JP2004138572A - On-vehicle radar system - Google Patents

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JP2004138572A
JP2004138572A JP2002305536A JP2002305536A JP2004138572A JP 2004138572 A JP2004138572 A JP 2004138572A JP 2002305536 A JP2002305536 A JP 2002305536A JP 2002305536 A JP2002305536 A JP 2002305536A JP 2004138572 A JP2004138572 A JP 2004138572A
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Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle radar which is improved in the problem that the detection capability of a preceding vehicle with the on-vehicle radar is deteriorated in a rain. <P>SOLUTION: A radome 7 protecting a radio radar 1 from rain water is provided in a center of a front grille 3, a plurality of dimples 8 are provided at the outer surface 71 of the radome 7, for granulating the rain water. The adjacent dimples 8 are connected with water flowing grooves 11, furthermore, wind ducts 15 are formed in the wall of the radome 7 so as to pass running wind 10 through them, and suction paths 17 are formed between the dimples 8 and the wind ducts 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、車載レーダ装置に関し、特にACC(アダプティブクルーズコントロール)システム用として好適な車載レーダ装置であって、レーダ本体の保護や隠蔽などの機能をなすレドームに特徴のある車載レーダ装置に関するものである。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
近年、自車と先行車両との車間距離制御を行うACCシステムにおいて、ミリ波帯やマイクロ波帯の電波を利用した車載電波レーダ(以下、電波レーダ)が使用される様になってきている。その理由は、上記電波レーダでは従来のレーザーレーダに比べて雨、霧、雪、などの悪天候や電波レーダに付着した汚れなどの先行車両検出の性能に及ぼす影響が少ないためである。
【0003】
電波レーダーは、先行車両を検出する機能上、通常、自車両前面のほぼ中央部に取り付けられ、さらに一般的にヘッドライトやバンパーを避けて、車両前方部の中央に設置される。その場所は、フロントグリルとラジエターとの間にある空間部分にあたり、電波レーダーは、その空間部分では車体のデザインの影響を殆ど受けることなく設置することができるので、現在実用化されて電波レーダを搭載している殆どの車両においては、電波レーダは上記の場所に設置されている。
【0004】
前記フロントグリルは、電波の通過する部分である中央部分に電波透過性部材を組み込んで、電波レーダ用のレドームとしての機能も持ち合わせている。このレドームは、電波レーダを降雨や降雪などの悪天候もしくは飛石などの飛来物からの保護と、車両のデザインを損ねないよう電波レーダを隠蔽する役割を担っている。ちなみにレドームとは、アンテナ部を保護する手段として一般的に総称されているものであり、アンテナ部や信号処理部などが一つの筐体に納められた車載レーダ装置においては、その筐体の一部をレドームと呼称できないこともないが、本発明では前記筐体はレーダ本体として捉え、フロントグリルの中央に取り付けられる電波透過性部材によって構成された部分をレドームと呼称する。
【0005】
電波レーダ自体は、レーザーレーダに比べて降雨や降雪などの悪天候に対して耐候性に優れていることは前述した通りであるが、レドームの外面に付着する水膜により送受信上での電波の減衰が大きいことも事実である。すなわち連続して強く降りつける降雨時や、みぞれに代表されるような水分を多く含んだシャーベット状の雪が降る気象条件の場合に電波の減衰は顕著に現れ、このために電波レーダは検出性能の低下や検出不能となってしまうことがある。それにも拘わらず、従来のレドームは、電波レーダを保護する役割上、冷却風取り込み用の開口部も無く平面板状に作られているので、このためにその外面では雨水により水膜が形成され易くなっている。
【0006】
この問題に対して降雨時などで車両が濡れる状況にある場合でも、電波レーダが所定の検出精度を発揮することができるように、レドームの内面側への水滴の回り込みを防止する防滴部材を設けることやレドームの外面を撥水処理する提案がなされている(例えば、特許文献1参照)。
【0007】
【特許文献1】
特開2002−131413号公報(段落番号0007、0008、0014、0024、0032、図1〜図6)
【0008】
しかしながら先述の通り、雨天時の走行において最も雨滴に曝されて水膜が張るのはレドームの外面であって、撥水加工やラウンド形状としたことで走行風の吹きつけによる効果も相まって雨滴を後方に流し易くすることは可能であるが、降雨中の連続して雨滴が降り付ける状況においてはレドームの外面を流れる雨粒の殆どは水膜へと形成された状態で後方に移動するだけに止まり、しかして、上記先行技術では電波の減衰を食い止めることが十分でない問題がある。
【0009】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、従来技術における如上の問題に鑑みて、降雨時におけるレーダの先行車両を検出する性能低下の問題が改善された車載レーダ装置を提供することを目的とする。
【0010】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明の請求項1に係る車載レーダ装置は、レーダ本体、上記レーダ本体を雨水から保護すると共に外面に複数の窪みが設けられたレドームを備えたことを特徴とするものである。
【0011】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下に本発明に就き説明するが、説明の順位の早い図に示された部位と同じ部位が後続の図に示される場合には同じ符号を付して後続の図では説明を省略する。
【0012】
実施の形態1.
