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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
Helmut Klausing, Wessling-Hochstadt, DE;
Horst Kaltschmidt, Neubiberg, DE;
Helmut Klausing, Wessling-Hochstadt, DE;
Horst Kaltschmidt, Neubiberg, DE;
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Ottobrunn, DE;
Abstract
A method for recognizing and identifying objects by means of several sensors, particularly using imaging sensors (L, W, V) in the infrared and/or visible wavelength range and radar devices (R) which are based on the generation of a synthetic aperture. According to the invention, generation of the synthetic aperture occurs in accordance with the ROSAR principle, wherein a plurality of antenna elements (A), which the radar device (R) comprises, is placed on the aircraft (F) along its arched contour (K), controlled sequentially and scanned, and wherein the information acquired by the radar devices (R) and the imaging sensors (L, W, V) is subsequently processed, in such a way that optimal imaging of the surroundings of the aircraft (F) is made possible in every viewing direction.