WO2011064823A1 - レーダー装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a radar apparatus, and more particularly to a radar apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and detects the position of an object existing around the vehicle.
- radar devices that detect surrounding objects are mounted on vehicles and are used to detect preceding vehicles and pedestrians.
- radar devices that employ a method of irradiating an object with ultrasonic waves or electromagnetic waves, receiving a reflected wave from the object, and detecting the position of the object.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a radar device that employs a so-called phase monopulse system that detects the position of an object based on the phase difference of reflected waves received by a plurality of antennas.
- the radar apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is configured to receive a reception antenna having an array antenna in which a plurality of element antennas are arranged in the left-right direction and electrically scan the antenna pattern of the reception antenna in the left-right direction.
- a signal processing unit for recognizing an object existing within a predetermined azimuth range in the left-right direction from the received signal received by the antenna.
- the signal processing unit uses the received signal from the element antenna shifted in the vertical direction to position the vertical position of the object in a monopulse method. To detect.
- the radar apparatus described in Patent Document 1 when a plurality of reflected waves reflected from a plurality of objects are received, the position of the object may not be detected correctly. Specifically, the reflected waves generated from each of the plurality of objects interfere with each other to generate a composite wave. When such a synthesized wave is received by the radar apparatus of Patent Document 1, the radar apparatus calculates the position of the object based on the phase information of the synthesized wave. In such a case, since the radar apparatus cannot detect the object based on the phase information of the reflected wave directly reflected from the object before the interference, the radar apparatus may not be able to detect the exact position of the object.
- a vehicle equipped with the radar device as described above is equipped with a system for controlling the traveling of the vehicle based on the position of an object detected by the radar device. If the position information of the object is not accurately detected as described above, unnecessary vehicle control may be performed, and the driver may feel uncomfortable.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a radar device that can determine the type of a reflected wave received.
- the present application adopts the following configuration. That is, the first aspect of the present invention is a radar apparatus that detects an orientation of an object by receiving an electromagnetic wave, receiving a reflected wave formed by reflecting the electromagnetic wave on an object, and irradiating the electromagnetic wave with the electromagnetic wave.
- a reflected wave receiving means for receiving the reflected wave and detecting information of the received reflected wave, and a single reflected wave in which the type of the received reflected wave received by the reflected wave receiving means is directly reflected from the object
- Reflected wave type estimation means that determines whether reflected waves from different objects are combined reflected waves that interfere with each other based on the received reflected wave information, and calculates the existence direction of the object
- a radar apparatus comprising: a direction calculating unit that calculates a direction in which an object exists by changing the method of performing the method according to the type of the received reflected wave.
- the method further includes a direction calculating unit that calculates a presence direction of the object by changing a method of calculating the presence direction of the object according to a type of the received reflected wave. To do.
- the reflected wave receiving unit includes a first antenna that detects at least an amplitude level of the received reflected wave as information of the received reflected wave, and a receiving surface of the first antenna. And a second antenna that is separately disposed at an arbitrary position on the plane and detects at least the amplitude level of the received reflected wave as information of the received reflected wave, and the reflected wave type estimating means has a single type of received reflected wave. Whether the reflected wave or the combined reflected wave is detected is determined based on the magnitude relationship between the amplitude levels of the received reflected waves detected by the first antenna and the second antenna, respectively.
- a fourth aspect is characterized in that, in the third aspect, the second antenna is arranged at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction from the first antenna on a plane including the receiving surface of the first antenna. To do.
- the second antenna is arranged at a position shifted by a predetermined interval in the vertical direction from the first antenna on a plane including the receiving surface of the first antenna.
- the direction calculating means calculates the presence direction of the object using the maximum likelihood estimation method when it is determined that the type of the received reflected wave is a combined reflected wave.
- each of the first antenna and the second antenna detects a phase of the received reflected wave
- the direction calculating means has a single reflected wave type of the received reflected wave Is determined
- the presence direction of the object is calculated by a phase monopulse method based on the phases of the received reflected waves detected by the first antenna and the second antenna, respectively.
- the reflected wave type estimation unit calculates a difference value between amplitude levels of received reflected waves received by the first antenna and the second antenna, respectively.
- the difference value is greater than or equal to a predetermined difference value threshold, it is determined that the received reflected wave is a combined reflected wave.
