Radar receiver calculates a first reception power in each of a predetermined number of beam directions by using a reflected wave signal in a first cell among a plurality of cells into which a region represented by at least one of a distance component and a Doppler frequency component is divided, calculates a second reception power on the basis of reception powers of reception array antennae by using the reflected wave signal in a peripheral cell of the first cell among the plurality of cells, and determines whether or not a target is present in the first cell on the basis of a comparison result between the first reception power and a first threshold value that is a value obtained by multiplying the second reception power by a first coefficient.

A method for determining at least one object information item of at least one target object (18) which is sensed with a radar system (12) of a vehicle (10), a radar system (12) and a driver assistance system (12) are described. Transmission signals (32a, 32b, 32c) are transmitted into a monitoring range (14) of the radar system (12) with three transmitters (Tx1, Tx2, Tx3). Echoes, which are reflected at the at least one target object (18), of the transmission signals (32a, 32b, 32c) are received as received signals (34a, 34b, 34c) with at least two receivers (RxA, RxB, RxC, RxD). The received signals (34a, 34b, 34c) are subjected to at least one multi-dimensional discrete Fourier transformation. At least one target signal is determined from the result of the Fourier transformation. An object information item is determined from the target signal.

The target detection accuracy of a radar apparatus is improved. The radar apparatus includes signal generation circuitry, which, in operation, generates a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal, and transmission circuitry, which, in operation, transmits a multiplexed signal resulting from code-multiplexing the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, wherein a modulation frequency of the first transmission signal at a first timing is identical to a modulation frequency of the second transmission signal at a second timing that is later than the first timing.

A system for virtual Doppler and/or aperture enhancement, preferably including one or more transmitter arrays, receiver arrays, and/or signal processors, and optionally including one or more velocity sensing modules. A method for virtual Doppler and/or aperture enhancement, preferably including transmitting a set of probe signals, receiving a set of reflected probe signals, and/or analyzing the set of received probe signals.

A system for virtual Doppler and/or aperture enhancement, preferably including one or more transmitter arrays, receiver arrays, and/or signal processors, and optionally including one or more velocity sensing modules. A method for virtual Doppler and/or aperture enhancement, preferably including transmitting a set of probe signals, receiving a set of reflected probe signals, and/or analyzing the set of received probe signals.

A testing system for testing the performance of a detector is described, comprising a target generator for generating a target and a control unit that comprises at least one of a processing sub-unit, an analyzing sub-unit and a calculation sub-unit. The control unit is connected to the target generator such that the control unit is configured to control the target generator for controlling the target generated. The target generator is configured to transmit signals to the detector and/or to receive signals from the detector. The control unit is further configured to receive and to process data related to a detected target by the detector wherein the control unit is configured to determine a constant false alarm rate based on the data received by the detector and/or the data of the target generator for characterizing the performance of the detector. Furthermore, a method for testing the performance of a detector is described.

Processing of a range-Doppler matrix of a radar system is described. For easy, efficient and rapid ascertainment of a detection threshold of the range-Doppler matrix, only a partial quantity of the cells of the range-Doppler matrix is selected, and the detection threshold is ascertained on the basis of the selected partial quantity of cells of the range-Doppler matrix.

Described are a system and technique to mitigate the impacts of clutter in a radar system. The system and technique require only linear co-polarized measurements can be incorporated into the standard radar signal processing chain without slowing down radar performance.

The disclosed systems, structures, and methods are directed to an object detection system, employing a receiver configured to receive a signal reflected from an object, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the received signal into a digital signal, a pre-processor configured to improve a signal-to-noise (SNR) of the digital signal and to generate a pre-processed signal corresponding to the digital signal, a parameter extractor configured to calculate a number of reference cells M and a multiplication factor K.sub.0, and a Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) processor configured to analyze a cell-under-test (CUT) and M reference cells in accordance with the number of reference cells M and the multiplication factor K.sub.0 to detect the presence of the object.

Detection of a radar target from a received radar signal includes computing a vector of filter weights dependent upon a steering vector and determining a threshold value dependent upon a designated probability of false alarm. The vector of filter weights is applied to samples of the received radar signal at a test cell, corresponding to a test range, to provide a filtered test signal and a test power of the filtered test signal is computed. The weights are also applied to samples of the received radar signal at a number of reference cells, to produce filtered reference signals. A reference power is computed from the filtered reference signals and the radar target is detected at the test range when a ratio of the test power to the reference power exceeds the threshold value.