図1〜図4は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態1を説明するものであって、図1は実施の形態1の正面図、図2は実施の形態1の車載レーダ装置を備えた車両の一例としての自動車における前方部の概略断面図、図3はレドームの拡大斜視図、図4は図3のA−A線に沿った部分拡大断面図である。
【0013】
図1〜図4において、上記自動車の前方部は、実施の形態1の車載レーダ装置R、バンパー2、レドーム7を含むフロントグリル3、ラジエター4、およびボンネットフード5などから構成されており、また車載レーダ装置Rは、前記レーダ本体の一例としての電波レーダ1およびレドーム7とを備えている。電波レーダ1は、フロントグリル3とラジエター4との間において固定治具(図示せず)を用いてラジエター4に接することなく車体に固定されている。なおその際、電波レーダ1は、対向車に取り付けられた電波レーダの送信電波による干渉を受けないために、電波の電界面が路面に対して45度偏波するように電波レーダ1自体もしくは内蔵のアンテナ手段を傾けて取り付けることが望ましい。
【0014】
レドーム7は、従来技術の場合と同様に、フロントグリル3の中央部で且つ電波レーダ1の前方にあって、当該電波レーダ1を覆う位置に設けられて、電波レーダ1を降雨や降雪などの悪天候、飛石などの飛来物などから保護し得る位置に設けられている。またレドーム7は、電波レーダ1が送受信する電波が通過する個所であるので、電波透過性部材、例えばポリプロピレンやアクリル樹脂などの低誘電率で低誘電損失の材料から形成されていて、その外面71には断面が半円状あるいはU字状の複数の窪み8が格子状に設けられている。
【0015】
上記自動車の雨天走行中に、レドーム7の外面71には絶えず雨水が降りかかって水膜9が形成されようとするが、当該水膜9中の少なくとも一部の雨水は、走行風10によって図4における黒矢印にて示すように、近辺の窪み8中に押し流され、蓄積される。このために雨水6によって生じる水膜9中の水の少なくとも一部は、窪み8により粒(水滴)の状態で水膜9から分離させることが可能となる。雨水が粒状であると、水膜状である場合よりも電波の減衰率は小さくなって、電波レーダ1の先行車検出性能の低下の程度が小さくなる。かくして電波レーダ1は、窪み8の存在に基づいて従来の電波レーダと比較して雨天走行中における先行車検出の性能が向上する。
【0016】
実施の形態2.
図5は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態2を説明するものであって、前記図3のA−A線に沿った他の部分拡大断面図である。図5において、窪み8は、断面がV字状であって、しかして実施の形態2は、実施の形態1とは窪み8の断面形状の点において異なり、その他の構成は同じである。V字状の窪み8も実施の形態1におけるそれと同様の作用並びに効果を奏する。
【0017】
本発明において、レドームの外面に設けられる窪みは、一般的には車両の雨天走行中においてレドームの外面に降りかかる雨水の水膜化を妨害する、あるいは水膜化の程度を減少させる機能を奏するものであって、かかる機能を奏する限り窪みの断面形状は、実施の形態1での半円状あるいはU字状、実施の形態2でのV字状、あるいはその他の形状であってよく、また窪みの開口サイズ、深さ、隣接する窪み間の距離、複数の窪みの配置状態などに就いても特に制限はない。例えば、窪みの開口サイズは1〜5mm程度であり、深さは0.5〜3mm程度であり、隣接窪み同士の縁間距離は2〜10mm程度である。窪みの配置状態は、実施の形態1におけるような格子状(碁盤目状)、千鳥状、ランダム状などである。またレドームの外面に窪みを設け、さらに当該外面に撥水加工処理を施して、雨水の粒状化を一層促進するようにしてもよい。
【0018】
実施の形態3.
