Method and system for object detection within an angular zone, and its applications
US5598163A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/93271
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for detecting fixed or moving objects within an angular zone, as may be used in vehicle anti-collision systems, employs separate and distinct transmission and reception patterns. The transmission pattern successively illuminates consecutive segments of the angular zone. The reception pattern receives echo signals in parallel from illuminated objects in each zone segment. The echo signals are then digitally beam formed into a total field signal. The angular positions of the detected objects are then derived from the total field signal.
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