Omron Corporation

Shinya Takenouchi

Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi

Yasuhiro Satoh

Hiroyuki Numata

A radar device for detecting an object in front of the radar device, has a plurality of antennas, wherein the object is detected based on each reception signal received by two or more of the plurality of antennas, a position specification section for specifying a position of the object by using each reception signal received by the two or more of the plurality of antennas; and an object detection section for confirming an existence of the object if the position specified by the position specification section is in a predetermined range.

Radar device and radar method

A measuring apparatus for measuring a distance from an object to be measured has, a transmitting means for alternately modulating amplitudes of a first continuous wave having a first frequency and a second continuous wave having a second frequency for transmitting a transmission signal as a carrier wave using an AM signal. The AM signal is produced by an AM producing circuit for modulating the amplitudes. The transmission signal is reflected as a reflection signal by the object to be measured and received by a receiving circuit. A first distance calculating circuit calculates the distance using a phase difference between the first and second continuous waves. A second distance calculating circuit is used for demodulating the receipt signal, detecting a phase difference, and calculating a distance from the object to be measured using the detected phase difference. A determining circuit determines a final distance measurement based on the above calculations.

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Otsu, Japan

Shinya Takenouchi