- the received reflected wave is simply It is characterized by determining that it is one reflected wave.
- a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to an object based on information of a received reflected wave detected by the first antenna, and an amplitude level threshold value is calculated according to the distance to the object
- An amplitude level threshold calculating means wherein the reflected wave type estimating means is (C) the amplitude level difference value is less than the difference value threshold, and the amplitude level of the received reflected wave detected by the first antenna is the amplitude level threshold value. If the received reflected wave is less than the difference value threshold, it is determined that the received reflected wave is a single reflected wave, and the amplitude level of the received reflected wave detected by the first antenna is the amplitude. When it is equal to or higher than the level threshold value, the received reflected wave is determined to be a combined reflected wave.
- the type of the received reflected wave received by the antenna can be estimated. Specifically, in a radar device that detects an object by transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, a single reflected wave in which the reflected reflected wave is directly reflected from the object or a combination in which multiple reflected waves with different propagation paths interfere with each other It can be estimated which of the reflected waves. Therefore, the method for calculating the position of the object can be changed or the data output from the radar device can be changed according to the type of the received reflected wave.
- the method of estimating the type of the received reflected wave received by the antenna and changing the method of calculating the direction of the object according to the type of the received reflected wave can be changed. Can be calculated.
- the type of the received reflected wave can be estimated with a simple configuration.
- the received reflected wave received at each antenna is either a single reflected wave or a combined reflected wave that has arrived through different paths in the left-right direction as viewed from the radar device. Can be estimated accurately.
- the received reflected wave received at each antenna is either a single reflected wave or a combined reflected wave that has arrived through different paths in the vertical direction when viewed from the radar device. Can be estimated accurately.
- the arrival direction of each of the plurality of reflected waves forming the combined reflected wave is calculated, and the existence direction of the object that generated each reflected wave is accurately determined. Can be calculated.
- the existence direction of the object can be calculated easily and with a small processing amount.
- the type of the received reflected wave can be estimated by a simple process using a threshold value.
- reflected waves are generated from each of a plurality of objects, and the reflected waves from one object are extremely stronger than the reflected waves of the other object, that is, the reflected waves received by each antenna.
- the reflected wave is a combined reflected wave. Therefore, when there is a trailer vehicle or the like that is relatively easy to reflect electromagnetic waves near a person who is relatively difficult to reflect electromagnetic waves, detection can be performed without overlooking the presence of the person.
- An example of a flowchart showing processing executed by the microcomputer 30 The figure which shows the definition of angle ⁇ and angle ⁇ which shows the arrival direction of the reflected wave
- Arrangement diagram showing an example of arrangement of receiving antennas when the receiving antenna 25 is omitted
- Arrangement diagram showing an example of arrangement of each receiving antenna when receiving antenna 23 and receiving antenna 25 are omitted
- the radar apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
- the radar device 1 is mounted on a vehicle and used to detect objects around the vehicle.
- FIG. 1 is an example of a block diagram showing the configuration of the radar device 1.
- the radar apparatus 1 includes an irradiation antenna 10, an array antenna 20, and a microcomputer 30.
- the irradiation antenna 10 is an antenna device that radiates electromagnetic waves around the vehicle.
- the irradiation antenna 10 irradiates an electromagnetic wave around the vehicle with a predetermined period.
- the electromagnetic wave irradiated by the irradiation antenna 10 is, for example, an electromagnetic wave in the millimeter wavelength band. Below, the example which the irradiation antenna 10 irradiates the electromagnetic wave of wavelength (lambda) is demonstrated.
- the array antenna 20 is an antenna device that receives the electromagnetic waves irradiated by the irradiation antenna 10.
- the array antenna 20 includes a plurality of receiving antennas 21-25.
- the receiving antennas 21 to 25 are antenna elements that detect information of reflected waves received by each of the receiving antennas 21 to 25.
- the receiving antennas 21 to 25 detect the amplitude, phase, and frequency of the reflected wave, respectively.
- the receiving antennas 21 to 25 transmit data indicating the detected amplitude, phase, and frequency to the microcomputer 30, respectively.
- the reflected wave actually received by each receiving antenna is referred to as a received reflected wave.
- the microcomputer 30 is an information processing device including a storage device such as a memory and an interface circuit.
