PC-based implement of the maritime radar display unit

Author

Yoo, J. ; Bae, J. ; Kim, J. ; Chun, J. ; Lew, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Energy Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

3-6 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

474

Abstract

We have implemented a prototype radar display unit using inexpensive off-the-shelf components. Two custom-designed boards; an analog signal processing board and a DSP board can be plugged into an expansion slot of a personal computer (PC) to form a maritime radar display unit. Our system provides all the functionality specified in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolution A422(XI). The analog signal processing board is used for the A/D conversion as well as rain and sea clutter suppression. The main functions of the DSP board are the scan conversion and the video overlay operation. The host PC is used to run the multi-target decoupled /spl alpha/-/spl beta/ tracking filter and graphic user interface (GUI) software for an automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA).

Keywords

add-on boards; graphical user interfaces; interference suppression; marine systems; microcomputer applications; radar applications; radar clutter; radar computing; radar displays; radar signal processing; tracking filters; A/D conversion; DSP board; GUI software; International Maritime Organization; PC-based implementation; analog signal processing board; automatic radar plotting aid; custom designed boards; graphic user interface; maritime radar display unit; multitarget decoupled /spl alpha/-/spl beta/ tracking filter; off the shelf components; personal computer; prototype radar display unit; rain clutter suppression; scan conversion; sea clutter suppression; video overlay; Clutter; Computer displays; Digital signal processing; Microcomputers; Prototypes; Radar signal processing; Radar tracking; Rain; Signal resolution; Video signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 1996. Conference Record of the Thirtieth Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7646-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.1996.600950

Filename

600950