ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,229, issued on July 15, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Radar apparatus" was invented by Takaaki Kishigami (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a radar apparatus that detects a target object with high accuracy. The radar apparatus includes: transmission circuitry, which, in operation, alternately outputs a first transmission signal with a first central frequency and a second transmission signal with a second central frequency higher than the first central frequency for each transmission period; and one or a plurality of transmission antennas, which, in operation, transmit the fas...