The present invention is provided with: an antenna 23 having an antenna surface 28 for radiating radio waves so as to have a prescribed plane of polarization; a second rotary mechanism 22 which is connected to the antenna 23 and which rotates the antenna 23 about a second rotation axis I2 that is set in a normal direction orthogonal to the antenna surface 28; and a first rotary mechanism 21 which is connected to the second rotary mechanism 22 and which rotates the antenna 23 and the second rotary mechanism 22 about a first rotation axis I1 that is set in a direction slanted with respect to the second rotation axis I2.

Various embodiments relate to a radar system, including: a transmitter; a transmit antenna connected to the transmitter, wherein the transmit antenna is a circular polarized antenna; a receiver; a receive antenna connected to the receiver, wherein the receive antenna is a dual polarization antenna having a main lobe and ambiguity sidelobes; wherein the radar system is configured to: transmit a first and second radar signal with first and second circular polarizations in first and second modes; receive reflected first and second radar signals; process the received first and second radar signals to detect a target and to produce first and second mode target powers; comparing the first mode target power to the second mode target power to determine which lobe of the antenna in which the target is located.

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a sensor unit for a contactless actuator of an adjustable vehicle element. The sensor unit may include: a carrier element for mounting to a vehicle; a first sensor device attached to the carrier element and having a first capturing area; and a second sensor device attached to the carrier element and having a second capturing area. When mounted on the vehicle, the first sensor device is arranged closer to a floor of the vehicle than the second sensor device; and the first capturing area extends further back with respect to a forward direction of travel of the vehicle than the second capturing area.

Techniques and apparatuses are described for radar angular ambiguity resolution. These techniques enable a target's angular position to be determined from a spatial response that has multiple amplitude peaks. Instead of solely considering which peak has a highest amplitude, the techniques for radar angular ambiguity resolution select a frequency sub-spectrum, or multiple frequency sub-spectrums, that emphasize amplitude or phase differences in the spatial response and analyze an irregular shape of the spatial response across a wide field of view to determine the target's angular position. In this way, each angular position of the target has a unique signature, which the radar system can determine and use to resolve the angular ambiguities. Using these techniques, the radar can have an antenna array element spacing that is greater than half a center wavelength of a reflected radar signal that is used to detect the target.

A drone detection radar configured to identify, from information present on returns reflected from a target, the presence of a drone, by identification, within Doppler information on the returns, of: i) Doppler signals being characteristic of rotating parts of a motor; ii) Doppler signals being characteristic of rotating parts of a blade; and, by identification from temporal information in the reflected returns; and iii) signals being characteristic of flashing of the blade of a drone. The target is assumed to be a drone if signals i, ii, and iii are present above respective predetermined thresholds. The largest return from a drone is often from the body, but this is often filtered by a clutter filter. The identified parameters therefore improve detection ability. The characteristic form of the Doppler signals in some instances allow the body return to be implied, thus providing information as to drone velocity.

An embodiment of a radar subsystem includes at least one antenna and a control circuit. The at least one antenna is configured to radiate at least one first transmit beam and to form at least one first receive beam. And the control circuit is configured to steer the at least one first transmit beam and the at least one first receive beam over a first field of regard during a first time period, and to steer the at least one first transmit beam and the at least one first receive beam over a second field of regard during a second time period.

A radar system for the detection of drones, including a transmitter, a receiver and a processor, wherein the processor is arranged to process demodulated return signals in a first process using a Doppler frequency filter, and to store locations of any detections therefrom, and to process the demodulated signals in a second process to look for signal returns indicative of a preliminary target having a rotational element at a location, and should a detection be found in the second process, to then attempt to match a location of the preliminary target with returns from the first process, and to provide a confirmed detection if a location of a detection from the first process matches with the location of a detection from the second process. The disclosed subject matter enables improved detection rates for drones, by looking for outputs from both the first and second processes.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus having a directional antenna system having adaptable directionality and a direction determination system configured to determine a desired direction, the directionality of the directional antenna system may be modified or adapted based on the desired direction.

A radar image processing method includes acquiring captured images from radars synchronized to perform beamforming on a same point at a same time, synthesizing the captured images based on at least one overlapping area of the captured images, and generating a high-resolution image based on the synthesized images.

A radar apparatus includes a transmitting analog front-end circuit, a plurality of antenna ports, a switching controller, a switching circuit, and a receiving analog front-end circuit. The transmitting analog front-end circuit generates a transmitting signal according to a carrier wave signal. A frequency of the carrier wave signal changes with time during a frequency sweep period of the carrier wave signal. The antenna ports are respectively configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the transmitting signal. The switching controller is coupled to the transmitting analog front-end circuit and configured to generate a control signal according to the frequency sweep period of the carrier wave signal. The switching circuit is coupled to the antenna ports and the switching controller, configured to select one of the antenna ports to receive the echo signal according to the control signal, and coupled to the receiving analog front-end circuit.