Title :
Improving situational awareness with radar information
Author :
Clarke, Bryan ; Worrall, Stewart ; Brooker, Graham ; Martinez, Javier ; Nebot, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Australian Centre of Field Robot., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
This paper addresses the issue of improving situational awareness for large vehicles operating in all weather conditions. A new short-range 24GHz close proximity detection (CPD) microwave radar technology for providing situational awareness to the driver of large vehicles is presented. A series of experiments are performed in which the radar is used to detect a variety of static targets. The CPD radar is able to detect light vehicles at ranges from 2.2m to 17.6m within a horizontal arc of 160° with superior angular resolution to many existing low-cost radars. From this data, key characteristics of the radar´s performance and the radar cross-section of light vehicles at 24GHz are calculated. The data gathered allows the design of future tests and the development of a model of the radar that allows a better understanding of its performance characteristics and can be used for occupancy grid mapping.
Keywords :
climatology; radar cross-sections; radar detection; radar resolution; radar tracking; road vehicle radar; target tracking; CPD microwave radar technology; angular resolution; close proximity detection; distance 2.2 m to 17.6 m; frequency 24 GHz; light vehicle; low-cost radar; occupancy grid mapping; radar cross-section; radar information; radar performance; radar target detection; situational awareness; static target; vehicle detection; weather condition; Power measurement; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Alcala de Henares
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2119-8
DOI :
10.1109/IVS.2012.6232211