Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Widely spaced radar nodes with unambiguous beam pattern
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Application No.: US15680329Application Date: 2017-08-18
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Publication No.: US10551493B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Oded Bialer , Amnon Jonas , Tom Tirer
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G01S13/93
- IPC: G01S13/93 ; G01S13/42

Abstract:
A vehicle, a radar system for the vehicle, and method of driving the vehicle. A radar array having plurality of radar nodes is arranged along the vehicle. Each radar node includes a first transmitter at one end of the node, a second transmitter at a second end of the node and a plurality of receivers aligned between the first transmitter and the second transmitter. At least one of an aperture length of the nodes and a spacing between the nodes is a variable parameter. A processor activates a transmitter of the radar array to generate a test pulse, receive, at a receiver of the radar array, a reflection of the test pulse from an object, and determines an angular location of the object from the reflection of the test pulse. A trajectory of the vehicle can be changed using the determined angular location of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190056491A1 WIDELY SPACED RADAR NODES WITH UNAMBIGUOUS BEAM PATTERN Public/Granted day:2019-02-21
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