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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Philip A. Fox, Arlington, VA (US);
Joseph W. Maresca, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dennis M. Hancock, Foster City, CA (US);
Charles L. Rino, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Philip A. Fox, Arlington, VA (US);
Joseph W. Maresca, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dennis M. Hancock, Foster City, CA (US);
Charles L. Rino, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Vista Research, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for determining whether a target of interest located within radar resolution cells in a target area of interest is detectable with a radar system from a location and elevation of the radar system is described. The method includes the steps of (a) developing a topographic map of the terrain in the target area of interest; (b) mapping the radar resolution cells onto the topographic map; (c) modeling radar signal propagation to each of the radar resolution cells on the topographic map; and (d) determining, using the results of the modeling, if the radar system has sufficient signal-to-noise (SNR) to detect the target of interest.