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US 8,274,422 B1Granted
Interactive synthetic aperture radar processor and system and method for generating images
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBrian Hendee Smith, Daniel James Gleason
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Abstract
A system for generating images may include an interactive SAR processor for generating an image using SAR data. The system may also include a module associated with the SAR processor for allowing a user to interactively select different settings for each of a group of parameters for generating different images by the interactive SAR processor using the SAR data.
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A system for generating images, comprising:
- an interactive synthetic aperture radar (SAR) processor for generating an image using SAR data;
- a module associated with the SAR processor for allowing a user to interactively select different settings for each of a group of parameters for generating different images by the interactive SAR processor using the SAR data, wherein the module associated with the SAR processor comprises a real-time feedback loop for adjusting the settings of the group of parameters, based on the selected settings of the group of parameters, to progressively generate images, a new image being generated in response to each adjustment of the settings of the group of parameters;
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- a subaperture imaging tool to permit interactively switching between a spatial resolution and a temporal resolution.
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A system for generating images, comprising:
- an interactive SAR processor for generating an image using SAR data;
- a module associated with the SAR processor for allowing a user to interactively select different settings for each of a group of parameters for generating different images by the interactive SAR processor using the SAR data;
- a subaperture imaging tool to permit interactively switching between a spatial resolution and a temporal resolution;
- a focusing application to permit adjustment of the focus of the image;
- a polarimetric data visualizer to permit synthesis of arbitrary polarization combinations from satellite image data;
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- a shadow focusing tool to highlight shadows from vertical obstructions.
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A method for generating images, comprising:
- receiving SAR data by an interactive SAR processor;
- allowing a user to interactively select different settings for each of a group of parameters in a real-time feedback loop for generating different images using the SAR data;
- generating an image by the interactive SAR processor from the SAR data based on the selected settings of the group of parameters;
- displaying the image on a display;
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- adjusting the settings of the group of parameters, based on the selected settings of the group of parameters, to progressively generate images, a new image being generated in response to the user interactively selecting different settings of the group of parameters in the real-time feedback loop;
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- providing a subaperture imaging tool to permit interactively switching between a spatial resolution and a temporal resolution.
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A video card, comprising:
- an interactive SAR processor for generating an image using SAR data based on selected values for a group of processing parameters, wherein the interactive SAR processor comprises a real-time feedback loop for adjusting the processing parameters to progressively generate images, a new image being generated in response to each new group of adjusted processing parameters, and wherein the SAR processor is adapted to provide a subaperture imaging tool to permit interactively switching between a spatial resolution and a temporal resolution;
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- a memory on the video card with the interactive SAR processor to store the SAR data to substantially minimize a time delay in generating the image.
A computer program product for generating images, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to allow a user to interactively select different settings for each of a group of parameters in a real-time feedback loop for generating different images using SAR data;
- computer readable program code configured to generate an image from the SAR data based on the selected settings of the group of parameters;
- computer readable program code configured to display the image;
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- computer readable program code to adjust the settings of the group of parameters, based on the selected settings of the group of parameters, to progressively generate images, a new image being generated in response to the user interactively selecting different settings of the group of parameters in the real-time feedback loop;
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- computer readable program code configured to provide a subaperture imaging tool to permit interactively switching between a spatial resolution and a temporal resolution.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.