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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01S 13/10 (2006.01); G01S 7/292 (2006.01); G01S 7/285 (2006.01); G01S 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/10 (2013.01); G01S 7/285 (2013.01); G01S 7/292 (2013.01); G01S 7/40 (2013.01); G01S 7/34 (2013.01); G01S 7/4021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radar device is provided with: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency radar transmission signal from a transmission antenna; a controller that controls execution or stopping of transmission of the radar transmission signal; a receiver that amplifies a thermal noise signal inputted from reception antenna by using an initial gain value and quantize the amplified thermal noise signal, while the transmission of the radar transmission signal is stopped; and a gain controller that adjusts the prescribed gain value to a gain value suitable for dithering of the thermal noise signal, based on the quantized thermal noise signal.