IP Library Granted Patent US 10,365,349
Granted Patent B2
US 10,365,349 · App. 15/195,600 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Radar device

Inventor: Takaaki Kishigami (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
G01S7/282G01S7/023G01S7/03G01S13/04G01S13/22G01S13/26G01S13/284G01S13/325G01S13/931
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Patent No.
US 10,365,349
App. No.
15/195,600
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radar device includes: radar transmitting circuitry which, in operation, generates Nt radar signals by modulating Nt transmission code sequences and transmits the radar signals via Nt transmission antennas, Nt being more than 1; and radar receiving circuitry which, in operation, receives reflection wave signals via Nr reception antennas and performs Doppler frequency analysis, Nr being more than 1. The radar transmitting circuitry stores a predetermined pulse sequence and Nt or more orthogonal code sequences, second half elements of the Nt or more orthogonal code sequences are arranged in an order reverse to first half elements of the Nt or more orthogonal code sequences and generates each of the Nt transmission code sequences by multiplying elements of the predetermined pulse sequence by elements of the Nt or more orthogonal code sequences different from each other.

Claims (9)

1. A radar device comprising:

a radar transmitter which, in operation, generates Nt radar signals by modulating Nt transmission code sequences and transmits the generated Nt radar signals via Nt transmission antennas that are different from each other, Nt being three or greater; and

a radar receiver which, in operation, receives reflection wave signals that are the radar signals reflected by a target via Nr reception antennas and performs Doppler frequency analysis, Nr being greater than 1, wherein:

the radar transmitter stores a predetermined pulse sequence and Nt orthogonal code sequences, wherein the Nt orthogonal code sequences are different from each other,

each of the Nt orthogonal code sequences has an even number of elements, elements of a second half of an Nt orthogonal code sequence are identical to elements of a first half of an Nt orthogonal code sequence but are arranged in an order reverse to the elements of the first half of the Nt orthogonal code sequence, and

the radar transmitter generates each of the Nt transmission code sequences by multiplying each element of each Nt orthogonal code sequence by all of elements of the predetermined pulse sequence.

2. The radar device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined pulse sequence is two or more even number of complementary codes or a Spano code that is a combination of a plurality of complementary codes.

3. The radar device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined pulse sequence is a chirp pulse.

4. The radar device according to claim 1 , wherein the radar transmitter sequentially outputs, for each transmission period, a corresponding one of the Nt transmission code sequences.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066957/0984 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066644/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2017
From: KISHIGAMI, TAKAAKI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040939/0709 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-155863 · Aug 6, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170212213A1 · Jul 27, 2017
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