Abstract: A coherent laser radar system includes a pulsed laser oscillating a pulsed laser beam which is split into two parts by an optical divider. A first part of the two is transmitted as a transmitted beam via a beam splitter. A second part is supplied to a delay line via a coupling optics and others to be delayed by a predetermined time as a local beam, and is incident onto an optical coupler. The received beam from the target is incident onto the optical coupler via a scanning optics and so on. A photodetector carries out the coherent detection of the light beam coupled by the optical coupler. A signal processor computes a target velocity and the like from a signal generated by the detection and converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter. This makes it possible to solve a problem of a conventional system in that the system configuration is complicated and expensive.

Abstract: The invention deals with a surveillance system for terrestrial navigational and landing systems, in which the navigational signals being transmitted for aeroplanes or other airborne objects by the navigational and airport landing systems are received and evaluated by a ground-based receiving and control facility. In this system: the receiving and control facility is equipped with a plurality of additional receiving stations; these additional receiving stations operate in the frequency range of the navigational signals; the additional receiving stations are arranged geographically distributed within the transmitting range of the navigational or airport landing system; the signals recorded by the additional receiving stations are forwarded to a central evaluating unit.

Abstract: The method and apparatus for detecting a moving object through a barrier uses radar imaging and a multiplicity of spatially separated antennas to acquire full-waveform radar data that accurately represents the measurement of the propagating wavefield. The data is enhanced by subtracting an estimate of previously recorded background data, and beamforming of the enhanced data is performed to compute an image from the data provided on multiple channels.

Abstract: The receive part of an array antenna of base station system may be interpreted as self-calibrating. However the transmit direction of the array antenna may not coincide with the receive direction due to the difference in receive and transmit frequency. The present application teaches how a correction be performed for the transmitting direction by using the same phase compensations of the receiving direction also in the transmitting direction with a proportional correction for the difference in transmit frequency. A Frequency Domain Duplex (FDD) system is foreseen as the prerequisite for the applicability of present invention, but it will also work for a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system. By calculating during reception a first feed cable weight set by means of an adaptive algorithm at the receive frequency a corresponding second cable weight set for a transmit frequency can be calculated.

Abstract: A laser range signal-processing device comprises a timing interval generator, a microprocessor unit, a programmable delay unit, a laser transmitter, a laser receiver, a high gain amplifier circuit and a memory. A signal-processing method of the laser range finder includes a first step in which the measurement block number and the laser emission time are set up. Thereafter, the sampling of the laser reflection signal of each block is done in sequence so as to determine a block in which an object is located. A laser beam of a predetermined delay time is emitted to the block in which the object is located. The reflective laser signals are sampled and processed to attain a precise distance between the laser range finder and the object.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling air bag deployment systems based on the presence, position, size, and weight of a person present in an automobile or a child seat present in an automobile is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a radar transmitter, radar receiver, and a processor. In alternative embodiments, the system further includes a weight sensor, a reflector, and a child seat reflector. The transmitter generates and transmits ultra-wide band (UWB) pulses and the receiver generates a receiver signal based on reflected UWB pulses received by the receiver. The receiver signal contains information indicative of the presence, position, and size of a person in the automobile. In addition, the receiver signal may contain information regarding the presence of a child seat in the passenger side seat of the automobile. The weight sensor generates a weight signal indicative of a weight present in either the passenger side seat or the driver side seat of the automobile.

Abstract: A forward condition detecting apparatus for vehicles has a laser radar device mounted on a vehicle. A front height sensor and a rear height sensor detect a front height and a rear height of the vehicle, respectively. An electronic control unit calculates an angle of inclination of the vehicle relative to a reference plane based, on a difference between the detected front height and rear height. The electronic control unit then calculates a laser beam radiation angle based on the calculated angle of inclination. The electronic control unit controls an angular position of the laser radar device based on the calculated radiation angle so that the laser beam may be maintained leveled generally in parallel with the reference plane irrespective of the inclination of the vehicle. The laser radar device is preferably mounted in a vehicle front headlight unit to be driven together with a headlight lamp.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image capturing device performs sensing operations of a first reflected light beam component and a second reflected light beam component. In the sensing operation of the first reflected light beam component, the pulse shape of a distance measuring light beam is triangular. The electric charge accumulating period starts at the same time as the disappearance of a pulse of the distance measuring light beam, and ends after the disappearance of a pulse of the reflected light beam. In the sensing operation of the second reflected light beam component, the pulse shape of a correction light beam is rectangular. The electric charge accumulating period starts at the same time as the disappearance of a pulse of the correction light beam, and ends after the disappearance of a pulse of the reflected light beam. A signal charge obtained by the first reflected light beam component sensing operation is divided by a signal charge obtained by the second reflected light beam component sensing operation.

Abstract: A satellite architecture and method for microwave interferometry radiating incrementally accumulating holography, used to create a high-gain, narrow-bandwidth actively-illuminated interferometric bistatic SAR whose VLBI has a baseline between its two bistatic apertures, each on a different satellite, that is considerably longer than the FOV, in contrast to prior art bistatic SAR where the interferometer baseline is shorter than the FOV. Three, six, and twelve satellite configurations are formed of VLA satellite VLBI triads, each satellite of the triad being in its own nominally circular orbit in an orbital plane mutually orthogonal to the others of the triad. VLBI pairs are formed by pairwise groupings of satellites in each VLA triad, with the third satellite being used as a control satellite to receive both Michelson interferometric data for phase closure and Fizeau interferometric imaging data that is recorded on a holographic disc, preserving phase.

