JPS60257380A - Image processing method of synthetic aperture radar - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
- G01S13/02—Systems using reflection of radio waves, e.g. primary radar systems; Analogous systems
- G01S13/06—Systems determining position data of a target
- G01S13/08—Systems for measuring distance only
- G01S13/10—Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves
- G01S13/24—Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse modulated waves using frequency agility of carrier wave
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S13/89—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
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Abstract
Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
〔発明の技術分野〕
、二の発明は、人工衛星等の飛翔体に搭載される合成開
口レーダの画像処理方法に関する。Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Field of the Invention] The second invention relates to an image processing method for a synthetic aperture radar mounted on a flying object such as an artificial satellite.
一般に、人工衛星や航空機等の飛翔体(プラントフオー
ム)に搭載した映像レーダから、移動飛翔体の側方の地
上に電波を発射し、移動しながらこの反射波を受信して
、その受信信号を記録しておいて、一括演算処Ig!(
ホログラフインク処理)することにより、比較的小さい
[1旧]のアンテナで、実効的に大開口のアンテナを合
成することができるようにした合成開口レーダはよく知
られている。In general, a video radar mounted on a flying object (plant form) such as an artificial satellite or an aircraft emits radio waves to the ground on the side of the moving object, receives the reflected waves while moving, and receives the received signal. Record it and perform batch calculation Ig! (
Synthetic aperture radar is well known in which a relatively small [1st] antenna can be effectively synthesized into a large aperture antenna by using holographic ink processing).
そして、かかる合成開口レーダは、映像センサとして用
いられ、全天候型で昼夜の区別なく高分解能の画像を得
ることができるものである。Such a synthetic aperture radar is used as a video sensor, and is all-weather and can obtain high-resolution images regardless of day or night.
第1図は、かかる合成開口レーダの概略構成を示す図で
ある。図において、1は人工衛星や航空機等の飛翔体(
プラントフオーム)、2は送信機、3は受信機、4は送
受分波器、5は受信機3で受信した受信電波を記録する
受信電波記録装置、6はアンテナである。FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of such a synthetic aperture radar. In the figure, 1 is a flying object such as an artificial satellite or an aircraft (
2 is a transmitter, 3 is a receiver, 4 is a transmitter/receiver branching filter, 5 is a received radio wave recording device for recording the received radio waves received by the receiver 3, and 6 is an antenna.
このように構成されている合成開口レーダにおいて、合
成開口レーダアンテナ6は飛翔体1に固定されており、
第2図に示すように、飛翔体1の移動に伴ってアンテナ
6から、時々刻々ある特定の間隔(パルス繰り返し周期
)で、間欠的に一定の周波数Foのパルス状の電波を地
、ト対象物Gに輻射し、その地上対象物Gからの反射電
波を、同じアンテナ6で受けて、受信機3で受信し、記
録装置ft5に記?、AするようになゲCいる。そして
、前述の如く、この記録受信信号を一括演算処理して、
画像を再生するものである。In the synthetic aperture radar configured in this way, the synthetic aperture radar antenna 6 is fixed to the flying object 1,
As shown in Figure 2, as the flying object 1 moves, the antenna 6 intermittently sends pulsed radio waves of a constant frequency Fo to the ground and target at specific intervals (pulse repetition period). The radio waves radiated to the object G and reflected from the ground object G are received by the same antenna 6, received by the receiver 3, and recorded in the recording device ft5. , there is a game C like A. Then, as mentioned above, this recorded reception signal is subjected to batch calculation processing,
It plays back images.
ところで、この際、輻射されるパルス電波の周波数Fo
は、所望の観測すべき対象物によって適当に選定され、
〜周波に固定されているのが従来の方式である。したが
って、処理画像も白黒が、モノカラーのものしか得られ
ず、観測された対象物と使用したパルス電波の周波数帯
及び得られた画像との間の対応関係は不明な点が多く、
光領域で観察される対象物が合成開口レーダでは実際に
どのように見えるかが未だ解明されておらず、合成開口
レーダで得られる画像のメリットが不明であり、利用面
での研究が進展していないのが現状である。By the way, at this time, the frequency Fo of the radiated pulse radio waves is
is appropriately selected depending on the desired object to be observed,
The conventional method is to fix the frequency to ~. Therefore, processed images can only be obtained in black and white or monochrome, and there are many points that are unclear about the correspondence between the observed object, the frequency band of the pulsed radio waves used, and the obtained image.
