WO2012124352A1 - 車両傾斜検知装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vehicle tilt detection device for automatically detecting the tilt angle of a vehicle such as an automobile.
- this vehicle inclination detection device is suitable for a system that automatically controls the optical axis of a vehicle headlight.
- Patent Document 1 there is a device disclosed in Patent Document 1 as a vehicle tilt detection device according to the prior art.
- the ultrasonic transmission unit transmits ultrasonic waves toward the ground (road surface).
- the ultrasonic wave reflected by the ground is received by the ultrasonic wave receivers installed at different positions.
- the time from transmission to reception is measured, the reception time difference or phase difference in each signal receiving unit is calculated, and the vehicle tilt angle is detected.
- the radio wave transmission unit radiates the radio wave toward the ground, and the radio wave reception unit receives the radio wave reflected on the road surface by two receiving antennas.
- the calculation unit calculates the phase difference between the two received signals by a synthesis process, and detects the tilt angle of the vehicle.
- a vehicle tilt detection device there is a device shown in Patent Document 3.
- Two ultrasonic transmission / reception sensors are installed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
- the ultrasonic transmission unit transmits ultrasonic waves toward the ground.
- the ultrasonic wave reflected by the ground is received by the ultrasonic wave receiver, and the time from transmission to reception is measured.
- the inclination angle of the vehicle is detected from the height displacement of the two ultrasonic transmission / reception sensors from the installation interval in the front-rear direction of the ultrasonic transmission / reception sensors and the reception time difference or phase difference between the ultrasonic transmission / reception sensors.
- the vehicle running state and stop state are determined from the vehicle speed measured by the vehicle speed sensor, and an average inclination angle value obtained by averaging using the inclination angle calculated during traveling is output.
- a vehicle tilt detection device for example, there is a device shown in Patent Document 4.
- the radio wave transmission unit radiates the radio wave toward the ground, and the radio wave reception unit receives the radio wave reflected on the road surface by two receiving antennas.
- Each received signal is subjected to quadrature detection with the transmission signal to be a baseband signal. Based on the amplitude and phase of each baseband signal, a phase difference is derived by arithmetic processing to detect the tilt angle of the vehicle.
- Patent Document 1 Since the conventional vehicle inclination detection device described in Patent Document 1 is configured as described above, there is a problem in that the phase difference changes due to the influence of temperature change, wind, and noise, and the inclination angle cannot be detected with high accuracy. there were.
- the phase difference based on the two baseband signals is 1
- the tilt angle cannot be detected with high accuracy because the phase difference between the reflected wave and the reflected wave or the reflected waves is included.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle inclination detection device that can accurately detect an inclination angle even when there is a temperature change, wind, and noise. .
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle tilt detection device that can accurately detect the tilt angle even if the received signal level varies.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle inclination detection device that can accurately detect an inclination angle without using a vehicle speed sensor.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle inclination detection device that can accurately detect an inclination angle even when there is unevenness on a road surface that occurs locally.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle inclination detection device that can accurately detect an inclination angle by eliminating an error caused by variation in characteristics of each quadrature detector.
- the present invention provides a vehicle inclination detection device that can accurately detect an inclination angle even when linearity characteristics are not good as phase characteristics of respective quadrature detectors connected to two receiving antennas. The purpose is to obtain.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle tilt detection device that can accurately detect the tilt angle even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- a vehicle inclination detection device is installed in a vehicle, and transmits a transmission unit that radiates an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency from a transmission antenna as a radio wave, and a first reception antenna that receives a radio wave reflected from the ground.
- a switching unit that alternately switches between the received signal and the second received signal received by the second receiving antenna of the radio wave reflected from the ground, and outputs the signal to one first line;
- the first amplitude value, the first phase value, the second amplitude value, and the first amplitude value obtained by quadrature detection of the first reception signal or the second reception signal and the oscillation signal transmitted through the first line
- a quadrature detector that alternately switches between two phase values and outputs them to one second line, a first amplitude value sent from the quadrature detector through one second line, and a first Based on the phase value, the second amplitude value, and the second phase value, It is obtained by a tilt angle calculation unit for calculating an angle of inclination with respect to the plane.
- a vehicle tilt detection device is installed in a vehicle and transmits a transmission signal obtained by rotating a phase of an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency from a transmission antenna as a radio wave, and a radio wave reflected from the ground is first.
- a first switching unit that switches and outputs a first reception signal received by the reception antenna and a transmission signal obtained from the transmission unit, and a second reception signal that is received by the second reception antenna of radio waves reflected from the ground Obtained by performing quadrature detection by the first quadrature detection unit with the second switching unit that switches and outputs the transmission signal obtained from the transmission unit and the first reception signal and oscillation signal from the first switching unit
- the second amplitude value obtained by quadrature detection of the first amplitude value and the first phase value, and the second reception signal and oscillation signal from the second switching unit by the second quadrature detection unit, and the second amplitude value Take out the phase value of 2 and switch first
- the first amplitude value and the first phase A tilt angle calculation unit that calculates a tilt angle of the vehicle with respect to the ground based on the value, the second amplitude value, and the second phase value.
- a vehicle inclination detection device is installed in a vehicle, and a transmitter that pulsates an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency and emits it as a radio wave from a transmission antenna, and a radio wave reflected from the ground by a first reception antenna.
- the first receiving antenna receives the first amplitude value and the first phase value obtained by quadrature detection of the received first pulse reception signal and the oscillation signal by the first quadrature detection unit, and the radio wave reflected by the ground.
- An inclination angle calculation unit that calculates an inclination angle of the vehicle with respect to the ground based on a value obtained by sampling the first phase value and a value obtained by sampling the second amplitude value and the second phase value; It is equipped with.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected even if there is a temperature change or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected by noise from the engine or the like.
- the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal obtained by quadrature detection, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the received signals from the two receiving antennas are alternately switched and the oscillation signal and the received signal are orthogonally detected using a single orthogonal detector, characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each orthogonal detector It is possible to eliminate errors due to variations in the angle, and the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- a transmission signal obtained by rotating the phase of the oscillation signal from the oscillator is directly input to the quadrature detection unit as a reception signal, and the phase characteristic of the IQ signal obtained by the quadrature detection at this time is acquired. Therefore, it is possible to correct even if the phase rotation linearity characteristic of the quadrature detection unit is not good, and the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- each pulse-modulated IQ signal obtained by quadrature detection of each reception signal pulse-modulated from two receiving antennas is sampled in time series It is possible to separate the phase value of the IQ signal due to the single reflection from the ground and the phase value of the IQ signal due to the multiple reflections on the time axis, and to calculate the phase difference from the phase value of the single reflection component Thus, the inclination angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- Embodiment 1 of this invention It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the propagation path of the electromagnetic wave by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the relationship between the inclination angle and phase difference by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the relationship between the frequency and phase difference by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the phase characteristic and correction
- Embodiment 4 It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the multiple reflection between the vehicle body and the road surface by Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the sampling of the pulse transmission signal by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 8 of this invention.
- Embodiment 9 It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 9 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 10 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the arrangement
- FIG. 15 It is a block diagram of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus by Embodiment 15 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the antenna arrangement
- Embodiment 17 of this invention It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle inclination detection apparatus in Embodiment 17 of this invention. It is the figure explaining the relationship between the inclination angle of the front-back direction and phase difference by Embodiment 17 of this invention. It is the figure explaining the relationship between the inclination angle of the front-back direction and phase difference by Embodiment 17 of this invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 that detects the inclination angle of the vehicle includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes an oscillator 101, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a switch 601 and a quadrature detector 701.
- the tilt angle calculator 300 includes an amplitude phase calculator 301 and a tilt angle calculator 302.
- the transmitting antenna 103, the first receiving antenna 201, and the second receiving antenna 202 may be arranged in any manner such as being installed on a straight line or installed at each vertex of a triangle.
- the transmission antenna 103, the first reception antenna 201, and the second reception antenna 202 may be installed in any manner such as being installed to have the same height or different heights.
- the distance A between the transmitting antenna 103 and the first receiving antenna 201 and the distance B between the transmitting antenna 103 and the second receiving antenna 202 the distance A and the distance B may be equal or not equal. either will do.
- the transmission unit 100 inputs a transmission signal having a predetermined frequency, amplitude, and phase from the oscillator 101 via the amplifier 102 to the transmission antenna 103.
- the transmission signal input to the transmission antenna 103 is radiated as a radio wave.
- the frequency band there are a transmission signal of a 24 GHz band and a band of 24 GHz to 29 GHz.
- a 24 GHz band 24.05 to 24.25 GHz
- a 26 GHz band 24.25 GHz to 29 of an ultra wideband radar. .0 GHz
- the receiving unit 200 receives radio waves with the first receiving antenna 201 and the second receiving antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first received signal and a second received signal.
- the received signal is input to the switch 601 via the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, and is switched alternately and output to the quadrature detector 701.
- the quadrature detector 701 calculates the amplitude value and the phase value of each of the first reception signal and the second reception signal and outputs them to the tilt angle calculation unit 300. By using the same line from the switch 601 to the quadrature detector 701, the phase length through which the first received signal and the second received signal pass is the same between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701. . Further, by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector, errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector are eliminated.
- the tilt angle calculation unit 300 calculates the tilt angle from the amplitude value and the phase value.
- the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 outputs a signal having a preset frequency, amplitude, and phase to the amplifier 102 as a transmission signal.
- the amplifier 102 amplifies the transmission signal to a predetermined level and outputs the amplified signal to the transmission antenna 103.
- the transmission antenna 103 radiates a transmission signal as a radio wave to space.
- the transmission antenna 103 may be any antenna such as a directional antenna, an array antenna, a horn antenna, or a patch antenna.
- the radiated radio wave may radiate any radio wave such as vertical polarization, horizontal polarization, and circular polarization.
- the radiated radio waves are reflected by the ground and received by the first receiving antenna 201 and the second receiving antenna 202 installed at different positions in the receiving means 200, respectively.
- the first received signal and the second received signal Is output.
- the receiving antenna any antenna such as a directional antenna, an array antenna, a horn antenna, or a patch antenna may be used.
- the first amplifier 203 in the first reception antenna 201 amplifies the power of the first reception signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the quadrature detector 701 via the switch 601.
- the second amplifier 204 outputs the second received signal to the quadrature detector 701 via the switch 601.
- the quadrature detector 701 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the first reception signal or the second reception signal using the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 as a reference signal, and outputs the IQ signal to the amplitude phase calculator 301.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- the IQ signal is composed of two signals: an I signal obtained from the 0 degree component of the reference signal and a Q signal obtained from the 90 degree component.
- the arc tangent of the I signal and the Q signal corresponds to the phase difference between the first received signal and the second received signal.
- the square root of the square sum of the I signal and the Q signal corresponds to the product of the amplitudes of the first received signal and the second received signal.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 in the tilt angle calculation unit 300 includes an IQ signal (first IQ signal) of the first reception signal and an IQ signal (second IQ signal) of the second reception signal obtained alternately.
