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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Tatsuya Kojima, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tatsuya Kojima, Nishinomiya, JP;
Furuno Electric Company, Limited, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A radar device includes an antenna for acquiring data, an image memory including pixel data groups each arranged in a rectangular coordinate system, for converting the acquired data in a polar coordinate system into pixel data in the rectangular coordinate system and storing the pixel data, a data write module for writing the pixel data in the memory such that, when image data is stored in a display mode, pixel blocks each including M×N pixel data are arranged on the same line in the memory, a scanning direction setting module for setting a raster-scan direction, and a data reading module for reading out the image data by reading out the pixel data arranged on the same line in the image memory according to the raster-scan direction.