform another beam processing based on the beam switching signal and the clock signal.
- the predictor 18 1 is a circuit or element that predicts the position and velocity of the target at the next observation using the position and velocity of the target at the current observation calculated by the position 'velocity calculator 180. is there.
- the surface value calculator 18 2 calculates the advisory surface value indicating the degree of suitability for calculating the azimuth angle of each beam 1 to N at the time of each observation. Or the circuit or element to be set.
- the beam selector 183 is a circuit or an element that outputs a beam selection signal based on the wobble value of each beam derived from the evaluation value calculator 182.
- the beam selection signal is sent to the selectors 174 and 178.
- the beam selection signal is
- control signals 74 and 178 which determine whether or not each beam can be output to the processing system.
- selector 17 4 and the calculator 1 7 5— ! ⁇ 175-N, selector 178, azimuth calculator 179-1 ⁇ ; 179-N_l, position 'speed calculator 180, predictor 181, word value calculation
- a controller for controlling the beam selector 18 2 and the beam selector 18 3 (hereinafter referred to as selector 17 4 to beam selector 18 3).
- a controller can be realized using a central processing unit (CPU).
- CPU central processing unit
- a computer program for performing the processing performed by the selectors 174 to the beam selector 183 is prepared, and the combination of the computer program and the central processing unit provides the selector 174 to the beam selector 1 8 3 can be replaced.
- the description will be made assuming that the selector 174 to the beam selector 183 are each configured as a separate element or circuit.
- the operation of the radar device 1 will be described. Based on the principle of the FMCW radar system, the process of obtaining the relative distance and the object-to-velocity of the target from the observation values of beam 1 to beam ⁇ Since the processing to obtain is the fc technique of ⁇ , it will not be described in detail.
- the observation values obtained at a certain sampling time (observation time) are already used to calculate the relative Body, azimuthal force s It is assumed that it has been obtained.
- the position / velocity calculator 180 is calculated by the S-hiding / evacuation calculator 1 75— :! to 1 75—N
- the relative position and relative speed from the antenna 14 to each target calculated by N and the azimuth angle are calculated.
- 179-1- The position and speed of each target can be obtained by combining the azimuths calculated by 179-N-1.
- the position and speed of the target whose position and speed have been determined are output to the predictor 18 1.
- the predictor 181 calculates the position of each target at the next observation using extrapolation from the position and velocity of each target in the past.
- various tracking filters such as an a-b filter, a Kalman filter, and a PDA (Probabilistic Data Association) filter are known.
- the sampling interval is sufficiently short with respect to the relative speed of the target object.
- the prediction process by the predictor 181 may be omitted, and the value of the current observation may be used as the value of the next observation. That is, in such a case, the result of the position / speed calculator 180 can be used directly. Therefore, in this case, the predictor 18 1 is no longer an essential component.
- the beam selection process in the next observation IJ will be performed.
- This beam selection process is performed within the same beam This is intended to prevent a false image from being generated due to the inclusion of a plurality of targets in the target, thereby preventing the measurement accuracy of the azimuth of each target from deteriorating.
- the fiffi value of the beam set used for calculating the azimuth is calculated, and then the beam is selected based on the evaluation value.
- processing is performed when the observation is substituted with another value.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of these processes.
- the evaluation value of the beam set is calculated (the method of calculating the evaluation value of the beam set will be described in detail below in step S Do.
- the beam set will be described as a beam pair for simplicity. However, extending a beam pair to a beam set is very easy and does not require any particular explanation.
- the word ffi value calculator 18 calculates the evaluation value of each beam based on the position and velocity of each target and the direction of each beam at the next observation. Therefore, next, a method of calculating the evaluation value of each beam in the evaluation value calculator 182 will be described.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a method of calculating an evaluation value of each beam.
- the curve represented by the solid line is the gain curve of the beam i (i is a natural number not less than 1 and not more than N-1), and the curve represented by the dotted line is the gain curve of the beam i + 1.
- the straight line represented by the broken line in the center of the figure is the central angle Bm of the beam pair consisting of the beam i and the beam i + 1, and the straight line indicated by th B 1 and th B 2
- the area in between represents the area to be detected by this beam pair. This area is determined when designing the radar device 1.
- the point X 1 on the numerical axis of the azimuth ⁇ represents the predicted azimuth ⁇ ⁇ 1 of the target X 1 to be detected by this beam pair, and the point X 2 is different from the target X 1 It is assumed that the predicted azimuth value of the target X 2 is 6 ⁇ 2. In this case, in order for the beam pair consisting of the beam i and the beam i + 1 to be suitable for measuring the azimuth of the target X1, it is necessary to satisfy the equations (1) and (2) simultaneously. Need to be done.