- the phase difference between the two received signals is derived from these and output to the tilt angle calculator 302.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates and outputs the vehicle tilt angle from the phase difference between the first IQ signal and the second IQ signal.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a propagation path of radio waves according to the first embodiment. More specifically, it is an explanatory view showing a path through which a radio wave radiated from the transmitting antenna 103 is reflected on the road surface and propagates to the first receiving antenna 201 and the second receiving antenna 202.
- the transmission antenna 103, the first reception antenna 201, and the second reception antenna 202 are linearly arranged on the same plane at equal intervals around the transmission antenna 103.
- the path length of the propagation path 401 from the transmission antenna 103 to the first reception antenna 201 is L1
- the path length of the propagation path from the transmission antenna 103 to the second reception antenna 202 is L2
- the road surface is parallel to the vehicle. Route lengths L1 and L2 are equal.
- the path lengths L1 and L2 change, and a path difference occurs.
- phase difference ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ (L1-L2) / ⁇ (1)
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the tilt angle and the phase difference according to the first embodiment.
- the horizontal axis is the inclination angle with respect to the road surface of the vehicle and the vertical axis is the phase difference
- there is a one-to-one relationship between the inclination angle and the phase difference and the inclination angle can be calculated from the phase difference.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the relationship of the phase difference calculated from the IQ signal by the amplitude phase calculator 301 with respect to a plurality of frequencies.
- the horizontal axis is frequency and the vertical axis is phase difference.
- the wavelength decreases and the wavelength ⁇ in the above equation (1) decreases. Therefore, even if the path length is constant, the phase difference increases as the frequency increases, and the relationship shown by the straight line in FIG. 4 is established between the frequency and the phase difference.
- the inclination angle calculator 302 calculates each phase difference obtained for each frequency from the IQ signal by the amplitude phase calculator 301. Linear approximation is performed from the phase difference plot points, and the straight line shown in FIG. 4 is derived by linear approximation.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates a phase difference at a predetermined frequency from this approximate line, and calculates a tilt angle from the calculated phase difference. The relationship between the calculated phase difference and the tilt angle is the same as that described in FIG.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the switch 601 to the quadrature detector 701 are on the same line, the phase lengths through which the first received signal and the second received signal pass are the same between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701. The effect that the tilt angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained. Further, by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector, errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained.
- FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 603, a second switch 604, and a first quadrature detection. 701 and a second quadrature detector 702.
- the tilt angle calculation unit 300 includes an amplitude phase calculator 301 and a tilt angle calculator 302.
- the same reference numerals as those in the other drawings are the same or equivalent, and this is common to other embodiments. Further, the description of the constituent elements appearing in the whole specification is merely an example and is not limited to these descriptions.
- the oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency, amplitude, and phase output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501.
- the method of rotating the phase may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the gain controller 502 sets the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the transmission antenna 103 via the transmission switch 602 and the amplifier 102.
- the transmission signal input to the transmission antenna 103 is radiated as a radio wave.
- the first reception antenna 201 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a first reception signal.
- the first amplifier 203 amplifies the power of the first received signal to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the first quadrature detector 701 via the first switch 603.
- the first quadrature detector 701 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the first reception signal, and outputs the first IQ signal to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- the second receiving antenna 202 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmitting unit 100 and outputs it as a second received signal.
- the second amplifier 204 amplifies the power of the second received signal to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the second quadrature detector 702 via the second switch 604.
- the second quadrature detector 702 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the second reception signal, and outputs the second IQ signal to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- the transmission switcher 602 transmits the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated through the first switcher 603 and the second switcher 604, respectively, to the first quadrature detector 701.
- the second quadrature detector 702 receives the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated through the first switcher 603 and the second switcher 604, respectively, to the first quadrature detector 701.
- the third IQ signal and the fourth IQ signal are output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300, respectively.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 in the tilt angle calculator 300 calculates the rotational linearity characteristics of the respective phases of the first quadrature detector 701 and the second quadrature detector 702 based on the third IQ signal and the fourth IQ signal. Obtain and prepare self-calibration data for correction to normal phase rotation characteristics. With reference to the self-calibration data, a phase difference is derived from the amplitude and phase of each of the first IQ signal and the second IQ signal. The tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference. For calculating the tilt angle, an average value for one period of the phase difference obtained for each phase state of the transmission signal whose phase is rotated can be used. Moreover, you may make it use the phase difference in a predetermined phase state among the phase differences obtained for every phase state of the transmission signal which rotated the phase.
- FIG. 6 is an I / Q constellation showing an example of phase rotation linearity characteristics (before correction) and normal phase rotation characteristics (after correction) of the first and second quadrature detectors 701 and 702, respectively. Even when the phase rotation linearity characteristic of the quadrature detector indicated by the solid line 1101 in FIG. 6 is not good, the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy by correcting to the normal phase rotation characteristic indicated by the broken line 1102.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like.
- the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- correction can be made by referring to the self-calibration data, and the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- the vehicle tilt detection device 1 is configured by combining the first embodiment (shown in FIG. 1) and the second embodiment (shown in FIG. 5), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 601, a second switch 603, and a quadrature detector 701. It has.
- the tilt angle calculation unit 300 includes an amplitude phase calculator 301 and a tilt angle calculator 302.
- the oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency, amplitude, and phase output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501.
- the method of rotating the phase may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the gain controller 502 sets the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the transmission antenna 103 via the transmission switch 602 and the amplifier 102.
- the transmission signal input to the transmission antenna 103 is radiated as a radio wave.
- the receiving unit 200 receives radio waves by the first receiving antenna 201 and the second receiving antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first received signal and a second received signal.
- the received signal is input to the first switch 601 via the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, and alternately switched to be input to the quadrature detector 701 via the second switch 603.
- the quadrature detector 701 calculates the amplitude value and the phase value (first IQ signal or second IQ signal) of each of the first reception signal and the second reception signal and outputs them to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the first switch 601 inputs the transmission signal whose phase is rotated to the quadrature detector 701 via the second switch 603, and outputs the third IQ signal. Output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 in the tilt angle calculation unit 300 acquires the rotation linearity characteristic of the phase of the quadrature detector 701 from the third IQ signal, and prepares self-calibration data for correction to the normal phase rotation characteristic. With reference to the self-calibration data, a phase difference is derived from the amplitude value and the phase value of each of the first IQ signal and the second IQ signal.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference. For calculating the tilt angle, an average value for one period of the phase difference obtained for each phase state of the transmission signal whose phase is rotated can be used. Moreover, you may make it use the phase difference in a predetermined phase state among the phase differences obtained for every phase state of the transmission signal which rotated the phase.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the switch 601 to the quadrature detector 701 are on the same line, the phase lengths through which the first received signal and the second received signal pass are the same between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701.
- the effect that the tilt angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained.
- by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained. Further, even if the rotational linearity characteristic of the phase of the quadrature detector is not good, correction can be made by referring to the self-calibration data, and the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a code signal generator 801, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a switch 601, a quadrature detector 701, and a correlation calculator 803.
- the tilt angle calculation unit 300 includes an amplitude phase calculator 301 and a tilt angle calculator 302.
- a modulator 802 in the transmission unit 100 modulates an oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 with a code signal based on a predetermined code or ID output from the code signal generator 801, and transmits a transmission antenna via the amplifier 102.
- the oscillation signal modulated by the code signal is radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the transmission antenna 103 may be any antenna such as a directional antenna, an array antenna, a horn antenna, or a patch antenna. Further, the radiated radio wave may radiate any radio wave such as vertical polarization, horizontal polarization, and circular polarization.
- the code signal generator 801 outputs a preset code or ID information as a code signal.
- This code is composed of a combination of codes such as an M sequence, a GOLD sequence, and an orthogonal sequence.
- the code signal generated by the code signal generator 801 is input to the modulator 802 in the transmission unit 100 and the correlation calculator 803 in the reception unit 200.
- the oscillator 101 generates a preset frequency and outputs it as an oscillation signal to the modulator 802 and the quadrature detector 701 in the receiving unit 200.
- the modulator 802 performs BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying) modulation using the oscillation signal as a carrier wave and a code signal, and outputs the modulated signal to the amplifier 102.
- the amplifier 102 amplifies the power of the modulated signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the transmission antenna 103.
- the transmitting antenna 103 radiates into the space as a radio wave.
- the reception unit 200 receives the radiated radio waves by the first reception antenna 201 and the second reception antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first reception signal and a second reception signal.
- the received signal is power amplified to a predetermined level by the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, input to the switch 601, switched alternately, and output to the quadrature detector 701.
- the quadrature detector 701 receives the IQ signal or the second baseband signal of the first baseband signal that has been quadrature-detected (IQ detection) by the first received signal or the second received signal and the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101.
- An IQ signal (first IQ signal or second IQ signal) is calculated and output to the correlation calculator 803.
- the correlation calculator 803 performs a correlation calculation on the first IQ signal or the second IQ signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and the amplitude and phase of the first correlation value or the second correlation The value amplitude and phase are obtained and output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the correlation calculator 803 performs a correlation calculation between the code signal generated by the code signal generator 801 and the first IQ signal or the second IQ signal calculated by the quadrature detector 701.
- the correlation calculation calculates a correlation for one period of the code signal, and calculates a correlation value I corresponding to the I component and a correlation value Q corresponding to the Q component.
- the square root of the square sum of correlation value I and correlation value Q corresponds to the amplitude of the received signal, and the arc tangent of correlation value I and correlation value Q corresponds to the phase of the first received signal.
- the correlation calculator 803 outputs the calculated amplitude and phase of the first correlation value or the amplitude and phase of the second correlation value to the amplitude phase calculator 301.
- the amplitude / phase calculator 301 in the tilt angle calculator 300 calculates the phase difference by alternately obtaining the amplitude and phase of the first correlation value or the amplitude and phase of the second correlation value, and the tilt angle calculator 302.
- the tilt angle is calculated from this phase difference.
- the phase difference between the phase of the first correlation value and the phase of the second correlation value and the tilt angle have the same one-to-one relationship as in FIG. 3 in the first embodiment, and the tilt angle can be calculated.
- the correlation calculator 803 in the reception unit 200 performs correlation calculation using the first IQ signal and the second IQ signal to calculate the amplitude and phase of the correlation value, and the tilt angle in the tilt angle calculation unit 300
- the computing unit 302 may calculate the tilt angle from the correlation value.
- the calculated amplitude and phase correspond to the product of the amplitude of the first correlation value and the amplitude of the second correlation value, and the phase difference between the phase of the first correlation value and the phase of the second correlation value. .
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation distance that changes depending on the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like.
- the tilt angle is calculated from the phase difference of the correlation value, so that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy.
- the switch 601 to the quadrature detector 701 are on the same line, the phase lengths through which the first received signal and the second received signal pass are the same between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701.
- the effect that the tilt angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained.
- by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained.
- the transmission signal is code-modulated, errors due to phase interference are suppressed even when radio waves with the same frequency, such as radio waves radiated from vehicle radar devices and radio waves emitted from other devices, are received by the receiving antenna. Therefore, the effect that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy is obtained.
- FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a code signal generator 801, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 603, a second switch 604, and a first quadrature detection. 701, a second quadrature detector 702, a first correlation calculator 803, and a second correlation calculator 804.
- the tilt angle calculation unit 300 includes an amplitude phase calculator 301 and a tilt angle calculator 302.
- an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501, set to a predetermined level by the gain controller 502, and the transmission switch 602.
- This transmission signal is modulated by a modulator 802 with a code signal based on a predetermined code or ID output from the code signal generator 801, and output to the transmission antenna 103 via the amplifier 102.
- the phase rotation method by the phase shifter 501 may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the code-modulated transmission signal is radiated from the transmission antenna 103 as a radio wave.
- the first reception antenna 201 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a first reception signal.
- the first amplifier 203 amplifies the power of the first received signal to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the first quadrature detector 701 via the first switch 603.
- the first quadrature detector 701 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the first reception signal, and the IQ signal (first IQ signal) of the first baseband signal. )
- the first correlation calculator 803 performs a correlation operation on the first IQ signal with the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and outputs the amplitude and phase of the first correlation value to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the second receiving antenna 202 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmitting unit 100 and outputs it as a second received signal.
- the second amplifier 204 amplifies the power of the second received signal to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the second quadrature detector 702 via the second switch 604.
- the second quadrature detector 702 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the second reception signal, and generates an IQ signal (second IQ signal) of the second baseband signal. )
- the second correlation calculator 804 calculates a correlation between the second IQ signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and outputs the amplitude and phase of the second correlation value to the tilt angle calculator 300.
- the transmission switcher 602 transmits the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated through the first switcher 603 and the second switcher 604, respectively, to the first quadrature detector 701.
- the second quadrature detector 702 quadrature detection (IQ detection) with the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmitter 100, and IQ signal of the third baseband signal (third IQ signal), respectively.
- the IQ signal of the fourth baseband signal (fourth IQ signal) is input to the first correlation calculator 803 and the second correlation calculator 804, respectively.
- the first and second correlation calculators 803 and 804 do not perform the correlation calculation with the code signal from the code signal generator 801 for the third IQ signal and the fourth IQ signal, and the third IQ signal
- the signal and the fourth IQ signal are output to the tilt angle calculator 300 as the amplitude and phase of the third correlation value and the amplitude and phase of the fourth correlation value, respectively.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 in the tilt angle calculation unit 300 includes a first quadrature detector 701 and a second quadrature detector 702 based on the amplitude and phase of the third correlation value and the amplitude and phase of the fourth correlation value, respectively.
- the rotation linearity characteristic of the phase is acquired, and self-calibration data for correcting to the normal phase rotation characteristic is prepared.
- a phase difference is derived from the amplitude and phase of the first correlation value and the amplitude and phase of the second correlation value.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference. For calculating the tilt angle, an average value for one period of the phase difference obtained for each phase state of the transmission signal whose phase is rotated can be used.
- phase rotation linearity characteristics of the first and second quadrature detectors 701 and 702 and the correction to the normal phase rotation characteristics of the amplitude phase calculator 301 are the same as those in FIG. 6 in the second embodiment. .
- the first correlation calculator 803 (or the second correlation calculator 804) in the receiving unit 200 performs a correlation calculation using the first IQ signal and the second IQ signal, and calculates the correlation value.
- the amplitude and phase may be calculated, and the tilt angle calculator 302 in the tilt angle calculator 300 may calculate the tilt angle from the correlation value.
- the calculated amplitude and phase correspond to the product of the amplitude of the first correlation value and the amplitude of the second correlation value, and the phase difference between the phase of the first correlation value and the phase of the second correlation value. .
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation distance that changes depending on the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like.
- the tilt angle is calculated from the phase difference of the correlation value, so that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- the transmission signal is code-modulated, errors due to phase interference are suppressed even when radio waves with the same frequency, such as radio waves radiated from vehicle radar devices and radio waves emitted from other devices, are received by the receiving antenna. Therefore, the effect that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy is obtained.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 is configured by combining the fourth embodiment (shown in FIG. 8) and the fifth embodiment (shown in FIG. 9), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a code signal generator 801, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 601, a second switch 603, and a quadrature detector 701.
- the tilt angle calculation unit 300 includes an amplitude phase calculator 301 and a tilt angle calculator 302.
- an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501, set to a predetermined level by the gain controller 502, and the transmission switch 602.
- This transmission signal is modulated by a modulator 802 with a code signal based on a predetermined code or ID output from the code signal generator 801, and output to the transmission antenna 103 via the amplifier 102.
- the phase rotation method by the phase shifter 501 may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the code-modulated transmission signal is radiated from the transmission antenna 103 as a radio wave.
- the reception unit 200 receives the radiated radio waves by the first reception antenna 201 and the second reception antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first reception signal and a second reception signal.
- the received signal is power amplified to a predetermined level by the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, input to the first switch 601, and alternately switched to the quadrature detector 701 via the second switch 603. Is input.
- the quadrature detector 701 receives the IQ signal or the second baseband signal of the first baseband signal that has been quadrature-detected (IQ detection) by the first received signal or the second received signal and the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101.
- An IQ signal (first IQ signal or second IQ signal) is calculated and output to the correlation calculator 803.
- the correlation calculator 803 performs a correlation calculation on the first IQ signal or the second IQ signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and the amplitude and phase of the first correlation value or the second correlation The value amplitude and phase are obtained and output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission switch 602 inputs a transmission signal whose phase has been rotated to the quadrature detector 701 via the second switch 603, and the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100.
- the quadrature detection (IQ detection) is performed on the oscillation signal from the first baseband signal, and the IQ signal (third IQ signal) of the third baseband signal is input to the correlation calculator 803.
- the correlation calculator 803 does not perform a correlation calculation with the code signal from the code signal generator 801 for the third IQ signal, and uses the third IQ signal as the amplitude and phase of the third correlation value and the inclination angle.
- the amplitude / phase calculator 301 in the tilt angle calculator 300 acquires the rotation linearity characteristic of the phase of the quadrature detector 701 from the amplitude and phase of the third correlation value, and corrects the self-calibration data to be corrected to the normal phase rotation characteristic.
- the phase difference is derived from the amplitude and phase of the first correlation value or the amplitude and phase of the second correlation value.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference. For calculating the tilt angle, an average value for one period of the phase difference obtained for each phase state of the transmission signal whose phase is rotated can be used.
- phase difference in a predetermined phase state among the phase differences obtained for every phase state of the transmission signal which rotated the phase.
- the correction of the phase rotation linearity characteristic of the quadrature detector 701 and the normal phase rotation characteristic of the amplitude phase calculator 301 are the same as those in FIG. 6 in the second embodiment.
- the correlation calculator 803 in the receiving unit 200 performs correlation calculation using the first IQ signal and the second IQ signal to calculate the amplitude and phase of the correlation value, and the tilt in the tilt angle calculation unit 300
- the angle calculator 302 may calculate the tilt angle from the correlation value.
- the calculated amplitude and phase correspond to the product of the amplitude of the first correlation value and the amplitude of the second correlation value, and the phase difference between the phase of the first correlation value and the phase of the second correlation value. .
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation distance that changes depending on the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy. Even if there is a temperature or wind, there is an effect that the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected. Furthermore, there is an effect that the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. In addition, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase difference of the correlation value, so that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy.
- the switch 601 to the quadrature detector 701 are on the same line, the phase lengths through which the first received signal and the second received signal pass are the same between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701.
- the effect that the tilt angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained.
- by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained. Further, even if the rotational linearity characteristic of the phase of the quadrature detector is not good, correction can be made by referring to the self-calibration data, and the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- the transmission signal is code-modulated, errors due to phase interference are suppressed even when radio waves with the same frequency, such as radio waves radiated from vehicle radar devices and radio waves emitted from other devices, are received by the receiving antenna. Therefore, the effect that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy is obtained.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first quadrature detector 701, and a second quadrature detector 702. Yes.
- the inclination angle calculation unit 300 includes a sample unit 902, an amplitude phase calculation unit 301, and an inclination angle calculation unit 302.
- a modulator 802 in the transmission unit 100 performs pulse modulation on an oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 with a continuous pulse signal output from the pulse signal generator 901, and transmits it as a pulse transmission signal via the amplifier 102 via the amplifier 102.
- the pulse transmission signal is radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the transmission antenna 103 may be any antenna such as a directional antenna, an array antenna, a horn antenna, or a patch antenna. Further, the radiated radio wave may radiate any radio wave such as vertical polarization, horizontal polarization, and circular polarization.
- the first reception antenna 201 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a first pulse reception signal.
- the first amplifier 203 amplifies the power of the first pulse reception signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the first quadrature detector 701.
- the first quadrature detector 701 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the first pulse reception signal, and outputs the first pulse IQ signal to the tilt angle calculation unit 300. To do.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- the second reception antenna 202 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a second pulse reception signal.
- the second amplifier 204 amplifies the power of the second pulse reception signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the second quadrature detector 702.
- the second quadrature detector 702 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the second pulse reception signal, and outputs the second pulse IQ signal to the tilt angle calculation unit 300. To do.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing multiple reflections of radio waves between the vehicle body and the road surface according to the seventh embodiment.
- the radio wave reflected from the road surface is radiated (reflected) again from the vehicle body including the transmitting antenna 103, the first receiving antenna 201, and the second receiving antenna 202, and reflected again on the road surface.
- the path length of the propagation path from the transmission antenna 103 to the first receiving antenna 201 is propagated from the path length L1 of the propagation path 401.
- the path length L3 of the path 403 is obtained.
- the path length of the propagation path from the transmitting antenna 103 to the second receiving antenna 202 is changed from the path length L2 of the propagation path 402 to the path length L4 of the propagation path 404. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12B, the first pulse IQ signal and the second pulse IQ signal include the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave reflected once, the amplitude and phase of the radio wave reflected twice, 3 Like the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave, the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave corresponding to the number of reflections are sequentially overlapped in time series.
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculator 300 synchronizes with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmitter 100, and the amplitude and phase of the first pulse IQ signal and the second pulse IQ signal.
- the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio waves reflected a predetermined number of times are obtained separately from the plurality of reflected radio waves that are time-series overlapped.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from each amplitude and phase for each one-time reflection component of the first pulse IQ signal and the second pulse IQ signal.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference.
- all of the amplitude and phase of one pulse IQ signal may be acquired in time series using a relatively high-speed AD (analog / digital) converter. Or, by using a relatively low-speed AD converter to acquire and collect the sample position of the amplitude and phase for each pulse IQ signal by sliding, all the amplitude and phase of the pulse IQ signal are equivalently acquired in time series. May be.
- AD analog / digital
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing sampling of a pulse transmission signal by the sample unit 902. A case where a relatively low-speed AD converter is used will be described.
