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7619554 Passive radar utilizing space-borne digital electromagnetic illuminators  
In a passive radar system a space-borne transmitter broadcasts wide-band digitally modulated signals over a region and illuminates the region. A receiver antenna is oriented to receive radiation...
7609196 Method and device for imaging test objects by means of electromagnetic waves, in particular for inspecting individuals for suspicious items  
A method for imaging test objects by means of electromagnetic waves, in particular for the purpose of checking individuals for suspicious articles, in which method the test object is illuminated by...
7598900 Multi-spot inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging  
Providing multi-spot inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imagery is disclosed. Embodiments of techniques in accordance with the present disclosure may advantageously improve multiple target...
7586434 Method and system for mapping a target scene using scanning radar  
A system and method for mapping a target scene by means of scanning radar utilizing the Doppler effect that arises in the event of movement between radar and target scene, where the movement of a...
7583221 Method and device for imaging test objects by means of millimeter waves, in particular for inspecting individuals for suspicious objects  
A method for imaging test objects by millimeter waves, especially for checking individuals for suspicious objects is provided, whereby the test object is gradually irradiated with millimeter waves...
7567198 Subaperture 3D imaging  
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and articles for receiving phase history data collected from synthetic aperture radar imaging of a terrain, dividing the received phase history data into a...
7561096 Subsurface imaging radar  
The present invention can be summarized by use of a diffraction limited SAR giving large integration angle and a short depth of field which gives that energy from underground targets is focused...
7551119 Flight path-driven mitigation of wavefront curvature effects in SAR images  
A wavefront curvature effect associated with a complex image produced by a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can be mitigated based on which of a plurality of possible flight paths is taken by the SAR...
7545307 Target recognition system and method with unknown target rejection  
The present invention describes a new QR enclosing voting scheme that allows the extraction of base signatures of objects using a shortest path QR algorithm, providing a probability distribution...
7537181 Guidance system  
There is provided a guidance system for allowing an air vehicle to guide a moving object, comprising a Synthetic Aperture Radar located on the air vehicle, and a means of communication for allowing...
7535412 Single pulse imaging radar system and method  
A single pulse imaging (SPI) radar system for creating a radar image from a plurality of Doppler phase-shifted return radar signals in a radar environment of moving targets includes a transmitter;...
7532150 Restoration of signal to noise and spatial aperture in squint angles range migration algorithm for SAR  
A moving radar generates a search mode synthetic aperture image of a patch having a principal scatterer. The boundaries of the patch are from R 0 to R 1 slant range and θ 0 to θ 1 azimuth...
7511656 Spotlight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system and method for generating a SAR map in real-time using a modified polar format algorithm (PFA) approach  
Embodiments of spotlight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems and methods generating a SAR map in real time with minimum latency using a modified Polar Format Algorithm are generally described...
7511655 Method and apparatus for 3-D sub-voxel position imaging with synthetic aperture radar  
A method and apparatus for determining three dimensional sub-voxel positions using synthetic aperture radar. The apparatus includes at least four non-coplanar, phase-coherent synthetic aperture...
7504985 Multi-dimensional real-array radar antennas and systems steered and focused using fast fourier transforms  
Radar systems are disclosed that include a signal generator, an antenna, a switching circuit, an I/Q sampling and signal-demodulation (demodulation) processor, and a FFT processor. The signal...
7482970 Method for producing map images of surface sea current velocity vectors and altimetric radar system using the method  
A method for producing map images of current velocity vectors at the surface sea is described in which beams of electromagnetic waves are emitted towards the surface using a system, towards the...
7479918 Vehicle-mounted ultra-wideband radar systems and methods  
Vehicle-mounted UWB systems and/or methods for detecting mines and other explosive devices are provided. In certain exemplary embodiments, a system for detecting non-buried mines and/or improvised...
7456780 Method and system for developing and using an image reconstruction algorithm for detecting and imaging moving targets  
Image reconstruction approaches that use standard Cartesian-sampled, frequency-domain SAR data, which can be collected by a platform with a single radar antenna, together with its associated...
7456779 System and method for 3D radar image rendering  
A 3D rendered image of a radar-scanned terrain surface is provided from a radar return signal from the surface, wherein the return signal includes data indicative of azimuth, elevation, and range...
7436349 Controlling data collection to support SAR image rotation  
A desired rotation of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image can be facilitated by adjusting a SAR data collection operation based on the desired rotation. The SAR data collected by the adjusted...
7420504 Method of operating a multibeam radar  
A method of operating a multibeam radar carried on a platform flying a mission over a prescribed flight path to obtain images of a plurality of target areas, the beams of said radar being the...
7417641 Aeronautical chart display apparatus and method  
A method and apparatus for converting electronic display aeronautical chart data to aeronautical chart data that is tailored for an avionics display is disclosed. The method and apparatus received...
7414566 System for monitoring airport area  
A system is for recognizing obstructions and monitoring movements on or above an airport area ( 1 ) with sensors ( 2, 3, 4 ). A sensor ( 2 ) is a radar device having a plurality of antenna elements...
7411540 Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data compression  
A method of compressing phase history (PH) data includes (a) dividing PH data into multiple sub-apertures; (b) transforming the sub-apertures into multiple coarse resolution images; and (c)...
