METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATION OF DISTRIBUTED SENSORS AND AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE RADAR TO MITIGATE BLIND SPOTS

Methods and apparatus for a first radar; identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar; providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot, and merging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets. In one embodiment, polarim...

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Main Authors LOK, Yuchoi, F, DRAKE, Peter, R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 24.05.2017
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
TESTING
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Summary:Methods and apparatus for a first radar; identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar; providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot, and merging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targets. In one embodiment, polarimetric data is used to classify targets.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20100718357