- the modulation frequency for transmission from the pulse signal generator 901 to the modulator 802 is 10 MHz
- a modulator that outputs a transmission signal modulated at 10 MHz with a phase length from an AD converter (corresponding to the sample unit 902) sampling at 9.99 MHz to the first and second receiving antennas 201 and 202 It is necessary to consider the phase length from 802 to the transmitting antenna 103, the synchronization time of 10 MHz and 9.99 MHz, and the like.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation distance that changes depending on the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like.
- the tilt angle is calculated from the phase difference of the pulse IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- the pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention.
- the vehicle tilt detection device 1 is a combination of the first embodiment (shown in FIG. 1) and the seventh embodiment (shown in FIG. 11), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and a tilt angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a switch 601 and a quadrature detector 701.
- the inclination angle calculation unit 300 includes a sample unit 902, an amplitude phase calculation unit 301, and an inclination angle calculation unit 302.
- a modulator 802 in the transmission unit 100 performs pulse modulation on an oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 with a continuous pulse signal output from the pulse signal generator 901, and transmits it as a pulse transmission signal via the amplifier 102 via the amplifier 102.
- the pulse transmission signal is radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 receives radio waves by the first receiving antenna 201 and the second receiving antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first pulse reception signal and a second pulse reception signal.
- the pulse reception signal is input to the switch 601 via the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, switched alternately, and output to the quadrature detector 701.
- the quadrature detector 701 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the first pulse reception signal or the second pulse reception signal and the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101, and outputs the first pulse IQ signal or the second pulse IQ signal.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- Each amplitude value and phase value are calculated and output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculator 300 is synchronized with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmitter 100, and the amplitude and phase of the first pulse IQ signal or the amplitude of the second pulse IQ signal. And the phase are sampled alternately in time series, and the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave reflected a predetermined number of times are obtained separately from the plurality of reflected radio waves that are overlapped in time series.
- the amplitude / phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from the amplitude and phase of the single reflection component of the first pulse IQ signal or the second pulse IQ signal.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference.
- a relatively high-speed AD converter may be used as in the seventh embodiment, or a relatively low-speed AD converter may be used.
- a relatively low-speed AD converter is used, the operation is the same as that described in FIG. 13 in the seventh embodiment.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation distance that changes depending on the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase difference of the pulse IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the phase length through which the first pulse reception signal and the second pulse reception signal pass between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701 is as follows. It becomes the same, and the effect that the inclination angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained. Further, by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector, errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained. In addition, there is an effect that the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- the pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 is a combination of the second embodiment (shown in FIG. 5) and the seventh embodiment (shown in FIG. 11), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 603, a second switch 604, and a first quadrature detection. 701 and a second quadrature detector 702.
- the inclination angle calculation unit 300 includes a sample unit 902, an amplitude phase calculation unit 301, and an inclination angle calculation unit 302.
- an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency, amplitude, and phase output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501, and set to a predetermined level by the gain controller 502. Then, the data is output to the modulator 802 via the transmission switch 602.
- This transmission signal is pulse-modulated by the modulator 802 with the continuous pulse signal output from the pulse signal generator 901 to form a pulse transmission signal, which is output to the transmission antenna 103 via the amplifier 102.
- the phase rotation method by the phase shifter 501 may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the pulse transmission signal is radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the first reception antenna 201 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a first pulse reception signal.
- the first amplifier 203 amplifies the power of the first pulse reception signal to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the first quadrature detector 701 via the first switch 603.
- the first quadrature detector 701 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the first pulse reception signal, and outputs the first pulse IQ signal to the tilt angle calculation unit 300. To do.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- the second reception antenna 202 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a second pulse reception signal.
- the second amplifier 204 amplifies the power of the second pulse reception signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the second quadrature detector 702 via the second switch 604.
- the second quadrature detector 702 performs quadrature detection (IQ detection) on the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the second pulse reception signal, and outputs the second pulse IQ signal to the tilt angle calculation unit 300. To do.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- the transmission switcher 602 transmits the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated through the first switcher 603 and the second switcher 604, respectively, to the first quadrature detector 701.
- quadrature detection IQ detection
- the transmission switcher 602 transmits the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated through the first switcher 603 and the second switcher 604, respectively, to the first quadrature detector 701.
- quadrature detection IQ detection
- the result is output to the calculation unit 300.
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculation unit 300 acquires samples of the third pulse IQ signal and the fourth pulse IQ signal in synchronization with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 uses the third pulse IQ signal and the fourth pulse IQ signal sampled by the sample unit 902 to rotate the linearity of the respective phases of the first quadrature detector 701 and the second quadrature detector 702. Obtain self-calibration data and prepare self-calibration data for correction to normal phase rotation characteristics. With reference to the self-calibration data, a phase difference is derived from the amplitude and phase of each of the first pulse IQ signal and the second pulse IQ signal.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference.
- phase rotation linearity characteristics of the first and second quadrature detectors 701 and 702 and the correction to the normal phase rotation characteristics of the amplitude phase calculator 301 are the same as those in FIG. 6 in the second embodiment. .
- the amplitude and phase of the first pulse IQ signal and the second pulse IQ are synchronized with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100 in the sample unit 902.
- the amplitude and phase of the signal are sampled in time series, and the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave reflected a predetermined number of times are obtained separately from a plurality of reflected radio waves that are overlapped in time series.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from the amplitude and phase of the single reflection component of the first pulse IQ signal and the second pulse IQ signal, and the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the phase difference.
- the tilt angle is calculated from
- a relatively high-speed AD converter may be used as in the seventh embodiment, or a relatively low-speed AD converter may be used.
- a relatively low-speed AD converter is used, the operation is the same as that described in FIG. 13 in the seventh embodiment.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the rotational linearity characteristic of the phase of the quadrature detector is not good, correction can be made by referring to the self-calibration data, and the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- the pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention.
- This vehicle inclination detection device 1 is configured by combining the third embodiment (shown in FIG. 7) and the seventh embodiment (shown in FIG. 11), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 601, a second switch 603, and a quadrature detector 701. It has.
- the inclination angle calculation unit 300 includes a sample unit 902, an amplitude phase calculation unit 301, and an inclination angle calculation unit 302.
- an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency, amplitude, and phase output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501, and set to a predetermined level by the gain controller 502. Then, the signal is output to the modulator 802 via the first switch 602.
- This transmission signal is pulse-modulated by the modulator 802 with the continuous pulse signal output from the pulse signal generator 901 to form a pulse transmission signal, which is output to the transmission antenna 103 via the amplifier 102.
- the phase rotation method by the phase shifter 501 may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the pulse transmission signal is radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 receives radio waves by the first receiving antenna 201 and the second receiving antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first pulse reception signal and a second pulse reception signal.
- the pulse reception signal is input to the first switch 601 via the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, and alternately switched to be input to the quadrature detector 701 via the second switch 603.
- the quadrature detector 701 calculates the amplitude value and the phase value of each of the first pulse reception signal and the second pulse reception signal and outputs them to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission switch 602 inputs a transmission signal whose phase has been rotated to the quadrature detector 701 via the second switch 603, and the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100. Is subjected to quadrature detection (IQ detection) with the oscillation signal from, and the third pulse IQ signal is output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- IQ detection quadrature detection
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculation unit 300 acquires a sample of the third pulse IQ signal in synchronization with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 acquires the phase rotation linearity characteristic of the quadrature detector 701 from the third pulse IQ signal sampled by the sample unit 902, and prepares self-calibration data for correction to the normal phase rotation characteristic. With reference to the self-calibration data, a phase difference is derived from the amplitude and phase of each of the first pulse IQ signal and the second pulse IQ signal.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference.
- phase rotation linearity characteristic of the quadrature detector 701 and the normal phase rotation characteristic of the amplitude phase calculator 301 are the same as those in FIG. 6 in the second embodiment.
- the amplitude and phase of the first pulse IQ signal or the second pulse IQ is synchronized with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100 in the sample unit 902.
- the amplitude and phase of the signal are sampled alternately in time series, and the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave reflected a predetermined number of times are acquired separately from the plurality of reflected radio waves that are overlapped in time series.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from the amplitude and phase of the one-time reflected component of the first pulse IQ signal or the second pulse IQ signal, and the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the phase difference.
- the tilt angle is calculated from
- a relatively high-speed AD converter may be used as in the seventh embodiment, or a relatively low-speed AD converter may be used.
- a relatively low-speed AD converter is used, the operation is the same as that described in FIG. 13 in the seventh embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of reception antennas and phase data.
- the data acquisition timings in all the combined states when the phase shifter 501 is 4 bits (16 types) and the two receiving antennas 201 and 202 are used as the vehicle front antenna and the vehicle rear antenna are shown.
- the sample unit 902 acquires 2000 samples of data for one phase state and front and rear antenna states, and 1000 samples are used for front and rear antenna switching and phase state switching.
- the data acquisition time per time in all combination states is 9.6 msec.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the phase length through which the first pulse reception signal and the second pulse reception signal pass between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701 is as follows. It becomes the same, and the effect that the inclination angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained. Further, by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector, errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained. Further, even if the rotational linearity characteristic of the phase of the quadrature detector is not good, correction can be made by referring to the self-calibration data, and the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy. In addition, there is an effect that the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface. The pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 11 of the present invention.
- This vehicle inclination detection device 1 is a combination of the above-described seventh embodiment (shown in FIG. 11) with a configuration using a code signal as in the fourth embodiment (shown in FIG. 8).
- 100, the receiving part 200, and the inclination angle calculating part 300 are provided.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a code signal generator 801, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first quadrature detector 701, a second quadrature detector 702, and a first A correlation calculator 803 and a second correlation calculator 804 are provided.
- the inclination angle calculation unit 300 includes a sample unit 902, an amplitude phase calculation unit 301, and an inclination angle calculation unit 302.
- a modulator 802 in the transmission unit 100 continuously generates an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 and a code signal based on a predetermined code or ID output from the code signal generator 801 and a pulse signal generator 901. Modulate with a pulse signal to obtain a pulse transmission signal.
- This pulse transmission signal is output to the transmission antenna 103 via the amplifier 102 and radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the first reception antenna 201 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a first pulse reception signal.
- the first amplifier 203 amplifies the power of the first pulse reception signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the first quadrature detector 701.
- the first quadrature detector 701 is a first baseband signal IQ signal (first pulse IQ) obtained by quadrature detection (IQ detection) of the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmitter 100 and the first pulse reception signal. Signal) to the first correlation calculator 803.
- the first correlation calculator 803 performs a correlation operation on the first IQ signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and outputs the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the second reception antenna 202 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a second pulse reception signal.
- the second amplifier 204 amplifies the power of the second pulse reception signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the second quadrature detector 702.
- the second quadrature detector 702 is an IQ signal (second pulse IQ) of a second baseband signal obtained by quadrature detection (IQ detection) of the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the second pulse reception signal. Signal) to the second correlation calculator 804.
- the second correlation calculator 804 calculates the correlation between the second IQ signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and outputs the amplitude and phase of the second pulse correlation value to the tilt angle calculator 300.