図6は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態3を説明するレドームの拡大斜視図であって、左右に隣接する窪み8の間に通水溝11が堀設されていて、前記走行風10(図4など参照)によってレドーム7の外面71上の水膜は近辺の窪み8に蓄積されると共に、かく蓄積された雨水は、通水溝11に沿って流れ出る。この結果、レドーム7の外面71は、降り続く雨に曝されても水膜が生じ程度が減少して、降雨時の検出性能の低下を防ぐことが可能となる。
【0019】
実施の形態4.
図7は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態4を説明するレドームの拡大斜視図である。実施の形態4では通水溝11は、斜め方向に設けていて、実施の形態3の場合と同様の効果を得ることが可能である。
【0020】
実施の形態5.
図8および図9は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態5を説明するものであって、図8はレドームの部分拡大正面図、図9は図8のB−B線に沿った断面図である。実施の形態5においては、通水溝11は、前記実施の形態4の場合と同様に、窪み8を斜め方向に連結するように設けられている。先に述べた通り、電波レーダ1(図2参照)は、対向車に設置された電波レーダの送信電波の干渉を受け難くするために、電界の振動面にあたる偏波面12を路面に対して45度傾斜させた状態でそれぞれの車両に設置するのが望ましい。図8において、偏波面12は45度傾斜しており、通水溝11は偏波面12に直交して設けられている。また各通水溝11の両側には、前記加熱手段の一例としてのニクロム線13がレドーム7に埋め込まれた状態で設置されている。
【0021】
各通水溝11に沿ってニクロム線13を設置することにより、レドーム7の外面71に付着する雪を融解させつつ効率よく排水させることで、降雪時における電波レーダ1の検出性能の低下を防ぐことが可能となる。また、設置する前記発熱手段として、ニクロム線あるいはその他の金属線を利用した場合、金属線の傾斜面は対向車の電波レーダが送信する電波の電界面と平行することとなり、対向車からの送信電波の影響を一層受けに難いものとなり、電波レーダの電波免疫性能の向上にもつながる。
【0022】
実施の形態6.
図10および図11は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態6を説明するものであって、図10はレドームの拡大斜視図、図11は図10のC−C線またはD−D線に沿った断面図である。実施の形態6においては、レドーム7の下部に走行風取り入れ口14が、その上部に走行風取り出し口16がそれぞれ設けられ、またレドーム7の壁内の一部には走行風取り入れ口14から走行風取り出し口16へと走行風10を通す通風路15が設けられ、さらに窪み8のうちで通風路15の上に位置する一部の窪み81の底部には通風路15に繋がる吸引路17が設けられている。
【0023】
走行風取り入れ口14から入った走行風10は、通風路15内を通過して走行風取り出し口16から排出されるが、通風路15内での気流に基づいてレドーム7の外面71の気圧に比べて通風路15の内部の気圧は低下するので、窪み81内の水滴は、吸引路17から通風路15に至り、その際に走行風10と混ざり合って霧状となり、走行風10と一緒に走行風取り出し口16から放出される。窪み81内の水滴が上記のように走行風取り出し口16から放出されることにより、通風路15の上以外の個所の窪み82内の水滴は、通水溝11を伝って窪み81内に流れ込み、ついで走行風取り出し口16から排出される。かくしてレドーム7の外面71に設けられた全ての窪み8では、各窪み内に雨水が流入次第、上記のルートで走行風取り出し口16から排出されるので、レドーム7の外面71での水膜の形成が効果的に防止され、たとえ水膜が形成されるにしても、その程度は軽度となる。かくして電波レーダの降雨時での検出性能の低下を防ぐことが可能となる。
【0024】
なお実施の形態6における通風路15は、その横幅Wが図10に示す通り、且つその深さDが図11に示す通り、走行風取り入れ口14から走行風取り出し口16に向かって徐々に小さくなっている。このために通風路15内での走行風10の風速が、横幅Wおよび深さDが均一な場合と比較して大きくなり通風路15内の気圧低下の程度が大きくなって、レドーム7の外面71での水膜の形成防止作用が一層大きくなる。よって本発明においては、横幅Wまたは深さDは、特に横幅Wと深さDの両方は、実施の形態6の場合のように走行風取り入れ口14から走行風取り出し口16に向かって徐々に小さくなっていることが好ましい。
【0025】
実施の形態7.