- Equation (1) and (2) The evaluation value calculator 18 2 sets a higher evaluation value for a pair of beam pairs satisfying such conditions than an evaluation value that does not satisfy the condition.
- the evaluation value of that beam pair is set to, for example, 1.0, That is, for beam pairs that do not satisfy Equation (1) and Equation (2), Here, it is sufficient to determine whether or not the beam pair satisfies Equation (1) and Equation (2). It goes without saying that other values may be used.
- a set of beams including only a single target in the beam pattern is extracted as a set of beams that are unlikely to cause false images, and a set of beams including multiple targets in the beam pattern is extracted.
- a set of beams that can be used for calculating a highly reliable azimuth can be selected.
- a method of determining the mffi value based on the reliability, measurement accuracy, and prediction accuracy of the 601 can be considered.
- the predictor 179 is configured using the Kalman filter
- the variance of the prediction error is calculated in the process of executing the Kalman filter. Therefore, let the variance of the prediction error of the target X 1 be (5 S i) and W s !
- W k is determined by equation (3). And, so as to impart a higher whip value this w k is smaller.
- the reciprocal of w k may be calculated, and the reciprocal may be directly used as the whip value, or W k may be subtracted from the reference value, and the result may be used as the word value.
- the evaluation value may be calculated by equation (4), with the maximum value of W k according to equation (3) for the beam pair satisfying equations (1) and (2) as W kmax .
- Equation (3) is only one method of calculating the evaluation value, and if the evaluation value that matches the properties of the beam pair can be calculated, use another method. No problem. ,
- the beam pair evaluation value is calculated as follows.
- both the azimuth of target X1 and the azimuth of target X2 are between th B1 and th B2, the higher the gain, the closer the target X1 is to the center angle Bm of the beam pair. , It is easy to find the azimuth.
- the influence of the target X2 on the calculation of the azimuth of the target X1 decreases as the distance from the center angle Bm of the beam pair increases. Therefore, a high gain is required for the target X1, and a high advisory surface force is set for the beam pair in which the target X2 is away from the central angle Bm.
- Equation (5) a value of ⁇ 3 ⁇ 45 is calculated, for example, as in equation (5).
- Kinchoku 1. 0- ⁇ 1 ⁇ ⁇ 1 + 0 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 2 (5)
- W and W 02 is the weight coefficient of the [delta] theta 1 and [delta] 2.
- Equation (5) when only one beam pair that satisfies Equation (1) and Equation (2) is present, it is assumed that the evaluation value is 1.0.
- the evaluation value may be calculated by taking the predicted IJ degree of the predicted value as in Equation (3).
- the i-line is calculated based on equation (6).
- Ejika 1. 0- ⁇ ⁇ 1 6 ⁇ 1 -W S1 6 S,) + ( ⁇ ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ 2 -W S2 6 S 2) (6)
- W S1 and W S2 in the above equation is the target XI This is the variance of the prediction error calculated by the Kalman filter between X and X2.
- a value suitable for calculating the azimuth (a degree of expectation that a highly reliable azimuth can be calculated) is used as an evaluation value. Hit. For this reason, even when a beam set including only a single target in the beam pattern cannot be obtained, a suboptimal beam set is objectively determined based on the language value calculated here. Can be selected.
- the beam selector 183 outputs a beam for each target combination (for example, if there are X1, X2, and X3 as targets, 1 and 2, 2 and 3, and X3 and XI).
- the beam pair is selected, and the observation value is obtained and the distance and azimuth are calculated (step S2 to step S10).
- a beam set is selected based on the evaluation value of the beam set.
- it is checked whether or not there is a set of beams having an evaluation value exceeding a predetermined value (step S3).
- the evaluation value exceeding the specified value If there is a set of beams having, a predetermined number of sets of beams are selected in the order of their values (step S4).
- the beam selector 183 Upon selecting the beam set, the beam selector 183 transmits a beam selection signal to the selector 173 and the selector 176. Upon receiving the beam selection signal, the selectors 1 7 3 and 1 7 6 output the outputs of the AZD converters 1 7 2 and 1 7 5 only for the beams that make up the selected beam set. Connect to a distance / velocity calculator or azimuth calculator, and set to process only the observation value of the selected beam.
- step S5 is performed.
- the received signals of the beams that make up the beam set selected in step S4 are distance / calculators 175-1—: L755-N and azimuth calculators 179— :! It is output to the velocity calculator and azimuth calculator corresponding to each beam of 9-N-1 and the observation value at the next observation is calculated (step S6).