Abstract: A method for estimation of Doppler spectrum, its moments, and polarimetric variables on pulsed weather radars which uses over sampled echo components at a rate several times larger than the reciprocal of transmitted pulse length. The variables are estimated by suitably combining weighted averages of the over sampled signals in range with usual processing of samples at a fixed range location. The invention may be Used on pulsed weather radar, lidars, sonars and accoustic flow meters.

Abstract: A rangefinder performs highly accurate 3D measurement without being affected by any variation in intensity of projected light. A light source for projecting light onto an object is provided with a light receiver for detecting the intensity of the projected light. The intensity of a reflected part of the projected light, which has been captured by a camera as an image, is corrected using the light intensity, which has been detected by the light receiver, as correction information. And based on this corrected image, a distance calculator produces a range image. Thus, even if the intensity of the projected light has changed, a corresponding variation in intensity of the reflected light image can be compensated for.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image capturing device which performs a distance measurement in first and second modes. In the first distance measurement mode, an electric charge accumulation period starts at the fall of a pulse of a distance measuring light beam, and ends after the fall of a pulse of a reflected light beam. In the second distance measurement mode, an electric charge accumulation period starts earlier than the fall of a pulse of the distance measuring light beam, by a predetermined time, and ends after the fall of a pulse of the reflected light beam. Based on a ratio of a first accumulated electric charge amount, obtained by the first distance measurement mode, to a second accumulated electric charge amount, obtained by the second distance measurement mode, the three-dimensional image is obtained.

Abstract: A radar system which is used for determining optical range includes a frequency analyzer for the analysis of differential frequency signals, which originate from a mixture of the transmitted signal with the received signals, for example reflected from a fog bank. The frequency spectrum images the distance profile of the fog bank.

Abstract: Signal processing methods are disclosed for processing Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV) signals. A true Doppler frequency is extracted from the phase noise frequencies by maintaining a highest frequency value. The highest frequency value is replaced with any measured frequency values that are higher than the current highest frequency value. This is continued for a predetermined lifetime period, after which the highest frequency value is stored and then reinitialized. The highest detected frequency values over a window of lifetimes are then averaged to provide a moving or rolling average value which is indicative of the velocity of a medium.

Abstract: A method for non-invasive measurement of the velocity of a medium selected from either a gas or a fluid at an examination location by boosting atoms and molecules of the medium into an excited atomic or molecular state with a focused first pulsed light beam in the investigation location, allowing the excited atoms and/or molecules to relax into a metastable state and then boosting the atoms and/or molecules in the metastable state into an excited atomic or molecular state with a second pulsed light beam that is weaker than the intensity of the first beam to transirradiate the investigation location and to produce a characteristic luminescence, detecting the characteristic luminescence of the selectively excited atoms and/or molecules and determining the coordinates of the investigation location and of the occurrence of the luminescence of a luminescent cloud in an image field and then calculating the velocity of the medium on the basis of the distance between the investigation location and the mid-point of th

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light wave rangefinder for measuring a distance to an object of measurement by means of light reflected from the object of measurement without using a prism, and particularly to provision of a light wave rangefinder that sends pointer light for visually recognizing a measuring area and position.

Abstract: Disclosed herewith is an optical triangulation displacement sensor using a diffraction grating. The optical triangulation displacement sensor includes a light source element, a condenser, a light-receiving element, an image formation lens, a transmission grating and a light-receiving element. The light source element generates light of certain intensity. The condenser receives the light from the light source element and transmits the light to the surface of measurement. The image formation lens receives the light reflected by the surface of measurement. The transmission grating converts the reflected light having passed through the image formation lens into a plurality of diffracted light rays. In the light-receiving element, an image is formed by the diffracted light rays incident from the transmission grating.

Abstract: A radar including a plurality of reception antennas corresponding to a plurality of homodyne reception channels, and a transmission antenna positioned with respect to the plurality of reception antenna such that a distance between the transmission antenna and each consecutive reception antenna of the plurality of reception antenna respectively increases from one reception antenna to the next. Also included is a beam-formation mechanism associated with the plurality of reception channels for receiving a reception signal from each of the homodyne reception channels. Further, a spacing between each reception antenna is set so as to orient a homodyne leakage in a direction located in an angular zone of space not processed by the radar.

Abstract: An optical design for delivering or receiving light from a fluid being measured is disclosed. The optical design is capable of immersion in the fluid being measured, and is capable of operating with fluids that have a different index of refraction. The optical design includes a solid prism of optical material to which a fiber optic attaches by a suitable adhesive. In an optical delivery system, light from the fiber enters the prism and reflects off an internal mirror to a second internal reflective surface. The second internal reflective surface focuses the light to a fixed point through an exit surface of the prism. The second internal reflective surface may in the shape of an ellipse, or may comprise a diffractive surface. The exit surface has a spherical concave shape that is centered on the fixed point where the light is focused, so that light passes through the exit surface at substantially ninety degrees.

Abstract: IFSAR images of a target scene are generated by compensating for variations in vertical separation between collection surfaces defined for each IFSAR antenna by adjusting the baseline projection during image generation. In addition, height information from all antennas is processed before processing range and azimuth information in a normal fashion to create the IFSAR image.