Measurement of Survivor Location for Rescue Radar System by using Two Dimensional Array Antenna

Author

Takeuchi, T. ; Uematsu, Yuko ; Saito, Hideo ; Aoki, Yoshimitsu ; Ohya, Akihisa ; Matsuno, Fumitoshi ; Akiyama, Iwaki

Author_Institution

Keio Univ., Yokohama

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Authors have studied a radar system with two dimensional array antennas to find survivors accidentally buried in rubble from the top under noisy environment. This paper concentrates on the two issues to improve the survivor-detection abilities. One is a method for the measurement of three dimensional location of each antennas by using ARToolkit. The other is a method for the reduction of impulsive noise in the received signals. Experimental results showed the feasibility of those methods.

Keywords

antenna arrays; impulse noise; radar antennas; radar detection; radar signal processing; radio direction-finding; ARToolkit; impulsive noise reduction; rescue radar system; rubble; survivor location measurement; survivor-detection ability; two dimensional array antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Noise reduction; Object detection; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Working environment noise; Augmented reality; GPR radar; Measurement of survivor location; Rescue system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, 2008. SSRR 2008. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Sendai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2031-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2032-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSRR.2008.4745868

Filename

4745868