No place to hide [radar devices]

Author

Jones, Willie D.

Volume

42

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

21

Abstract

This paper describes two innovative radar devices that can "see" through walls. These are Radar Vision built by Time Domain Corp. and the Prism 100 from Cambridge Consultants Ltd. Both rely on ultrawideband, a fairly new technology known mainly as a promising high-speed, low-power radio communications transmission technique. Both devices can detect the presence of inanimate objects through the wall, but only motion is shown to the user in the form of a moving blob of color on their built-in color screens. A version of Radar Vision, called Soldier Vision, has been commissioned by the US Army for overseas deployment.

Keywords

object detection; radar detection; radar imaging; ultra wideband radar; Cambridge Consultants Ltd.; Prism 100; RF energy; RadarVision; Soldier Vision; Time Domain Corporation; digital signal processors; law enforcement agencies; low-power radio communications transmission technique; microwave integrated circuits; through-the-wall radar devices; ultrawideband radar; ultrawideband radio; Consumer electronics; Detectors; Electronics industry; Microwave devices; Portable computers; Radar detection; Radar imaging; TV; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSPEC.2005.1526900

Filename

1526900