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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Raymond Samaniego, Prosper, TX (US);
Enrique A. Santiago, Tucson, AZ (US);
John L. Tomich, Coppell, TX (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for processing radar returns to identify returns from man-made objects. In one embodiment, a plurality of radar returns is used to form a corresponding plurality of resonance maps, which are combined using an ordered statistic to form a processed resonance map. A discriminant is calculated as (a) the fourth power of the ratio of (i) the power in a first rectangle about each pixel to (ii) the power in a region outside the first rectangle and inside a second, larger rectangle, or (b) zero if the ratio is less than 1. Other processing operations including thresholding operations to suppress noise and clutter are used to improve the signal to noise ratio for detecting man-made objects.