WO2006134911A1 - レーダ装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an on-vehicle radar device using millimeter waves, and more particularly to a radar device that scans a beam direction within a predetermined angular range and detects a target from a received signal.
- the transmission range of the transmission beam has a fan shape, so that the detection range becomes wider as the distance from the own vehicle increases, and the detection range becomes narrower in the vicinity of the own vehicle. I will end up.
- Patent Document 1 As an angle scanning radar apparatus that solves this problem, Patent Document 1 is provided with a plurality of antennas each having a slightly different directing direction to change the combination of antennas used for transmission and reception. And what sets a long distance and a short distance is disclosed. Specifically, this radar device improves the azimuth resolution at a long distance by narrowing the transmission beam width by using a plurality of P-contact antennas, and is less than the antenna used for such a long distance detection. By increasing the transmission beam width by the number of antennas, the detection range at a short distance is widened.
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-8-334557
- the conventional general angle straddle type radar apparatus cannot detect a target outside the range of the strut angle. For example, identify whether the peak of the received signal detected at the outermost angle (the end of the running angle range) is due to a target that exists in that angular direction or a target that exists outside the range It was difficult.
- the radar apparatus described in Patent Document 1 must use a plurality of antennas, and when performing transmission beam control using these antennas, a control switch group and a control switch group for controlling the switch group are used. Complex control processing must be performed. Furthermore, since the antennas used for long-distance detection and short-distance detection are different, different operation control must be performed for each.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a radar apparatus that realizes long-distance detection and short-distance wide-angle detection with one antenna.
- the present invention relates to a transmission beam forming unit that forms a transmission beam to be transmitted from the antenna to the outside, a beam scanning unit that scans the transmission beam within a predetermined scanning angle range, and a transmission beam force s reflected from the target to the antenna.
- a target having an azimuth angle of X ° toward at least one end from a predetermined azimuth angle of the scanning angle range Rukoto received signal strength for the transmission beam to be transmitted to the azimuth angle of the X ° is, is set to be lower than the received signal strength for at least one transmission beam Ru predetermined azimuth angle side near from the azimuth angle of the X 0
- Rukoto received signal strength for the transmission beam to be transmitted to the azimuth angle of the X ° is set to be lower than the received signal strength for at least one transmission beam Ru predetermined azimuth angle side near from the azimuth angle of the X 0
- Rukoto received signal strength for the transmission beam to be transmitted to the azimuth angle of the X ° is set to be lower than the received signal strength for at least one transmission beam Ru predetermined azimuth angle side near from the azimuth angle of the X 0
- a setting for increasing the intensity of the received signal by the transmission beam in one scanning angle direction is performed for each scanning angle.
- the strike angle at which the peak of the received signal intensity appears is closer to the predetermined azimuth than the strike angle (azimuth) of the target.
- the radar apparatus of the present invention is X.
- the received signal strength for the transmit beam transmitted at the azimuth angle is set to the received signal strength for the transmit beam adjacent to the transmit beam transmitted at the azimuth angle of ⁇ °, which is closer to the azimuth angle than ⁇ °. Set it to a lower value as a special number.
- the setting to increase the intensity of the received signal by the transmission beam in the direction is performed for each scanning angle.
- a peak of the received signal intensity appears at an azimuth angle adjacent to a predetermined azimuth angle side with respect to the target scan angle (azimuth angle).
- the transmission beam forming means gradually increases the antenna gain in each strike angle direction toward one end with respect to the antenna gain in a predetermined direction in the scanning angle range. It is characterized by being set to be low.
- a reception signal from a transmission beam transmitted in a strike angle direction that is a predetermined direction side from the strike angle direction is a target signal. Becomes larger than the received signal by the transmission beam transmitted in the scanning angle direction.
- the transmission beam forming means gradually increases the width of the transmission beam in each striking angle direction from a predetermined direction in the striking angle range toward one end. It is a feature.
