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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasunori Hoshihara, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/03 (2006.01); G01S 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/032 (2013.01); G01S 13/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radio wave sensor includes: a transmission antenna that emits a radio wave toward a presence allowable area which is an area in which an occupant can be present in an area in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; and a reception antenna including a plurality of reception antenna elements that receives a reflection wave of the radio wave emitted from the transmission antenna. The positions where the plurality of reception antenna elements are arranged in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle are different from each other.