Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Synthetic aperture radar
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-26
2008-11-25
Sotomayor, John B (Department: 3662)
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Synthetic aperture radar
C342S02500R, C342S02500R, C342S02500R, C342S02500R, C342S160000, C342S162000, C342S115000, C342S194000, C342S195000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07456780
ABSTRACT:
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 metadata as the input and generate an output comprised of a set of images that show the directions of moving targets, estimates of their motions, and focused images of these moving targets.
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