7397418 SAR image formation with azimuth interpolation after azimuth transform  
Two-dimensional SAR data can be processed into a rectangular grid format by subjecting the SAR data to a Fourier transform operation, and thereafter to a corresponding interpolation operation....
7372393 Method and system for determining unwrapped phases from noisy two-dimensional wrapped-phase images  
A method converts an input image of noisy wrapped phases to an output image of absolute unwrapped phases. The noisy wrapped phases in the input image are represented as a set of re-wrapped phases...
7301495 Interrupt SAR implementation for range migration (RMA) processing  
A moving radar ( 405 ) generates a synthetic aperture image from an incomplete sequence of periodic pulse returns. The incomplete sequence of periodic pulse returns has one or more missing pulses....
7298922 Synthetic panchromatic imagery method and system  
Method and system for generating synthetic panchromatic imagery. A method for making a multi-spectral image includes capturing a panchromatic image of an imaging target. Additionally, the method...
7277042 Compensation of flight path deviation for spotlight SAR  
A radar acquires a formed SAR image of radar scatterers in an area around a central reference point (CRP). Target(s) are within the area illuminated by the radar. The area covers terrain having a...
7245250 Synthetic aperture radar image compression  
A method is disclosed of generating multi-resolution images using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) phase history data. A high resolution SAR image may be formed from the phase history data, or a...
7239263 Platform shake compensation method in synthetic aperture processing system  
The present information comprises the stages of: applying frequency analysis to positional information on a platform, generating virtual positional information on the platform based on a frequency...
7236125 Method for reducing angular blur in radar pictures  
A method for reducing angular blur in radar pictures achieved in range bin based detection systems includes measuring a variable S(x, y) such as amplitude or power as a function of an angle x and a...
7212149 System, method and computer program product for detecting and tracking a moving ground target having a single phase center antenna  
A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system having a single phase center antenna is provided, the SAR system including a measurement unit and a tracker unit. The measurement unit is capable of...
7205927 Technique for low grazing angle 3D SAR target recognition  
A radar on a moving platform for three dimensional target recognition of a target on a flat or sloping terrain is described. The target is illuminated from a plurality of locations to generate...
7196653 Imaging apparatus and method  
An imaging apparatus has transmitter illuminating a selected surface with a radar beam footprint, and processor for profiling/processing the radar returns so as to derive attitude information in...
7190302 Sub-surface radar imaging  
Detailed is radar imaging apparatus including a single transmit antenna and at least one receive antenna, scanning apparatus (e.g. a pantograph) for mechanically scanning the antennas over a...
7183963 System and method for inspecting transportable items using microwave imaging  
An inspection system uses microwave radiation to capture a microwave image of a transportable item. The system includes a transmit scanning panel including a transmit array of transmit antenna...
7151476 Radar system having a beamless emission signature  
A radar system having a beamless emission signature is described. In one implementation, the radar system includes a transmission system and a receiver system. The transmission system is configured...
7145497 Robust detection technique of fixed and moving ground targets using a common waveform  
Detection of moving targets in SAR images is improved by a radar on a moving platform for generating a focused synthetic aperture image of a scene The scene contains a target described by pixels...
7142149 Mensuration for the conformal range migration algorithm  
A radar system is mounted on a moving platform moving along a great circle. The radar comprises a radar receiver for digitizing radar returns having a phase from a scatterer (target) in a scene. A...
7126524 Motion compensation for convolutional SAR algorithms  
A synthetic aperture image of a scene is acquired using a radar system. The scene has one or more radar scatterers located on a horizontal flat {circumflex over (x)},ŷ plane. The radar system is...
7119732 Bistatic and multistatic system for space situational awareness  
Provided is a bistatic and multistatic system for detecting and identifying a target in close proximity to an orbiting satellite. An electromagnetic fence is established to surround the satellite,...
7109911 Dual synthetic aperture radar system  
The dual synthetic aperture array system processes returns from the receiving arrays. The two identical receiving arrays employing displaced phase center antenna techniques subtract the...
7107146 Methods and systems for generating a terrain elevation map in a cartesian format  
Methods, systems, and computer program products for re-sampling terrain data in a vehicle from latitude/longitude format into a Cartesian format. The present invention permits incremental updates...
7106250 Robust predictive deconvolution system and method  
A method for processing a received, modulated pulse (i.e. waveform) that requires predictive deconvolution to resolve a scatterer from noise and other scatterers includes receiving a return signal;...
7106243 Technique for enhanced quality high resolution 2D imaging of ground moving targets  
A radar receiver on a moving platform images a moving target and non-moving clutter using a single SAR array. The radar receiver converts the radar returns into digital radar returns and motion...
7106242 High range resolution radar system  
Described herein is a method and apparatus for improving high range resolution of a radar system. The method comprises phase shifting a radar pulse to be transmitted at substantially the radar...
7095359 Method of observing sea ice  
An ice thickness/drifting velocity observation of sea ice by using an ice thickness measurement sonar and a current meter moored into the sea and a sea ice observation by a high-resolution airborne...
7042386 Sub-aperture sidelobe and alias mitigation techniques  
Methods for mitigating sidelobes and aliases, providing levels of suppression in excess of 20 dB. The methods may include 1) a version of the CLEAN algorithm developed in radio astronomy, modified...
7038612 Method for SAR processing without INS data  
A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) avoids the need for an INS/GPS by focusing a SAR image having discernible features and a center. The image is formed from digitized returns, each of the digitized...
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