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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
William L. Cameron, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for automatic detection of desired targets from radar data are disclosed. For each working point in a set of radar data, from a scattering matrix derived from collected radar data, a working total radar cross section and a working asymmetry angle are calculated. The working total radar cross section and the working asymmetry angle are then evaluated to determine whether the working point should be classified as a target point or a clutter point. The method and apparatus suitably may employ a two-dimensional table of total radar cross sections and asymmetry angles previously classified as signifying target points or clutter points. Reading from the look-up table, the working point is classified as a target point or a clutter point.