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Method for constructing focused radar images

US8564473B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THALES · FR

Inventors

Luc Bosser · Rambouillet, FR
Joan Broussolle · Élancourt, FR
Julien Lafaix · Le Chesnay, FR

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 2011
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S13/9056
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for constructing focused radar images includes chopping the radar illumination period into p sub-periods, two successive sub-periods overlapping temporally; choosing n successive sub-periods from among the p sub-periods, and for each of the n chosen sub-periods, performing radar acquisitions to generate an image IM_0x of resolution R0; and applying an autofocus processing to each of the n images IM_0x generated; combining the n images so as to generate at least one new focused radar image IM_1x. The method is applied notably to the production of high-resolution SAR images with the help of an aircraft equipped with a radar antenna.

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