Methods and apparatus for integration of distributed sensors and airport surveillance radar to mitigate blind spots
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0761590
(2010-04-16)
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등록번호 |
US-8344937
(2013-01-01)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Drake, Peter R.
- Lok, Yuchoi F.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
3 인용 특허 :
10 |
초록
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Methods and apparatus for a first radar; identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar; providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot, and merging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets. In one embodiment, polarim
Methods and apparatus for a first radar; identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar; providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot, and merging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets. In one embodiment, polarimetric data is used to classify targets.
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1. A method, comprising: employing a first radar;identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar;providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot; andmerging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets, wherein the target c
1. A method, comprising: employing a first radar;identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar;providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot; andmerging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets, wherein the target classification includes each of polarimetric characteristics, altitude estimation, detection cluster shape, and Doppler information. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the blind spot is created by a wind farm. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first radar is an airport surveillance radar and the second radar is a gap filler radar. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the gap filler radar is a pencil beam radar. 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the airport surveillance radar includes parallel paths for a high beam receiver and a low beam receiver. 6. The method according to claim 1, further including identifying false targets by one or more of: an altitude estimation of a target is low and is near the blind spot, which includes a wind farm area; an estimated radial velocity of the target does not match scan-to-scan movement; a wide Doppler spectrum fits the wind turbine profile; and the target is not detected by the second radar, which is a pencil-beam gap filler radar. 7. The method according to claim 6, further including identifying an aircraft target by detecting an altitude estimation drop due to interference by the wind farm that is higher than a predefined wind farm altitude; and/or detecting the target by the pencil-beam gap filler radar with, an aircraft classification having a confidence factor greater than and is classified as aircraft with a confidence factor greater than a selected threshold. 8. A system, comprising: a first radar having a blind spot in coverage for the first radar;a second radar to illuminate the blind spot; anda tracker to merge data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets, wherein the target classification includes each of polarimetric characteristics, altitude estimation, detection cluster shape, and Doppler information. 9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the blind spot is created by a wind farm. 10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the first radar is an airport surveillance radar and the second radar is a gap filler radar. 11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the gap filler radar is a pencil beam radar. 12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the airport surveillance radar includes parallel paths for a high beam receiver and a low beam receiver. 13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the tracker identifies false targets by one or more of: an altitude estimation of a target is low and is near the blind spot, which includes a wind farm area; an estimated radial velocity of the target does not match scan-to-scan movement; a wide Doppler spectrum fits the wind turbine profile; and the target is not detected by the second radar, which is a pencil-beam gap filler radar. 14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the tracker identifies an aircraft target by detecting an altitude estimation drop due to interference by the wind farm that is higher than a predefined wind farm altitude; and/or detecting the target by the pencil-beam gap filler radar with an aircraft classification having a confidence factor greater than and is classified as aircraft with a confidence factor greater than a selected threshold. 15. A method, comprising: employing a first radar;identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar;providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot;merging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets;identifying false targets by one or more of: an altitude estimation of a target is low and is near the blind, spot, which includes a wind, farm area; an estimated radial velocity of the target does not match scan-to-scan movement; a wide Doppler spectrum fits the wind turbine profile; and the target is not detected by the second radar, which is a pencil-beam gap filler radar; andidentifying an aircraft target by detecting an altitude estimation drop due to interference by the wind farm that is higher than a predefined wind farm altitude; and/or detecting the target by the pencil-beam gap filler radar with an aircraft classification having a confidence factor greater than and is classified as aircraft with a confidence factor greater than a selected threshold.
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