Integral small communication platforms fusing optical and military radar imaging for UGV

Tomasz P. Jannson; Andrew A. Kostrzewski; Lev S. Sadovnik; Vladimir A. Manasson

doi:10.1117/12.391626

10 July 2000 Integral small communication platforms fusing optical and military radar imaging for UGV

Tomasz P. Jannson, Andrew A. Kostrzewski, Lev S. Sadovnik, Vladimir A. Manasson

Proceedings Volume 4024, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology II; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391626
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In this paper, integration of two basic imaging sensor technology components: optical imaging and radar imaging, will be provided, within the small communication platform environment. This is possible due to a novel MMW imaging technique developed by Waveband Corporation, based on a small and compact MMW (millimeter wave) antenna which is diffraction- grating-based, rather than gimble (scanning), or phase-array-based,as in the prior art. The proposed integral imaging system can operate UGV in any weather and environmental conditions (daylight, low-vision, dark, night, fog, snow, dust, etc) by applying switching module which automatically provides any of the three regions: (a) only optical; (b) only radar; (c) both (i.e., hybrid imaging). In this paper, feasibility and figure the merit analysis is provided.

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Tomasz P. Jannson, Andrew A. Kostrzewski, Lev S. Sadovnik, and Vladimir A. Manasson "Integral small communication platforms fusing optical and military radar imaging for UGV", Proc. SPIE 4024, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology II, (10 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391626

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