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculation unit 300 is synchronized with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100, and the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value and the amplitude of the second pulse correlation value. And the phase are sampled in time series, and the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio waves reflected a predetermined number of times are obtained separately from the plurality of reflected radio waves that are time-series overlapped. Then, the amplitude / phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from the amplitude and phase of each of the one-time reflection components of the first pulse correlation value and the second pulse correlation value, and the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the phase difference. The tilt angle is calculated from
- a relatively high-speed AD converter may be used as in the seventh embodiment, or a relatively low-speed AD converter may be used.
- a relatively low-speed AD converter is used, the operation is the same as that described in FIG. 13 in the seventh embodiment.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like.
- the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- the transmission signal is code-modulated, errors due to phase interference are suppressed even when radio waves with the same frequency, such as radio waves radiated from vehicle radar devices and radio waves emitted from other devices, are received by the receiving antenna. Therefore, the effect that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy is obtained.
- the pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 12 of the present invention.
- the vehicle tilt detection device 1 is configured by combining the fourth embodiment (shown in FIG. 8) and the seventh embodiment (shown in FIG. 11), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and a tilt angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a code signal generator 801, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a switch 601, a quadrature detector 701, and a correlation calculator 803.
- the inclination angle calculation unit 300 includes a sample unit 902, an amplitude phase calculation unit 301, and an inclination angle calculation unit 302.
- a modulator 802 in the transmission unit 100 continuously generates an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 and a code signal based on a predetermined code or ID output from the code signal generator 801 and a pulse signal generator 901. Modulate with a pulse signal to obtain a pulse transmission signal.
- the pulse transmission signal is output to the transmission antenna 103 via the amplifier 102 and radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the reception unit 200 receives the radiated radio waves by the first reception antenna 201 and the second reception antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first pulse reception signal and a second pulse reception signal.
- the pulse reception signal is input to the switch 601 via the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, and is switched alternately and input to the quadrature detector 701.
- the quadrature detector 701 calculates a first pulse baseband signal or a second pulse baseband signal that is quadrature detected by the first pulse reception signal or the second pulse reception signal and the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101, The result is output to the correlation calculator 803.
- the correlation calculator 803 uses the first pulse baseband signal or the second pulse baseband signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801 to determine the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value, or the second pulse correlation.
- the amplitude and phase of the value are subjected to correlation calculation and output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculator 300 synchronizes with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmitter 100, and the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value or the amplitude of the second pulse correlation value. And the phase are sampled alternately in time series, and the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave reflected a predetermined number of times are obtained separately from the plurality of reflected radio waves that are overlapped in time series. Then, the amplitude phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from each amplitude and phase for the single reflection component of the first pulse correlation value or the second pulse correlation value, and the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates this phase difference. The tilt angle is calculated from
- a relatively high-speed AD converter may be used as in the seventh embodiment, or a relatively low-speed AD converter may be used.
- a relatively low-speed AD converter is used, the operation is the same as that described in FIG. 13 in the seventh embodiment.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the switch 601 to the quadrature detector 701 are on the same line, the phase length through which the first pulse reception signal and the second pulse reception signal pass between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701 is as follows. It becomes the same, and the effect that the inclination angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained. Further, by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector, errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained. In addition, there is an effect that the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- the transmission signal is code-modulated, errors due to phase interference are suppressed even when radio waves with the same frequency, such as radio waves radiated from vehicle radar devices and radio waves emitted from other devices, are received by the receiving antenna. Therefore, the effect that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy is obtained.
- the pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 13 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 is a combination of the fifth embodiment (shown in FIG. 9) and the seventh embodiment (shown in FIG. 11), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a code signal generator 801, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103. Yes.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 603, a second switch 604, and a first quadrature detection. 701, a second quadrature detector 702, a first correlation calculator 803, and a second correlation calculator 804.
- the inclination angle calculation unit 300 includes a sample unit 902, an amplitude phase calculation unit 301, and an inclination angle calculation unit 302.
- an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501 and set to a predetermined level by the gain controller 502.
- the signal is output to the modulator 802 via the switch 602.
- This transmission signal is modulated by a modulator 802 with a code signal with a predetermined code or ID from the pulse signal generator 901 and a continuous pulse signal output from the pulse signal generator 901 to form a pulse transmission signal, and an amplifier
- the data is output to the transmission antenna 103 via 102.
- the phase rotation method by the phase shifter 501 may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the pulse transmission signal is radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the first reception antenna 201 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a first pulse reception signal.
- the first amplifier 203 amplifies the power of the first pulse reception signal to a predetermined level, and outputs it to the first quadrature detector 701 via the first switch 603.
- the first quadrature detector 701 is an IQ signal (first pulse) of a first pulse baseband signal obtained by quadrature detection (IQ detection) of the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the first pulse reception signal.
- IQ signal is output to the first correlation calculator 803.
- the first correlation calculator 803 calculates the correlation between the first pulse IQ signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and outputs the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value to the tilt angle calculator 300.
- the second reception antenna 202 receives the radio wave radiated from the transmission unit 100 and outputs it as a second pulse reception signal.
- the second amplifier 204 amplifies the power of the second pulse reception signal to a predetermined level and outputs it to the second quadrature detector 702 via the second switch 604.
- the second quadrature detector 702 is an IQ signal (second pulse) of a second pulse baseband signal obtained by quadrature detection (IQ detection) of the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100 and the second pulse reception signal.
- IQ signal is output to the second correlation calculator 804.
- the second correlation calculator 804 calculates the correlation between the second pulse IQ signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801, and outputs the amplitude and phase of the second pulse correlation value to the tilt angle calculator 300.
- the transmission switcher 602 transmits the transmission signal whose phase has been rotated through the first switcher 603 and the second switcher 604, respectively, to the first quadrature detector 701. And the second quadrature detector 702, and quadrature detection (IQ detection) with the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100, respectively, and an IQ signal (third pulse IQ signal) of the third pulse baseband signal, respectively. ) And the fourth pulse baseband signal IQ signal (fourth pulse IQ signal) are input to the first correlation calculator 803 and the second correlation calculator 804, respectively.
- the first and second correlation calculators 803 and 804 do not perform the correlation calculation with the code signal from the code signal generator 801 for the third pulse IQ signal and the fourth pulse IQ signal,
- the pulse IQ signal and the fourth pulse IQ signal are output to the tilt angle calculator 300 as the amplitude and phase of the third pulse correlation value and the amplitude and phase of the fourth pulse correlation value, respectively.
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculator 300 synchronizes with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmitter 100, and the amplitude and phase of the third pulse correlation value and the amplitude of the fourth pulse correlation value. And get the phase.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 calculates the first quadrature detector 701 and the second quadrature detector from the amplitude and phase of the third pulse correlation value acquired by the sample unit 902 and the amplitude and phase of the fourth pulse correlation value.
- the rotational linearity characteristics of the respective phases 702 are acquired, and self-calibration data for correcting to the normal phase rotational characteristics is prepared.
- a phase difference is derived from the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value and the amplitude and phase of the second pulse correlation value.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference. For calculating the tilt angle, an average value for one period of the phase difference obtained for each phase state of the transmission signal whose phase is rotated can be used. Moreover, you may make it use the phase difference in a predetermined phase state among the phase differences obtained for every phase state of the transmission signal which rotated the phase.
- the phase rotation linearity characteristics of the first and second quadrature detectors 701 and 702 and the correction to the normal phase rotation characteristics of the amplitude phase calculator 301 are the same as those in FIG. 6 in the second embodiment. .
- the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value and the second pulse correlation are synchronized with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100 in the sample unit 902.
- the amplitude and phase of the value are sampled in time series, and the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave reflected a predetermined number of times are acquired separately from the plurality of reflected radio waves that are overlapped in time series.
- the amplitude / phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from the amplitude and phase of each of the one-time reflection components of the first pulse correlation value and the second pulse correlation value, and the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the phase difference.
- the tilt angle is calculated from
- a relatively high-speed AD converter may be used as in the seventh embodiment, or a relatively low-speed AD converter may be used.
- a relatively low-speed AD converter is used, the operation is the same as that described in FIG. 13 in the seventh embodiment.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the quadrature detector Even if the rotational linearity characteristic of the phase is not good, it is possible to correct by the quadrature detector with reference to the self-calibration data, and there is an effect that the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy. In addition, there is an effect that the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- the transmission signal is code-modulated, errors due to phase interference are suppressed even when radio waves with the same frequency, such as radio waves radiated from vehicle radar devices and radio waves emitted from other devices, are received by the receiving antenna. Therefore, the effect that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy is obtained.
- the pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 14 of the present invention.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 is a combination of the sixth embodiment (shown in FIG. 10) and the seventh embodiment (shown in FIG. 11), and includes a transmission unit 100, a reception unit 200, and an inclination angle calculation unit. 300.
- the transmission unit 100 includes a pulse signal generator 901, a code signal generator 801, a modulator 802, an oscillator 101, a phase shifter 501, a gain controller 502, a transmission switch 602, an amplifier 102, and a transmission antenna 103.
- the receiving unit 200 includes a first receiving antenna 201, a second receiving antenna 202, a first amplifier 203, a second amplifier 204, a first switch 601, a second switch 603, and a quadrature detector 701.
- an oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency output from the oscillator 101 is converted into a transmission signal whose phase is rotated by the phase shifter 501 and set to a predetermined level by the gain controller 502.
- the signal is output to the modulator 802 via the switch 602.
- This transmission signal is modulated by a modulator 802 with a code signal with a predetermined code or ID from the pulse signal generator 901 and a continuous pulse signal output from the pulse signal generator 901 to form a pulse transmission signal, and an amplifier
- the data is output to the transmission antenna 103 via 102.
- the phase rotation method by the phase shifter 501 may be analog or digital, and is rotated by one period (360 °).
- the pulse transmission signal is radiated as a radio wave from the transmission antenna 103.
- the reception unit 200 receives the radiated radio waves by the first reception antenna 201 and the second reception antenna 202, respectively, and obtains a first pulse reception signal and a second pulse reception signal.
- the pulse reception signal is power-amplified to a predetermined level by the first and second amplifiers 203 and 204, input to the first switch 601, and alternately switched to the quadrature detector via the second switch 603. 701 is input.
- the quadrature detector 701 is an IQ signal or second pulse of the first pulse baseband signal that is quadrature-detected (IQ detection) with the first pulse reception signal or the second pulse reception signal and the oscillation signal from the oscillator 101.
- the baseband signal IQ signal (first pulse IQ signal or second pulse IQ signal) is calculated and output to the correlation calculator 803.
- the correlation calculator 803 uses the first pulse baseband signal or the second pulse baseband signal and the code signal from the code signal generator 801 to determine the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value, or the second pulse correlation.
- the amplitude and phase of the value are subjected to correlation calculation and output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the transmission switch 602 inputs a transmission signal whose phase has been rotated to the quadrature detector 701 via the second switch 603, and the oscillator 101 in the transmission unit 100.
- the quadrature detection (IQ detection) with the oscillation signal from, and the IQ signal (third pulse IQ signal) of the third pulse baseband signal is input to the correlation calculator 803.
