Multi-Static UWB Radar Approach Based on Aperture Synthesis of Double Scattered Waves for Shadow Region Imaging

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  • KIDERA Shouhei
    Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications
  • KIRIMOTO Tetsuo
    Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications

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Abstract

The applicability in harsh optical environments, such as dark smog, or strong backlight of ultra-wide band (UWB) pulse radar has a definite advantage over optical ranging techniques. We have already proposed the extended Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) algorithm employing double scattered waves, which aimed at enhancing the reconstructible region of the target boundary including shadow region. However, it still suffers from the shadow area for the target that has a sharp inclination or deep concave boundary, because it assumes a mono-static model, whose real aperture size is, in general, small. To resolve this issue, this study proposes an extension algorithm of the double scattered SAR based on a multi-static configuration. While this extension is quite simple, the effectiveness of the proposed method is nontrivial with regard to the expansion of the imaging range. The results from numerical simulations verify that our method significantly enhances the visible range of the target surfaces without a priori knowledge of the target shapes or any preliminary observation of its surroundings.

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  • IEICE Transactions on Electronics

    IEICE Transactions on Electronics E94-C (8), 1320-1323, 2011

    The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

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