Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Synthetic aperture radar
Patent
1998-11-09
2000-01-11
Sotomayor, John B.
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Synthetic aperture radar
342 52, 342179, 342180, 342197, G01S 1390
Patent
active
060140992
ABSTRACT:
A method of analyzing the radar cross section of a target vehicle determines the contributions to total radar cross section of various vehicle design details. The method includes obtaining ISAR images of the vehicle with a radar at a known position relative to the vehicle. A visible three-dimensional set of images of the vehicle is created. The visible images have the same point of view as the ISAR images. Each visible image is matched by one or more corresponding ISAR images in terms of distance from the target and angular position of the target relative to the vehicle's axis of rotation. The corresponding ISAR images are used to paint the visible images so as to produce one or more rendered composite images of the vehicle. A relation is then found between chosen vehicle details and bright zones in the composite image.
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Bennett John G.
Jones Jack C.
Kuhn David L.
Sotomayor John B.
Taucher Peter A.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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