High-speed moving target detection and tracking method based on speed estimation

• Published in: Journal of engineering (Stevenage, England) England), 2019-10, Vol.2019 (20), p.6637-6641
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jinquan, Li, Jingwen, Ma, Haizhong, Wang, Ye
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: coherent accumulation; dynamic programming; echo; energy accumulation effectiveness; energy accumulation method; estimation accuracy; high-speed moving target detection; Hough transforms; IET International Radar Conference (IRC 2018); object detection; pre-tracking detection method; radar detection; radar echo signal; radar signal processing; signal-to-noise ratio increases; speed estimation; target echo signal; target tracking; tracking ability; tracking method
• ISSN: 2051-3305; 2051-3305
• DOI: 10.1049/joe.2019.0264

During the detection and tracking of high-speed moving target by radar, the coherent accumulation and the energy accumulation of target echo signal are poor. In order to solve this problem, this study discusses speed estimation based on the Hough transform, correction across distance of radar echo signal and pre-tracking detection method based on dynamic programming. The authors propose an energy accumulation method of target echo based on speed estimation. Using this method, speed estimation accuracy reaches 98.87%, signal-to-noise ratio increases by 10 dB and the goal amplitude is 4.81 times more than the original amplitude. Simulation results show that this method can improve the energy accumulation effectiveness and improve detection and tracking ability of high-speed moving target by radar.