Patents by Inventor Andreas Reigber

Andreas Reigber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Airborne or spaceborne tomographic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) method
    Patent number: 6894637
    Abstract: By means of tomograhic radar technique consisting of a coherent combination of large numbers of synthetic aperture radar images acquired by several air or space SAR systems having different look angles, a real three-dimensional imaging of volume scatterers is achieved. This allows the separation of the backscattered signal of volume scatterers in the height direction which can be further evaluated independently. The invention can be put to use in the three-dimensional analysis of vegetation layers and ground strata, but also for imaging and mapping of buildings, urban areas and mountainous terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Moreira, Andreas Reigber
  • Airborne or spaceborne tomographic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) method
    Publication number: 20030122700
    Abstract: By means of a tomograhic radar technique consisting of a coherent combination of large numbers of synthetic aperture radar images acquired by several air or space SAR systems having different look angles, a real three-dimensional imaging of volume scatterers is achieved. This allows the separation of the backscattered signal of volume scatterers in the height direction which can be further evaluated independently. The invention can be put to use in the three-dimensional analysis of vegetation layers and ground strata, but also for imaging and mapping of buildings, urban areas and mountainous terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Moreira, Andreas Reigber