US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on Feb. 18 for "Radar apparatus using transmitting array antenna and receiving array" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,882, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Radar apparatus using transmitting array antenna and receiving array" was invented by Takaaki Kishigami (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmitting array antenna includes a second antenna group placed in a position inside a first antenna group in a first direction and a position different from the first antenna group in a second direction. A receiving array antenna includes a fourth antenna placed in a position outside a third antenna group arranged in the first direction and a position different from the third antenna group in ...