Initial measurements of the angular velocity of walking humans using an active millimeter-wave correlation interferometer

Kojo S. Zilevu; Kelly L. Kammerman; Jeffrey A. Nanzer

doi:10.1117/12.2015849

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31 May 2013 Initial measurements of the angular velocity of walking humans using an active millimeter-wave correlation interferometer

Kojo S. Zilevu, Kelly L. Kammerman, Jeffrey A. Nanzer

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Proceedings Volume 8714, Radar Sensor Technology XVII; 87141D (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015849
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

The design of a 29.5 GHz experimental active interferometer for the measurement of the angular velocity of moving humans is presented in this paper, as well as initial measurements of walking humans. Measurement of the angular motion of moving objects is a desirable function in remote security sensing applications. Doppler radar sensors are able to measure the signature of moving humans based on micro-Doppler analysis; however, a person moving with little to no radial velocity produces negligible Doppler returns. Measurement of the angular movement of humans can be done with traditional radar techniques however the process involves either continuous tracking with narrow beamwidth or angle-of arrival estimation algorithms. Recently, the authors presented a new method of measuring the angular velocity of moving objects using interferometry. The method measures the angular velocity of an object without tracking or complex processing. The frequency shift imparted on the signal response is proportional to the angular velocity of the object as it passes through the interferometer beam pattern. The experimental system consists of a transmitter and two separate receivers with two widely spaced antennas. The received signals in each of the two channels are downconverted and digitized, and post-processed offline. Initial results of a walking person passing through the interferometer beam pattern are presented, which verify the expected operation of the receiver derived from the initial theory.

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Kojo S. Zilevu, Kelly L. Kammerman, and Jeffrey A. Nanzer "Initial measurements of the angular velocity of walking humans using an active millimeter-wave correlation interferometer", Proc. SPIE 8714, Radar Sensor Technology XVII, 87141D (31 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015849

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