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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Nicholas Bowring, Hope, GB;
David Andrews, Stockport, GB;
Nacer Ddine Rezgui, Manchester, GB;
Stuart Harmer, Manchester, GB;
Inventors:
Nicholas Bowring, Hope, GB;
David Andrews, Stockport, GB;
Nacer Ddine Rezgui, Manchester, GB;
Stuart Harmer, Manchester, GB;
Assignee:
RADIO PHYSICS SOLUTIONS LTD, Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/887 (2013.01); G01S 7/024 (2013.01); G01S 7/412 (2013.01); G01S 13/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/885 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A detection method comprising directing radiation such that it is incident upon a target, the radiation containing a component having a first polarisation and a component having a second orthogonal polarisation, detecting radiation which is scattered from the target, and analysing the polarisation state of the detected scattered radiation to determine whether the target includes an object.