Signal processing method and device for frequency-modulated continuous waveform radar system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9778355-B2
Application number	US-201514613370-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2015
Priority date	Apr 1, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A signal processing method for a frequency-modulated continuous waveform (FMCW) radar system includes receiving a plurality of feedback signals from a plurality of targets and performing analog to digital conversion on the plurality of feedback signals to obtain a digital receiving signal corresponding to the plurality of feedback signals, performing a window function on the digital receiving signal to obtain a window transformation signal corresponding to the digital receiving signal, performing time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal to obtain a spectrum signal of the window transformation signal, performing two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal, and determining distances and speeds of the plurality of targets in comparison to the FMCW radar system according to results of the two beat frequency detections.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal processing method for a frequency-modulated continuous waveform (FMCW) radar system, comprising:
receiving a plurality of feedback signals from a plurality of targets, and performing analog to digital conversion on the plurality of feedback signals, to obtain a digital receiving signal corresponding to the plurality of feedback signals;
performing a window function transformation on the digital receiving signal, to obtain a window transformation signal corresponding to the digital receiving signal;
performing time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal, to obtain a spectrum signal of the window transformation signal;
performing two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal; and
determining distances and speeds of the plurality of targets in comparison to the FMCW radar system according to results of the two beat frequency detections.

2. The signal processing method of claim 1 , wherein the step of performing the window function transformation on the digital receiving signal is multiplying the digital receiving signal by an window function.

3. The signal processing method of claim 2 , wherein the window function is selected from a rectangular window or a Hanning window.

4. The signal processing method of claim 1 , wherein the step of performing the time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal is performing a discrete fast Fourier transform, to convert the window transformation signal from a time domain into a frequency domain and obtain the discrete spectrum signal.

5. The signal processing method of claim 1 , wherein the step of performing the two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal comprises:
performing a first round beat frequency detection on the spectrum signal, to determine spectrum components greater than a first threshold value within the spectrum signal, to obtain an integer part of a plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
determining a fractional part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies according to the integer part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
determining a complex gain of the spectrum signal according to the integer part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
cancelling a frequency component of the spectrum signal according to the integer part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies, the fractional part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies, and the complex gain of the spectrum signal, to obtain a double round spectrum signal, wherein the double round spectrum signal corresponds to normalized beat frequencies of targets not detected in the first round beat frequency detection; and
performing a second round beat frequency detection on the double round spectrum signal, to determine spectrum components greater than a second threshold value within the spectrum signal.

6. A signal processing device for a frequency-modulated continuous waveform (FMCW) radar system, comprising:
an analog to digital converter, for receiving a plurality of feedback signals from a plurality of targets, and performing analog to digital conversion on the plurality of feedback signals, to obtain a digital receiving signal corresponding to the plurality of feedback signals; and
a digital signal processing module, for executing a digital signal processing method, the digital signal processing method comprising:
performing a window function transformation on the digital receiving signal, to obtain a window transformation signal corresponding to the digital receiving signal;
performing time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal, to obtain a spectrum signal of the window transformation signal;
performing two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal; and
determining distances and speeds of the plurality of targets in comparison to the FMCW radar system according to results of the two beat frequency detections.

7. The signal processing device of claim 6 , wherein the step of performing the window function transformation on the digital receiving signal is multiplying the digital receiving signal by an window function.

8. The signal processing device of claim 7 , wherein the window function is selected from a rectangular window, or a Hanning window.

9. The signal processing device of claim 6 , wherein the step of performing the time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal is performing a discrete fast Fourier transform, to convert the window transformation signal from a time-domain into a frequency-domain and obtain the discrete spectrum signal.

10. The signal processing device of claim 6 , wherein the step of performing two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal comprises:
performing a first round beat frequency detection on the spectrum signal, to determining spectrum components greater than a first threshold value within the spectrum signal, to obtain an integer part of a plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
determining a fractional part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies according to the integer part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
determining a complex gain of the spectrum signal according to the integer part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
cancelling a frequency component of the spectrum signal according to the integer part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies, the fractional part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies, and the complex gain of the spectrum signal, to obtain a double round spectrum signal, wherein the double round spectrum signal corresponds to normalized beat frequencies of the targets not detected in the first round beat frequency detection; and
performing a second round beat frequency detection on the double round spectrum signal, to determining spectrum components greater than a second threshold value within the spectrum signal.

11. The signal processing device of claim 6 , wherein the digital signal processing module comprises a memory and a processor, and the memory stores a program code, for instructing the processor to execute the signal processing method.

12. The signal processing device of claim 6 , wherein the digital signal processing module comprises:
an window function unit, for performing the window function transformation on the digital receiving signal, to obtain the window transformation signal corresponding to the digital receiving signal;
a fast Fourier transform unit, for performing the time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal, to obtain the spectrum signal of the window transformation signal;
a double round spectrum detection unit, for performing two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal; and
a range and velocity estimation unit, for determining distances and speeds of the plurality of targets in comparison to the FMCW radar system according to results of the two beat frequency detections.

13. The signal processing device of claim 12 , wherein the double round spectrum detection unit comprises:
a first round beat frequency detection unit, for performing a first round beat frequency detection on the spectrum signal, to determining spectrum components greater than a first threshold value within the spectrum signal, to obtain an integer part of a plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
a spectrum peak location estimation unit, for determining a fractional part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies according to the integer part of the plurality of normalized beat frequencies;
a complex gain estimation unit, for determin

Assignees

• Wistron Neweb Corp

Inventors

• Li Jeng-Da
• Kuo Chi-Cheng
• Hsu Cheng-Hsiung
• Liao Chi-Yung
• Tseng Chien-Chung

Classifications

• G01S13/52

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