- the intensity of the transmission beam in the beam direction can be distributed with the characteristics of only the antenna without reducing the intensity of the transmission beam toward one end. Furthermore, the received signal from a wider range is obtained with the beam on the far end side. As a result, the scanning angle at which the peak of the received signal appears rather than the scanning angle (azimuth angle) of the target is on the predetermined direction side.
- each of the reception detection means is configured so that the received signal intensity gradually decreases toward one end with respect to the received signal intensity in a predetermined direction of the scanning angle range. The received signal intensity in the scanning angle direction is corrected.
- the received signal is controlled rather than controlling the transmission beam as in the above-described configurations.
- the same result as that obtained when the above-described transmission beam is controlled can be obtained.
- the radar apparatus further includes storage means for storing a correspondence table or relational expression between the azimuth angle of the target and the reception signal intensity, and the reception signal intensity is maximized by the reception detection means. It is characterized by detecting the strike angle and applying the detected strike angle to the correspondence table or relational expression to detect the azimuth angle of the target.
- the maximal (peak) strike angle of the received signal strength and the target in that case
- the azimuth angle of the target is detected by detecting the peak of the received signal intensity from the obtained scanning angle distribution of the received signal intensity.
- the radar apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the reception detecting means detects the maximum of the received signal intensity by interpolating the received signal intensity by each transmission beam.
- the received signal in each scanning angle direction that appears discretely with the scanning angle resolution is supplemented (for example, replaced with a predetermined continuous function), and the peak is detected, so that the accuracy is improved. Peak positions can be obtained.
- the peak of the received signal intensity appears on the center side of the scanning angle range with respect to the actual scanning angle (azimuth angle) where the target exists. In the vicinity of the area, a peak of the received signal strength from the target existing outside the scanning angle range appears in the scanning angle range. As a result, it is possible to detect a target outside the scanning angle range in which the transmission beam is actually transmitted.
- the present invention it is also possible to control the received signal intensity by the target existing outside the strut angle range at and near the end of the strut angle range by controlling the received signal strength. Appears within the range of the strike angle. As a result, it is possible to detect a target outside the strut angle range in which the transmission beam is actually transmitted.
- the present invention by associating the target strike angle with the scan angle of the received signal intensity peak regardless of the inside or outside of the strike angle range, the peak of the received signal intensity is obtained. It is possible to easily detect the strike angle or direction of the target.
- the present invention by interpolating the received signal strength at each scanning angle, the received signal strength that appears discretely becomes continuous, and the scanning angle distribution of the received signal strength becomes more precise. Become .
- the peak is detected by the scanning angle distribution of the received signal intensity, the target orientation can be detected more accurately.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a configuration of a radar apparatus according to a first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a distribution of received signal intensity by a transmission beam in each scanning angle direction.
- FIG. 3 is an antenna gain pattern diagram showing a relationship between an azimuth angle (scanning angle) and a relative antenna gain.
- FIG. 4 is a relationship diagram between the peak azimuth angle of the received signal intensity and the target azimuth angle when the transmission beam has the distribution shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transmitted beam azimuth angle and the corresponding received signal intensity when a target exists in the 0 ° direction.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transmitted beam azimuth angle and the corresponding received signal intensity when a target is present in the 5 ° direction.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transmitted beam azimuth angle and the corresponding received signal intensity when a target is present in the 10 ° direction.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transmitted beam azimuth and the corresponding received signal strength when a target is present in the 15 ° direction.
- FIG. 9 is an antenna gain pattern diagram showing the relationship between the azimuth angle and the relative antenna gain in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a relationship diagram between the peak azimuth angle of the received signal intensity and the target azimuth angle when the transmission beam has the distribution shown in FIG.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a relationship between a transmission beam azimuth angle and a corresponding received signal intensity when a target exists in the 0 ° direction.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transmission beam azimuth angle and the corresponding received signal strength when the target is present in the 5 ° direction.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a relationship between a transmission beam azimuth angle and a corresponding received signal intensity when a target exists in the 10 ° direction.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transmission beam azimuth angle and the corresponding received signal strength when a target is present in the 15 ° direction.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the relationship between the transmitted beam azimuth angle and the corresponding received signal strength when the target exists in the 20 ° direction.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram of a radar apparatus according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another configuration of the radar apparatus according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram when interpolation is performed by approximating the received signal strength with a quadratic function.
