Patent ID: 7978120

Claim:
A radar imaging system for capturing an image of an object within an area of interest through at least one visual impairment, said system comprising: at least one radar array, said at least one radar array including: a plurality of transmitter elements that transmit a plurality of differently coded signals toward the object and said at least one visual impairment; and a plurality of receiver elements that receive a plurality of coded return signals reflected from the object through said at least one visual impairment; and at least one processor coupled to the plurality of transmitter elements and the plurality of receiver elements, said at least one processor being adapted to: decode the plurality of coded return signals reflected from the object through said at least one visual impairment; extract from the decoded plurality of coded return signals a multiplicity of captured signals for each transmitter to receiver path; align the multiplicity of captured signals to be substantially time coincident for each pixel point of an image of the object to be formed; and sum the aligned signals to produce the image of the object.