図12は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態7を説明するものであって、実施の形態7の車載レーダ装置を備えた車両の一例としての自動車における前方部の概略断面図である。実施の形態7においては、前記実施の形態6における走行風取り入れ口14に代えて、例えばバンパー2の下部やナンバープレート周辺に設置された走行風取り込み手段18が設けられている。前記実施の形態6における走行風取り入れ口14は、自動車の前方に直接開口しているため、自動車の走行中に外気中の異物を取り込み易く、取り込まれた異物により通風路15(矢印で示す)が詰まることがある。
【0026】
これに対して走行風取り込み手段18は、自動車内にあって外気に直接曝されていないので、外気中の異物を取り込む可能性が格段に小さくなる効果がある。なお走行風取り込み手段18としては、要は、走行風を取り込んでそれを通風路15を経由して走行風取り出し口16から排出させる機能を有すればよく、例えばダクトを設置する方法、空気を強制的に送り込めるような電気的もしくは機械的手段などであってよい。いずれにせよ、通風路15に走行風を流すことにより、前記実施の形態6で説明した効果を得ることが出来る。
【0027】
実施の形態8.
図13は、本発明の車載レーダ装置における実施の形態8を説明するものであって、実施の形態8の車載レーダ装置を備えた車両の一例としての自動車における前方部の概略断面図である。実施の形態8は、走行風取り出し口16に防水板19を設置した点において前記実施の形態6、7と異なり、その他の構成はそれぞれ実施の形態6または7と同じである。
【0028】
前記実施の形態6、7においては、走行風取り出し口16をレドーム7の内面に設置した場合、霧状となった雨滴を多く含んだ湿った走行風が、レドーム7の後方に設置された電波レーダ1に吹き付けられる恐れがある。これに対して、走行風取り出し口16に防水板19を設置することにより、電波レーダ1の筐体前面への水滴付着を防止し、電波レーダ1の検出性能の低下を防ぐ事が可能となる。
【0029】
【発明の効果】
本発明の車載レーダ装置は、以上説明した通り、レーダ本体、上記レーダ本体を雨水から保護すると共に外面に複数の窪みが設けられたレドームを備えたものである。車両の雨天走行中に、レドームの外面には絶えず雨水が降りかかって水膜が形成されようとするが、当該水膜中の少なくとも一部の雨水は、走行風によって上記窪み中に押し流され、蓄積される。このために雨滴によって生じる水膜中の水の少なくとも一部は、粒(水滴)の状態で水膜から分離させることが可能となる。雨水が粒状であると、水膜状である場合よりも電波の減衰率は小さくなって、レーダ本体の先行車検出性能の低下の程度が小さくなる。かくして上記窪みは、従来の車載レーダ装置と比較して雨天走行中におけるレーダ本体の先行車検出性能を改善する効果がある。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の実施の形態1におけるレドームの正面図。
【図2】本発明の実施の形態1の車載レーダ装置を備えた自動車の前方部の概略断面図。
【図3】本発明の実施の形態1におけるレドームの拡大斜視図。
【図4】図3のA−A線に沿った部分拡大断面図。
【図5】本発明の実施の形態2における前記図3のA−A線に沿った他の部分拡大断面図。
【図6】本発明の実施の形態3におけるレドームの拡大斜視図。
【図7】本発明の実施の形態4におけるレドームの拡大斜視図。
【図8】本発明の実施の形態5におけるレドームの部分拡大正面図。
【図9】図8のB−B線に沿った断面図。
【図10】本発明の実施の形態6におけるレドームの拡大斜視図。
【図11】図10のC−C線またはD−D線に沿った断面図。
【図12】本発明の実施の形態7の車載レーダ装置を備えた自動車の前方部の概略断面図。
【図13】本発明の実施の形態8の車載レーダ装置を備えた自動車の前方部の概略断面図。
【符号の説明】
R 車載レーダ装置、1 電波レーダ、2 バンパー、3 フロントグリル、4 ラジエター、5 ボンネットフード、7 レドーム、8 窪み、
11 通水溝、13 ニクロム線、14 走行風取り入れ口、15 通風路、
16 走行風取り出し口、17 吸引路、18 走行風取り込み手段、
19 防水板。
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an on-vehicle radar device, and more particularly to an on-vehicle radar device suitable for an ACC (adaptive cruise control) system, and more particularly to an on-vehicle radar device having a radome having a function of protecting or hiding a radar body. is there.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in an ACC system for controlling an inter-vehicle distance between a host vehicle and a preceding vehicle, an on-vehicle radio radar (hereinafter, a radio radar) using radio waves in a millimeter wave band or a microwave band has been used. The reason is that the radio wave radar has less influence on the performance of detecting a preceding vehicle such as bad weather such as rain, fog and snow, and dirt attached to the radio wave radar, as compared with the conventional laser radar.
