The present invention discloses a method for detecting indoor moving targets using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) through-the-wall
radar. The method comprises: proposing a moving target detection method based on a
Doppler frequency modulation profile and range-gated filtering. The imaging results of moving targets are defocused and easily submerged in strong stationary
clutter, which reduces the moving target
detection rate. To address this problem, the present invention analyzes the
Doppler frequency modulation characteristics of stationary
clutter and moving targets. Then, the
range migration of the target echo is corrected in the range Doppler domain through sinc interpolation. Next, a fractional-order
Fourier transform is applied to estimate the
Doppler frequency modulation of each
range gate of the echo. The estimated
frequency modulation value is compared with the theoretical
frequency modulation value of the stationary target. Based on the difference in Doppler
frequency modulation, a range-gated filter is designed to suppress
clutter generated by walls and stationary objects. Finally, an
azimuth compression filter is constructed to achieve focused imaging of moving targets.
Simulation and field experiments verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.