IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,933,885
Granted Patent B2
US 11,933,885 · App. 16/972,155 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Radar signal imaging device, radar signal imaging method, and radar signal imaging program

Inventors: Kazumine Ogura (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Ariyoshi (Tokyo, JP); Yuzo Senda (Tokyo, JP); Osamu Hoshuyama (Tokyo, JP); Taichi Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Ikefuji (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Yamanouchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G01S13/9064G01S7/04G01S13/32G01S13/867
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Patent No.
US 11,933,885
App. No.
16/972,155
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radar signal imaging device 30 includes: a transmission unit 31 which transmits a radar signal toward an object to be imaged that is a non-rigid body; a position estimation unit 32 which estimates the position of the object; an oscillation degree estimation unit 33 which estimates an oscillation degree which is a degree of change within a predetermined period in the relative positions of feature points constituting the object; and a synthetic aperture processing unit 34 which performs synthetic aperture processing on the radar signal reflected by the object on the basis of the estimated position of the object and the estimated oscillation degree.

Claims (70)

1. A radar signal imaging device comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:

transmit a radar signal toward an object to be imaged that is a non-rigid body;

estimate a position of the object;

estimate an oscillation degree, which is a degree of change within a predetermined period, in relative positions of feature points constituting the object; and

perform synthetic aperture processing on the radar signal reflected by the object on the basis of the estimated position of the object and the estimated oscillation degree.

2. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

perform the synthetic aperture processing on the radar signal corresponding to a period in which the estimated oscillation degree is smaller than a first predetermined value among the radar signals reflected from the object.

3. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

perform the synthetic aperture processing on the radar signal corresponding to a period in which the estimated variation of the oscillation degree is smaller than a second predetermined value among the radar signals reflected from the object.

4. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the radar signal reflected from the object.

5. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire sensor data which is data obtained by an external sensor measuring a predetermined physical quantity of the object, and

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the acquired sensor data.

6. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein

the sensor data is image data, and

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

estimate the oscillation degree by image-processing the acquired image data.

7. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

estimate the position of the object on the basis of the radar signal reflected from the object.

8. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

estimate the position of the object on the basis of the acquired sensor data.

9. A radar signal imaging method comprising:

transmitting a radar signal toward an object to be imaged that is a non-rigid body;

estimating a position of the object;

estimating an oscillation degree, which is a degree of change within a predetermined period, in relative positions of feature points constituting the object; and

performing synthetic aperture processing on the radar signal reflected by the object on the basis of the estimated position of the object and the estimated oscillation degree.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable capturing medium having captured therein a radar signal imaging program for causing a computer to execute:

a transmission process of transmitting a radar signal toward an object to be imaged that is a non-rigid body;

a position estimation process of estimating a position of the object;

an oscillation degree estimation process of estimating an oscillation degree, which is a degree of change within a predetermined period, in relative positions of feature points constituting the object; and

a synthetic aperture process on the radar signal reflected by the object on the basis of the estimated position of the object and the estimated oscillation degree.

11. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

perform the synthetic aperture processing on the radar signal corresponding to the period in which the estimated variation of the oscillation degree is smaller than a second predetermined value among the radar signals reflected from the object.

12. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the radar signal reflected from the object.

13. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the radar signal reflected from the object.

14. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 11 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the radar signal reflected from the object.

15. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire sensor data which is data obtained by an external sensor measuring a predetermined physical quantity of the object, and

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the acquired sensor data.

16. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire sensor data which is data obtained by an external sensor measuring a predetermined physical quantity of the object, and

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the acquired sensor data.

17. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 11 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire sensor data which is data obtained by an external sensor measuring a predetermined physical quantity of the object, and

estimate the oscillation degree on the basis of the acquired sensor data.

18. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 15 , wherein

the sensor data is image data, and

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to estimate the oscillation degree by image-processing the acquired image data.

19. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to estimate Doppler frequencies arranged in time series as the oscillation degree.

20. The radar signal imaging device according to claim 1 , comprising a display which displays image information generated by the synthetic aperture processing in a predetermined format on a display means.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2020
From: OGURA, KAZUMINE; ARIYOSHI, MASAYUKI; SENDA, YUZO; HOSHUYAMA, OSAMU; TANAKA, TAICHI; IKEFUJI, DAISUKE; YAMANOUCHI, SHINGO
To: NEC CORPORATION
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