Patent ID: 8963765
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for tracking an object using radar, the method comprising: a) receiving, in a processor of the computer, data representing a wideband radio frequency (RF) energy level of the object detected at a first radar sensor; b) comparing, by the processor of the computer, the data representing the wideband RF energy level detected to a predetermined non-zero threshold energy level value and determining, by the processor of the computer, if a booster is propelling the object based solely on the comparison of the data representing the wideband RF energy level detected by the first radar sensor to the predetermined non-zero threshold energy level value; c) responsive to a determination that the booster is not propelling the object, tracking, using a computer processor, the object at a first rate according to a ballistic trajectory; and d) responsive to a determination that the booster is propelling the object, tracking using a computer processor, the object at a second rate that is greater than the first rate according to a non-ballistic trajectory.