A fusion study of a range-Doppler imager with an infrared sensor for ground-to-ground surveillance

Yves de Villers

doi:10.1117/12.821720

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29 April 2009 A fusion study of a range-Doppler imager with an infrared sensor for ground-to-ground surveillance

Yves de Villers

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Proceedings Volume 7308, Radar Sensor Technology XIII; 73081B (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821720
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The Defense Research and Development Canada establishment located at Valcartier has an ongoing project to improve the detection capability of a optical surveillance system presently used by the Canadian Forces, To improve the detection capabilities of the system, we demonstrated and tested a new Range-Doppler imager specialty adapted to the existing infrared imaging system to provide information gathered by the radar to be fuse with the infrared image. Operating in W band (92-94 GHZ), the range resolution of the radar is better than 40cm for a maximum range of 2km. To obtain the Doppler signature of the scene, the radar is mounted on a 1.5m rail directed attached to the cameras pan-and-tilt. To produce the range-Doppler image, the radar is moved on the rail at constant speed. As the motion of the radar is highly linear, no correction is required in the range-Doppler processing to obtain a well focused image. The field of view of the radar is matched to the infrared camera one to facilitate the fusion process.

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Yves de Villers "A fusion study of a range-Doppler imager with an infrared sensor for ground-to-ground surveillance", Proc. SPIE 7308, Radar Sensor Technology XIII, 73081B (29 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821720

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