Non-Imaging MM-Wave FMCW Sensor for Pedestrian Detection

Author

Etinger, Ariel ; Balal, Nezah ; Litvak, Boris ; Einat, Moshe ; Kapilevich, Boris ; Pinhasi, Yosef

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Ariel Univ., Ariel, Israel

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

2014

fDate

Apr-14

Firstpage

1232

Lastpage

1237

Abstract

This paper describes a millimeter-wave sensor that is able to detect pedestrians, thereby reducing the likelihood of human road injuries or fatalities. The sensor consists of a transmit/receive channel module, operating in the millimeter-wave range (W-band) using frequency-modulated-continuous-wave mode. The laboratory prototypes of the sensor have been designed and tested in real-life environment. An analysis of system performance and experiments conducted has indicated a high-resolution, detection ability of both adults and children at a distance of up to 100-150 m.

Keywords

frequency modulation; millimetre wave detectors; pedestrians; road safety; W-band; distance 100 m to 150 m; fatality likelihood reduction; frequency-modulated-continuous-wave mode; human road injury likelihood reduction; millimeter-wave sensor; nonimaging MM-wave FMCW sensor; pedestrian detection; transmit-receive channel module; Antennas; Clutter; Millimeter wave radar; Roads; Sensors; Vehicles; FMCW systems; Road safety; millimeter wave sensor; radar detection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2013.2293534

Filename

6678171