[0003]
The radio radar is usually installed at a substantially central portion in front of the own vehicle for its function of detecting a preceding vehicle, and is generally installed at the center of the front portion of the vehicle, avoiding headlights and bumpers. The location corresponds to the space between the front grille and the radiator, and the radio radar can be installed in that space with almost no influence from the design of the vehicle body. In most vehicles equipped with radio waves, the radio radar is installed at the above-mentioned location.
[0004]
The front grille has a function as a radome for radio wave radar by incorporating a radio wave permeable member in a central portion where radio waves pass. The radome plays a role in protecting the radio wave radar from bad weather such as rainfall and snowfall or flying objects such as stepping stones, and concealing the radio wave radar so as not to impair the design of the vehicle. Incidentally, a radome is a general term for protecting an antenna unit. In an on-vehicle radar device in which an antenna unit, a signal processing unit, and the like are housed in one housing, the radome is one of the housings. Although the portion cannot be called a radome, in the present invention, the housing is regarded as a radar main body, and a portion formed by a radio wave transmitting member attached to the center of the front grill is called a radome.
[0005]
As mentioned above, the radio radar itself has better weather resistance than the laser radar against bad weather such as rainfall and snowfall, but the attenuation of radio waves during transmission and reception due to the water film adhering to the outer surface of the radome. It is also true that is large. In other words, radio waves are significantly attenuated during rainfall that falls continuously and strongly, or in climatic conditions such as sherbet-like snow that contains a lot of moisture, as represented by sleet. It may be reduced or undetectable. Nevertheless, since the conventional radome has a flat plate shape without an opening for taking in cooling air in order to protect the radio wave radar, a water film is formed on the outer surface by rainwater for this purpose. It's easier.
[0006]
To prevent this problem, even if the vehicle is wet due to rain, etc., a drip-proof member that prevents water droplets from entering the inner surface of the radome so that the radio wave radar can exhibit a predetermined detection accuracy is provided. Proposals have been made to provide the outer surface of the radome with water-repellent treatment (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-131413 (paragraph numbers 0007, 0008, 0014, 0024, 0032, FIGS. 1 to 6)
[0008]
However, as described above, it is the outer surface of the radome that is most exposed to raindrops when running in rainy weather, and the water film is formed on the outer surface of the radome. Although it is possible to make it easier to flow backwards, in the situation where raindrops fall continuously during rainfall, most of the raindrops flowing on the outer surface of the radome only move backwards while forming on the water film. However, there is a problem that it is not enough to stop the attenuation of the radio wave in the above prior art.
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an on-vehicle radar device in which the problem of a decrease in the performance of detecting a preceding vehicle of a radar during rainfall has been improved in view of the problems in the prior art.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an on-vehicle radar device, comprising: a radar body; a radome having a plurality of depressions provided on an outer surface thereof for protecting the radar body from rainwater.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described. However, when the same parts as those shown in the figure in the earlier order of the description are shown in the subsequent figures, the same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted in the subsequent figures.
[0012]
Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 to 4 illustrate a first embodiment of the on-vehicle radar device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 includes the on-vehicle radar device of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome, and FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3.
[0013]
1 to 4, the front portion of the automobile includes the on-vehicle radar device R, the bumper 2, the front grill 3 including the radome 7, the radiator 4, the hood hood 5, and the like according to the first embodiment. The on-vehicle radar device R includes a radio wave radar 1 and a radome 7 as an example of the radar main body. The radio wave radar 1 is fixed to the vehicle body between the front grill 3 and the radiator 4 using a fixing jig (not shown) without contacting the radiator 4. At this time, the radio wave radar 1 itself or the built-in radio wave radar 1 is set so that the electric field surface of the radio wave is polarized at 45 degrees with respect to the road surface so as not to be interfered by the transmission radio wave of the radio wave radar attached to the oncoming vehicle. It is desirable to mount the antenna means at an angle.
[0014]
The radome 7 is provided in the center of the front grille 3 and in front of the radio wave radar 1 and at a position covering the radio wave radar 1 in the same manner as in the case of the related art, and the radio wave radar 1 is used for rainfall and snowfall. It is provided at a position where it can be protected from bad weather and flying objects such as flying stones. Further, since the radome 7 is a place through which radio waves transmitted and received by the radio wave radar 1 pass, it is formed of a radio wave transmitting member, for example, a material having a low dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss such as polypropylene or acrylic resin, and its outer surface 71. Are provided with a plurality of recesses 8 having a semicircular or U-shaped cross section in a lattice shape.
