Detecting roadway targets across beams
First Claim
1. A traffic sensor for monitoring a roadway, the traffic sensor comprising:
- a radar system including a plurality of beams and configured to transmit signals into a roadway and to receive reflections of signals off of objects in the roadway using the plurality of beams;
a target identifying module configured to;
divide received reflections of signals into a plurality of range bins;
compute a position of at least one target in the roadway based on at least one received reflection and at least one corresponding range bin;
andcreate a track file for the at least one target in the roadway.
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Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting targets across beams at roadway intersections. Embodiments of the invention include tracking a target across a plurality of beams of a multiple beam radar system in a roadway intersection and updating track files for targets within a roadway intersection. Returns from a plurality of radar beams monitoring a roadway intersection are divided into range bins. Identified energy in the range bins is used to compute the position of targets within a roadway intersection. When the position of a target is computed, it is determined if the position is a new position for an existing target or if the position is the position of a new target.
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13 Claims
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1. A traffic sensor for monitoring a roadway, the traffic sensor comprising:
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a radar system including a plurality of beams and configured to transmit signals into a roadway and to receive reflections of signals off of objects in the roadway using the plurality of beams; a target identifying module configured to; divide received reflections of signals into a plurality of range bins; compute a position of at least one target in the roadway based on at least one received reflection and at least one corresponding range bin; and create a track file for the at least one target in the roadway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A traffic control system comprising:
a traffic sensor for monitoring a roadway, the traffic sensor comprising; a radar system including a plurality of beams configured to transmit a signal into the roadway and to receive reflections of the signal off of objects in the roadway using the plurality of beams; and a computer system coupled to the radar system and configured to; detect one or more targets using the received reflections of the signal off of objects in the roadway; access a target list for the roadway, the target list including currently computed positions for the one or more targets in the roadway, the currently computed positions being derived from a grid of range bins dividing returns from the plurality of beams; maintain a track file for each target in the roadway, each track file including target data for a target that is within the roadway, the target data including target position data for the target, the target position data including at least one of;
a last known position for the target and a predicted future position for the target.- View Dependent Claims (13)
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