- the microcomputer 30 receives each of whether the type of the received reflected wave is a single reflected wave that is directly reflected from an object or a combined reflected wave that is obtained by interfering reflected waves from a plurality of different objects. Estimate based on the received reflected wave information input from the antenna. Then, the microcomputer 30 calculates the arrival direction of the reflected wave, that is, the presence direction of the object by a calculation method according to the type of the received reflected wave. For example, the microcomputer 30 is connected to another device such as an ECU of the vehicle, and outputs data indicating the detected direction of the detected object to the device. Detailed processing of the microcomputer 30 will be described later.
- FIG. 2 is a layout diagram showing an example of an array of receiving antennas.
- the positional relationship between the receiving antennas 21 to 25 arranged in the XYZ coordinate system will be described with reference to FIG.
- the XY plane represents a horizontal plane
- the Z axis represents a vertical direction.
- the receiving antennas 21 to 25 are arranged so that each receiving surface is positioned on the YZ plane. That is, the X coordinates of the receiving antennas 21 to 25 are the same.
- the receiving antennas 21 to 25 are arranged in the order of the receiving antenna 21, the receiving antenna 22, the receiving antenna 23, the receiving antenna 24, and the receiving antenna 25 in the Y-axis direction at intervals of ⁇ y.
- the receiving antenna 22 and the receiving antenna 23 are arranged at arbitrary identical Z-coordinate positions.
- the receiving antenna 21 and the receiving antenna 24 are arranged at a coordinate position larger (upper side) by ⁇ z in the Z-axis direction than the receiving antenna 22 and the receiving antenna 23.
- the receiving antenna 25 is arranged at a coordinate position that is larger by ⁇ z in the Z-axis direction than the receiving antenna 21 and the receiving antenna 24 (upper side).
- ⁇ y and ⁇ z are preferably set to 1 ⁇ 2 or less of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the irradiation antenna 10.
- each receiving antenna Since each receiving antenna is arranged as described above, the magnitude of the amplitude level of the received reflected wave detected by each receiving antenna is compared, so that the received reflected wave is a composite reflected wave or a single reflected wave. It can be estimated. Hereinafter, the principle will be described.
- the received reflected wave C is a combined reflected wave of an A wave and a B wave having different phases.
- the amplitude level of the A wave and the B wave are increased or decreased at locations where the phases are different from each other. Therefore, if a plurality of receiving antennas are arranged in different positions in advance as described above, the received reflected waves are received in different phases for each receiving antenna, and each of the received reflected waves is a combined reflected wave. A difference occurs in the amplitude level detected by the receiving antenna.
- the reflected wave is a single reflected wave
- the reflected wave is received at a constant amplitude level regardless of the position of the receiving antenna. Therefore, if each receiving antenna is arranged as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is an example of a flowchart showing processing executed by the microcomputer 30.
- the microcomputer 30 executes the process shown in FIG.
- the microcomputer 30 starts the process shown in FIG. 3, the microcomputer 30 first executes the process of step S1.
- step S1 the microcomputer 30 acquires the amplitude level detected by each receiving antenna.
- the amplitude level detected by the receiving antenna 21 is L1
- the amplitude level detected by the receiving antenna 22 is L2
- the amplitude level detected by the receiving antenna 23 is L3
- the amplitude level detected by the receiving antenna 24 is L4, and the receiving antenna 25
- the amplitude level detected by is represented as L5.
- step S2 the microcomputer 30 calculates the difference value of the amplitude level of each antenna. Specifically, first, the microcomputer 30 calculates the difference value ⁇ LH of the amplitude level detected by each of any two receiving antennas arranged at the same Z coordinate and different Y coordinates. For example, the microcomputer 30 calculates a difference value between the amplitude level L2 detected by the receiving antenna 22 and the amplitude level L3 detected by the receiving antenna 23 as ⁇ LH based on the following equation (1).
- the microcomputer 30 calculates the difference value ⁇ LV of the amplitude level detected by each of any two receiving antennas arranged at different positions of the Z coordinate. For example, the microcomputer 30 calculates the difference value between the amplitude level L21 detected by the receiving antenna 21 and the amplitude level L2 detected by the receiving antenna 22 as ⁇ LV based on the following equation (2).
- the microcomputer 30 may execute the process of calculating ⁇ LH and ⁇ LV in step S2 in an arbitrary order. When the microcomputer 30 completes the process of step S2, the process proceeds to step S3.