- the correlation calculator 803 does not perform a correlation calculation with the code signal from the code signal generator 801 for the third pulse IQ signal, and converts the third pulse IQ signal into the amplitude and phase of the third pulse correlation value. Is output to the tilt angle calculation unit 300.
- the sample unit 902 in the tilt angle calculation unit 300 acquires the amplitude and phase of the third pulse correlation value in synchronization with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100.
- the amplitude phase calculator 301 acquires the rotation linearity characteristic of the phase of the quadrature detector 701 from the amplitude and phase of the third pulse correlation value sampled by the sample unit 902, and corrects it to the normal phase rotation characteristic. Prepare. With reference to the self-calibration data, a phase difference is derived from the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value and the amplitude and phase of the second pulse correlation value.
- the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the tilt angle from this phase difference.
- phase rotation linearity characteristic of the quadrature detector 701 and the normal phase rotation characteristic of the amplitude phase calculator 301 are the same as those in FIG. 6 in the second embodiment.
- the amplitude and phase of the first pulse correlation value and the second pulse correlation are synchronized with the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator 901 in the transmission unit 100 in the sample unit 902.
- the amplitude and phase of the value are sampled in time series, and the amplitude and phase of the reflected radio wave reflected a predetermined number of times are acquired separately from the plurality of reflected radio waves that are overlapped in time series.
- the amplitude / phase calculator 301 derives a phase difference from the amplitude and phase of each of the one-time reflection components of the first pulse correlation value and the second pulse correlation value, and the tilt angle calculator 302 calculates the phase difference.
- the tilt angle is calculated from
- a relatively high-speed AD converter may be used as in the seventh embodiment, or a relatively low-speed AD converter may be used.
- a relatively low-speed AD converter is used, the operation is the same as that described in FIG. 13 in the seventh embodiment.
- the vehicle inclination detection device 1 has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation path that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase difference and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like. Further, even if the received signal level fluctuates, the tilt angle is calculated from the phase of the IQ signal, so that the tilt angle can be accurately measured.
- the switch 601 to the quadrature detector 701 are on the same line, the phase length through which the first pulse reception signal and the second pulse reception signal pass between the switch 601 and the quadrature detector 701 is as follows. It becomes the same, and the effect that the inclination angle can be detected with high accuracy is obtained. Further, by performing quadrature detection using a single quadrature detector, errors due to variations in characteristics such as amplitude and phase for each quadrature detector can be eliminated, and the tilt angle can be accurately detected. The effect is obtained. Further, even if the rotational linearity characteristic of the phase is not good, it is possible to correct by the quadrature detector with reference to the self-calibration data, and there is an effect that the tilt angle can be obtained with high accuracy.
- the inclination angle can be accurately detected even when there are a plurality of reflected radio waves from the road surface.
- the transmission signal is code-modulated, errors due to phase interference are suppressed even when radio waves with the same frequency, such as radio waves radiated from vehicle radar devices and radio waves emitted from other devices, are received by the receiving antenna. Therefore, the effect that the tilt angle can be measured with high accuracy is obtained.
- the pulse signal may not be used as long as the phase difference can be detected from the single reflection component.
- FIG. FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to the fifteenth embodiment of the present invention.
- the transmission signal whose phase is rotated is input to the transmission antenna 103.
- the transmission signal input to the transmission antenna 103 may be a signal whose phase is not rotated.
- the output of the oscillator 101 is input to the transmission switch 602.
- one of the two outputs of the transmission switch 602 is input to the transmission antenna 103 via the amplifier 102 and used for measuring the tilt angle.
- the other output is input to the phase shifter 501, and the output of the phase shifter 501 is input to the first switch 603 and the second switch 604 via the gain controller 502, and the rotational linearity characteristics of the phase Used to acquire Even if it does in this way, the effect similar to Embodiment 2 can be acquired.
- the tilt angle is measured using the transmission signal whose phase is not rotated and the phase is rotated in the same manner as described above.
- the rotational linearity characteristic of the phase can be acquired using the transmitted signal.
- FIG. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the configuration of the antenna arrangement of the vehicle tilt detection apparatus of the present invention.
- a first receiving antenna 1202 and a second receiving antenna 1203 are installed at each vertex of the base of the isosceles triangle, and a transmitting antenna 1201 is installed at the remaining vertex.
- FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the relationship among the tilt angle, phase difference, and antenna height when the antenna of the present invention is arranged in a triangle. Specifically, it is a diagram showing the relationship between the tilt angle and the phase difference in the antenna arrangement shown in FIG. A straight line 1301 in FIG. 24 indicates a relationship when the vehicle height or the antenna height is high, and a broken line 1302 indicates a relationship when the vehicle height or the antenna height is low. Even if the height of the antenna is deviated, the relationship between the tilt angle and the phase difference does not deviate.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing the relationship between the tilt angle and the phase difference when the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna are arranged on a straight line. Although illustration is omitted, here, the transmission antenna, the first reception antenna, and the second reception antenna are installed on a straight line centering on the transmission antenna.
- a straight line 1401 in FIG. 25 indicates a relationship when the vehicle height or the antenna height is high, and a broken line 1402 indicates a relationship when the vehicle height or the antenna height is low.
- the phase difference is different even at the same inclination angle.
- the transmission unit, the reception unit, and the like may be configured as described in any one of the first to fifteenth embodiments.
- the vehicle inclination detection device has an effect that the deviation of the radio wave propagation distance that changes with the inclination of the vehicle can be detected with high accuracy as the deviation of the phase and the vehicle inclination angle can be calculated with high accuracy.
- the tilt angle can be calculated with high accuracy without being affected even by temperature or wind.
- the tilt angle can be calculated accurately without being affected by noise from the engine or the like.
- an antenna is installed at each vertex of an isosceles triangle, the displacement of the phase difference due to the displacement of the vehicle height can be suppressed more than when the antenna is installed on a straight line, so that the inclination angle can be calculated accurately.
- FIG. FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a configuration of antenna arrangement of the vehicle inclination detection device according to Embodiment 17 of the present invention. It is an example of embodiment in the case of using three or more receiving antennas.
- a first receiving antenna 1501, a second receiving antenna 1502, a third receiving antenna 1503, and a fourth receiving antenna 1504 are installed at each vertex of the quadrangle, and a transmitting antenna 1505 is arranged to improve the diagonal of the quadrangle. .
- the straight line connecting the first receiving antenna 1501 and the second receiving antenna 1502 and the front-rear direction of the vehicle are substantially parallel, and the straight line connecting the first receiving antenna 1501 and the third receiving antenna 1503 and the left-right (width) direction of the vehicle. Is installed so that they are substantially parallel.
- the receiving unit includes four receiving antennas, the receiving antenna is arranged at each vertex of a square centering on the transmitting antenna.
- FIG. 27 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the vehicle tilt detection apparatus 1 according to the seventeenth embodiment of the present invention.
- the transmission unit 1600 receives radio waves from the transmission antenna 1505, and the reception unit 1700 outputs the amplitude and phase calculated from the reception signals received by the first reception antenna 1501 and the second reception antenna 1502 to the tilt angle calculation unit 1900.
- the reception unit 1800 outputs the amplitude and phase calculated from the reception signals received by the third reception antenna 1503 and the fourth reception antenna 1504 to the tilt angle calculation unit 1900.
- the tilt angle calculation unit calculates the tilt angle by further using received signals other than the first receiving antenna and the second receiving antenna. For example, the third reception signal received by the third reception antenna is processed in the same manner as the first reception signal after that.
- a combination of all the receiving antennas may be performed, or a part of the combination may be used.
- the transmission unit 1600 has the configuration described in any of the first to fifteenth embodiments.
- the receiving unit 1700 and the receiving unit 1800 have the configurations described in any of the first to fifteenth embodiments.
- An amplitude phase calculator (not shown) in the tilt angle calculator 1900 calculates the tilt angle from the average value of the phase difference calculated from the receiver 1700 and the phase difference calculated from the receiver 1800.
- FIGS. 28 and 29 are diagrams for explaining the relationship between the tilt angle in the front-rear direction and the phase difference according to the seventeenth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 28 shows the relationship between the tilt angle in the front-rear direction and the phase difference when the vehicle is not tilted in the left-right direction.
- a solid line 2001 is a value calculated from the receiving unit 1700
- a broken line 2002 is a value calculated from the receiving unit 1800
- the solid line 2001 and the broken line 2002 coincide.
- FIG. 29 shows the relationship between the tilt angle in the front-rear direction and the phase difference when the vehicle is tilted in the left-right direction.
- a dotted line 2103 is a straight line obtained by calculating from the average value of the solid line 2101 and the broken line 2102, and coincides with the solid line 2001 and the broken line 2002 obtained when not inclined in the left-right direction.
- the tilt angle calculation unit 1900 receives the amplitude and phase obtained from the reception signals received by the first reception antenna 1501 and the third reception antenna 1503, and the second reception antenna 1502 and the fourth reception antenna.
- the tilt angle in the left-right direction is calculated from the amplitude and phase obtained from the received signals respectively received by the antenna 1504. Furthermore, if the above signal processing is performed simultaneously, the tilt angles in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction can be calculated simultaneously.
- the vehicle tilt detection device has an effect that the tilt in the front-rear direction can be accurately calculated without being affected by the tilt in the left-right direction of the vehicle.
- the left-right inclination can be accurately calculated without being affected by the front-rear inclination of the vehicle.
- the vehicle front-rear direction inclination and the left-right direction inclination can be detected simultaneously with high accuracy.
- the vehicle tilt detection device 1 has an effect of accurately detecting the tilt angle even when there is wind and noise. There is no need for supplementary use.
- the inclination angle obtained during traveling is not accurate because the ultrasonic sensor is affected by wind and noise. For this reason, it is determined whether the vehicle is running or stopped from the measured value of the vehicle speed sensor, and the inclination angle is measured during the stop.
- the measurement value of the vehicle speed sensor is not accurate because errors occur due to wheel slipping and sliding.
- the vehicle speed sensor since a radio wave superior in noise resistance compared to an ultrasonic wave or the like is used, and a frequency that can be expressed by an appropriate phase difference of the radio wave is used when obtaining the tilt angle of the vehicle, the vehicle speed sensor The tilt angle can be detected with high accuracy without using.
- a system that automatically controls the optical axis of the headlight of the vehicle may be configured based on the information on the inclination angle obtained by the vehicle inclination detection device 1 according to Embodiments 1 to 17.
- the vehicle state determination unit that determines the running and stop state of the vehicle from the time change amount of the phase, and the road surface locality from the time change amount of the inclination angle calculated by the inclination angle calculation unit.
- the corrected inclination can be adjusted by the angle.
- the present invention is within the scope of the present invention, and can be freely combined with each embodiment, or any modification of any component in each embodiment, or any component omitted in each embodiment. Is possible.
- the vehicle tilt detection device calculates the tilt angle with high accuracy without being affected by the surrounding environment, and thus the system for automatically controlling the optical axis of the headlight for automobiles, etc. Suitable for use in.