[0015]
While the automobile is running on rainy weather, rainwater constantly falls on the outer surface 71 of the radome 7 to form a water film 9. At least a part of the rainwater in the water film 9 is generated by the traveling wind 10. As shown by the black arrow in FIG. 4, the water is washed away and accumulated in the nearby depression 8. For this reason, at least a part of the water in the water film 9 generated by the rainwater 6 can be separated from the water film 9 in a state of particles (water droplets) by the depression 8. When the rainwater is granular, the attenuation rate of the radio wave becomes smaller than when the rainwater is a water film, and the degree of deterioration of the preceding vehicle detection performance of the radio wave radar 1 becomes smaller. Thus, the performance of the radio wave radar 1 in detecting the preceding vehicle during traveling on rainy weather is improved as compared with the conventional radio wave radar based on the presence of the depression 8.
[0016]
Embodiment 2 FIG.
FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the on-vehicle radar device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, which is taken along line AA of FIG. In FIG. 5, the depression 8 has a V-shaped cross section, and the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in the cross section of the depression 8, and the other configuration is the same. The V-shaped recess 8 has the same function and effect as those in the first embodiment.
[0017]
In the present invention, the depression provided on the outer surface of the radome generally has a function of preventing rainwater falling on the outer surface of the radome from forming on the outer surface of the radome during rainy weather of the vehicle or reducing the degree of formation of the water film. As long as such a function is achieved, the cross-sectional shape of the recess may be a semicircle or a U-shape in the first embodiment, a V-shape in the second embodiment, or another shape. There are no particular restrictions on the opening size, depth, distance between adjacent depressions, arrangement of a plurality of depressions, and the like. For example, the opening size of the depression is about 1 to 5 mm, the depth is about 0.5 to 3 mm, and the distance between the edges of adjacent depressions is about 2 to 10 mm. The arrangement state of the depressions is a lattice shape (a grid shape), a staggered shape, a random shape, or the like as in the first embodiment. Further, a depression may be provided on the outer surface of the radome, and the outer surface may be subjected to a water-repellent treatment to further promote the granulation of rainwater.
[0018]
Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome illustrating a third embodiment of the on-vehicle radar device according to the present invention, wherein a water passage groove 11 is dug between recesses 8 adjacent to each other on the left and right. By 10 (see FIG. 4 etc.), the water film on the outer surface 71 of the radome 7 is accumulated in the nearby depression 8, and the accumulated rainwater flows out along the water channel 11. As a result, even if the outer surface 71 of the radome 7 is exposed to rain that continues to fall, the degree of formation of a water film is reduced, and it is possible to prevent the detection performance during rainfall from lowering.
[0019]
Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome illustrating Embodiment 4 of the vehicle-mounted radar device according to the present invention. In the fourth embodiment, the water passage grooves 11 are provided in an oblique direction, and the same effect as in the third embodiment can be obtained.
[0020]
Embodiment 5 FIG.
8 and 9 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the vehicle-mounted radar device according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged front view of the radome, and FIG. 9 is a cross-section taken along line BB of FIG. FIG. In the fifth embodiment, the water passage groove 11 is provided so as to connect the depression 8 in an oblique direction, as in the case of the fourth embodiment. As described above, the radio wave radar 1 (see FIG. 2) moves the polarization plane 12 corresponding to the vibration plane of the electric field by 45 degrees with respect to the road surface in order to make it difficult to receive the interference of the transmission radio wave of the radio wave radar installed in the oncoming vehicle. It is desirable to install it in each vehicle in a state where it is inclined at an angle. In FIG. 8, the polarization plane 12 is inclined at 45 degrees, and the water passage groove 11 is provided orthogonal to the polarization plane 12. Further, on both sides of each water passage groove 11, a nichrome wire 13 as an example of the heating means is installed in a state of being embedded in the radome 7.
[0021]
By installing the nichrome wire 13 along each water passage groove 11, the snow adhering to the outer surface 71 of the radome 7 is efficiently drained while melting, thereby preventing the deterioration of the detection performance of the radio wave radar 1 during snowfall. It becomes possible. When a nichrome wire or other metal wire is used as the heating means to be installed, the inclined surface of the metal wire is parallel to the electric field surface of the radio wave transmitted by the radio radar of the oncoming vehicle. It becomes more difficult to receive the influence of radio waves, which leads to improvement of radio immunity performance of radio radar.
[0022]
Embodiment 6 FIG.
