• DocumentCode
    2580526
  • Title

    Stride rate in radar micro-doppler images

  • Author

    Tahmoush, Dave ; Silvious, Jerry

  • Author_Institution
    US Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    11-14 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    4218
  • Lastpage
    4223
  • Abstract
    We extract gait information from the radar micro-Doppler signals generated by human motion. We demonstrate the extraction of information associated with gait, especially the stride rate, from simulated and measured radar data. We describe micro-Doppler algorithms used for the extraction of stride rate, the radar sensors used for the measurements, and detail the gait features that can be extracted. We make measurements of human subjects in realistic outdoor clutter backgrounds. These features help identify subjects in a scene. We gather ground truth using video to validate the radar data. We conclude that although we can extract gait features like stride rate from radar data, more features need to be extracted before reliable identification or classification can be determined.
  • Keywords
    Doppler radar; feature extraction; gait analysis; image classification; image motion analysis; radar clutter; radar imaging; gait feature extraction; human motion; image classification; radar microDoppler images; radar sensors; realistic outdoor clutter backgrounds; stride rate extraction; subject identification; video signal; Anthropometry; Clutter; Data mining; Feature extraction; Humans; Layout; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Signal generators; Radar; gait; micro-Doppler; stride rate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Antonio, TX
  • ISSN
    1062-922X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2793-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1062-922X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346830
  • Filename
    5346830