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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Justin P. Bobak, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Hatim F. Alqadah, Ashburn, VA (US);
Scott M. Rudolph, Washington, DC (US);
Michael W. Nurnberger, Springfield, VA (US);
Abstract
A microwave single pixel imager apparatus and method of using same. Sampling a targeted scene includes the following. A plurality of modulated antenna patterns is generated using a reflectarray. A plurality of antenna temperatures respectively corresponding to the plurality of modulated antenna patterns is measured. A retrieved scene corresponding to the sampled targeted scene is generated. Generating a retrieved scene corresponding to the sampled targeted scene includes the following. The plurality of modulated antenna patterns and the corresponding plurality of antenna temperatures are fed into a compressive sensing imaging algorithm.