- a radar apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
- an FM-CW radar device mounted on an automobile will be described as an example of a radar device.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the configuration of the radar apparatus of this embodiment.
- the radar apparatus of the present embodiment includes a control unit 1, VC02, coupler 3, circulator 4, antenna 5, mixer 6, low-pass filter (LPF) 7, A / D conversion unit 8, antenna scanning mechanism 9, and data processing. Part 10 is provided.
- the data processing unit 10 includes an FFT processing unit 11, a peak detection unit 12, and a target detection unit 13.
- the control unit 1 sequentially generates digital data of a modulation signal that modulates a transmission signal, and outputs a control voltage based on the digital data to VC02.
- VC02 changes the oscillation frequency according to the control voltage input from the control unit 1.
- the oscillation frequency of VC02 is FM-modulated continuously, for example, in a triangular waveform.
- the power bra 3 transmits the FM-modulated transmission signal to the circulator 4 side, and supplies a part of the transmission signal to the mixer 6 as a low-power signal with a predetermined distribution ratio.
- the circulator 4 transmits the transmission signal to the antenna 5 side and supplies the reception signal from the antenna 5 to the mixer 6.
- Antenna 5 transmits a transmission signal of a continuous wave that is FM-modulated by VC02 as a transmission beam having a predetermined spread.
- the antenna 5 scans the transmission beam by periodically changing the direction of the transmission beam over a predetermined range of the angle of strike by the antenna strike mechanism 9.
- the beam strike is performed along the horizontal direction from the own vehicle, and the strike angle corresponds to the azimuth.
- the angular pitch of the center of each transmission beam in the radial direction that is, the resolution of the running angle is set in advance, and the distribution of the transmission beam intensity for each scanning angle is also set in advance.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a distribution of received signal intensity by a transmission beam in each scanning angle direction, where (A) is an overall view and (B) is a partially enlarged view.
- 501, 502R to 505R and 502L to 505L indicate the shape of the transmission beam and the shape of the received signal intensity distribution obtained from the transmission beam.
- the received signal strength by the transmitted beam indicates the received signal strength obtained by transmitting the transmitted beam to the target at the same distance from the own vehicle in the azimuth direction (running angle direction).
- FIG. 3 is an antenna gain pattern diagram showing the relationship between the azimuth angle (scanning angle) and the relative antenna gain.
- the azimuth angle indicates the angle formed with the 0 ° direction when the center direction of the range of the strike angle of the antenna 5 is the 0 ° direction.
- the azimuth angle is the direction in which the right direction when viewed from the vehicle in the radial direction is the direction in which the angle is +, and the left direction is the direction in which the angle is one.
- the transmission beam is set so that the received signal intensity by the transmission beam in the center direction of the strike angle range is stronger than the received signal intensity by the transmission beam in the other strike angle direction.
- Received signal strength by transmission beam gradually from the center to the end of the range It is set to be weak.
- 505R is set to become weaker in order.
- the received intensity 502L, 503L, 504L, and 505L in each striking angle direction from the center direction to the end is sequentially compared to the received intensity 501 of the transmitted beam in the center direction.
- the setting is made weaker.
- the X ° -y ° direction adjacent to the center side is greater than the received signal strength in the X ° direction due to the transmitted beam transmitted in the X ° direction. It is set so that the received signal strength in the X ° direction due to the transmitted beam transmitted at is stronger. For example, as shown in FIG.
- the transmission beam 504R is caused by the transmission beam 504R rather than the reception intensity 551R of the transmission beam in the center direction by the transmission beam 505R
- the received signal strength 542R in the center direction of the transmission beam 505R is set to be stronger.
- the scanning angle resolution is 1 °.
