Method and device for operating a radar system of a motor vehicle

1. A method for operating a radar system of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, by a differentiator, a reception signal from a receiver of the radar system;

determining, by the differentiator, a time derivative of the reception signal;

ascertaining, by an ascertainer from extreme values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal, a straight line, the straight line representing a measure for a time derivative of a phase response of an interference signal; and

eliminating, by an eliminator, the interference signal from the reception signal based on the straight line.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ascertaining includes ascertaining a slope of the straight line and an axis intercept of the straight line.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ascertaining includes ascertaining a zero phase angle of a phase response of the interference signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ascertaining includes ascertaining from extreme values of the reception signal an amplitude of the interference signal.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the time derivative of the reception signal is a rate of change of the reception signal over time.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the extreme values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal are peak values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal.

7. A method for operating a radar system of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a reception signal;

determining a time derivative of the reception signal;

ascertaining, from extreme values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal, a straight line, the straight line representing a measure for a time derivative of a phase response of an interference signal; and

eliminating the interference signal from the reception signal based on the straight line;

wherein the ascertaining includes ascertaining a slope of the straight line and an axis intercept of the straight line; and

wherein:

the radar system includes an IQ mixer, the IQ mixer providing an I-portion of the reception signal along an I path of the IQ mixer and providing a Q-portion of the reception signal along a Q path of the IQ mixer, separate from the Q path;

the determining of the time derivative of the reception signal is performed using a differentiation device;

the determining of the time derivative of the reception signal includes determining a time derivative of the provided I-portion of the reception signal and determining a time derivative of the provided Q-portion of the reception signal;

the straight line is ascertained using an ascertainment device based on the time derivative of the I-portion of the reception signal or the time derivative of the Q-portion of the reception signal;

the determined time derivative of the I-portion of the reception signal and the determined time derivative of the Q-portion of the reception signal are each weighted with the straight line; and

useful portions of the reception signal are ascertained based on the weighted time derivative of the I-portion of the reception signal and the weighted time derivative of the Q-portion of the reception signal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the ascertainment device ascertains the straight line based on only one of: (i) the determined time derivative of the I-portion of the reception signal, or (ii) the determined time derivative of the Q-portion of the reception signal.

9. A device for operating a radar system of a motor vehicle, the device comprising:

a differentiation device;

an ascertainment device; and

an elimination device;

wherein:

the differentiation device is configured to determine a time derivative of a reception signal;

the ascertainment device is configured to ascertain, from extreme values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal, a straight line, the straight line representing a measure for a time derivative of a phase response of an interference signal; and

the elimination device is configured to eliminate the interference signal from the reception signal.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein:

the radar system includes an IQ mixer, the IQ mixer configured to provide an I-portion of the reception signal along an I path of the IQ mixer and to provide a Q-portion of the reception signal along a Q path of the IQ mixer, separate from the I path;

the straight line is ascertained by the ascertainment device based on a time derivative of only one of: (i) a time derivative of the provided I-portion of the reception signal, or (ii) a time derivative of the provided Q-portion of the reception signal;

the time derivative of the provided I-portion of the reception signal and the time derivative of the provided Q-portion of the reception signal are respectively weighted with the straight line; and

an I-component and a Q-component of a useful signal of the reception signal are reconstructed using the weighted time derivative of the I-portion of the reception signal and the weighted time derivative of the Q-portion of the reception signal.

11. The device as recited in claim 9 , wherein the time derivative of the reception signal is a rate of change of the reception signal over time.

12. The device as recited in claim 11 , wherein the extreme values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal are peak values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that are executable by a processor and that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method for operating a radar system of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, by a differentiator, a reception signal from a receiver of the radar system;

determining, by the differentiator, a time derivative of the reception signal;

ascertaining, by an ascertainer from extreme values of the determined time derivative of the reception signal, a straight line, the straight line representing a measure for a time derivative of a phase response of an interference signal; and

eliminating, by an eliminator, the interference signal from the reception signal based on the straight line.