- step S3 the microcomputer 30 determines whether or not the difference in amplitude level between the left and right receiving antennas is relatively large. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of ⁇ LH is greater than or equal to the difference value threshold value ⁇ Lth.
- the difference value threshold value ⁇ Lth is a first threshold value for determining the type of the received reflected wave.
- the difference value threshold value ⁇ Lth is a constant stored in the storage device in advance. If the value of ⁇ LH is greater than or equal to ⁇ Lth, the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the left and right antennas is large, and advances the process to step S8. On the other hand, when the value of ⁇ LH is less than ⁇ Lth, the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the left and right antennas is small, and advances the processing to step S4.
- step S3 is the received reflected wave a combined reflected wave (hereinafter referred to as a horizontal combined wave) made up of a plurality of reflected waves that arrive along different propagation paths in the left-right direction (XY plane component)? It can be estimated whether or not. Specifically, when the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the left and right antennas is large, the microcomputer 30 can estimate that the received reflected wave is a horizontal composite wave. On the other hand, when the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the left and right antennas is small, the received reflected wave is the same in the single reflected wave or the propagation direction is at least in the left and right direction (XY plane component).
- a composite reflected wave composed of a plurality of reflected waves having the same propagation direction in the left-right direction (XY plane component), that is, a composite wave composed of a plurality of reflected waves arriving through different propagation paths in the vertical direction (XZ plane component). It is considered to be a reflected wave (hereinafter referred to as a vertically synthesized wave).
- step S4 the microcomputer 30 determines whether or not the difference in amplitude level between the upper and lower receiving antennas is relatively large. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of ⁇ LV is greater than or equal to the difference value threshold value ⁇ Lth. If the value of ⁇ LV is equal to or greater than ⁇ Lth, the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the upper and lower antennas is large, and advances the process to step S8. On the other hand, when the value of ⁇ LV is less than ⁇ Lth, the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the upper and lower receiving antennas is small, and advances the processing to step S5.
- step S4 it can be estimated whether or not the received reflected wave is a vertically synthesized wave.
- the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the upper and lower receiving antennas is large, the microcomputer 30 can estimate that the received reflected wave is a vertical composite wave.
- the microcomputer 30 determines that the difference in amplitude level between the upper and lower receiving antennas is small, the microcomputer 30 estimates that the received reflected wave is a single reflected wave because the received reflected wave does not correspond to a horizontal synthesized wave or a vertical synthesized wave. it can.
- the type of the received reflected wave can be estimated by comparing the amplitude levels detected by the respective receiving antennas.
- step S5 the microcomputer 30 calculates the object distance D.
- the object distance D is a value indicating the distance to the object that has generated the received reflected wave.
- the calculation method of the object distance D may use a conventionally well-known method.
- the microcomputer 30 calculates the object distance D based on the frequency variation between the frequency of the received reflected wave detected by an arbitrary receiving antenna and the electromagnetic wave irradiated by the irradiation antenna 10.
- the microcomputer 30 calculates the distance to the object using the FM-CW method.
- step S6 the microcomputer 30 calculates the amplitude level threshold value LD.
- the amplitude level threshold LD is a second threshold for determining the type of the received reflected wave.
- the amplitude level threshold LD is a variable that varies according to the value of the object distance D.
- the amplitude level threshold LD is assumed to be detected when each receiving antenna receives a reflected wave from a person present at a position away from the radar device 1 by the object distance D. It is preferable to use a variable value determined according to the value of the wave amplitude level.
- the microcomputer 30 stores in advance a data table indicating a correspondence relationship between the value of the object distance D and the amplitude level threshold value LD. Then, the value of the amplitude level threshold LD corresponding to the value of the object distance D calculated in step S5 is read from the data table.
- the value of the amplitude level threshold value LD corresponding to the value of each object distance D in the data table may be determined in advance through experiments or the like.
- the amplitude level threshold LD corresponding to the object distance D is set in the data table.
- a value obtained by adding a predetermined constant to the amplitude level value of the received reflected wave actually detected may be used as the amplitude level threshold LD.
- the value of the amplitude level threshold LD decreases as the object distance D increases.
- the method for calculating the amplitude level threshold value LD is an example, and the microcomputer 30 may calculate the amplitude level threshold value LD using a conventionally known technique.
- the microcomputer 30 completes the process of step S6, the microcomputer 30 advances the process to step S7.