10 and 11 illustrate a sixth embodiment of the vehicle-mounted radar device according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome, and FIG. 11 is a line CC or DD in FIG. FIG. In the sixth embodiment, a traveling wind intake 14 is provided below the radome 7, and a traveling wind outlet 16 is provided above the radome 7. A part of the wall of the radome 7 travels from the traveling wind intake 14. A ventilation path 15 for passing the traveling wind 10 to the wind outlet 16 is provided, and a suction path 17 connected to the ventilation path 15 is provided at the bottom of a part of the depressions 81 located above the ventilation path 15 among the depressions 8. Is provided.
[0023]
The traveling wind 10 entering from the traveling wind intake 14 passes through the ventilation passage 15 and is exhausted from the traveling wind outlet 16, but based on the airflow in the ventilation passage 15, the air pressure on the outer surface 71 of the radome 7 is reduced. In comparison, the air pressure inside the ventilation path 15 decreases, so that water droplets in the depression 81 reach the ventilation path 15 from the suction path 17, and at that time, are mixed with the traveling wind 10 to form a mist, and together with the traveling wind 10 From the traveling wind outlet 16. As the water droplets in the depression 81 are released from the traveling wind outlet 16 as described above, the water droplets in the depression 82 other than above the ventilation path 15 flow into the depression 81 along the water passage groove 11. Then, the air is discharged from the traveling wind outlet 16. Thus, in all the depressions 8 provided on the outer surface 71 of the radome 7, as soon as rainwater flows into each of the depressions, the rainwater is discharged from the traveling wind outlet 16 through the above-described route. Formation is effectively prevented, and even if a water film is formed, its degree is mild. Thus, it is possible to prevent the detection performance of the radio wave radar from deteriorating during rainfall.
[0024]
Note that the ventilation passage 15 in the sixth embodiment has a width W that is gradually reduced from the traveling wind intake 14 toward the traveling wind outlet 16 as shown in FIG. Has become. For this reason, the wind speed of the traveling wind 10 in the ventilation path 15 becomes larger as compared with the case where the lateral width W and the depth D are uniform, and the degree of the pressure decrease in the ventilation path 15 becomes large. The effect of preventing the formation of a water film at 71 is further increased. Therefore, in the present invention, the width W or the depth D, particularly both the width W and the depth D, gradually increases from the traveling wind intake 14 toward the traveling wind outlet 16 as in the sixth embodiment. Preferably, it is smaller.
[0025]
Embodiment 7 FIG.
FIG. 12 illustrates a seventh embodiment of the vehicle-mounted radar device according to the present invention, and is a schematic cross-sectional view of a front portion of an automobile as an example of a vehicle including the vehicle-mounted radar device according to the seventh embodiment. In the seventh embodiment, in place of the traveling wind intake port 14 in the sixth embodiment, a traveling wind intake means 18 provided at, for example, a lower portion of the bumper 2 or around a license plate is provided. Since the traveling wind intake 14 in the sixth embodiment is directly opened in front of the automobile, foreign substances in the outside air are easily taken in while the automobile is traveling, and the introduced foreign substances cause the ventilation path 15 (indicated by an arrow). May be clogged.
[0026]
On the other hand, since the traveling wind intake means 18 is in the automobile and is not directly exposed to the outside air, there is an effect that the possibility of taking in foreign substances in the outside air is significantly reduced. It is sufficient that the traveling wind intake means 18 has a function of taking in traveling wind and discharging it from the traveling wind outlet 16 through the ventilation passage 15. For example, a method of installing a duct, air Electrical or mechanical means, such as forcible delivery, may be used. In any case, the effect described in the sixth embodiment can be obtained by flowing the traveling wind through the ventilation passage 15.
[0027]
Embodiment 8 FIG.
FIG. 13 illustrates a vehicle-mounted radar device according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention, and is a schematic cross-sectional view of a front portion of an automobile as an example of a vehicle including the vehicle-mounted radar device according to the eighth embodiment. Embodiment 8 is different from Embodiments 6 and 7 in that a waterproof plate 19 is provided at the traveling wind outlet 16, and the other configuration is the same as that of Embodiment 6 or 7 respectively.
[0028]
In the sixth and seventh embodiments, when the traveling wind outlet 16 is installed on the inner surface of the radome 7, the moist traveling wind containing a lot of mist-like raindrops causes the radio wave installed behind the radome 7. There is a risk of being sprayed on the radar 1. On the other hand, by installing the waterproof plate 19 at the traveling wind outlet 16, it is possible to prevent water droplets from adhering to the front surface of the housing of the radio wave radar 1 and prevent the detection performance of the radio wave radar 1 from deteriorating. .
