Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, ARLApproved for public release; distribution unlimited.ii REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) February 20092. REPORT TYPE AUTHOR(S)Traian Dogaru, Calvin Le, and Getachew Kirose 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: AMSRD-ARL-SE-RU 2800 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, MD 20783-1197 PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER ARL-TR-4728 SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENTApproved for public release; distribution unlimited. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ABSTRACTIn this report we analyze the Doppler signature of a moving human with the purpose of finding temporal change patterns that would allow detection and classification of movers. The analysis is based on computer models that simulate the operation of a pulse-Doppler radar. We start with an animated human mesh in walking motion and compute the frame-by-frame radar return using electromagnetic solvers such as the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD). The results are processed in the timefrequency domain via Short-Time Fourier Transforms (STFT) and displayed as spectrograms. In the end, we try to distinguish patterns in these spectrograms that are characteristic to a certain human motion type. The analysis emphasizes the phenomenological aspects of the Doppler signature, by looking at the relative contribution of various body parts and the effect of frequency, aspect angle, polarization and other radar parameters.

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