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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Norbert E. Yankielun, Lebanon, NH (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An automated inexpensive system and reliable method for detecting spatial anomalies in real time, allows an unsophisticated operator to detect hidden anomalies efficiently and safely. In a preferred embodiment, an FM-CW radar front-end communicates with a personal computer incorporating specific filter and processing circuitry, including an A/D converter and a DSP. A target volume is illuminated from just above its top surface and return signals processed using the PC as programmed with a purpose-built algorithm. Data are down-converted to audio frequencies for ease in handling using inexpensive audio frequency circuitry. For use in avoiding bridged (hidden) crevasses during operation in snowfields, a version is mounted on a long boom extending from the front of the platform on which it is installed, typically a lead vehicle of a convoy. Heretofore, expensive systems requiring full-time monitoring by a well-trained operator were the only safe and reliable solution to insure safe traversal of snowfields.
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