Patent ID: 6825797
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
A radar system comprising:a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting, by supplying a frequency-modulating voltage signal to a voltage-controlled oscillator for determining a transmitting frequency, a transmitting signal in which an up-modulating interval having an upwardly shifting frequency and a down-modulating interval having a downwardly shifting frequency are alternately repeated, and for receiving a reflected signal from a target; a frequency-analyzing unit for finding data concerning the frequency spectrum of a beat signal based on the transmitting signal and the received signal; a detected-data extracting unit for extracting, based on the beat signal in the up-modulating interval and the beat signal in the down-modulating interval, at least one of a relative distance to said target and a relative speed of said target; and a time-change-characteristic adjustment unit for finding an evaluation value for evaluating the linearity of a frequency change in the transmitting signal from the result of the analysis performed by said frequency-analyzing unit, with a time-change characteristic of the frequency-modulating voltage signal changed by a minute amount, and for adjusting the time-change characteristic so that the evaluation value is optimal.