The Boeing Company
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) BASED CONVOLUTIONAL NAVIGATION

Abstract:

A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system is disclosed. The SAR comprises a memory, a convolutional neural network (CNN), a machine-readable medium on the memory, and a machine-readable medium on the memory. The machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the CNN, cause the SAR system to perform operations. The operation comprises: receiving range profile data associated with observed views of a scene; concatenating the range profile data with a template range profile data of the scene; and estimating registration parameters associated with the range profile data relative to the template range profile data to determine a deviation from the template range profile data.