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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.a. Con Unico Socio, Rome, IT;
Inventors:
Luca Soli, Rome, IT;
Diego Calabrese, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 13/75 (2006.01); H01Q 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/9027 (2019.05); G01S 13/75 (2013.01); G01S 13/9004 (2019.05); H01Q 15/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention concerns a monitoring method that comprises coupling in an integral manner at least one electromagnetic mirror of passive type with a given target to be monitored and monitoring the given target; wherein monitoring the given target includes: acquiring, via one or more synthetic aperture radar(s) installed on board one or more satellites and/or one or more aerial platforms, SAR images of a given area of the earth's surface where the given target is located; and determining, via a processing unit, a movement of the electromagnetic mirror on the basis of the acquired SAR images.