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Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alberto Valdes Garcia, Chappaqua, NY (US);

Divya Gopinath, White Plains, NY (US);

Yahya Mesgarpour Tousi, White Plains, NY (US);

Daniel Joseph Friedman, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);

Ismael Faro Sertage, Chappaqua, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G01S 7/03 (2006.01); G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 7/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/887 (2013.01); G01S 7/03 (2013.01); G01S 13/42 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/904 (2019.05); G01S 7/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments provide for a portable imager by capturing several radar readings related to an object in an environment over several times from several of Points of View (POV), wherein each radar reading indicates a distance to and reflectivity of the object relative to the imager; capturing several camera images of the environment over the several of times from the several POVs; determining positional shifts of the imager over the several times based on photogrammetrical differences between subsequent camera images of the several camera images; determining, based on accelerometer data, a trajectory that the imager moves in the environment over the several times; determining positions of the imager in the environment over the several times based on the positional shifts and the trajectory; combining the several radar readings based on the positions to produce a synthetic aperture radar image of the object; and outputting the synthetic aperture radar image.


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