- Vehicle tilt detection device 100, 1600 transmission unit, 101 oscillator, 102 amplifier, 103, 1201, 1505 transmission antenna, 200, 1700, 1800 reception unit, 201, 202, 1202, 1203, 1501-1504 reception antenna, 203, 204 amplifier, 300, 1900 tilt angle calculation unit, 301 amplitude phase calculator, 302 tilt angle calculator, 401-404 propagation path, 501 phase shifter, 502 gain controller, 601-604 switch, 701, 702 quadrature detection 801, code signal generator, 802 modulator, 803, 804 correlation calculator, 901 pulse signal generator, 902 sample unit, 1301, 1401, 2001, 2101 straight line, 1302, 1402, 2002, 2102 broken line, 103 broken line, L1 ⁇ L4 path length.
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また、走行及び停止しか判定できず、高速道路走行中における道路の繋ぎ目や、踏み切りなど、局所的に生じる路面の急激な凹凸の変化を検出できないので、平均値処理しても傾斜角度を精度よく検知できないという課題があった。
また、2箇所の受信アンテナに接続されるそれぞれの直交検波器の位相特性としてリニアリティ(直線性)特性が良くない場合、2つのベースバンド信号の位相値が正しく出力されないために位相差も正しいものとはならず、傾斜角度を精度よく検知できないという課題があった。
さらに、地面から反射した電波が、電波送信部を含む車体から再び放射(反射)され、再び路面から反射した電波を2箇所の受信アンテナで受信すると、2つのベースバンド信号に基づく位相差に1回反射及び2回反射又は複数の反射電波の位相差が含まれるので傾斜角度を精度よく検知できないという課題があった。
実施の形態1.
図1はこの発明の実施の形態1による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。車両の傾斜角度を検出する車両傾斜検知装置1は送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、発振器101と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と切り替え器601と直交検波器701とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角演算器302を備えている。
傾斜角度演算部300内の振幅位相演算器301は、交互に得られた第1の受信信号のIQ信号(第1のIQ信号)と第2の受信信号のIQ信号(第2のIQ信号)とから両受信信号の位相差を導出し、傾斜角度演算器302へ出力する。傾斜角度演算器302は第1のIQ信号と第2のIQ信号の位相差から車両の傾斜角度を算出し出力する。
φ=2π×(L1―L2)/λ (1)
図5はこの発明の実施の形態2による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。車両傾斜検知装置1は送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器603と第2の切り替え器604と第1の直交検波器701と第2の直交検波器702とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302を備えている。
なお、図5において、他の図と同一の符号を付したものは、同一又はこれに相当するものであり、このことは他の実施の形態においても共通することである。また、明細書全文に表れている構成要素の形容は、あくまで例示であってこれらの記載に限定されるものではない。
図7はこの発明の実施の形態3による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態1(図1に示す)と上記実施の形態2(図5に示す)を組み合わせた構成であり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器601と第2の切り替え器603と直交検波器701とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302を備えている。
図8はこの発明の実施の形態4による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。車両傾斜検知装置1は送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、符号信号発生器801と変調器802と発振器101と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と切り替え器601と直交検波器701と相関演算器803とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302を備えている。
図9はこの発明の実施の形態5による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。車両傾斜検知装置1は送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、符号信号発生器801と変調器802と発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器603と第2の切り替え器604と第1の直交検波器701と第2の直交検波器702と第1の相関演算器803と第2の相関演算器804とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302を備えている。
なお、第1及び第2の相関演算器803,804は、第3のIQ信号及び第4のIQ信号については符号信号発生器801からの符号信号との相関演算は行わず、第3のIQ信号及び第4のIQ信号をそれぞれ第3の相関値の振幅と位相及び第4の相関値の振幅と位相として傾斜角度演算部300へ出力する。
図10はこの発明の実施の形態6による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態4(図8に示す)と上記実施の形態5(図9に示す)を組み合わせた構成であり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、符号信号発生器801と変調器802と発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器601と第2の切り替え器603と直交検波器701と相関演算器803とを備えている。
傾斜角度演算部300は振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302を備えている。
なお、相関演算器803は、第3のIQ信号については符号信号発生器801からの符号信号との相関演算は行わず、第3のIQ信号を第3の相関値の振幅と位相として傾斜角度演算部300へ出力する。
図11はこの発明の実施の形態7による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。車両傾斜検知装置1は送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と変調器802と発振器101と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の直交検波器701と第2の直交検波器702とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、サンプルユニット902と振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302とを備えている。
図12(a)に示すように、路面から反射した電波が、送信アンテナ103と第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202を含む車体から再び放射(反射)され、再び路面で反射して、第1の受信アンテナ201及び第2の受信アンテナ202で受信されるような場合、送信アンテナ103から第1の受信アンテナ201までの伝播経路の経路長が伝播経路401の経路長L1から伝播経路403の経路長L3となる。同様に、送信アンテナ103から第2の受信アンテナ202までの伝播経路の経路長が伝播経路402の経路長L2から伝播経路404の経路長L4となる。従って、図12(b)に示すように、第1のパルスIQ信号及び第2のパルスIQ信号には、1回反射した反射電波の振幅と位相、2回反射した電波の振幅と位相、3回反射した電波の振幅と位相というように、反射回数に応じた反射電波の振幅と位相とが時系列的に順次重複されていく。
傾斜角度演算器302は、この位相差から傾斜角度を算出する。
また、送信用の変調周波数である10MHzのデューティを50%とすると、パルスIQ信号のパルス幅は50nsecなので、パルス幅内を等価的に全てサンプルするためには、500発のパルスIQ信号に対してサンプル位置をスライドさせていく必要がる。さらに、車体から路面までの往復の経路長を考慮すると、さらに多くのサンプル位置をスライドさせる必要がある。具体的には、車体から路面までの距離を15cmとすると、伝播時間は往復で1nsecとなるので、サンプル位置をスライドさせる回数は10(=1nsec/0.1nsec)回必要となる。これ以外にも、9.99MHzでサンプルするADコンバータ(サンプルユニット902に相当する)から第1及び第2の受信アンテナ201,202までの位相長、10MHzで変調された送信信号を出力する変調器802から送信アンテナ103までの位相長、及び10MHzと9.99MHzの同期時間等を考慮する必要がある。
図14はこの発明の実施の形態8による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態1(図1に示す)と上記実施の形態7(図11に示す)を組み合わせた構成であり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と変調器802と発振器101と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と切り替え器601と直交検波器701とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、サンプルユニット902と振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302とを備えている。
図15はこの発明の実施の形態9による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態2(図5に示す)と上記実施の形態7(図11に示す)を組み合わせたものであり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と変調器802と発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器603と第2の切り替え器604と第1の直交検波器701と第2の直交検波器702とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、サンプルユニット902と振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302とを備えている。
振幅位相演算器301は、サンプルユニット902がサンプル取得した第3のパルスIQ信号及び第4のパルスIQ信号により第1の直交検波器701及び第2の直交検波器702のそれぞれの位相の回転リニアリティ特性を取得し、正規の位相回転特性へ補正する自己校正データを用意する。この自己校正データを参照して、第1のパルスIQ信号及び第2のパルスIQ信号のそれぞれの振幅と位相から位相差を導出する。傾斜角度演算器302は、この位相差から傾斜角度を算出する。傾斜角度の算出には、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差の1周期分の平均値を用いることができる。また、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差のうち、所定の位相状態における位相差を用いるようにしてもよい。なお、第1及び第2の直交検波器701,702の位相の回転リニアリティ特性と振幅位相演算器301の正規の位相回転特性への補正については、上記実施の形態2における図6と同じである。
図16はこの発明の実施の形態10による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態3(図7に示す)と上記実施の形態7(図11に示す)を組み合わせた構成であり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と変調器802と発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器601と第2の切り替え器603と直交検波器701とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、サンプルユニット902と振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302とを備えている。
振幅位相演算器301は、サンプルユニット902がサンプル取得した第3のパルスIQ信号により直交検波器701の位相の回転リニアリティ特性を取得し、正規の位相回転特性へ補正する自己校正データを用意する。この自己校正データを参照して、第1のパルスIQ信号及び第2のパルスIQ信号のそれぞれの振幅と位相から位相差を導出する。傾斜角度演算器302は、この位相差から傾斜角度を算出する。傾斜角度の算出には、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差の1周期分の平均値を用いることができる。また、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差のうち、所定の位相状態における位相差を用いるようにしてもよい。なお、直交検波器701の位相の回転リニアリティ特性と振幅位相演算器301の正規の位相回転特性への補正については、上記実施の形態2における図6と同じである。
そして、振幅位相演算器301では、第1のパルスIQ信号又は第2のパルスIQ信号の1回反射成分についてそれぞれの振幅と位相から位相差を導出し、傾斜角度演算器302にてこの位相差から傾斜角度を算出する。
図18はこの発明の実施の形態11による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態7(図11に示す)に対して上記実施の形態4(図8に示す)のような符号信号を用いる構成を組み合わせたものであり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えるものである。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と符号信号発生器801と変調器802と発振器101と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の直交検波器701と第2の直交検波器702と第1の相関演算器803と第2の相関演算器804とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、サンプルユニット902と振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302とを備えている。
