Patent ID: 8330647

Claim:
A method for detection of the presence of at least one target on land using a non-coherent radar, comprising: (a) transmitting a plurality of radar pulses by said non-coherent radar toward an area of interest; (b) receiving a radar return scattered from said area of interest, said radar return including a return from said target and interference from system noise and background noise and clutter; and (c) processing said radar return for at least one range-azimuth resolution cell in said area of interest to differentiate said return from said target from said interference from said system noise and background noise and clutter, said processing including: applying at least one threshold to differentiate said target from said noise and system noise and said background clutter; comparing the radar return to a first threshold of the at least one threshold, the first threshold set at a level to identify multiple radar contacts including the target and false contacts from said interference from system noise and background noise and clutter, wherein a radar contact is declared when said radar return exceeds said first threshold; and tracking the multiple radar contacts over time to distinguish the target from said false contacts.