High-resolution radar target signature smearing correction

An apparatus for evaluating received signals, the apparatus comprising:

• a radar apparatus that:
• transmits radar signals,
• receives the radar signals after those radar signals have been reflected off a first object, the first object having a relative motion with respect to an antenna of the radar apparatus that points in a first direction, wherein:
• the radar signals include a component that indicates that the first object has a relative motion in a second direction that is different from the first direction where the antenna of the radar apparatus points, and
• the relative motion resulting in power of the received radar signals being distributed in a first mapping of the radar signals that includes a first number of points;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor that executes instructions out of the memory to:
• identify that the first number of points of the first mapping correspond to a first curve associated with a first parameter,
• identify a compensation factor associated with the first parameter based on the association of the curve with the first parameter, perform calculations that apply the compensation factor associated with the first parameter to the first mapping of points to generate a second mapping of the radar signals that includes a second number of points, wherein the second number of points is fewer than the first number of points based on the compensation factor being applied in the calculations, and
• identify a distance and velocity to associate with the relative motion based on the second mapping of the radar signals.