図19はこの発明の実施の形態12による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態4(図8に示す)と上記実施の形態7(図11に示す)を組み合わせた構成であり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と符号信号発生器801と変調器802と発振器101と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と切り替え器601と直交検波器701と相関演算器803とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、サンプルユニット902と振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302とを備えている。
図20はこの発明の実施の形態13による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態5(図9に示す)と上記実施の形態7(図11に示す)を組み合わせた構成であり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と符号信号発生器801と変調器802と発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器603と第2の切り替え器604と第1の直交検波器701と第2の直交検波器702と第1の相関演算器803と第2の相関演算器804とを備えている。傾斜角度演算部300は、サンプルユニット902と振幅位相演算器301と傾斜角度演算器302とを備えている。
なお、第1及び第2の相関演算器803,804は、第3のパルスIQ信号及び第4のパルスIQ信号については符号信号発生器801からの符号信号との相関演算は行わず、第3のパルスIQ信号及び第4のパルスIQ信号をそれぞれ第3のパルス相関値の振幅と位相及び第4のパルス相関値の振幅と位相として傾斜角度演算部300へ出力する。
振幅位相演算器301は、サンプルユニット902がサンプル取得した第3のパルス相関値の振幅と位相及び第4のパルス相関値の振幅と位相から第1の直交検波器701及び第2の直交検波器702のそれぞれの位相の回転リニアリティ特性を取得し、正規の位相回転特性へ補正する自己校正データを用意する。この自己校正データを参照して、第1のパルス相関値の振幅と位相及び第2のパルス相関値の振幅と位相から位相差を導出する。
傾斜角度演算器302は、この位相差から傾斜角度を算出する。傾斜角度の算出には、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差の1周期分の平均値を用いることができる。また、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差のうち、所定の位相状態における位相差を用いるようにしてもよい。なお、第1及び第2の直交検波器701,702の位相の回転リニアリティ特性と振幅位相演算器301の正規の位相回転特性への補正については、上記実施の形態2における図6と同じである。
図21はこの発明の実施の形態14による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。この車両傾斜検知装置1は、上記実施の形態6(図10に示す)と上記実施の形態7(図11に示す)を組み合わせた構成であり、送信部100と受信部200と傾斜角度演算部300とを備えている。送信部100は、パルス信号発生器901と符号信号発生器801と変調器802と発振器101と移相器501と利得制御器502と送信用切り替え器602と増幅器102と送信アンテナ103とを備えている。受信部200は、第1の受信アンテナ201と第2の受信アンテナ202と第1の増幅器203と第2の増幅器204と第1の切り替え器601と第2の切り替え器603と直交検波器701と相関演算器803とを備えている。
なお、相関演算器803は、第3のパルスIQ信号については符号信号発生器801からの符号信号との相関演算は行わず、第3のパルスIQ信号を第3のパルス相関値の振幅と位相として傾斜角度演算部300へ出力する。
振幅位相演算器301は、サンプルユニット902がサンプル取得した第3のパルス相関値の振幅と位相により直交検波器701の位相の回転リニアリティ特性を取得し、正規の位相回転特性へ補正する自己校正データを用意する。この自己校正データを参照して、第1のパルス相関値の振幅と位相及び第2のパルス相関値の振幅と位相から位相差を導出する。傾斜角度演算器302は、この位相差から傾斜角度を算出する。傾斜角度の算出には、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差の1周期分の平均値を用いることができる。また、位相を回転させた送信信号の位相状態ごとに得られる位相差のうち、所定の位相状態における位相差を用いるようにしてもよい。なお、直交検波器701の位相の回転リニアリティ特性と振幅位相演算器301の正規の位相回転特性への補正については、上記実施の形態2における図6と同じである。
図22は、この発明の実施の形態15による車両傾斜検知装置1の構成を示すブロック図である。上述した実施の形態2では、送信アンテナ103に位相を回転させた送信信号を入力するものを示したが、送信アンテナ103に入力する送信信号は位相を回転させていない信号であってもよい。図22に示すように、実施の形態15の車両傾斜検知装置1においては、発振器101の出力を送信用切り替え器602に入力している。そして、送信用切り替え器602の2つの出力のうち、一方の出力を増幅器102を介して送信アンテナ103へ入力し、傾斜角度の測定に用いる。また、他方の出力を移相器501に入力し、移相器501の出力を利得制御器502を介して第1の切り替え器603および第2の切り替え器604に入力し、位相の回転リニアリティ特性の取得に用いる。このようにしても、実施の形態2と同様の効果を得ることができる。
図23はこの発明の車両傾斜検知装置のアンテナ配置の構成を示す図である。二等辺三角形の底辺の各頂点に第1の受信アンテナ1202と第2の受信アンテナ1203を設置し、残りの頂点に送信アンテナ1201を設置している。
また、温度又は風があっても影響を受けず精度よく傾斜角度を算出できるという効果がある。さらに、エンジン等の騒音の影響を受けずに精度よく傾斜角度を算出できるという効果がある。また、二等辺三角形の各頂点にアンテナを設置するとアンテナを直線上に設置したときよりも車高の偏位による位相差の偏位を抑圧できるので、傾斜角度を精度よく算出できるという効果がある。
図26はこの発明の実施の形態17における車両傾斜検知装置のアンテナ配置の構成を示す図である。受信アンテナを3つ以上用いた場合における実施の形態の一例である。四角形の各頂点に第1の受信アンテナ1501と第2の受信アンテナ1502と第3の受信アンテナ1503と第4の受信アンテナ1504とを設置し、この四角形の対角線の好転に送信アンテナ1505を配置する。第1の受信アンテナ1501と第2の受信アンテナ1502をつなぐ直線と車両の前後方向が略平行で、第1の受信アンテナ1501と第3の受信アンテナ1503をつなぐ直線と車両の左右(幅)方向が略平行になるように設置したとする。受信部が受信アンテナを4個備える場合には、送信アンテナを中心とした四角形の各頂点に受信アンテナを配置することになる。
先立って説明した従来方法では、走行中に求める傾斜角度は、超音波センサが風および騒音等の影響を受けることに起因して精度が良くない。このため、車速センサの計測値から走行中か停止中かを判断して停止中に傾斜角度を計測していた。また、車速センサの計測値も車輪の空転および滑走などにより誤差が生じるため、精度が良くなかった。これに対し、本発明では超音波等に比べて耐雑音性に優れた電波を用い、かつ、車両の傾斜角度を求める際に適切な電波の位相差で表現できる周波数を用いたので、車速センサを用いることなく精度よく傾斜角度を検知することができる。
例えば、車両傾斜検知装置に対して、位相の時間変化量から車両の走行および停止状態を判定する車両状態判定部と、傾斜角度演算部で算出された傾斜角度の時間変化量から路面の局所的な凹凸を検知する路面状態判定部と、車両状態判定部の判定結果および路面状態判定部の検知結果を用いて傾斜角度を補正した結果を出力する出力信号演算部を追加すれば、補正した傾斜角度で車両のヘッドライトの光軸を調整することができるようになる。
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- 車両に設置され、所定の周波数の発振信号を送信アンテナから電波にして放射する送信部と、
地面で反射した前記電波を第1の受信アンテナで受信した第1の受信信号と、前記地面で反射した前記電波を第2の受信アンテナで受信した第2の受信信号とを交互に切り替えて1本の第1の線路に出力する切り替え部と、
前記切り替え部から前記1本の第1の線路を通して送られてくる前記第1の受信信号又は前記第2の受信信号と前記発振信号とを直交検波して得た第1の振幅値及び第1の位相値と第2の振幅値及び第2の位相値とを交互に切り換えて1本の第2の線路に出力する直交検波部と、
前記直交検波部から前記1本の第2の線路を通して送られてくる前記第1の振幅値及び前記第1の位相値と、前記第2の振幅値及び前記第2の位相値とに基づいて前記車両の前記地面に対する傾斜角度を算出する傾斜角度演算部とを備えたことを特徴とする車両傾斜検知装置。 - 車両に設置され、所定の周波数の発振信号の位相を回転させた送信信号を送信アンテナから電波にして放射する送信部と、
地面で反射した前記電波を第1の受信アンテナで受信した第1の受信信号と前記送信部から得る前記送信信号とを切り替えて出力する第1の切り替え部と、
前記地面で反射した前記電波を第2の受信アンテナで受信した第2の受信信号と前記送信部から得る前記送信信号とを切り替えて出力する第2の切り替え部と、
前記第1の切り替え部からの前記第1の受信信号と前記発振信号とを第1の直交検波部により直交検波して得た第1の振幅値と第1の位相値、及び前記第2の切り替え部からの前記第2の受信信号と前記発振信号とを第2の直交検波部により直交検波して得た第2の振幅値と第2の位相値を取り出すと共に、
前記第1の切り替え部からの前記送信信号と前記発振信号とを当該第1の直交検波部により直交検波して得た第3の振幅値と第3の位相値、及び前記第2の切り替え部からの前記送信信号と前記発振信号とを当該第2の直交検波部により直交検波して得た第4の振幅値と第4の位相値を取り出す受信部と、
前記第3の振幅値と前記第3の位相値から算出する前記第1の直交検波部の位相の回転リニアリティ特性、及び前記第4の振幅値と前記第4の位相値から算出する前記第2の直交検波部の位相の回転リニアリティ特性を参照し、前記第1の振幅値及び前記第1の位相値と前記第2の振幅値及び前記第2の位相値とに基づいて前記車両の前記地面に対する傾斜角度を算出する傾斜角度演算部とを備えたことを特徴とする車両傾斜検知装置。 - 車両に設置され、所定の周波数の発振信号をパルス変調して送信アンテナから電波にして放射する送信部と、
地面で反射した前記電波を第1の受信アンテナで受信した第1のパルス受信信号と前記発振信号とを第1の直交検波部により直交検波して得た第1の振幅値と第1の位相値、及び前記地面で反射した前記電波を第2の受信アンテナで受信した第2のパルス受信信号と前記発振信号とを第2の直交検波部により直交検波して得た第2の振幅値と第2の位相値を取り出す受信部と、
前記第1の振幅値及び前記第1の位相値をサンプリングして得た値と、前記第2の振幅値及び前記第2の位相値をサンプリングして得た値とに基づいて前記車両の前記地面に対する傾斜角度を算出する傾斜角度演算部とを備えたことを特徴とする車両傾斜検知装置。 - 送信部は、所定の帯域内で任意の周波数を選択して送信する、または、所定の帯域内で異なる周波数を有する送信信号を時分割で送信することを特徴とする請求項1記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部は、所定の帯域内で任意の周波数を選択して送信する、または、所定の帯域内で異なる周波数を有する送信信号を時分割で送信することを特徴とする請求項2記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部は、所定の帯域内で任意の周波数を選択して送信する、または、所定の帯域内で異なる周波数を有する送信信号を時分割で送信することを特徴とする請求項3記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部のパルス変調周波数と傾斜角度演算部のサンプル周波数とを同じ周波数、又は異なる周波数とすることを特徴とする請求項3記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部が放射する電波の周波数は、24GHz帯又は26GHz帯としたことを特徴とする請求項1記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部が放射する電波の周波数は、24GHz帯又は26GHz帯としたことを特徴とする請求項2記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部が放射する電波の周波数は、24GHz帯又は26GHz帯としたことを特徴とする請求項3記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部が放射する電波は、円偏波としたことを特徴とする請求項1記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部が放射する電波は、円偏波としたことを特徴とする請求項2記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 送信部が放射する電波は、円偏波としたことを特徴とする請求項3記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 受信部は、受信アンテナを3つ以上備え、
傾斜角度演算部は、第1の受信アンテナ及び第2の受信アンテナ以外の前記受信アンテナの受信信号も更に用いて傾斜角度を算出することを特徴とする請求項1記載の車両傾斜検知装置。 - 受信部は、受信アンテナを3つ以上備え、
傾斜角度演算部は、第1の受信アンテナ及び第2の受信アンテナ以外の前記受信アンテナの受信信号も更に用いて傾斜角度を算出することを特徴とする請求項2記載の車両傾斜検知装置。 - 受信部は、受信アンテナを3つ以上備え、
傾斜角度演算部は、第1の受信アンテナ及び第2の受信アンテナ以外の前記受信アンテナの受信信号も更に用いて傾斜角度を算出することを特徴とする請求項3記載の車両傾斜検知装置。 - 受信部が受信アンテナを4つ備える場合には、送信アンテナを中心とした四角形の各頂点に前記受信アンテナを配置したことを特徴とする請求項14記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 受信部が受信アンテナを4つ備える場合には、送信アンテナを中心とした四角形の各頂点に前記受信アンテナを配置したことを特徴とする請求項15記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
- 受信部が受信アンテナを4つ備える場合には、送信アンテナを中心とした四角形の各頂点に前記受信アンテナを配置したことを特徴とする請求項16記載の車両傾斜検知装置。
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