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WO2003014765A1 - Dispositif de detection d'objets a telemetrie par deux sondes radar a impulsion fonctionnant en modes monostatiques et bistatiques - Google Patents

Dispositif de detection d'objets a telemetrie par deux sondes radar a impulsion fonctionnant en modes monostatiques et bistatiques Download PDF

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WO2003014765A1
WO2003014765A1 PCT/EP2002/008552 EP0208552W WO03014765A1 WO 2003014765 A1 WO2003014765 A1 WO 2003014765A1 EP 0208552 W EP0208552 W EP 0208552W WO 03014765 A1 WO03014765 A1 WO 03014765A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/87—Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
    • G01S13/878—Combination of several spaced transmitters or receivers of known location for determining the position of a transponder or a reflector
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/003—Bistatic radar systems; Multistatic radar systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/02—Systems using reflection of radio waves, e.g. primary radar systems; Analogous systems
    • G01S13/06—Systems determining position data of a target
    • G01S13/08—Systems for measuring distance only
    • G01S13/10—Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves
    • G01S13/22—Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves using irregular pulse repetition frequency
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
    • G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
    • G01S2013/9314—Parking operations

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  • This invention relates to an object detection device, particularly to assist a driver when parking a vehicle. 5
  • object detection device particularly to assist a driver when parking a vehicle. 5
  • Many different types of parking aid have been proposed. For example, US
  • 6,215,415 describes a system in which three sensors, capable of both transmitting and receiving, are positioned closely adjacent one another and emit signals at three different frequencies. The reflection of each emitted signal off an object is received by their respective receivers and evaluated by a processor to determine the distance of the 0 vehicle from the object. This information is then provided to the driver in the form of an audible or visual warning.
  • EP-1 043 213 Another example is described in EP-1 043 213 in which multiple sensors are positioned around the vehicle and emit signals orthogonal to one another, reflections of which are received by the respective sensor which emitted them.
  • the signals are 5 processed and used to control the vehicle speed as it approaches an obstacle.
  • the individual sensors do not operate in a co-operative way to provide an estimate of the closest object to the rear of the vehicle.
  • an object detection device comprises at least two sensors, each sensor being adapted to transmit and receive 0 signals; and a processor to control operation of the sensors; wherein each sensor comprises a transmit pulse generator operating at a first transmit pulse repetition frequency and a receive pulse generator operating at a second, different, pulse repetition frequency; wherein a timing control signal from the processor switches the sensors between transmit/receive mode and receive only mode; wherein a first sensor is set to 5 operate in transmit/receive mode, the first sensor transmitting at the first pulse repetition frequency and receiving reflections of the transmitted signal, reflected off an object; wherein the reflections are mixed with a reference signal to produce an intermediate frequency (IF) signal and analysed to derive a direct range measurement; wherein the or each other sensor is set to operate in receive only mode to produce an indirect range 0 measurement; the receive pulse generator operating at the second pulse repetition frequency; and wherein the operation is repeated for the or each other sensor operating in transmit/receive mode such that a set of direct and indirect measurements are
  • IF intermediate frequency
  • the present invention provides an object detection device which is able to use sensors in an arrangement which maintains the simplicity of processing of individual sensors making direct measurements, but enables a receiver at a remote location to be used to make indirect measurements.
  • the combined effect gives a linear distance from an object, without complex processing being required.
  • the sensors are pulse radar sensors.
  • the sensors operate at frequencies in the range 2 to 100 GHz .
  • the timing control signal from the processor provides phase and time synchronisation for each sensor during operation.
  • the processor is incorporated into at least one sensor.
  • the timing control signal from the processor is derived from the pulse repetition frequency of the transmit and receive pulse generators.
  • a vehicle parking aid comprises an object detection device according to the first aspect, wherein a reference plane is defined at either end of the vehicle where sensors are provided, the reference plane being orthogonal to a centreline of the vehicle and positioned such as to be between all parts of the respective end of the vehicle and the object being sensed; and wherein the linear distance derived is the shortest distance between the reference plane and the object being sensed.
  • Figure 1 illustrates examples of general arrangements of an object detection device according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 illustrates in more detail, a sensor in the device of Fig. 1;
  • Figure 3 illustrates potential errors in range estimates for prior art systems and how the present invention overcomes these;
