Police traffic radar using absolute signal strength information to improve target signal processing accuracy
US5570093A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S13/583
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to perform digital signal processing on the digital data received from the antenna to improve the quality and accuracy of calculated speeds for patrol speed, strongest target speed and fastest target speed. Fastest target speed can be displayed simultaneously with strongest target speed. Signal processing techniques are used to suppress false signals caused by double and triple bounce, harmonics, intermodulation products, video display terminal interference, etc.
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