ALGORITHM FOR SLOW MOVING TARGETS

THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP AN ALGORITHM FOR THE DETECTION OF SLOW MOVING GROUND VEHICLES IN THE CLUTTER. ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION IS INTENDED FOR THE DETECTION OF SLOW MOVING VEHICLES FROM A SPACEBORNE PLATFORM, THE ALGORITHM WILL ALSO HAVE A MUCH MORE GENERAL APPLICATION. IT WILL BE AN ALGORITHM FOR THE DETECTION OF MOVING TARGETS WHEN THE MOTION IS SO LOW THAT THE CLUTTER CANNOT BE SUPPRESSED BY DOPPLER FILTERING, AS IS DONE IN MTI SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED APPROACH IS BASED ON A NEW SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AT MARK RESOURCES. THIS SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY IS AN EXTENSION AND ADAPTATION OF CONVENTIONAL RANGE/DOPPLER PROCESSING TO THE PECULIAR BACKSCATTERING PROPERTIES OF MANMADE TARGETS. ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED PRIMARILY FOR TARGET IDENTIFICATION RATHER THAN DETECTION, IT CAN ALSO BE UTILIZED FOR TARGET DETECTION IN A CLUTTER BACKGROUND, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM CAN BE REDUCED TO ONE OF DISCRIMINATING TREES FROM TARGETS.