OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FAULTS THEREIN

An object detection system that includes a transceiver and processing circuitry is disclosed. The transceiver receives a chirp wave reflected from a real object that is in the vicinity of the object detection system, and generates echo data based on the received chirp wave. The processing circuitry generates detection data that includes the echo data and target data associated with a virtual object. The target data is generated to identify a fault in the object detection system while the object detection system is operating in-field. Further, the target data is indicative of predefined parameters of the virtual object. The processing circuitry then processes the detection data to detect the virtual object and extract various parameters of the detected virtual object. Further, the processing circuitry identifies the fault in the object detection system based on a comparison of the extracted parameters with the predefined parameters.