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6518916 Object recognition apparatus  
This invention relates to an object recognition apparatus. This apparatus comprises an antenna which emits transmission beams toward a plurality of directions; a receiving circuit which receives...
6509866 Fast chirp transform  
A Fast Chirp Transform (FCT) for the digital processing of chirp signals and exemplary applications. The FCT is a generalization of a multidimensional Fast Fourier Transform. Phase coefficients for...
6492936 Frequency spectrum analyzer  
Circuitry and technique for improving the analysis of a signal, such as radar return, by eliminating the effects of frequency variations of the carrier and thereby stabilizing the modulation...
6492932 System and method for processing squint mapped synthetic aperture radar data  
A method for processing squint-mapped synthetic aperture radar data of the present invention. The inventive method includes the steps of effecting range compression of the data; deskewing the data;...
6480142 Method and apparatus for measuring velocity and turbulence of atmospheric flows  
A method and apparatus for measuring the parameters of atmospheric turbulent flows utilizes the Doppler shifted frequencies of received radar signals backscattered from sound generated...
6469657 FFT-based filtering for low-quality signal direction finding  
A radio direction finding system for a low signal quality transmission signal performs a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on an entire received RF band into a number of FFT bins, each serving as an IF...
6469662 Procedure for the elimination of interference in a radar unit of the FMCW type  
This invention concerns a procedure for the elimination of interferences, such as pulses and linear chirps, in a radar unit of the FMCW type. According to the procedure, the useable signal in the...
6456227 Weather radar  
An antenna section radiates a pulse beam and receives its reflected wave, and a signal processing section observes a rain or cloud occurring region within a covered area based on a signal intensity...
6448921 Channelized monobit electronic warfare radio receiver  
An electronic warfare radio receiver of the monobit type wherein the signal processing circuitry, including a bandpass filter array, analog to digital converter circuit and Fourier transformation...
6445339 FM-CW radar apparatus  
This FM-CW radar apparatus comprises a transmitter section, a receiver section, and a signal processing section. The transmitter section transmits a frequency-modulated continuous wave as a...
6437729 Integrator for radar return signals with high acceleration uncertainty  
A radar signal processing method and system for detecting target objects of unknown acceleration and having low SNRs which reduces the computational burdens and provides a more efficient way of...
6437730 Method for checking an fm/cw type radio altimeter, and radio altimeter designed for the implementation of this method  
A radio altimeter using a linear oscillator to send out a continuous wave that is frequency modulated linearly between two boundary values sends the antenna installation an incident signal,...
6400306 Multi-channel moving target radar detection and imaging apparatus and method  
A radar detection and imaging system provides for the simultaneous imaging of the stationary objects on the earth's surface and the detection and imaging of moving targets. The radar system...
6396436 Radar method for measuring distances between and relative speeds of a vehicle and one or more obstacles  
The present invention relates to a CW radar method for measuring distances between and relative speeds of a vehicle and one or more obstacles. The present invention further provides that the...
6384769 Method for measuring distances/speeds of plural targets and radar apparatus, capable of discriminating moving targets from stationary targets  
The present invention discriminates between moving targets and stationary targets in order to measure distances and speeds of the targets without producing a false target. The invention transmits...
6380882 Motion detector based on the doppler principle  
A motion detector based on the Doppler principle contains a microwave module for emitting a microwave signal containing at least two frequencies into a room under surveillance and for receiving the...
6377206 Method for clutter rejection in digital imagery  
A method for filtering clutter from a first digital input image is disclosed. Generally, the method includes the steps of applying at least first and second transforms to first digital image data...
6373427 Radar distance measuring device  
The invention relates to a radar distance measuring device. An especially linear frequency-modulated high frequency signal is emitted via an antenna and mixed with an echo signal reflected by a...
6366232 Method and sensor for detecting foreign bodies in a medium with a radar  
A method of detecting foreign bodies in a medium with a radar having a transceiver, and including emitting a radar wave through a wall surface into the medium with the transceiver, detecting a...
6339395 Radar apparatus using digital beam forming techniques  
A radar apparatus is provided which is designed to form digital beams using beat signals each of which is produced by one of a plurality of receivers and analyze the frequency of the beat signals...
6335701 Radar system and coherent integrating method thereof  
Disclosed is a radar system capable of obviating a problem that a sufficient improvement of an S/N ratio could not be obtained in the prior art, and comprising a transmitter/receiver for detecting...
6320531 FM-CW radar system for measuring distance to and relative speed of target  
An FM-CW radar is provided which may be employed in anti-collision systems or cruise control systems installed in moving objects such as automotive vehicles. The radar analyzes a beat signal in...
6313781 Simultaneous intrapulse analysis, direction finding and LPI signal detection  
The present invention relates to multi-function, multi-channel digital receiver architecture for performing three distinct receiver functions including simultaneous intrapulse analysis, direction...
6313785 Dual detection processing for detecting signals with high acceleration uncertainty  
Dual path detection processing in which a low SNR signal processor detects signals over a limited range of low acceleration values and a high SNR signal processor detects signals over a wider range...
6310575 Method for the detection especially of small sea targets  
A method for the detection of a target by a radar in the presence of noise, the detection being performed on M antenna rotations, comprises at least: a first step for the estimation of the Doppler...