  • Figure 4 illustrates the linear distance derived when the device of Fig. 1 is used in a vehicle parking aid.
  • the system of the present invention comprises a first and second sensors 17 connected to a central unit 3.
  • the central unit 3 provides phase and time synchronising signals to each sensor during operation and receives range data from the sensors which it then processes.
  • the system would comprise multiple sensors and optionally, the central unit 3 would be an integral part of one or more sensors (1 .. n) as shown in Fig. lb.
  • the processing function of the central unit could be incorporated into one controlling sensor, or else all the sensors could be manufactured with the potential to perform a controlling function, but with this function disabled if not required.
  • sensor 1 is connected to sensors 2 to n.
  • a processor within sensor 1 provides phase and time synchronising signals to these sensors and processes range data received from the sensors.
  • the synchronising signals have a low frequency (of the order of MHz) which is related to the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) and are easy to distribute compared to synchronising the actual transmission between sensors.
  • PRF pulse repetition frequency
  • the sensor itself is shown in more detail in Fig. 2.
  • the sensor comprises a microcontroller 4 which controls a first pulse generator 5 operating at a first pulse repetition frequency, which acts as a transmitter so that a signal for transmission is output through a directional coupler 6 via an antenna 7.
  • the transmitted signal reflected off an object is received by the antenna 7 and input to a low noise amplifier (LNA) 8 via the directional coupler 6.
  • the output of the LNA is mixed in a mixer 9 with a signal from a second pulse generator 10, operating at a second, different, pulse repetition frequency to produce an intermediate frequency (IF) signal which is amplified in the IF amplifier 11 and analysed by the microcontroller 4.
  • the transmit pulse generator and receive pulse generator outputs differ only by a small amount with respect to their pulse repetition frequencies.
  • the IF signal incorporates a time expansion factor related to the difference in pulse repetition frequencies. This simplifies the processing of the IF signal.
  • a substantially stable frequency difference is maintained between the frequencies of the first and second pulse generators.
  • the pulse generators operate at 5.8GHz, with a pulse repetition frequency of 3.6MHz, an IF of 70KHz, and the frequency difference is maintained at 43Hz.
  • a benefit of using this sampling technique is that the scaling factor on the IF is significantly less than on the RF, so standard signal processing techniques can be used for processing of the received reflected signals.
  • the synchronising signals between sensors could be the PRF signal at 3.6 MHz and the difference frequency at 43 Hz.
  • Fig. 3a a possible error mechanism which arises in systems using only direct measurements for an extended target is illustrated in Fig. 3a.
  • Deriving a linear distance by using both direct and indirect measurements as proposed in the present invention, allows this situation to be detected and corrected as shown in Fig. 3b.
  • Obtaining indirect measurements provides further information placing obstacles on ellipses and so improving the accuracy of the position estimate. For some object positions, an object will not record a direct measurement for one of the sensors but will provide an indirect measurement, hence the position can still be calculated.
  • linear distance 12 refers to the shortest distance between a reference plane and the object being sensed.
  • the object detection device when used in a motor vehicle 13, the object detection device has a reference plane 14 defined at the or each end of the vehicle where sensors 17 are provided.
  • the reference plane is orthogonal to a centreline 15 of the vehicle and is positioned such as to be between all parts of the respective end of the vehicle and the object 16 being sensed.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de détection d'objets comprenant au moins deux sondes (17) conçues chacune pour émettre et recevoir des signaux, et un processeur (3) gérant le fonctionnement des sondes. Chaque sonde comprend un générateur d'impulsions d'émission (5) utilisant une première fréquence de répétition des impulsions d'émission, et un générateur d'impulsions de réception (10) utilisant une autre fréquence de répétition. Un signal de commande de synchronisation envoyé par le processeur bascule les sondes de mode émission-réception en mode réception seule. Une première sonde (1) fonctionne en émission-réception, émettant à une première fréquence de répétition des impulsions, et recevant les réflexions du signal émis renvoyées par un objet. Les réflexions se mélangent à un signal de référence ce qui donne un signal en fréquence intermédiaire (IF), une analyse permettant alors d'en déduire une mesure directe de la distance. La sonde, ou chacune des autres (2 .. n) fonctionne en réception seule de façon à donner une mesure indirecte de distance, le générateur d'impulsions de réception utilisant une deuxième fréquence de répétition des impulsions. L'opération se répète pour la sonde, ou chacune des autres (2 .. n), en mode émission-réception de façon à donner un ensemble de mesures directes et indirectes, ce qui permet de déduire, des mesures directes et indirectes de distance, une distance linéaire (12) des objets. Le dispositif convient particulièrement à l'utilisation comme aide au stationnement.
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