- step S7 the microcomputer 30 determines whether or not the amplitude level L1 is equal to or less than the amplitude level threshold LD. If the microcomputer 30 determines that the amplitude level L1 is less than or equal to the amplitude level threshold LD, the microcomputer 30 advances the process to step S9. On the other hand, if the microcomputer 30 determines that the amplitude level L1 is greater than the amplitude level threshold LD, the microcomputer 30 advances the process to step S8.
- step S7 if the microcomputer 30 is in a situation where it is difficult to detect a person even if the difference in amplitude level detected by each receiving antenna is small, the received reflected wave Can be estimated to be a composite reflected wave.
- step S5 to step S7 it is assumed that the received reflected wave is a combined reflected wave in such a situation, and reflected waves from a plurality of objects are assumed, so that the presence of a person is not overlooked. It can be done.
- step S8 the microcomputer 30 calculates the arrival direction of the received reflected wave using the maximum likelihood estimation method.
- the method of calculating the arrival directions of a plurality of reflected waves using the maximum likelihood estimation method is a conventionally well-known technique, but an example is shown below.
- the microcomputer 30 reads the theoretical expression of the received reflected wave received by each receiving antenna stored in advance in the storage device, and sequentially substitutes values that can be taken as parameters in the theoretical expression.
- E1 shown in Formula (3) shows the signal of the received reflected wave received by the receiving antenna 21.
- E2 shown in Expression (4) indicates a signal of a received reflected wave received by the receiving antenna 22.
- E3 shown in Expression (5) indicates a signal of a received reflected wave received by the receiving antenna 23.
- E4 shown in Expression (6) indicates a signal of a received reflected wave received by the receiving antenna 24.
- E5 shown in Expression (7) indicates a signal of a received reflected wave received by the receiving antenna 25.
- A is a parameter indicating the amplitude of each reflected wave
- ⁇ and ⁇ are parameters indicating the arrival direction of each reflected wave.
- 1 is added as a subscript to the parameter of the reflected wave W1
- 2 is added to the parameter of the reflected wave W2 to indicate the correspondence between each reflected wave and the parameter.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the definition of the angle ⁇ and the angle ⁇ indicating the arrival direction of the reflected wave.
- the coordinate system shown in FIG. 4 is the same coordinate system as in FIG.
- a vector indicating the arrival direction of the reflected wave is indicated by a vector R.
- the angle ⁇ is an angle formed by the vector R and the XZ plane.
- the angle ⁇ is an angle formed by the vector R and the XY plane.
- the microcomputer 30 compares the calculated value obtained by sequentially substituting the possible parameter values for each parameter in the above-described theoretical formula with the actual signal value received by each receiving antenna. Then, the microcomputer 30 calculates a combination of the angle ⁇ and the angle ⁇ that minimizes the difference between the calculated value and the actual signal value as the arrival direction of the reflected wave. When the angle ⁇ and the angle ⁇ are calculated as described above, the microcomputer 30 outputs data indicating the angle ⁇ and the angle ⁇ to other devices such as an ECU of the vehicle. When the microcomputer 30 completes the process of step S8, the process proceeds to step S10.
- step S8 when the microcomputer 30 estimates that the received reflected wave is a combined reflected wave, the microcomputer 30 calculates the arrival direction of the reflected wave using the maximum likelihood estimation method. Therefore, the microcomputer 30 can calculate the arrival direction of each of the plurality of reflected waves forming the composite reflected wave, and can accurately calculate the existence direction of the object that has generated each reflected wave.
- step S9 the microcomputer 30 calculates the arrival direction of the reflected wave by the phase monopulse method.
- a method of calculating the arrival direction of a single reflected wave using the phase monopulse method is a well-known technique, but an example is shown below.
- the microcomputer 30 acquires the phase of the received reflected wave detected at each receiving antenna. Then, the phase difference ⁇ 1 between the receiving antenna 22 and the receiving antenna 21 and the phase difference ⁇ 2 between the receiving antenna 23 and the receiving antenna 24 are calculated.
- phase difference ⁇ 1 and the phase difference ⁇ 2 can be expressed by the following expressions (8) and (9).
- the angle ⁇ and the angle ⁇ can be expressed by the following expressions (10) and (11) using the phase difference ⁇ 1 and the phase difference ⁇ 2.
