Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Synthetic aperture radar
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-27
2007-11-27
Gregory, Bernarr E. (Department: 3662)
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Synthetic aperture radar
C342S02500R, C342S02500R, C342S089000, C342S090000, C342S175000, C342S176000, C342S179000, C342S192000, C342S195000, C342S196000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11329764
ABSTRACT:
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. The radar converts the incomplete sequence of pulse returns into a digital stream. A computer (403) processes the digital stream by computing an along track Fourier transform (402), a range compression (408), an azimuth deskew (410) and an image restoration and auto focus (412). The image restoration and autofocus (412) utilizes a low order autofocus (501), a gap interpolation using a Burg algorithm (503), and a high order autofocus (505) for generating an interpolated sequence. The interpolated sequence contains a complete sequence of periodic pulse returns with uniform spacing for generating the synthetic aperture image. The image restoration and autofocus (412) computes a linear prediction coefficients estimate using the Burg Algorithm (606). The linear prediction coefficients estimate (606) is used to compute a weighted forward-backward interpolation to generate the complete sequence of periodic pulse returns (608).
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Abatzoglou Theagenis John
Cho Kwang M.
Hui Leo H.
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