Parking lot measurement with 24 GHz short range automotive radar

This paper focuses on automotive 24 GHz radar sensors used for measuring parking lots. The parking lot detection is based upon an occupancy grid featuring Dempster-Shafer theory. The grid is filled with information of static clusters measured by the sensors. Two compensating factors are introduced to improve the reconstruction of the surroundings of the vehicle. Measurement results presented at the end of the paper show that even at higher vehicle speeds it is possible to detect parking lots on the other side of the road.