It is still not clear how objects observed in the optical domain actually appear with synthetic aperture radar, and the merits of images obtained with synthetic aperture radar are unclear, and research on its use is progressing. The current situation is that this is not the case.
本発明は、従来の合成開口ルーダにおけるががる問題点
を解消すべくなされたもので、疑似カラー合成画像を形
成して観測対象物との対応関係を明確にし、観測対象物
の識別が容易に得られるようにした合成開口レーダの画
像処理方法を提供することを目的とするものである。The present invention was made in order to solve the problem of looseness in conventional synthetic aperture routers, and it forms a pseudo-color composite image to clarify the correspondence with the observed object, making it easy to identify the observed object. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing method for synthetic aperture radar that can be obtained.
それぞれ異なる周波数を用いた3周波合成開ロレーダで
同一対象物を観測し、各周波数毎に得られた各画像出力
に、3原色の各色をそれぞれ割り当ててモノカラー画像
を形成し、これらのモノカラー画像を重ね合わせて疑似
カラー合成画像を得て、観測対象物と該カラー合成画像
との対応関係を明確にし、観測対象物の識別を容易に行
なえるようにするものである。The same object is observed with a three-frequency synthetic open radar using different frequencies, and each of the three primary colors is assigned to each image output obtained for each frequency to form a monocolor image. The images are superimposed to obtain a pseudo-color composite image, and the correspondence between the observed object and the color composite image is clarified, so that the observed object can be easily identified.
以下本発明の実施例について説明する。 Examples of the present invention will be described below.
第2図は、本発明の一実施例を示す説明図である。図に
おいて、11は人工衛星等の飛翔体で、該飛翔体11に
は3周波合成開ロレーダが搭載されている。この実施例
における3周波合成開ロレーダは、3つの異なる周波数
の送・受信機及び異なる周波数のパルス電波を放射する
アンテナ1z−+、 12−2.12−3を備えている
。FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a flying object such as an artificial satellite, and the flying object 11 is equipped with a three-frequency synthetic radar. The three-frequency synthetic open radar in this embodiment includes transmitters/receivers of three different frequencies and antennas 1z-+, 12-2, and 12-3 that radiate pulse radio waves of different frequencies.
このように構成されている3周波合成開ロレーダにおい
て、各送信機から3つの異なる周波数FいF2. F、
lのパルス信号を同時に送出し、それぞれに接続された
各アンテナ+2−+、 12−2.12−3からパルス
電波を、同一観測対象物Gに向けて放射し、その各反射
波を各アンテナ12−1.12−2.12−zで受けて
受信機で受信し、各受信信号を記録しておいて、該記録
データを一括演算処理することにより、周波数毎にそれ
ぞれ画像化される。この画像化処理により各周波数毎に
得られる3個の各画像出力に、3原色の各色を適当に、
例えば、第1周波数F、、第2周波数F2 第2周波数
F2により得られる各画像出力に、それぞれ赤色、緑色
、青色を割り当てて、第4図に示すように、モノカラー
画像13−、.13−2、】3−3を形成し、次いで、
この処理によって得られた3原色の各色のモノカラー画
像+3−、、13−2.13−3を重ね合わせることに
よって、疑似カラー合成画像14を得るものである。In the three-frequency synthetic open radar configured in this manner, three different frequencies F, F2, and F2 are transmitted from each transmitter. F,
1 pulse signals are simultaneously sent out, and pulse radio waves are emitted from each of the antennas +2-+ and 12-2. 12-1.12-2.12-z and is received by a receiver, each received signal is recorded, and the recorded data is collectively processed to form an image for each frequency. Appropriately apply each of the three primary colors to each of the three image outputs obtained for each frequency through this imaging process.
For example, by assigning red, green, and blue to each image output obtained by the first frequency F, second frequency F2, and second frequency F2, monocolor images 13-, . 13-2, ]3-3, and then
A pseudo-color composite image 14 is obtained by superposing the monochrome images of the three primary colors obtained through this process, +3-, , 13-2, and 13-3.
