PRECISION REGISTRATION FOR RADAR
First Claim
1. A radar registration system comprising:
- a radar operable to output radar data including a plurality of radar-based position reports associated with one or more targets moving within a range of the radar;
a geo-referenced position source operable to output a plurality of geo-referenced position reports associated with the one or more targets; and
a processor operable to compute position and time bias parameters associated with the radar by analyzing the radar-based position reports using the geo-referenced position reports as a reference.
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Abstract
A precision radar registration (PR2) system and method that employs highly accurate geo-referenced positional data as a basis for correcting registration bias present in radar data. In one embodiment, the PR2 method includes sample collection and bias computation function processes. The sample collection process includes ADS-B sample collection, radar sample collection, and time alignment sub-processes. The bias computation function process includes bias computation, quality monitoring and non-linear effects monitoring sub-processes. The bias computation sub-process results in a bias correction solution including range bias bρ, azimuth bias bθ, and time bias bT parameters. The quality monitoring sub-process results in an estimate of solution quality. The non-linear effects monitoring sub-process results in detection of the presence of non-linear bias, if any, in the bias correction solution.
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22 Claims
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1. A radar registration system comprising:
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a radar operable to output radar data including a plurality of radar-based position reports associated with one or more targets moving within a range of the radar; a geo-referenced position source operable to output a plurality of geo-referenced position reports associated with the one or more targets; and a processor operable to compute position and time bias parameters associated with the radar by analyzing the radar-based position reports using the geo-referenced position reports as a reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of registering a radar, said method comprising:
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collecting a plurality of radar data samples from the radar, the radar data samples comprising radar-based position reports associated with one or more targets moving within range of the radar; collecting a plurality of geo-referenced data samples from a geo-referenced position source, the geo-referenced data samples comprising geo-referenced position reports associated with the one or more targets; and computing position and time bias parameters associated with the radar by analyzing the radar-based position reports using the geo-referenced position reports as a reference. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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