- the microcomputer 30 calculates the angle ⁇ and the angle ⁇ by substituting the calculated values of the phase difference ⁇ 1 and the phase difference ⁇ 2 into the above expressions (10) and (11) stored in the storage device in advance. Then, the microcomputer 30 outputs data indicating the angle ⁇ and the angle ⁇ to other devices such as an ECU of the vehicle. When the process of step S9 is completed, the microcomputer 30 advances the process to step S10.
- step S9 when the microcomputer 30 estimates that the received reflected wave is a single reflected wave, the microcomputer 30 calculates the arrival direction of the reflected wave by the phase monopulse method. Since the processing amount is generally smaller when the phase monopulse method is used than when the maximum likelihood estimation method is used, the microcomputer 30 has a relatively small processing amount when the received reflected wave is a single reflected wave. Thus, it is possible to easily calculate the existence direction of the object that has generated the reflected wave.
- step S10 the microcomputer 30 determines whether an end process has been executed. Specifically, for example, the microcomputer 30 determines whether or not the IG power supply of the vehicle on which the radar device 1 is mounted is set to off. If the microcomputer 30 determines that the termination process has been executed, the microcomputer 30 completes the process of FIG. On the other hand, if the microcomputer 30 determines that the termination process has not been executed, the microcomputer 30 returns the process to step S1 and repeatedly executes the above-described process.
- the microcomputer 30 estimates the type of the received reflected wave, and uses the maximum likelihood estimation method or the phase monopulse method according to the type of the reflected wave.
- the direction of arrival can be calculated. That is, according to the radar apparatus 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the type of the received reflected wave can be estimated, and the presence direction of the object can be accurately calculated by a calculation method according to the type of the reflected wave.
- the microcomputer 30 determines the type of the received reflected wave. If the determination is possible, other processing may be executed according to the determination result. For example, if the microcomputer 30 determines that the received reflected wave is a combined reflected wave, the microcomputer 30 may process the object that caused the received reflected wave as not detected without calculating the arrival direction. . That is, the microcomputer 30 may omit the process of step S8.
- the microcomputer 30 determines that the received reflected wave is a combined reflected wave, the microcomputer 30 outputs flag data indicating that the position information is not accurate when outputting the position information of the object to another computer or the like. Processing such as output together with the position information data may be performed.
- the amplitude level detected by the receiving antenna 22 and the receiving antenna 23 as to whether or not the received reflected wave is a combined reflected wave of a plurality of reflected waves propagated through different paths in the horizontal direction.
- the microcomputer 30 may perform the said determination based on the difference value of the amplitude level detected with the other receiving antenna.
- the microcomputer 30 may select any receiving antenna as long as it is two receiving antennas arranged at the same Z coordinate and different Y coordinates.
- the difference value between the amplitude level L1 detected by the receiving antenna 21 and the amplitude level L4 detected by the receiving antenna 24 may be ⁇ LH.
- the distance between the two receiving antennas selected in this process is desirably ⁇ / 2 or less.
- the type of reflected wave is determined using five receiving antennas.
- the number of receiving antennas may be changed according to the arrival direction component of the reflected wave to be detected. .
- the reception antenna 25 may be omitted.
- the array antenna 20 is configured by only four receiving antennas 21 to 24.
- FIG. 5 is a layout diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the receiving antennas when the receiving antenna 25 is omitted.
- the reception antenna 23 and the reception antenna 25 may be omitted.
- array antenna 20 is configured by only three receiving antennas, that is, receiving antenna 21, receiving antenna 22, and receiving antenna 24.
- FIG. 6 is a layout diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the receiving antennas when the receiving antenna 23 and the receiving antenna 25 are omitted.
- the interval between the receiving antenna 22 and the receiving antenna 24 in the Y-axis direction is ⁇ y.
- receiving antennas are arranged at equal intervals in the Y-axis direction.
- receiving antennas having different Z coordinates may be arranged at the same Y coordinate.
- the reception antenna 21 may be disposed above the reception antenna 22.
- each receiving antenna element is elongated in the Z direction, or the wiring extends downward from each receiving antenna. In such a case, it is effective to arrange the receiving antennas at equal intervals in the Y-axis direction as shown in FIG.
