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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Setsuo Tokoro, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/393 ; G01S 7/02 ; G01S 1/360 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/393 ; G01S 7/02 ; G01S 1/360 ;
Abstract
A radar apparatus for use on a vehicle has a radar beam scanning mechanism for scanning a scan area with a radar beam substantially in parallel to a road surface on which the vehicle is running, and an object detector for receiving reflected waves of the radar beam to create a detected object image, based on the reflected waves. The object detector is provided with a ghost determination device for determining whether a detected object image created is a ghost. Therefore, the radar apparatus can eliminate a detected object image determined as a ghost out of detected object images created.