Detection device, radar device, detection method, and detection program
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-007/292
G01S-013/524
G01S-013/53
출원번호
US-0773572
(2014-03-11)
등록번호
US-10120070
(2018-11-06)
우선권정보
JP-2013-048782 (2013-03-12)
국제출원번호
PCT/JP2014/056236
(2014-03-11)
국제공개번호
WO2014/142087
(2014-09-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Maeno, Hitoshi
Takemoto, Sae
Okunishi, Akira
출원인 / 주소
FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
대리인 / 주소
Studebaker & Brackett PC
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초록▼
A detection device detects a target based on a reception signal obtained from a reflection signal of a transmission signal. The detection device includes a Doppler frequency component generator that acquires a Doppler frequency component that indicates the amplitude level of a reception signal, for
A detection device detects a target based on a reception signal obtained from a reflection signal of a transmission signal. The detection device includes a Doppler frequency component generator that acquires a Doppler frequency component that indicates the amplitude level of a reception signal, for at least one Doppler frequency, based on the reception signal, a region identifier that identifies a first region and a second region that is outside the first region, based on the value of the amplitude level and the increase rate in the amplitude level, a second-Doppler frequency component suppressor that suppresses the Doppler frequency component of an unnecessary signal, out of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region, and a combiner that combines the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region outputted from the region identifier, and the output of the second Doppler frequency component suppressor.
대표청구항▼
1. A detection device configured to detect a target based on a reception signal obtained from a reflection signal of a transmission signal, the detection device comprising: processing circuitry configured:to acquire at least one Doppler frequency component that indicates the amplitude level of a rec
1. A detection device configured to detect a target based on a reception signal obtained from a reflection signal of a transmission signal, the detection device comprising: processing circuitry configured:to acquire at least one Doppler frequency component that indicates the amplitude level of a reception signal, for at least one Doppler frequency, based on the reception signal;to provide a first filter and a second filter having mutually different time constants, to identify a first region and a second region that is outside the first region, based on the reception signal, and the first filter and the second filter being configured to detect an edge of the first region when a difference value between output levels of the first filter and the second filter for the reception signal is over a threshold;to suppress a Doppler frequency component representing clutter, out of a portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region, to form a decluttered portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region; andto combine the reception signal corresponding to the first region and the decluttered portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region. 2. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to suppress a portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region less than the suppression in the second region, andto combine the suppressed portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region with the suppressed Doppler frequency component representing clutter out of the portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region. 3. The detection device according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry further comprises, for each Doppler frequency component, a suppression processor that has a first Doppler frequency component suppressor to suppress the portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region and a second Doppler frequency component suppressor to suppress the Doppler frequency component representing clutter out of the portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region, andthe processing circuitry is further configured to assign a segment of the first region and the second region to each of the suppression processors. 4. The detection device according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry further comprises, for each Doppler frequency component, a suppression processor with a region identification function for identifying the first region and the second region individually, a first Doppler frequency component suppressor to suppress the portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region, and a second Doppler frequency component suppressor, to suppress the Doppler frequency component representing clutter out of the portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region. 5. The detection device according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to suppress a Doppler frequency component representing clutter for Doppler frequency components other than a Doppler frequency component corresponding to the relative speed of a large target with respect to a ship having the detection device. 6. The detection device according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to assign a segment of the first region and the second region for suppression for a Doppler frequency component corresponding to the relative speed of a large target with respect to a ship having the detection device, andthe processing circuitry is further configured to suppress a Doppler frequency component representing clutter for Doppler frequency components other than the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the relative speed of a large target with respect to the ship. 7. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform CFAR processing on the value of the Doppler frequency component. 8. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to detect a farthest position of the first region when the amplitude level of the reception signal is below the amplitude level of the reception signal at a nearest position of the first region. 9. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the Doppler frequency component includes a plurality of components. 10. A radar device, comprising: an antenna rotatable at a specific rotation period;a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission signal from the antenna at a repetition period that is shorter than the rotation period; andthe detection device according to claim 1, which receives as the reflection signal the signal received by the antenna. 11. A detection method for detecting a target based on a reception signal obtained from the reflection signal of a transmission signal, the method comprising: acquiring at least one Doppler frequency component that indicates the amplitude level of a reception signal, for at least one Doppler frequency, based on the reception signal;inputting the Doppler frequency component to a first filter and a second filter having mutually different time constants to identify a first region and a second region other than the first region, based on reception signal, and to detect an edge of the first region when a difference value between output levels of the first filter and the second filter for the reception signal is over a threshold;suppressing a Doppler frequency component representing clutter, out of a portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region, to form a decluttered portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region; andcombining the reception signal corresponding to the first region and the decluttered portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region. 12. The detection method according to claim 11, further comprising suppressing a portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region less than the suppression for the second region,the combining further including combining the suppressed portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region with the suppressed Doppler frequency component representing clutter out of the portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region. 13. The detection method according to claim 11, wherein the suppressing further includes using a CFAR processor for the CFAR processing on the value of the Doppler frequency component. 14. The detection method according to claim 11, wherein the Doppler frequency component includes a plurality of components. 15. The detection method according to claim 11, wherein the identifying further includes detecting a farthest position of the first region when the amplitude level of the reception signal is below the amplitude level of the reception signal at a nearest position of the first region. 16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a detection program for causing a computer to execute detection to detect a target based on a reception signal obtained from the reflection signal of a transmission signal, the detection program causing the computer to execute: Doppler frequency component generation processing to acquire at least one Doppler frequency component that indicates the amplitude level of a reception signal, for at least one Doppler frequency, based on the reception signal;region identification processing of the Doppler frequency component by a first filter and a second filter having mutually different time constants to identify a first region and a second region other than the first region, based on the reception signal and to detect an edge of the first region when a difference value between output levels of the first filter and the second filter for the reception signal is over a threshold;second Doppler frequency component suppression processing to suppress the Doppler frequency component of clutter, out of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region, to form a decluttered portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region; andcombination processing to combine the reception signal corresponding to the first region and the decluttered portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region. 17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the detection program further causes the computer to execute first Doppler frequency component suppression processing to suppress a portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region less than the suppression for the second region, andthe combination processing further includes combining the suppressed portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region with the suppressed Doppler frequency component representing clutter out of the portion of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region. 18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the Doppler frequency component suppression processing further includes CFAR processing on the value of the Doppler frequency component. 19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the Doppler frequency component processed by the computer includes a plurality of components. 20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the region identification processing further includes detecting a farthest position of the first region when the amplitude level of the reception signal is below the amplitude level of the reception signal at a nearest position.
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