Abstract:
A smart radar data mining and target location corroboration system has a target incident processing system (TIPS) and target information system (TIS) that provide corroborating radar data in response to target incident data, to assist search and response personnel in responding to high-risk safety or security incidents involving an uncooperative vessel or aircraft. The TIPS rapidly mines large volumes of historical radar track data, accessible through the TIS, to extract corroborating radar data pertinent to the target incident data. The corroborating radar data include trajectories, last known radar position (LKRP) or first known radar position (FKRP) information believed to be associated with the target incident data.
Abstract:
A personal, electronic target vision system displays targets to one or more users relative to each user's respective location. With a personal electronic vision device carried by a user, targets in the field of view of the user are rendered in real-time to the user so that the user can visualize where the targets are relative to him, in an orientation analogous to unaided human vision. Each electronic vision device exchanges target selection information to a target vision server which returns to the electronic vision device the corresponding selected target location information for rendering to the user. The target selection information for a given user accounts for the user's changing user view geometry so that the selected targets returned and rendered are in accordance with the user's changing viewpoint. The target vision server queries a target information server in order to access, filter and provide the real-time target location information required by each user's electronic vision device. A surveillance system, consisting of any number and types of sensors and target tracking systems which are separate from and independent of the users, provide the target information server with target location information. Targets handled by the personal, electronic target vision system are dynamic in nature and include all types such as aircraft, birds, planets, space objects, vessels, vehicles, animals, and persons. System elements can reside in the Cloud and the personal electronic vision device can be implemented as an application on a mobile device.
Abstract:
Operation of a bird deterrent system includes i. measurement of bird habituation to activation of deterrent devices; ii. reduction of habituation through increased selectivity in activating deterrents only for birds posing a threat to or threatened by a protected area, and in particular, those within threat altitudes; iii. provision of analytical data in support of safety management systems, risk management, etc.; iv. integrated, wide-area radar coverage with multiple virtual intrusion zones providing multiple lines of defense around and over very large protected areas.
Abstract:
In cognitive radar information networks (CRINs) human-like cognitive abilities of attention and intelligence are built into radar systems and radar information networks (RINS) to assist operators with information overload. A CRIN comprises a plurality of radar sensing nodes monitoring an environment, a repository or memory, and a cognitive radar controller. Each radar sensing node includes a radio frequency transmitter, a transmitting antenna, and a receiver and receiving antenna. The receiver includes a digital radar processor for generating receiver information from the received echoes about the environment. The repository is configured for receiving and storing the receiver information generated by the digital radar processor. The cognitive controller is configured to automatically focus the system's attention on a region of interest within the surveillance volume in response to an attention request, by selecting the transmitter's waveform, selecting the receiver's processing mode, and controlling the transmitter's antenna. The cognitive controller learns from the environment by exploiting the repository's historical receiver information and further learns from the consequences of its past decision.
Abstract:
A 3D avian radar sampling system comprises a 3D volume scanning radar system and an avian track interpreter. The radar system tracks bird or other airborne targets within its local 3D surveillance volume which could be characterized by a cylinder with a typical range of 0 to 10 km and typical altitude of 0 to 10,000 ft above ground level. Special scanning methods are employed to ensure that volume revisit times are suitably short and track data produce 3D target trajectories, both of which are needed for avian activity reports to be meaningful and timely. The avian interpreter uses the track data from the volume scanning radar to create detailed avian activity reports that convey bird abundance and behavior within the 3D cylindrical volume on intervals including hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. Hourly activity reports (updated typically every 15 minutes) provide enhanced situational awareness of developing hazards and are actionable, allowing operators to dispatch wildlife control personnel to respond to threats. Older activity reports help uncover recurring patterns to guide management efforts. Applications include bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) management and natural resource management. The apparatus and methods are equally suitable for other airborne targets such as general aviation aircraft and ultralights, making the invention appropriate for homeland security, as well as ground-based sense and avoid systems needed for unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Abstract:
A 3D avian radar sampling system comprises a 3D volume scanning radar system and an avian track interpreter. The radar system tracks bird or other airborne targets within its local 3D surveillance volume which could be characterized by a cylinder with a typical range of 0 to 10 km and typical altitude of 0 to 10,000 ft above ground level. Special scanning methods are employed to ensure that volume revisit times are suitably short and track data produce 3D target trajectories, both of which are needed for avian activity reports to be meaningful and timely. The avian interpreter uses the track data from the volume scanning radar to create detailed avian activity reports that convey bird abundance and behavior within the 3D cylindrical volume on intervals including hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. Hourly activity reports (updated typically every 15 minutes) provide enhanced situational awareness of developing hazards and are actionable, allowing operators to dispatch wildlife control personnel to respond to threats. Older activity reports help uncover recurring patterns to guide management efforts. Applications include bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) management and natural resource management. The apparatus and methods are equally suitable for other airborne targets such as general aviation aircraft and ultralights, making the invention appropriate for homeland security, as well as ground-based sense and avoid systems needed for unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Abstract:
A height-finding 3D avian radar comprises an azimuthally scanning radar system with means of varying the elevation pointing angle of the antenna. The elevation angle can be varied by employing either an antenna with multiple beams, or an elevation scanner, or two radars pointed at different elevations. Heights of birds are determined by analyzing the received echo returns from detected bird targets illuminated with the different elevation pointing angles.