A millimetre-wave MIMO radar system for threat detection in urban environments

A. J. Kirschner; J. Guetlein; S. Bertl; J. Detlefsen

doi:10.1117/12.974607

26 October 2012 A millimetre-wave MIMO radar system for threat detection in urban environments

A. J. Kirschner, J. Guetlein, S. Bertl, J. Detlefsen

Proceedings Volume 8544, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology V; 85440I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974607
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The European Defence Agency (EDA) engages countermeasures against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by funding several scientific programs on threat awareness, countermeasures IEDs or land-mine detection, in which this work is only one of numerous projects. The program, denoted as Surveillance in an urban environment using mobile sensors (SUM), covers the idea of equipping one or more vehicles of a patrol or a convoy with a set of sensors exploiting different physical principles in order to gain detailed insights of the road situation ahead. In order to give an added value to a conventional visual camera system, measurement data from an infra-red (IR) camera, a radiometer and a millimetre-wave radar are fused with data from an optical image and are displayed on a human-machine-interface (HMI) which shall assist the vehicle’s co-driver to identify suspect objects or persons on or next to the road without forcing the vehicle to stop its cruise. This paper shall especially cover the role of the millimetre-wave radar sensor and its different operational modes. Measurement results are discussed. It is possible to alter the antenna mechanically which gives two choices for a field of view and angular resolution trade-off. Furthermore a synthetic aperture radar mode is possible and has been tested successfully. MIMO radar principles like orthogonal signal design were exploited tofrom a virtual array by 4 transmitters and 4 receivers. In joint evaluation, it was possible to detect e.g. grenade shells under cardboard boxes or covered metal barrels which were invisible for optical or infra-red detection.

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A. J. Kirschner, J. Guetlein, S. Bertl, and J. Detlefsen "A millimetre-wave MIMO radar system for threat detection in urban environments", Proc. SPIE 8544, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology V, 85440I (26 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974607

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