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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Valeo Radar Systems, Inc., Hudson, NH (US);
Jeffrey Millar, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Wilson J. Wimmer, Hudson, NH (US);
Akram Ahmadi, Bedford, MA (US);
David Insana, Manchester, NH (US);
Valeo Radar Systems, Inc., Hudson, NH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting static objects and broadside objects in a vehicular radar system is presented. Detection data within a field of view for a host vehicle is acquired. A histogram process is used to determine a presence of at least one of a static object and a broadside vehicle. The histogram process includes generating ratios of a relative velocity of an object (Vr) to host velocity (Vh) from acquired detection data and determining a number of detections which occur at an angle α corresponding to an intersection of two lines with a first line represented by Vr/Vh=0 and a region of a second line within the FOV along which Vr/Vh≠0. The detections are filtered to identify only those detection points at a first and second predetermined values of α, wherein the identified detections indicate a presence of a static object and/or a broadside vehicle.