- the received signal strength of the transmission beam centered in the 0 ° direction is greater than the received signal strength of the transmission beam centered in the + 1 ° direction relative to the target in the direction of + 1 °. Is set higher. This relationship (distribution) is set to be the same even when the scanning angle increases from the center (0 ° direction) of the scanning angle range to the + 15 ° direction at the end.
- the transmission signal centered in the + 14 ° direction is stronger than the received signal strength of the transmission beam centered in the + 15 ° direction.
- the received signal strength due to is set higher.
- the distribution with respect to the scanning angle in the + angle direction (right direction) is shown, but the distribution with respect to the scanning angle in the one angle direction (left direction) is the same.
- the distribution in the + angle direction and the distribution in the ⁇ angle direction may not be completely the same, and may be only in one direction (+ angle direction or one angle direction).
- the peak scanning angle of the received signal intensity is shifted by 1 ° from the target azimuth angle to the central direction (0 ° direction) except for the central direction (0 ° direction).
- the transmission beam set in this way is reflected by the target and received by the antenna 5 as a reflected signal from the same direction.
- Antenna 5 outputs the received signal to circulator 4, and circulator 4 transmits the received signal to mixer 6.
- Mixer 6 mixes the local signal from coupler 3 and the received signal from circulator 4 and outputs an IF beat signal.
- the LPF 7 removes unnecessary high frequency components from the IF beat signal, and the A / D converter 8 converts the signal into a sampling data string and supplies it to the FFT processor 11 of the data processor 10.
- the FFT processing unit 11 performs FFT processing on the sampling data string converted by the AZD conversion unit 8 and supplies the result to the peak detection unit 12.
- the peak detection unit 12 detects the received signal intensity in each scanning angle direction by performing threshold processing on the FFT-processed data, and supplies the detected signal strength to the target detection unit 13.
- the target detection unit 13 detects the azimuth angle of the target from the distribution of the received signal intensity in each scanning angle direction by the following method. At this time, the target detection unit 13 detects the relative distance and relative speed from the vehicle to the target by a known FM-CW method.
- FIG. 5 to FIG. 8 are diagrams showing the relationship between the transmission beam strike angle and the corresponding received signal intensity when the target exists in each azimuth angle direction. These results in FIGS. 5 to 8 show the case where the transmission beam pattern shown in FIG. 3 is used for both transmission and reception.
- Fig. 5 shows the case where the target exists in the 0 ° direction (the center direction of the scanning angle range)
- Fig. 6 shows the case where the target exists in the + 5 ° direction
- Figure 7 shows the case where the target is in the + 10 ° direction
- Figure 8 shows the case where the target is in the + 15 ° direction.
- the target detection unit 13 detects the scanning angle distribution of the reception signal intensity using the reception signal intensity detected by the peak detection unit 12.
- the data processing unit 10 stores in advance the target azimuth angle and the corresponding scan angle distribution of the received signal intensity in association with each other.
- the relationship between the target azimuth angle and the maximum scan angle of the received signal intensity as shown in FIG. the target detection unit 13 detects the scanning angle direction that takes the maximum received signal strength from the scanning angle distribution of the received signal strength obtained by the current scan, and the stored received signal strength becomes the maximum value.
- the relationship between the scanning angle and the target azimuth angle (Fig. 4) is read, and the detection results are compared with the stored information.
- the target detection unit 13 detects the target azimuth angle based on the comparison result. For example, if a received signal intensity distribution having a maximum is obtained when the transmission beam azimuth angle is 9 ° as shown in FIG. 7, it is detected that the target is present in the 10 ° direction, and the transmission as shown in FIG. If the received signal intensity distribution with the maximum is obtained when the beam azimuth angle is 14 °, it is detected that the target exists in the 15 ° direction.
- the azimuth angle where the target exists is 1 ° away from the center with respect to the strike angle indicating the local maximum of the received signal intensity distribution (running angle). Corner).