このようにして得られた観測対象物の疑似カラー合成画
像によれば、白黒テレビをカラー化した場合と同様な効
果、すなわち、目的とする対象物の浮上化などの現象が
生じ、識別が容易になる等の効果を得ることが可能とな
る。According to the pseudo-color composite image of the observation target obtained in this way, the same effect as when colorizing a black-and-white television, that is, phenomena such as the levitation of the target object, occurs, making it easy to identify. It is possible to obtain effects such as
また、異なる3周波で得られたそれぞれの画像出力と、
それらに対する3原色の各色の組合わせを適宜選定する
ことにより、より自然色に近い画像を得たり、あるいは
、観測域内のあべ1特定な対象物、例えば、農業関係で
は作物、土壌自体、土地の含水分布等、鉱工業関係では
資源の倚無に関係する土地の摺曲構造等、海洋関係では
海水温度分布、波浪等、を強調したりすることが可能に
なる。In addition, each image output obtained at three different frequencies,
By appropriately selecting the combination of the three primary colors, it is possible to obtain images that are closer to natural colors, or to capture images of specific objects within the observation area, such as crops, the soil itself, or the land itself. It becomes possible to emphasize water content distribution, etc. in the mining industry, such as the curving structure of land that is related to the availability of resources, and in the ocean, seawater temperature distribution, waves, etc.
なお、上記実施例では、jl’) yJ+体に搭載する
3周波合成開ロレーダは、送・受信機及びアンテナ等を
別個に3個ずつ備えて構成したものを示したが、3周波
合成開ロレーダは1本発明者らが先Gこ(π案した華−
の装置で異なる3′つの周波数のパルス電波を、1パル
スずつ順次繰り返して送出するように構成したもの(特
願昭59−25173号)も使用することができる。In the above embodiment, the 3-frequency synthetic open radar mounted on the jl') yJ+ body was constructed with three separate transmitters, receivers, antennas, etc.; The present inventors first proposed G(π).
It is also possible to use a device (Japanese Patent Application No. 59-25173) configured to sequentially and repeatedly transmit pulsed radio waves of 3' different frequencies one pulse at a time.
以上実施例について説明したように、本発明によれば、
3周波によって得られる3つの画像出力に3原色の各色
をそれぞれ割り当てて、それらを重ね合わせて疑イ以カ
ラー合成画像を形成することによって、合成開口レーダ
において、観測対象物と画像の対応関係が明確になり、
対象物の識別が容易にできる等の効果が得られる。As described above with respect to the embodiments, according to the present invention,
By assigning each of the three primary colors to the three image outputs obtained by the three frequencies and superimposing them to form a composite color image, synthetic aperture radar can establish the correspondence between the observed object and the image. become clear,
Effects such as easy identification of objects can be obtained.
第1図は、従来の合成開口レーダの一例の概略構成図〜
第2図は、その動作態様を示す説明図、第3図は、本発
明に係る合成量1]レーダの画像処理方法の一実施例の
説明図、第4図は、第3図に示した実施例の画像処理態
様を示す説明図である。
図において、11は飛翔体、J2−1.12−2.12
−3はアンテナ、13−1、】3−z、 +1はモノカ
ラー画像、14はカラー合成画像を示す。
特許出願人宇宙開発事業団
代理人弁理士 最 上 健 治
第1区
第2図
第3図
第4図Figure 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of a conventional synthetic aperture radar.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing its operation mode, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the composite amount 1] radar image processing method according to the present invention, and FIG. It is an explanatory diagram showing an image processing mode of an example. In the figure, 11 is a flying object, J2-1.12-2.12
-3 is an antenna, 13-1, ]3-z, +1 is a monochrome image, and 14 is a color composite image. Patent applicant Kenji Mogami Patent attorney representing the Japan Space Development Agency District 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
Claims (1)
一対象物を観測し、各周波数毎に得られた各画像出力に
、3原色の各色をそれぞれ割り当ててモノカラー画像を
形成し、次いで各モノカラー画像を重ね合ねゼでカラー
合成画像を得るようにしたごとを特徴とする合成開口レ
ーダの画像処理力ljマ。The same object is observed with a three-frequency synthetic open radar using three different frequencies, and each image output obtained for each frequency is assigned each of the three primary colors to form a monochrome image. The image processing power of a synthetic aperture radar is characterized in that a color composite image is obtained by overlapping color images.
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