ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,437, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Radar device" was invented by Takaaki Kishigami (Tokyo) and Naoya Yosoku (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radar transmitter transmits a radar signal through a transmitting array antenna at a predetermined transmission period, and a radar receiver receives a reflected wave signal which is the radar signal reflected by a target through a receiving array antenna. A transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna each include multiple subarray elements, the subarray elements in the transmitting array antenna and the...