Patent ID: 8624773

Claim:
A system for investigating and displaying an image of an area of interest comprising: a moving vehicle; at least one processor for producing an image of the area of interest; at least one first transmitter for emitting first radar signals substantially in a first direction towards the area of interest, the at least one first transmitter being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor; at least one first receiver for receiving first backscattered radar signals resulting from the first radar signals from the area of interest, the at least one first receiver being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor; at least one second transmitter for emitting second radar signals in a second direction, substantially opposite to the first direction, towards the area of interest, the at least one second transmitter being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor; at least one second receiver for receiving second backscattered radar signals resulting from the second radar signals from the area of interest, the at least one second receiver being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor, a GPS subsystem for providing position data relating to the position of the vehicle; the GPS subsystem, the at least one first receiver and the at least one second receiver operating to provide position and radar data to the at least one processor to form a combined image of the area of interest; the at least one processor operating to combine image data derived from the first backscattered radar signals with image data derived from the second backscattered radar signals to form a combined image of the area of interest containing sizes, shapes and relative locations of objects in the area of interest; and a display to display the combined image.