Method and apparatus for detecting slow-moving targets in high-resolution sea clutter
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-007/292
G01S-013/52
G01S-013/00
G01S-013/534
출원번호
US-0110737
(2005-04-21)
등록번호
US-7286079
(2007-10-23)
발명자
/ 주소
Blunt,Shannon D.
Gerlach,Karl R.
출원인 / 주소
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
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초록▼
An apparatus for non-coherently detecting slow-moving targets in high resolution sea clutter includes a binary detector for converting high resolution radar returns, produced in response to a radar pulse scan of a plurality of identical pulses, into corresponding binary outputs based on a comparison
An apparatus for non-coherently detecting slow-moving targets in high resolution sea clutter includes a binary detector for converting high resolution radar returns, produced in response to a radar pulse scan of a plurality of identical pulses, into corresponding binary outputs based on a comparison of range cell magnitudes with a detector threshold. A range extent filter converts these binary outputs into an output indicating the presence or absence of a cluster of the returns that are closely spaced in range, while a third, persistence integration stage determines target range extent persistence over a predetermined time period. A detector stage declares detection of a target based on a comparison of the output of the third stage with a selected threshold.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed: 1. An apparatus for detecting slow-moving targets in high resolution clutter, said apparatus comprising: a binary detector for converting high resolution returns produced and processed in response to a pulse scan of a plurality of identical pulses, by a plurality of range cells, in
What is claimed: 1. An apparatus for detecting slow-moving targets in high resolution clutter, said apparatus comprising: a binary detector for converting high resolution returns produced and processed in response to a pulse scan of a plurality of identical pulses, by a plurality of range cells, into corresponding binary outputs based on a comparison of range cell magnitudes with a binary detector threshold; a range extent filter for converting the binary outputs into a target range extent output indicating presence of a cluster of said high resolution returns that are closely spaced in range; a persistence integration stage for receiving the output of said range extent filter, for determining target range extent persistence over a predetermined time period, and for producing a persistence output; and a further detector for receiving the persistence output of said persistence integration stage and for declaring detection of a target based on a comparison of the persistence output with a predetermined threshold. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus is used to detect slow moving targets in high resolution sea clutter and wherein said detector threshold of said binary detector is related to a quiescent sea level. 3. An apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said detector threshold is variable according to a current sea state. 4. An apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said detector threshold is based on a sea noise floor. 5. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said range extent filter comprises a K-length averaging filter, connected to receive the binary outputs of said binary detector and having coefficients set to 1/K, wherein K is a positive integer and wherein said filter is convolved across the range cells for each individual pulse of said pulse scan. 6. An apparatus according to claim 5 wherein K is a parameter based on a selected balance between probabilities of detection and false alarm. 7. An apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the K-length averaging filter produces resultant output that is set to either a binary one or zero based on the number of binary ones in a set of K sequential binary outputs input from said binary detector. 8. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said persistence integration stage scans each range over L pulses, where L is the number of pulses in a pulse scan, by first stacking the outputs of the range extent filter from all L pulses such that similar ranges are matched up. 9. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said further detector comprises a M-of-N detector. 10. A method for detecting slow-moving targets in high resolution clutter, said method comprising the steps of: (i) using a binary detector to convert high resolution returns, received and processed in response to radar scan of a plurality of pulses by a plurality of range cells, into binary outputs of ones and zeroes based on whether the corresponding return for each range cell exceeds a detector threshold; (ii) using a range extent averaging filter to convert the binary outputs of the binary detector into a corresponding filter output set to either a binary one, or zero, based respectively on the presence, or absence, of a cluster of radar returns that are closely spaced in range so as to thereby indicate the presence of a target; (iii) determining whether the target presence indicating radar returns of step (ii) persist over a predetermined number of said pulses, and producing a corresponding output; and (iv) applying a M-of-N detector to the output of step (iii) to detect presence or absence of a target. 11. A method according to claim 10 wherein the method is used to detect slow moving targets in high resolution sea clutter and wherein the detector threshold is based on a quiescent sea level. 12. A method according to claim 11 wherein the detector threshold is varied according to a current sea state. 13. A method according to claim 11 wherein the detector threshold is set based on a sea noise floor. 14. A method according to claim 10 wherein the range extent filter comprises a K-length averaging filter, connected to receive the binary outputs of said binary detector and having coefficients set to 1/K, wherein K is a positive integer and wherein the range extent filter is convolved across the range cells for each individual pulse of said pulse scan. 15. A method according to claim 14 wherein K is selected based on a balance between probabilities of detection and false alarm. 16. A method according to claim 14 wherein the K-length averaging filter produces a resultant output and said resultant output is set to either a binary one or zero based on the number of binary ones in a set of K sequential binary outputs and dependent on the presence, or absence, of said cluster of radar returns that are closely spaced in range. 17. A method according to claim 10 wherein said persistence integration stage is used to scan each range over L pulses, where L is the number of pulses in a pulse scan, by first stacking the outputs of the range extent filter from all L pulses such that similar ranges are matched up. 18. An apparatus for detecting slow-moving targets in high resolution clutter, said apparatus comprising: a binary detector stage for high resolution returns produced in response to a pulse scan of a plurality of pulses, and for converting said returns into corresponding binary outputs of ones and zeroes depending on whether the returns exceed a detector threshold; a range extent stage for converting the binary outputs into a target range extent output; a persistence integration stage for receiving the output of said range extent stage, for producing a persistence output based on target range extent persistence over a predetermined time period; and a detector stage for receiving the persistence output and for producing an output indicative of target presence when said persistence output exceeds a selected threshold. 19. An apparatus according to claim 18 wherein the apparatus is used to detect slow moving targets in high resolution sea clutter and wherein said detector threshold of said binary detector is related to a quiescent sea level. 20. An apparatus according to claim 18 wherein said range extent stage comprises a K-length averaging filter, connected to receive said binary outputs of said binary detector and having coefficients set to 1/K, wherein K is a positive integer, said K-length filter being convolved across the range cells for each individual pulse of said pulse scan, and producing an output that is set to either a binary one or zero based on the number of binary ones in a set of K sequential binary outputs received from said binary detection stage.
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