Creating and identifying synthetic aperture radar images having tilt angle diversity
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An apparatus for employing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to automatically classify a target, said apparatus comprising:
- a SAR emitter and collector capable of operating at a plurality of squint angles;
an image formation processor receiving data from said collector and forming a plurality of SAR images of the target, said plurality of SAR images substantially having tilt angle diversity;
an image identification processor automatically classifying the target from each of said plurality of SAR images; and
a target classification processor receiving classifications from said image identification processor and generating a most probable target classification from said received classifications.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An apparatus for and method of employing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to automatically classify a target comprising emitting and collecting SAR signals at a plurality of squint angles, forming a plurality of SAR images of the target from the collected signals, the plurality of SAR images substantially having tilt angle diversity, automatically classifying the target from each of the plurality of SAR images, and generating a most probable target classification from the classifications of the plurality of SAR images.
35 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. An apparatus for employing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to automatically classify a target, said apparatus comprising:
-
a SAR emitter and collector capable of operating at a plurality of squint angles; an image formation processor receiving data from said collector and forming a plurality of SAR images of the target, said plurality of SAR images substantially having tilt angle diversity; an image identification processor automatically classifying the target from each of said plurality of SAR images; and a target classification processor receiving classifications from said image identification processor and generating a most probable target classification from said received classifications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A method of employing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to automatically classify a target, the method comprising the steps of:
-
emitting and collecting SAR signals at a plurality of squint angles; forming a plurality of SAR images of the target from the collected signals, the plurality of SAR images substantially having tilt angle diversity; automatically classifying the target from each of the plurality of SAR images; and generating a most probable target classification from the classifications of the plurality of SAR images. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification