Adaptive doppler filter re-optimization method for pulsed interference countermeasure

    公开(公告)号:US09857454B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-02

    申请号:US14748708

    申请日:2015-06-24

    CPC classification number: G01S7/292 G01S7/023

    Abstract: A range-gated Doppler radar configured to mitigate the effects of pulsed interference. A Doppler filter is constructed using a vector of weights, the vector of weights being calculated as the matrix product of (i) the inverse of an reduced overall covariance matrix and (ii) a reduced progressive phasor vector. The reduced overall covariance matrix is formed by deleting from an overall covariance matrix rows and columns corresponding to pulses corrupted by pulsed interference. The reduced progressive phasor vector is formed by deleting from a progressive phasor vector elements corresponding to pulses corrupted by pulsed interference. The elements of the progressive phasor vector have constant modulus and the phase of the elements changes linearly within the vector. The overall covariance matrix is a weighted sum of an identity matrix and several specific covariance matrices, that may represent distributed clutter with positive velocity, distributed clutter with negative velocity, and ground clutter.

    Timing validation for data fusion

    公开(公告)号:US09709667B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-18

    申请号:US14448736

    申请日:2014-07-31

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4052 G01S7/003 G01S7/40 G01S13/86

    Abstract: A synchronization time delay due to a time synchronization protocol between a first sensing system (e.g., a radar system) and a second sensing system (e.g., an optical sensing system) is evaluated. A timing validation system generates a signal and calculates the total time delay between generation of the test signal and receipt of a detection notification communication transmitted from the second sensing system to the timing validation system, via the first sensing system. for the second sensing system to communicate its detection to the timing validation system, via the first sensing system. The synchronization time delay is extracted from the total time delay by removing contributions to the total time delay from additional sources. The calculated synchronization time delay is compared to a threshold delay and, based upon the comparison, generates a result validating or invalidating the time synchronization protocol.

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