6307500 Method of moment estimation and feature extraction for devices which measure spectra as a function of range or time  
The computation system of the present invention comprises an improved method of moment estimation for devices which measure spectra as a function of range or time. The preferred embodiment of this...
6297764 Radar receiver having matched filter processing  
An electronic counter-measure receiver can be colocated with a threat simulator radar, which transmits a radar signal. As a pulsed-Doppler signal, this transmitted radar signal is sampled as a...
6292129 Structure of radar system with multi-receiver channel  
A radar apparatus is provided which includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a signal processor. The transmitter produces a transmit signal which is so modulated in frequency as to change with time...
6292128 Time domain detection and clockless logic electronic warfare receiver  
A broadband radio receiver of the type usable in receiving and identifying the pulsed signals of radar transmitters in an electronic warfare environment. The receiver includes signal presence...
6281833 Range rate aiding in a pulsed radar system  
A timing and control method and apparatus (111) for performing precise range rate aiding includes a range gate delay means (114) for generating an estimate of the range gate delay (135) each pulse...
6278398 Sensor system operating method and a sensor system  
A method in which a sensor system with a frequency-modulated signal source an a delay line for generating a time-delay reference signal is implemented. Phase errors are compensated by correcting...
6275183 System and method for limiting histograms  
Apparatus and methods for reducing data flow through a signal processing system are disclosed. A method according to the invention includes receiving a set of tags from an input system, where each...
6275180 Collision warning system  
A collision warning system (10) discriminates between objects which pose a threat of collision from those which do not by measuring the relative sightline rate of the object, this being a measure...
6271787 System and method for detecting signals across radar and communications bands  
Apparatus and methods for processing RF signals are disclosed. A method according to the invention includes receiving a set of time domain energy samples representing signal energy present in an RF...
6266004 Radar method used in a motor vehicle  
The invention relates to a radar method for an automatic intelligent traffic control (AICC) in a motor vehicle. The use of a frequency modulation continuous wave method (FM-CM) is suggested in...
6259397 Radio wave source information display apparatus  
A radio wave source information display apparatus including: a signal processing circuit having a means for performing the Fourier transform with respect to azimuth of an electric field signal...
6259399 GPS receivers and garments containing GPS receivers and methods for using these GPS receivers  
A GPS receiver having multiple GPS antennas. Also described is a method of tracking employing the GPS receiver and a communication transmitter. Also described is a garment having a GPS receiver and...
6255986 Calibration method and arrangement  
To calibrate a transmitter and/or sender for controlling a beam forming network, each of the control signals is divided into a plurality of frequency segments. The control signal of each frequency...
6252540 Apparatus and method for two stage hybrid space-time adaptive processing in radar and communication systems  
A Two-Stage Hybrid algorithm offers significant improvement in the false alarm rate and detection performance of Space-Time Adaptive Processing in non-homogeneous environments for both radar and...
6249243 Radar apparatus for use on vehicle  
Provided is a radar apparatus for use on a vehicle and for detecting one target or two or more targets present in a scan range by scanning the scan range with a radar beam, which has a means for...
6246354 Method of determining of permittivity of concrete and use of the method  
A method of determining a relative permittivity (ε r ) of concrete including providing a radar apparatus to be positioned on a concrete mass and having a transmitting antenna (2) for emitting a...
6246357 Radar apparatus  
A radar apparatus is provided with signal converting means for FFT-transforming an output signal of reception means for detecting a reception electromagnetic wave; amplitude peak value detecting...
6232912 Method for detecting a target by means of a high pulse repetition frequency radar system  
The invention particularly relates to the detection of fast-flying targets by means of an HPRF radar system that operates with a plurality of switchable pulse-repetition frequencies (PRFs). In the...
6229475 Pulse doppler radar system with improved cluster target resolution capability  
A radar processing system is disclosed with an improved cluster target resolution capability. The invention provides a system and method for processing radar returns and generating first and second...
6211815 Coherent radar detection using non-coherent architecture  
In a radar system having a transmitter that produces pulses to be radiated by an antenna and a receiver that detects target information, complex demodulation is performed on an attenuated and...
6204802 Apparatus for detecting relative velocity  
In order to produce relative velocity signals in accordance with the relative velocity between a following and a preceding vehicle, a Doppler signal transmitter, which targets the preceding...
6204800 Method for monitoring the earth surface  
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the earth's surface with a moving aircraft using a radar sensor with a synthetic aperture. In order to produce high resolution radar images, the...
6192322 Moving object and transient event detection using rotation strip aperture image measurements  
A spinning strip aperture imaging radiometer sensor system and data processing methods for detecting moving objects derived from a plurality of image frames acquired by a strip aperture imaging...
6188348 Radar ice sounder with parallel doppler processing  
A radar ice sounder which employs parallel Doppler processing obtains more reliable and accurate radar ice sounding. The invention uses both incoherent and coherent techniques, in the same...
6181270 Reference-based autofocusing method for IFSAR and other applications  
A reference-based autofocusing procedure is particularly suited to existing and future interferometric SAR systems, though the principles are generally applicable to signal processing systems for...