RADAR APPARATUS AND CLUTTER MAP COMPRESSING METHOD OF SAME

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To utilize a clutter map, and detect a target without enlarging a hardware scale. PSOLUTION: Outputs from MTI processes (15, 16) are DFT-processed (17). The clutter map for indicating a clutter region within a covered area is created (19), and maintained as a database in a map memory 20. When the target is detected, the compressed clutter map is transferred from the map memory 20, and decompressed. A threshold value of a portion corresponding to a detected object in the MTI-processed signals is obtained (12). Target detectors (13, 14) compare amplitudes of the MTI-processed signals with the threshold value, and detect the target. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT