Patent Document ID: 8284098
Application ID: 12954254
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for detecting a moving target using radar signals, comprising: a radar system emitting the radar signals as training signals and test signals; wherein the radar system further comprises: a persymmetric parametric adaptive matched filter (per-PAMF) wherein the per-PAMF system is configured to determine an estimated spatial correlation matrix {circumflex over (Q)} and an estimated temporal correlation matrix Â using space-time adaptive processing, wherein a spatial correlation matrix A and a temporal correlation matrix Q are known from the training signals, and the per-PAMF is configured to determine a generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) T = max α ⁢ p 1 ⁡ ( x 0 ; α , A , Q ) p 0 ⁡ ( x 0 ; A , Q ) , where {Pi} 1 i=0 are likelihood functions under a first hypothesis H 0 that the target is present and a second hypothesis H 1 that the target is not present in the test radar signals, α is an unknown complex-values amplitude of the test radar signals, x 0 represents the test signals, and max is a function that evaluates to a maximum, and the per-PAMF is configured to determine a maximum likelihood (ML) of the spatial correlation matrix Q as {circumflex over (Q)} and the temporal correlation matrix A as Â, wherein the correlation matrix Q is subject to a persymmetric constraint, and the per PAMF is configured to replace the spatial correlation matrices A and the temporal correlation matrix Q in the GLRT with {circumflex over (Q)} and Â.