- a target that exists at an azimuth angle of 16 ° outside the scanning angle range can be detected when the maximum received signal strength appears at 15 °. Therefore, it is possible to detect a target outside the angular range in which the transmission beam is actually scanned. That is, by using the above-described configuration of the present embodiment, it is possible to widen the range in which short-distance detection is possible.
- the received signal intensity of the transmission beam is set to be lower at the end of the scanning angle range, and therefore, a target that is located at a long distance from the own vehicle is detected in the end direction. It is not possible, but it can detect targets that are close.
- the azimuth angle of the target is detected from the maximum of the received signal intensity in the strike angle direction.
- the target azimuth and received signal as shown in Figs.
- the detected received signal intensity distribution pattern is compared with the stored received signal intensity distribution pattern to determine the target azimuth. It is also possible to detect.
- a different distribution pattern is obtained for each target azimuth, so that the target azimuth can be uniquely determined.
- the radar apparatus of the present embodiment has the same configuration as the radar apparatus shown in the first embodiment.
- the transmission beam control method and the accompanying peak detection method are different. Therefore, description of each component is omitted, and only a transmission beam control method and a peak detection method will be described below.
- FIG. 9 is an antenna gain pattern diagram showing the relationship between the azimuth angle and the relative antenna gain in the present embodiment.
- the azimuth angle and the scanning angle are angles formed with the 0 ° direction as the center direction of the range of the strike angle of the antenna 5.
- the azimuth angle is the direction in which the right-hand direction when viewed from the vehicle toward the radial direction is the direction in which the angle is +, and the left-hand direction is the direction in which the angle is one.
- the scanning angle resolution is 1 °.
- the transmission beam is set so that the reception intensity of the transmission beam in the center direction of the scanning angle range is stronger than the reception intensity of the transmission beam in other scanning angle directions. It is set so that the received signal strength due to the transmission beam gradually decreases from to the edge. In addition, the transmission beam is set so that the transmission beam width gradually increases from the center direction to the end direction of the scanning angle range.
- the beam width of the transmitted beam in the 0 ° direction is about ⁇ 3 °, which is about 6 °. Is the end of +15.
- the beam width of the transmitting beam in the direction will spread over 20 °.
- the transmitted beam in the direction of + 15 ° is reflected by the target having an azimuth angle of + 25 °, and a received signal is obtained.
- FIG. 10 is a relationship diagram between the peak scanning angle of the received signal intensity and the target azimuth angle when the transmission beam has the distribution shown in FIG.
- the peak scanning angle of the received signal intensity is substantially shifted from the target azimuth angle to the central direction (0 ° direction) except for the 0 ° direction.
- the peak strike angle of the received signal strength is 4 °
- the peak strike angle of the received signal strength is 13 °
- the target azimuth is 22 °.
- FIG. 11 to FIG. 15 are diagrams showing the relationship between the transmission beam scanning angle and the corresponding received signal intensity when there are targets in each azimuth angle direction.
- FIGS. 11 to 15 show the case where the transmission beam pattern shown in FIG. 9 is used for both transmission and reception.
- FIG. 11 shows the case where the target exists in the 0 ° direction (the central direction of the scanning angle range)
- FIG. 12 shows the case where the target exists in the + 5 ° direction
- FIG. 13 shows the case where the target exists in the + 10 ° direction
- FIG. 14 shows the case where the target exists in the + 15 ° direction.
- Figure 15 shows the case where the target is in the + 20 ° direction.
- the data processing unit 10 stores in advance the target azimuth angles and the corresponding received signal intensity scanning angle distributions as shown in FIG. 11 to FIG.
- the relationship between the target azimuth angle and the maximum tilt angle of the received signal strength is stored in advance.
- the target detection unit 13 detects the driving angle direction taking the maximum received signal intensity from the scanning angle distribution of the received signal intensity obtained by the current scan, and the stored received signal intensity becomes the maximum value.
- the relationship between the scanning angle and the target azimuth angle (Fig. 4) is read, and the detection results are compared with the stored information. Then, the target detection unit 13 detects the target azimuth based on the comparison result.
