Method and apparatus for monitoring vehicular traffic

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Combined with diverse type radiant energy system

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342 36, 367124, 343720, 343781CA, 340952, G01S 1386, G01S 1391, G08G 500, H01Q 100

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051894254

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for monitoring moving vehicular traffic, especially adapted for the detailed profiling and counting of airport usage by aircraft employing Doppler radar and sound generated by target aircraft. A primary parabolic reflector operated in the Cassegrainian mode with respect to Doppler radar radiation, employed in combination with a hyperbolic sub-reflector constructed so that it will reflect the radar radiation but remain transparent to sound waves is used to propagate and receive radar radiation, and to receive sound waves emanating from a target aircraft. Sound waves emanating from the target are received by the parabolic reflector and directed toward the parabolic reflector's primary focus where they strike a microphone placed at the primary focus of such reflector. The signal from the microphone and the information from the Doppler radar unit are processed by a central processing unit to provide a variety of information relating to the target aircraft. In addition, a microphone array provides angular information about a target aircraft's operations so that aircraft using a cross-runway may be eliminated from a use total for a target runway or a second array may be added to track a target's position.

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