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Moving target indication unit
Assignee: Thales Nederland BV
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Filing: 1989-01-03
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Granted: 1991-09-17
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Expires: 2009-01-03
Abstract
Abstract Moving target indication unit provided with a doppler filter bank (1) with n output channels A i (i=0, 1, 2, . . . , n-1), several threshold circuits (24.i) connected to the output channels, a detection and registration unit (7, 14, 18, 23) provided with means (7, 14, 18) for the determination and registration, per azimuth cell, of a parameter for the amount of clutter in an azimuth cell. The said means are further suitable for determining, based on the output signals of the filter bank (1), k (k≧2) parameters per azimuth cell and processing per azimuth cell the combination of k parameters to obtain n threshold values, used to set the n threshold circuits.
Inventors
- 👤 Willem A. Hol
- 👤 Jan Bergman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 11:57
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S13/00; G01S13/02; G01S13/06; G01S13/08; G01S13/10; G01S13/22; G01S13/227; G01S13/50; G01S13/52; G01S13/522; G01S13/524; G01S13/5244
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A moving target indication unit comprising: a. a doppler filter bank having n output channels A i (i=0, 1, 2, . . . , n-1), said filter bank producing on said channels output signals derived from echoes returned from a plurality of azimuth cells; b. a detection and registration unit electrically connected to the output channels and including means for determining and storing from the signals produced on k of said n output channels, for each of the azimuth cells, k respective parameters representative of the amount of clutter in said cell, where k≧2, and for producing threshold values from the parameters, said unit further including interpolation means for processing at least certain ones of said k parameters to determine at least one interpolated threshold value; and c. a plurality of threshold circuits electrically connected to the output channels and to the detection and registration unit, threshold levels of said circuits being set for said azimuth cells by respective one of said threshold values and interpolated threshold values.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A moving target indication unit comprising: a. a doppler filter bank having n output channels A i (i=0, 1, 2, . . . , n-1), said filter bank producing on said channels output signals derived from echoes returned from a plurality of azimuth cells; b. a detection and registration unit electrically connected to the output channels and including means for determining and storing from the signals produced on k of said n output channels, for each of the azimuth cells, k respective parameters representative of the amount of clutter in said cell, where k≧2, and for producing threshold values from the parameters, said unit further including interpolation means for processing at least certain ones of said k parameters to determine at least one interpolated threshold value; and c. a plurality of threshold circuits electrically connected to the output channels and to the detection and registration unit, threshold levels of said circuits being set for said azimuth cells by respective one of said threshold values and interpolated threshold values.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
A moving target indication unit as in claim 1 where k =n.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
73 words
A moving target indication unit as in claim 1 where the detection and registration unit determines parameters b i and b i+2 from output signals U i and U i+2 of output channels A i and A i+2 , respectively, produces threshold values B i and B i+2 from the respective parameters b i and b i+2 , and where the interpolation means produces from said parameters the threshold value B i+1 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A moving target indication unit as in claim 3 where the interpolation means determines the parameters b i (i=0, 2, . . . , n-2) in accordance with the relationship: ##EQU2## where α and β are scalar weights.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A moving target indication unit as in claim 1 or 2 where the detection and registration unit includes means for processing one of the stored parameters b i and an output signal U i to obtain and store a new parameter b i .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
A moving target indication unit as in claim 1 or 2 where the echoes are obtained at p different pulse repetition frequencies and where the detection and registration unit is adapted for determining and storing said k parameters for each azimuth cell and for each different pulse repetition frequency.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
A moving target indication unit as in claim 6 where k =p.n.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
11 words
A moving target indication unit as in claim 6 where 2≦k≦p.n.
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