- the microcomputer 30 determines whether the difference of the amplitude level of each receiving antenna is comparatively large based on the difference value of the amplitude level of each receiving antenna
- the microcomputer 30 was demonstrated. May determine whether or not the difference between the amplitude levels of the receiving antennas is relatively large according to a parameter other than the difference value. For example, the microcomputer 30 calculates a fractional value obtained by dividing the amplitude level of one receiving antenna by the amplitude level of the other receiving antenna. Then, the microcomputer 30 may determine whether or not the difference between the amplitude levels of the reception antennas is relatively large based on the fractional value.
- the radar apparatus estimates whether the received reflected wave is a single reflected wave directly reflected from an object or a combined reflected wave formed by a plurality of reflected waves having different propagation paths interfering with each other. This is useful as a possible radar device.
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- 電磁波を照射し、当該電磁波が物体に反射して成る反射波を受信して当該物体の存在方向を検出するレーダー装置であって、
前記電磁波を照射する電磁波照射手段と、
前記反射波を受信し、当該受信反射波の情報を検出する反射波受信手段と、
前記反射波受信手段に受信された前記受信反射波の種別が、物体から直接反射して成る単一反射波、または異なる複数の物体からの反射波が相互に干渉して成る合成反射波の何れであるかを、前記受信反射波の情報に基づいて判定する反射波種別推定手段とを備える、レーダー装置。 - 前記物体の存在方向を算出する方法を前記受信反射波の種別に応じて変更して、前記物体の存在方向を算出する方向算出手段をさらに備える、請求項1に記載のレーダー装置。
- 前記反射波受信手段は、
前記受信反射波の情報として少なくとも当該受信反射波の振幅レベルを各々に検出する第1アンテナと、
前記第1アンテナの受信面を含む平面上の任意の位置に別途配置され、前記受信反射波の情報として少なくとも当該受信反射波の振幅レベルを検出する第2アンテナとを含み、
前記反射波種別推定手段は、前記受信反射波の種別が前記単一反射波、または前記合成反射波の何れであるかを、前記第1アンテナおよび前記第2アンテナで各々に検出した前記受信反射波の振幅レベルの大小関係に基づいて判定する、請求項2に記載のレーダー装置。 - 前記第2アンテナは、前記第1アンテナの受信面を含む平面上において前記第1アンテナから左右方向に予め定められた間隔を隔てて配置される、請求項3に記載のレーダー装置。
- 前記第2アンテナは、前記第1アンテナの受信面を含む平面上において前記第1アンテナより上下方向に予め定められた間隔だけずれた位置に配置される、請求項3に記載のレーダー装置。
- 前記方向算出手段は、前記受信反射波の種別が前記合成反射波であると判別された場合、最尤推定法を用いて前記物体の存在方向を算出する、請求項3に記載のレーダー装置。
- 前記第1アンテナ、および前記第2アンテナは、各々、前記受信反射波の位相を検出し、
前記方向算出手段は、前記受信反射波の種別が前記単一反射波であると判別された場合、前記第1アンテナ、および前記第2アンテナで各々検出した前記受信反射波の位相に基づいて位相モノパルス方式によって前記物体の存在方向を算出する、請求項3に記載のレーダー装置。 - 前記反射波種別推定手段は、前記第1アンテナおよび前記第2アンテナで各々に受信した前記受信反射波の振幅レベルの差分値を計算し、(A)前記振幅レベルの差分値が予め定められた差分値閾値以上である場合、前記受信反射波が前記合成反射波であると判定し、(B)前記振幅レベルの差分値が前記差分値閾値未満である場合、前記受信反射波が前記単一反射波であると判定する、請求項3に記載のレーダー装置。
- 前記第1アンテナによって検出した前記受信反射波の情報に基づいて前記物体までの距離を算出する距離算出部と、
前記物体までの距離に応じて振幅レベル閾値を算出する振幅レベル閾値算出手段とをさらに備え、
前記反射波種別推定手段は、(C)前記振幅レベルの差分値が前記差分値閾値未満であり、且つ前記第1アンテナが検出した前記受信反射波の振幅レベルが前記振幅レベル閾値未満である場合、前記受信反射波が前記単一反射波であると判定し、(D)前記振幅レベルの差分値が前記差分値閾値未満であり、且つ前記第1アンテナが検出した前記受信反射波の振幅レベルが前記振幅レベル閾値以上である場合、前記受信反射波が前記合成反射波であると判定する、請求項8に記載のレーダー装置。
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