Patent · US Expired

Method for recognizing and identifying objects

US6965342B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EADS Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Helmut Klausing · Lingen (Ems), DE
Horst Kaltschmidt · Neubiberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2002
Grant date	Nov 15, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S19/15
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for recognizing and identifying objects by means of several sensors, particularly using imaging sensors (L, W, V) in the infrared and/or visible wavelength range and radar devices (R) which are based on the generation of a synthetic aperture. According to the invention, generation of the synthetic aperture occurs in accordance with the ROSAR principle, wherein a plurality of antenna elements (A), which the radar device (R) comprises, is placed on the aircraft (F) along its arched contour (K), controlled sequentially and scanned, and wherein the information acquired by the radar devices (R) and the imaging sensors (L, W, V) is subsequently processed, in such a way that optimal imaging of the surroundings of the aircraft (F) is made possible in every viewing direction.

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