Radar device and velocity calculation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9513369-B2
Application number	US-201314058665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2013
Priority date	Oct 30, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a radar device and a velocity calculation method with which velocity can be calculated more accurately. A radar device 1 comprises a transmitter 23 , a first velocity calculator 31 a , a second velocity calculator 31 b , a first velocity corrector 33 a , and a second velocity corrector 33 b . The transmitter 23 transmits pulse signals at two or more different pulse repetition frequencies. The first velocity calculator 31 a calculates a first Doppler velocity based on a first received signal. The second velocity calculator 31 b calculates a second Doppler velocity based on a second received signal. The first velocity corrector 33 a calculates a first corrected Doppler velocity by folding correction of the first Doppler velocity. The second velocity corrector 33 b calculates a second corrected Doppler velocity by folding correction of the second Doppler velocity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radar device comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit pulse signals at two or more different pulse repetition frequencies; and
a processor configured to calculate a first Doppler velocity based on a first received signal received from a target as a reflected wave of the pulse signals transmitted at a first pulse repetition frequency, calculate a second Doppler velocity based on a second received signal received from the target as a reflected wave of the pulse signals transmitted at a second pulse repetition frequency, modify the first Doppler velocity by determining a velocity difference between the first Doppler velocity and the second Doppler velocity and performing folding correction on the first Doppler velocity based on the velocity difference to generate a first corrected Doppler velocity, modify the second Doppler velocity by performing folding correction on the second Doppler velocity based on the velocity difference to generate a second corrected Doppler velocity, and generate a display control signal based on the first corrected Doppler velocity and the second corrected Doppler velocity to control a display to display a velocity of the target.

2. The radar device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to calculate an average velocity based on the first corrected Doppler velocity and the second corrected Doppler velocity to generate the display control signal based on the average velocity.

3. The radar device according to claim 2 , wherein
the transmitter is further configured to transmit the pulse signals at exactly two different pulse repetition frequencies.

4. The radar device according to claim 3 , wherein
the transmitter is further configured to alternately transmit the pulse signals that are transmitted at the first pulse repetition frequency and the pulse signals that are transmitted at the second pulse repetition frequency.

5. The radar device according to claim 4 , wherein
the processor is further configured to calculate corresponding one of the first Doppler velocity and the second Doppler velocity by pulse-pair method.

6. A Doppler velocity calculation method comprising:
transmitting, from a radar transmitter, pulse signals at two or more different pulse repetition frequencies;
calculating a first Doppler velocity based on a first received signal received from a target as a reflected wave of the pulse signals transmitted at a first pulse repetition frequency;
calculating a second Doppler velocity based on a second received signal received from the target as a reflected wave of the pulse signals transmitted at a second pulse repetition frequency;
modifying the first Doppler velocity by determining a velocity difference between the first Doppler velocity and the second Doppler velocity and performing folding correction on the first Doppler velocity based on the velocity difference to generate a first corrected Doppler velocity;
modifying the second Doppler velocity by performing folding correction on the second Doppler velocity based on the velocity difference to generate a second corrected Doppler velocity; and
generating a display control signal based on the first corrected Doppler velocity and the second corrected Doppler velocity to control a display to display a velocity of the target.

Assignees

• Furuno Electric Co

Inventors

• Minowa Masahiro
• Asada Yasunobu

Classifications

• G01S13/95

  for meteorological use · CPC title

• G01S13/589 Primary

  measuring the velocity vector · CPC title

• G01S13/581

  using transmission of interrupted pulse modulated waves and based upon the Doppler effect resulting from movement of targets · CPC title

• G01S13/227

  with repetitive trains of uniform pulse sequences, each sequence having a different pulse repetition frequency · CPC title

• Y02A90/10

  Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation · CPC title