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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Catherine Pickle, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
Samuel S. Blackman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Douglas B. Tyler, Torrance, CA (US);
Catherine Pickle, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
Samuel S. Blackman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Douglas B. Tyler, Torrance, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to a system () and a method for tracking one or more targets by a radar using a multiple hypothesis tracking (MHT) algorithm, the method including operating the radar to transmit a radar beam from a first location toward the one or more targets, operating the radar to receive a plurality of return signals at the first location from the one or more targets, and to generate a plurality of observations for a single radar dwell respectively corresponding to the plurality of return signals, and processing the plurality of observations in accordance with the MHT algorithm for at least two passes such that more than one of the plurality of observations are associated with a single track of the one or more targets.