Radar system for mobile platform and method of use
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorMichael John Wilson
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Abstract
A radar system for a mobile platform and methods of operating the radar system are provided. The radar system includes a radar sensor configured to collect data associated with an environment through which the mobile platform moves, and a motion sensor configured to detect motion of the mobile platform. The radar system also includes a processor configured to generate a base clutter map based on a first data collection by the radar sensor, and update the base clutter map based on a second data collection and the motion of the mobile platform detected by the motion sensor.
Claims20
A radar system for a mobile platform, comprising:
- a radar sensor configured to collect data associated with an environment through which the mobile platform moves;
- a motion sensor configured to detect motion of the mobile platform;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- generate a base clutter map based on a first data collection by said radar sensor;
- generate a second clutter map based on a second data collection;
- register pixel coordinates of the second clutter map to pixel coordinates of the base clutter map based on the motion of the mobile platform detected by said motion sensor;
- and
- combine the base clutter map with the second clutter map.
A method of operating a radar system on a mobile platform, comprising:
- collecting, by a radar sensor, a first data collection associated with an environment through which the mobile platform moves;
- generating, by a processor, a base clutter map based on the first data collection;
- collecting, by the radar sensor, a second data collection associated with the environment;
- detecting, by a motion sensor, motion of the mobile platform occurring in a time between collections;
- registering pixel coordinates in the second data collection to pixel coordinates of the based clutter map based on the motion of the mobile platform detected by the motion sensor;
- and
- updating, by the processor, the base clutter map based on the second data collection and the registering.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:
- generate a base clutter map based on a first data collection associated with an environment through which a mobile platform moves, the first data collection received from a radar sensor coupled to the mobile platform;
- receive a second data collection associated with the environment from the radar sensor;
- receive motion of the mobile platform and detected by a motion sensor coupled to the mobile platform;
- register pixel coordinates of the second data collection to pixel coordinates of the base clutter map based on the motion of the mobile platform detected by the motion sensor;
- and
- update the base clutter map based on the second data collection and the motion of the mobile platform detected by the motion sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.