Target detection device and its detection method

• US 7,545,312 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2007
• Issued: 06/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Kiang, Jean-Fu, Tu, Po-Jen
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza; Thomas H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bythrow; Peter M
• Application Number:
  US11/984,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20090109084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 342/59, 342/62, 342 95- 97, 342/104, 342/106, 342/109, 342/118, 342/126, 342/128, 342/130, 342/195
• US Class Current: 342/109
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/003 Bistatic radar systems; Multistatic radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/46 Indirect determination of position data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/582 adapted for simultaneous range and velocity measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/723 by using numerical data

Abstract

This invention relates to a target detection device and its detection method, comprising: a transmitting unit for transmitting a detecting pulse to detect target which then reflects the detecting pulse to generate a reflected pulse; a plurality of measuring units, located at different positions respectively which receive said reflected pulse and generates measured values of distance and measured values of velocity according to the reflected pulse received; a plurality of two-stage linear Kalman filters, corresponding to said plural measuring units respectively, each of said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters proceeds an operation according to the measured values produced by corresponding measuring unit so as to generate respectively the estimation values of distance, velocity and acceleration; an arithmetic unit connecting to said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters, which proceeds a triangulation operation according to said estimation values so as to generate distance component values, velocity component values and acceleration component values with respect to the target.

Claims

1. A target detection device, comprising:

a transmitting unit, which transmits a detecting pulse for detecting target which then reflects the detecting pulse to generate a reflected pulse;

a plurality of measuring units, located at different positions respectively which receive said reflected pulse and generate measured values of distance and measured values of velocity according to the reflected pulses received;

a plurality of two-stage linear Kalman filters, corresponding to said plural measuring units respectively, each of said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters proceeds an operation according to said measured value of distance and said measured value of velocity produced by corresponding measuring unit so as to generate respectively an estimation value of distance, an estimation value of velocity and an estimation value of acceleration; and

an arithmetic unit connecting to said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters, which proceeds a triangulation operation according to said estimation values of distance, said estimation values of velocity and said estimation values of acceleration so as to generate component values of distance, component values of velocity and component values of acceleration with respect to the target.

2. A target detection device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a converging unit connected to said arithmetic unit for converging said component values of distance, component values of velocity and component values of acceleration.

3. A target detection device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said converging unit is a one-stage linear Kalman filter.

4. A target detection device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said arithmetic unit further proceeds a triangulation operation according to the positions of said measuring units so as to generate component values of distance, component values of velocity, and component values of acceleration with respect to the target.

5. A target detection device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detecting pulse is a frequency modulation continuous wave.

6. A target detection device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said measuring units proceed a linear frequency modulation and a frequency-shift keying so as to produce said measured values of distance and said measured values of velocity.

7. A target detection method, comprising the following steps of:

transmitting a detecting pulse to detect a target which then reflects said detecting pulse to produce a reflected pulse;

receiving said reflected pulse at different positions;

generating a plurality of measured values of distance and a plurality of measured values of velocity according to said reflected pulse received at different positions;

proceeding respectively an operation of two-stage linear Kalman filter according to said measured values of distance and said measured values of velocity so as to produce a plurality of estimation values of distance, a plurality of estimation values of velocity and estimation values of acceleration with respect to the target; and

proceeding a triangulation operation according to said estimation values of distance, said estimation values of velocity and said estimation values of acceleration so as to generate component values of distance, component values of velocity and component values of acceleration with respect to said target.

8. A target detection method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the step of converging the component values of distance, the component values of velocity and the component values of acceleration with respect to said target.

9. A target detection method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said step of converging the component values of distance, the component values of velocity and the component values of acceleration is to proceed an operation of a one-stage linear Kalman filter.

10. A target detection method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said step of proceeding a triangulation operation so as to generate the component values of distance, the component values of velocity and the component values of acceleration with respect to said target, said triangulation operation is further proceeded according to the location of receiving said reflected pulse so as to generate component values of distance, component values of velocity and component values of acceleration with respect to said target.

11. A target detection method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said detecting pulse is a frequency modulation continuous wave.

12. A target detection method as claimed in claim 7, wherein in said step of generating a plurality of measured values of distance and a plurality of measured values of velocity according to said reflected pulse received, a linear frequency modulation and a frequency-shift keying are proceeded so as to produce said measured values of distance and said measured values of velocity.