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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Serdar H. Yonak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Junzo Ooe, Miyoshi-Cho, JP;
Serdar H. Yonak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Junzo Ooe, Miyoshi-Cho, JP;
Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
An example radar system for a vehicle comprises a radar antenna, operable to produce a radar beam, and a lens assembly including at least one active lens, the radar beam passing through the lens assembly. The radar beam has a field of view that is adjustable using the active lens. In some examples, the active lens comprises a metamaterial, the metamaterial having an adjustable property such as an adjustable negative index, the field of view being adjustable using the adjustable property of the metamaterial.