Naval Postgraduate School
Method for radar detection of persons wearing wires
NPS patent 8730098.pdf (1.267Mb)Abstract
Methods are described for radar detection of persons wearing
wires using radar spectra data including the vertical polarization
(VV) radar cross section and the horizontal polarization
(HH) radar cross section for a person. In one embodiment, the
ratio of the vertical polarization (VV) radar cross section to
the horizontal polarization (HH) radar cross section for a
person is compared to a detection threshold to determine
whether the person is wearing wires. In another embodiment,
the absolute difference of the vertical polarization (VV) radar
cross section and the horizontal polarization (HH) radar cross
section for a person is compared to a detection threshold to
determine whether the person is wearing wires. To reduce
false positives, other additional indicators, such as speed of
movement, and or visual features of the person, can be used to
further narrow a person suspected of wearing wires.
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