Patent ID: 7692574

Claim:
A radar apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit that emits a transmitting signal; a receiving unit that receives a reflection signal, which is said transmitted signal reflected from a target, by means of an array antenna having a plurality of channels; a mixing unit that mixes said transmitting signal and reception signals received by said plurality of channels of said receiving unit, respectively, to obtain beat signals for the plurality of channels; a frequency analysis unit that frequency analyzes said beat signals for the plurality of channels, respectively; and a target detection unit that calculates a distance, a relative speed, or a direction of said target based on frequency analysis results for said plurality of channels; wherein said target detection unit comprises: a channel to channel integration unit that integrates, at each of the same frequencies, beat frequency spectra for the plurality of channels in the form of frequency analysis results of said beat signals for the plurality of channels which are calculated in a predetermined time range; and a direction calculation unit that calculates the direction of said target from said beat frequency spectra for the plurality of channels, wherein said target detection unit further comprises: a sweep to sweep integration unit that integrates beat frequency spectra calculated in a plurality of time ranges for each of the same channels, and wherein said sweep to sweep integration unit adds said beat frequency spectra for the plurality of channels to each other for each of the same channels in complex numbers while leaving their phase information as it is; and said channel to channel integration unit performs digital beam forming synthetic processing on said beat frequency spectra after the sweep to sweep integration thereof.