Invention Publication
- Patent Title: ELEVATION ESTIMATION METHOD AND RADAR APPARATUS USING IT
- Patent Title (中): 高度估计方法和雷达设备
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Application No.: EP05792111.6Application Date: 2005-09-28
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Publication No.: EP1794617A1Publication Date: 2007-06-13
- Inventor: DEDDEN, Gerrit
- Applicant: THALES NEDERLAND B.V.
- Applicant Address: Zuidelijke Havenweg 40 P.O. Box 42 7550 GD Hengelo NL
- Assignee: THALES NEDERLAND B.V.
- Current Assignee: THALES NEDERLAND B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: Zuidelijke Havenweg 40 P.O. Box 42 7550 GD Hengelo NL
- Agency: Lucas, Laurent Jacques
- Priority: NL1027151 20040930
- International Announcement: WO2006035041 20060406
- Main IPC: G01S13/42
- IPC: G01S13/42
Abstract:
The invention relates to an elevation estimation method and a radar apparatus of the stacked beam type using it. For the accurate determination of the elevation of a object, use is made of interpolation on the basis of object strengths, measured in the different beams. Thus, an object of this invention is a method for estimating an object's elevation comprising: Receptions and associated receiving processing of signal reflected by the object; A beam transformation of said processed received signals into a number of receiving antenna beams which are at least substantially identical in azimuth direction and distributed in elevation direction; An interpolation of the receiving antenna beams, which are provided with a mutual overlap, such as the object's elevation is deduced by standardisation of set of strengths measured along the elevation direction distribution and comparison to pre-defined sets of strengths which have been associated with elevations, the comparison determining a best fitting set. In order to make interpolation also possible for low-flying objects, at least one beam having a negative elevation is provided.
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