===== Fast Radar Simulation =====

==== Facts ====
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^ Type           | master project|
^ Place          | internal      |
^ Supervisors     | Andrei Jalba, Huub van de Wetering|
^ Student        | Paul Wagener            |
^ Thesis         | will be available at: [[http://alexandria.tue.nl/extra1/afstversl/wsk-i/wagener2011.pdf|Real-time Realistic Radar Simulation]]      |
^ Start/End date | 01-02-2011 / 16-11-2011       |


==== Description ====

The screen of a radar system is complicated and subject to many
artefacts. Many physical aspects of the world need to be simulated in
order to faithfully reproduce it. In this thesis we introduce an algorithm
that can output a realistic image of a radar screen and update it in
real-time. This algorithm is designed to take advantage of the graphics
hardware to allow for real-time simulation. It works by rendering an
image from the viewpoint of the radar antenna and using the depth map of
this image as an analogue to the distance-measuring performed ba real
radar system. We compare the results of our algorithm with the results
of existing radar simulations as well as real radar systems. Our radar
simulation is currently the only one known to us that can simulate in
real-time almost all of the features of real radar system.

==== Additional information ====
  * [[http://www.vstep.nl|VSTEP]], master thesis, Corné van de Pol, June 7, 2010