- the distance and speed calculators 175-11-175-N and the azimuth calculators 179_1-: L79-N-1 correspond to the distance and speed of each beam.
- the distance, speed, and azimuth are calculated by an instrument and an azimuth calculator.
- the position and speed calculator 180 calculates the position at the time of this observation from the calculated distance, speed, and azimuth. Is done.
- the predictor 18 1 determines whether the calculated observation value at the observation time is an observation value relating to the observation time (step S 7). That is, the predictor 181 evaluates the correlation between the predicted value of the current observation time calculated at the previous observation time and the actually calculated observation value of the current observation time. And if the difference between the predicted value and the observed value remains within the range of This observation value is output to the predictor 181, and the prediction value of the next observation time is calculated (step S7: YES).
- Such a process is widely known as a correlation process in a general tracking file, and will not be described in detail here.
- step S4 step S6: N ⁇
- step S5 If it is determined in step S7 that the observation value is not related to the observation value of the current observation time, or if it is determined in step S3 that the set of beams to be selected is not ⁇ , in step S5, A process of substituting the observed value of the azimuth with the predicted value is performed.
- the beam selector 183 sends a predetermined signal to the position / velocity calculator 180.
- the position calculator 180 obtains the predicted value of the azimuth angle at the next observation, which was derived from the force predictor 179, in place of the next observation value, and obtains the bus connector 17—a Output observation values to the outside via the bus connected to.
- the azimuth is calculated using an inappropriate observation value.
- the prediction value calculated using the memory track technique was output instead of the observed value.
- the azimuth angle can be calculated with higher reliability than the conventional radar signal processing device, which has degraded the azimuth angle calculation accuracy by using an inappropriate observation value. You can.
- step S 10 the processing at the time of the current observation is ended.
- the degree to which each set of beams is suitable for calculating the azimuth of the target is numerically determined as an evaluation value. A set of beams was selected based on the values. This principle can be used to effectively separate multiple targets even if their locations and velocities are close. it can. However, the use of this radar device can prevent a decrease in measurement accuracy.
- this radar device 1 is configured as an FMCW radar in order to obtain the distance and speed of a target, any radar such as a pulse Doppler radar that can calculate both S and F is used. Obviously, it may be used.
- the same set of beams may be selected for a plurality of targets.
- the calculation of the azimuths of a plurality of targets is performed using the same set of beams, when the forces of the targets are close to each other and the observation accuracy is poor, the Separation can be difficult.
- the ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ values of the beam set may be compared between the respective targets, and the beam set may be assigned to the target having the higher evaluation value of the beam set. . In this way, a plurality of targets can be reliably separated.
- the beam set selected based on the evaluation value of the beam set it may not be suitable for calculating the azimuth angle depending on the positional relationship of the target and the observation situation. For example, if there is a number of beams that satisfy equation (1) at the same time, it is considered that the smaller (501) is more suitable for calculating the azimuth angle. If there are no pairs and a beam set is selected by applying Equations (3) to (6), it is possible that this beam set is a beam set that is not suitable for calculating the azimuth angle.
- the gain of the tracking fill may be adjusted to a degree suitable for the calculation of the azimuth angle, for example, by combining the magnitude of the I flag value or the magnitude of ⁇ 0 1, 6 ⁇ 2 with the refraction factor. .
- Embodiment 2
- the prediction value is used.
- an appropriate observation power cannot be obtained with a certain set of beams
- an appropriate set of beams may be selected next to the set of beams.
- the radar apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention has such features.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 The configuration of the radar device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, similarly to the radar device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the radar apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the difference between the flowchart shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 5 is that if the correlated observation force cannot be obtained in step S7 (step S7: NO), instead of proceeding directly to step S5, the target The point is that the beam set with the next highest evaluation value is selected (step S7-2). If there is a next set of beams having the same glue value, the process returns to step S4 (step S7-2: Y E S). On the other hand, if there is no higher beam power, the process proceeds to step S5 (step S7-2: NO).
- step S7-2 if there is no evaluation value equal to or greater than the predetermined value, it may be determined that there is no beam set having the next highest evaluation value.
- the radar apparatus of Embodiment 2 of the present invention due to the influence of prediction accuracy and the like, even if a beam set having a high evaluation value is selected, an observation value is not always obtained. On the other hand, by selecting the suboptimal beam set, the observation value at the time of this observation can be obtained.
- the present invention is applied to a radar device that measures the position, azimuth, and the like of a plurality of targets, such as a vehicle-mounted radar device, separately.
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