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Abstract

A low energy radar comprising a radar signal generator generating a radar signal, a transmitter transmitting the radar signal via a transmitting antenna, a receiving array including plurality of receiving antennas and a plurality of receivers, each antenna being coupled with a corresponding receiver, each of at least selected ones of the receivers receives a respective signal corresponding to reflections of the transmitted radar signal from a scene, a processor including a radar signal processor, the radar signal processor determines a scene reflections map, the scene reflections map includes values representing reflection characteristics from each selected location in the scene, a detector, detecting objects in the scene and the corresponding locations thereof according to the scene reflection map and a clutter map, the clutter map includes values representing clutter reflection characteristics from each selected location in the scene, and a power controller, after the transmitter transmitted the radar signal and the receiving array received the signal corresponding to reflections of the transmitted radar signal, the power controller shuts down at least one of the radar signal generator, the transmitter and the receiving array.

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First Claim