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Apparatus, system and method for highlighting anomalous change in multi-pass synthetic aperture radar imagery

  • US 10,535,127 B1
  • Filed: 11/14/2017
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a radar system, the radar system comprises a transmitter that is configured to emit radar signals and a receiver that is configured to detect radar signals;

    at least one processor; and

    memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform acts comprising;

    generating a plurality of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of a scene, the SAR images constructed based upon radar signals detected by the receiver of the radar system responsive to the radar signals being emitted by the transmitter towards the scene and reflecting off of the scene;

    generating a plurality of coherency change detection (CCD) images of the scene based upon the plurality of SAR images, wherein each CCD image is constructed based upon a respective pair of SAR images in the plurality of SAR images;

    receiving a new CCD image of the scene, the CCD image of the scene not included in the plurality of CCD images;

    generating a statistically-normalized coherence (SNC) image of the scene based upon the plurality of CCD images and the CCD image, the SNC image comprises pixels that represent locations in the scene, wherein each pixel in the SNC image is assigned a respective value based upon values assigned to pixels in the plurality of CCD images that represent the same location in the scene as the pixel, and further wherein a first pixel in the pixels that represents a first location in the scene is assigned a first value that indicates that activity has occurred at the first location in the scene or that there is a lack of activity at the first location in the scene that is anomalous relative to normal activity patterns at the location in the scene represented in the plurality of CCD images; and

    causing the SNC image to be displayed on a display of an analyst.

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