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the on-vehicle radar device of the present invention includes a radar body, a radome that protects the radar body from rainwater, and has a plurality of depressions on its outer surface. While the vehicle is running in rainy weather, rainwater is constantly falling on the outer surface of the radome, and a water film tends to be formed, but at least a part of the rainwater in the water film is washed away in the depression by the traveling wind, Stored. For this reason, at least a part of the water in the water film generated by the raindrops can be separated from the water film in a state of particles (waterdrops). When the rainwater is granular, the attenuation rate of the radio wave becomes smaller than when the rainwater is granular, and the degree of deterioration of the preceding vehicle detection performance of the radar body becomes smaller. Thus, the depression has the effect of improving the performance of detecting the preceding vehicle of the radar body during rainy weather traveling as compared with the conventional on-vehicle radar device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a radome according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a front portion of an automobile equipped with the on-vehicle radar device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is another partially enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3 in the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged front view of a radome according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a radome according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along lines CC or DD in FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a front portion of an automobile equipped with an on-vehicle radar device according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a front portion of an automobile equipped with an on-vehicle radar device according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
R On-vehicle radar device, 1 radio radar, 2 bumper, 3 front grill, 4 radiator, 5 bonnet hood, 7 radome, 8 hollow,
11 water ditches, 13 nichrome wire, 14 running air intake, 15 ventilation path,
16 running wind take-out port, 17 suction path, 18 running wind intake means,
19 Waterproof board.

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レーダ本体、上記レーダ本体を雨水から保護すると共に外面に複数の窪みが設けられたレドームを備えたことを特徴とする車載レーダ装置。An on-vehicle radar device comprising: a radar main body; a radome that protects the radar main body from rainwater and has a plurality of depressions on an outer surface. 上記外面は、撥水加工が施されたことを特徴とする請求項1記載の車載レーダ装置。The on-vehicle radar device according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface is subjected to a water-repellent treatment. 上記外面に上記窪み同士を繋ぐ通水溝が設けられたことを特徴とする請求項1または請求項2記載の車載レーダ装置。3. The on-vehicle radar device according to claim 1, wherein a water passage groove connecting the depressions is provided on the outer surface. 上記外面を加熱する加熱手段を備えたことを特徴とする請求項3記載の車載レーダ装置。4. The on-vehicle radar device according to claim 3, further comprising heating means for heating the outer surface. 上記レドームの壁中に車両の走行に基づく走行風が流通する通風路が設けられ、上記複数の窪みのうちの少なくとも一部の窪みと上記通風路とを繋ぐ吸引路が設けられたことを特徴とする請求項1〜請求項4のいずれか一項記載の車載レーダ装置。A ventilation path through which traveling wind based on the traveling of the vehicle flows is provided in a wall of the radome, and a suction path connecting at least a part of the plurality of depressions and the ventilation path is provided. The in-vehicle radar device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein 上記通風路には、上記走行風が下から上に向かって流れるように走行風取り入れ口と走行風取り出し口とが設けられ、且つ上記通風路は、上記走行風取り入れ口側から上記走行風取り出し口側に向かって通風路断面積が漸次小さくなっていることを特徴とする請求項5記載の車載レーダ装置。The ventilation path is provided with a traveling wind intake port and a traveling wind extraction port so that the traveling wind flows upward from below, and the ventilation path is configured to extract the traveling wind from the traveling wind intake port side. 6. The on-vehicle radar device according to claim 5, wherein the cross-sectional area of the ventilation path gradually decreases toward the mouth side. 上記走行風を取り入れて上記通風路に送り込む走行風取り入れ手段が上記車両のバンパー裏側付近に設けられたことを特徴とする請求項5記載の車載レーダ装置。6. The on-vehicle radar device according to claim 5, wherein a traveling wind intake unit that takes in the traveling wind and sends the traveling wind to the ventilation path is provided near a rear side of a bumper of the vehicle. 上記走行風取り出し口から排出された水滴が上記レーダ本体にかかることを防止する防水板が上記レドームの裏側に設けられたことを特徴とする請求項5〜請求項7のいずれか一項記載の車載レーダ装置。The waterproof plate for preventing water droplets discharged from the traveling wind outlet from splashing on the radar main body is provided on the back side of the radome, according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein In-vehicle radar equipment. 上記レーダ本体は、電波レーダであることを特徴とする請求項1〜請求項8のいずれか一項記載の車載レーダ装置。The on-vehicle radar device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the radar body is a radio wave radar.
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