SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOLUME VISUALIZATION IN ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADAR

• US 20090243916A1
• Filed: 04/01/2007
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Camero-Tech, Ltd. (SK Group)
• Original Assignee: Camero-Tech, Ltd. (SK Group)
• Inventors: Doron, Erez, Boxman, Benjamin, Gazelle, David, Beeri, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 8,089,396 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/179
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/003 Bistatic radar systems; Multistatic radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/284 using coded pulses
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/89 for mapping or imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/0254 Active array antenna
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/062 in which different colours are used
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/20 Stereoscopic displays; Three-dimensional displays; Pseudo-three-dimensional displays
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/22 Producing cursor lines and indicia by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/08 Volume rendering

Abstract

Herewith disclosed a method for volume visualization in ultra-wideband radar and a system thereof. The method comprises perceiving processing provided in order to facilitate a meaningful representation and/or an instant understanding of the image to be displayed, said perceiving processing resulted in generating one or more perceiving image ingredients. The perceiving image ingredient may be, for example, a shadow added to the reconstructed image, a position-dependent color scheme applied to the reconstructed image, a color scheme adapted to external lighting conditions and applied to the reconstructed image, a Halo artificially added to the reconstructed image, a distinctive color scheme applied to time-invariant and time-variant elements of the reconstructed image, etc.

Claims

1. A volume visualization system configured to generate one or more perceiving image ingredients to be displayed together with an image reconstructed in accordance with data acquired in ultra-wideband radar.

2. The volume visualization system of claim 1 wherein the perceiving image ingredient is a shadow added to the reconstructed image.

3. The volume visualization system of claim 1 wherein the perceiving image ingredient is a position-dependent color scheme applied to the reconstructed image.

4. The volume visualization system of claim 1 wherein the perceiving image ingredient is a virtual object artificially added to the reconstructed image.

5. The volume visualization system of claim 1 wherein the perceiving image ingredient is a color scheme adapted to external lighting conditions and applied to the reconstructed image.

6. The volume visualization system of claim 1 wherein the perceiving image ingredient is a Halo artificially added to the reconstructed image.

7. The volume visualization system of claim 1 wherein the perceiving image ingredient is a distinctive color scheme applied to time-invariant and time-variant elements of the reconstructed image.

8. A method for volume visualization, the method comprising image-reconstructing processing of data acquired in ultra-wideband radar and facilitating displaying the reconstructed image, wherein the method further comprises perceiving processing provided in order to facilitate a meaningful representation and/or an instant understanding of the image to be displayed.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing is provided as a part of said image-reconstructing processing.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing is provided in parallel with said image-reconstructing processing.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing is provided after said image-reconstructing processing.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing is provided for three-dimensional data.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing is provided for two-dimensional data.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing comprises generating a shadow to be added to the image to be displayed.

15. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing comprises generating a position-dependent color scheme to be applied to the image to be displayed.

16. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing comprises generating a virtual object to be artificially added to the image to be displayed.

17. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing comprises generating a color scheme adapted to external lighting conditions and to be applied to so the image to be displayed.

18. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing comprises generating a Halo to be added to the image to be displayed.

19. The method of claim 8 wherein the perceiving processing comprises generating a distinctive color scheme to be applied to time-invariant and time-variant elements of the image to be displayed.

20. A processor adapted for processing data acquired in ultra-wideband radar, said processing comprising perceiving processing provided in order to facilitate a meaningful representation and/or an instant understanding of the image to be displayed.

21. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps of volume visualization, the method comprising:

(a) image-reconstructing processing of data acquired in ultra-wideband radar;

(b) facilitating displaying the reconstructed image;

(c) perceiving processing provided in order to facilitate a meaningful representation and/or an instant understanding of the image to be displayed.

22. A computer program product for volume visualization comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer program product comprising:

(a) computer readable program code for causing the computer to provide image-reconstructing processing of data acquired in ultra-wideband radar;

(b) computer readable program code for causing the computer to facilitate displaying the reconstructed image;

(c) computer readable program code for causing the computer to provide perceiving processing in order to facilitate a meaningful representation and/or an instant understanding of the image to be displayed.