- a received signal intensity distribution having a maximum is obtained when the transmission beam scanning angle is 8 ° as shown in FIG. 13, it is detected that the target is present in the 10 ° direction, and the transmission as shown in FIG. If the received signal intensity distribution with the maximum is obtained when the beam scanning angle is 11 °, it is detected that the target exists in the 15 ° direction. Furthermore, if a received signal intensity distribution having a maximum is obtained when the transmit beam strike angle is 13 ° as shown in FIG. 15, it is detected that a target exists in the 20 ° direction.
- the azimuth angle where the target exists is on the side away from the center with respect to the azimuth angle indicating the maximum of the received signal intensity distribution.
- the transmission beam width is made closer to the end of the scanning angle range, so that it is possible to detect a wider range than the method shown in the first embodiment.
- the azimuth angle of the target is detected from the scanning angle at which the received signal intensity is maximum.
- the detected received signal intensity scanning angle distribution pattern and The azimuth angle of the target can be detected by comparing with the stored distribution pattern of the received signal intensity.
- a different distribution pattern is obtained for each azimuth angle of the target, so that the direction angle of the target can be uniquely determined.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram of the radar apparatus of this embodiment.
- the radar apparatus according to this embodiment is different from the radar apparatus shown in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment between the mixer 6 and the LPF 7.
- a GA (Variable Gain Amplifier) 15 is installed, and other configurations are the same.
- the VGA 15 is an amplifier capable of controlling the gain.
- the VGA 15 receives the strike angle information of the transmission beam from the antenna strike mechanism 9, and the VGA 15 changes the amplification factor of the IF beat signal output from the mixer 6 based on the strike angle information. This makes it possible to control the relative antenna gain with respect to the azimuth angle as shown in FIG. 3 without controlling the intensity of the transmitted beam.
- the IF beat signal thus gain-adjusted is digitally converted by the AZD conversion unit 8 via the LPF 7 and supplied to the data processing unit 10 as in the first embodiment.
- the data processing unit 10 detects the target by processing the input data as shown in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 16 the force showing the configuration in which VGA15 is installed between mixer 6 and LPF7. As shown in Fig. 17, VGA15 is not used and FFT processing unit 11 of data processing unit 10 and peak detection are performed. A level correction unit 14 may be installed between the unit 12 and the unit 12.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another configuration of the radar apparatus of the present embodiment.
- an IF beat signal is obtained from a transmission beam that is not subjected to intensity control in the scanning angle direction, and FFT processing is performed.
- the level correction unit 14 corrects the level of the FFT processed data based on the scanning beam scanning angle information input from the control unit 1. As a result, the relative antenna gain with respect to the azimuth angle as shown in FIG. 3 can be controlled without controlling the intensity of the transmitted beam.
- the example in which the azimuth angle at which the reception intensity is maximized is arranged so as to be the center of the scanning angle range is shown. It may be set so that the received signal intensity in the direction other than the center of the scanning angle range is the highest. For example, when two radars are installed on both sides of the front of the vehicle, the left radar is set so that the received signal intensity in the right direction from the center of the scanning angle range is maximum, and the right radar is set to the strike angle range. Set so that the received signal strength in the direction to the left of the center is the maximum.
- the received signal intensity distribution of the radar can be corrected by the level correction unit 14, and this correction can be varied depending on the conditions. Therefore, for example, it is possible to change the target detectable range at any time by switching the maximum reception intensity point in the running angle range according to the steering angle of the vehicle.
- the actual measured value peak of the discrete received signal strength based on the scanning angle pitch is detected.
- the peak of the received signal strength distribution is interpolated to obtain the peak.
- the scanning angle may be detected.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram when the received signal strength is approximated by a quadratic function and interpolated.
- the scanning angle of the received signal strength curve force peak represented by the approximate expression is detected.
- the scanning angle of the detected peak the scanning angle closest to the angle that becomes the peak obtained from the curve represented by the approximate expression is adopted.
- the azimuth angle of the target is detected by the method described in the first embodiment.
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