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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Tony Ponsford, Waterloo, CA;
Reza Dizaji, Waterloo, CA;
Raytheon Canada Limited, Waterloo, US;
Abstract
This invention relates to a spectral generator and a spectral generation method for receiving pre-processed range-doppler-sensor data and generating at least one noise-reduced high-resolution spectrum therefrom. The spectral generator comprises a window generator that generates a window which defines a plurality of range-doppler cells. The spectral generator further comprises a covariance matrix calculator that is in communication with the window generator to receive the range-doppler-sensor data within the window and calculate a covariance matrix estimate for a range-doppler cell of interest in the window. The spectral generator also includes a spectral calculator that is in communication with the covariance matrix calculator to calculate a high-resolution spectral vector based on a location matrix and a noise subspace matrix estimate.