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£179,950 Sold STC 3 Bedrooms East Street, Chickerell, Weymouth
Offered for sale with no onward chain is this three bedroom cottage in the popular village of Chickerell. With lounge, kitchen/diner, three bedrooms, bathroom, front and rear gardens and parking this property is an ideal home or investment property.
Fox & Sons - Weymouth
£199,995 3 Bedrooms East Street, Chickerell, Weymouth
Wonderful opportunity to purchase a three bed room home in the heart of the village of Chickerell. The home is offered with NO FORWARD chain and offers a blank canvas for the new owner. Benefiting from 3 bedrooms and good sized attic, with two separate re
Connells - Weymouth
£200,000 3 Bedrooms Elziver Close, Weymouth, Dorset
Direct Moves would like to offer a fantastic semi-detached property in the popular location of Chickerell. This property offers spacious living accommodation and a low maintenance rear garden. It is within close proximity to both primary and secondary
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£205,000 3 Bedrooms Putton Lane, Weymouth, Dorset
Direct Moves are delighted to offer this detached family home with three bedrooms located in the sought after area of Chickerell , large lounge dining room, bathroom and downstairs WC. There is a good sized rear garden and off road parking for two cars.
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£210,000 3 Bedrooms Lerrett Close, Weymouth, Dorset
Direct Moves are delighted to offer this THREE BEDROOM SEMI DETACHED family home in the popular area of Chickerell. The property boasts a generous lounge, kitchen diner and conservatory. In addition the property offers a converted garage currently used
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£212,500 3 Bedrooms Plover Drive, Weymouth, Dorset
Direct Moves are delighted to offer this well presented three bedroom semi detached property. Offering ample off road parking, modern kitchen, generous lounge and dining area. The rear garden has been landscaped and is well laid out. Set in a popular
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£215,000 3 Bedrooms Randall Close, Weymouth, Dorset
A spacious three bedroom semi-detached house located in a quiet cul de sac in Chickerell. Boasting generous living accommodation including two generous reception rooms and three good sized bedrooms. Benefitting from being on a corner plot this property
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£215,000 3 Bedrooms Randall Close, Chickerell, Weymouth
A three bedroom semi-detached home with garage and off street parking located in the popular village of Chickerell. Briefly comprising of two generous reception rooms, three good sized bedrooms, garage and off road parking for several vehicles.
Fox & Sons - Weymouth
£219,950 Sold 3 Bedrooms Spiller Road, Weymouth, Dorset
Direct Moves are delighted to offer this three bedroom semi detached property in the hugely popular area of Chickerell. Boasting off road parking and a garage as well as two reception rooms. Providing front and rear gardens and within walking distance of
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NBA Who's Hot, Who's Not - February 20th
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network)
- With the NBA All-Star Game set for this weekend, this is a great time to take an overview of your roster, evaluate its strengths and weaknesses and make the necessary changes for a big second half and a run at your league's championship.
Jeremy Lin, New York
- One only has to look at the numbers to know that Lin has become a huge fantasy factor (eight games as a starter - 25.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 9.5 apg). While I still don't know whether this is simply a short-term phenomena based on opportunities or the long-term answer to the Knicks' point guard problem, I'm smart enough to ride the wave. You should be, too. We should all get a better view of the Knicks' future this week when Carmelo Anthony returns to the lineup - possible as early as Monday night. I believe Lin's numbers will fall in line with previous D'Antoni guards in New York (see Ray Felton's career with the Knicks - 17.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 9.0 apg) and that the perfect time to "sell high" is now, but for those of you who don't like to gamble ... wait until after the All-Star break.
Ersan Ilyasova, Milwaukee
- Taking advantage of his opportunity to get massive playing time due to injuries suffered by Andrew Bogut (ankle) and Drew Gooden (wrist), Ilyasova is producing at unknown levels for the 24-year-old Turkey native. While Sunday night's "career" game of 29 points and 25 rebounds may not reappear anytime soon, he's been solid all month, averaging 14.0 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 1.4 apg. He's also shooting 42.9 percent from 3-point range. For the short term, Ilyasova should be in every starting lineup. Ilyasova is owned in just 59 percent of all Yahoo leagues - pick him up today and start him tonight.
Chris Kaman, New Orleans
- The Hornets have been "showcasing" Kaman for the purpose of trading him before the deadline and he's played very well over the past three games since being installed as the starting center - averaging 19.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg and 3.3 apg. If he continues at this pace, teams will come calling, but his best fantasy value would be if he stayed healthy and in New Orleans for the remainder of the season. Kaman is a free agent in 33 percent of all Yahoo leagues.
Brandon Jennings, Milwaukee
- Jennings scoring has dropped in consecutive months (22.7 ppg to 19.5 to 15.0), which can't make fantasy owners happy. Worse, his shooting percentage also is taking a dip from a solid 46 percent in December to an ugly 32.4 percent this month. While his minutes haven't fallen off yet, if the shooting slump continues we can expect Beno Udrih to see more court time. Watch this situation carefully, but if you can get fair market value in a trade, I say pull the trigger on the deal.
Jeff Teague, Atlanta
- After an excellent playoff run last spring, much was expected of Teague this season. He was given the starting point guard role on a playoff-bound Hawks team and while his statistics are the best of his career, they should be better. In February, Teague is averaging just 10.7 ppg and, more importantly, for a point guard, just 3.3 assists per contest. He's seeing about six minutes per game less this month than last as coach Larry Drew is giving Kirk Hinrich and others more court time at Teague's expense. This is not good news and doesn't look like it will get better anytime soon.
Kevin Martin, Houston
- It's hard to figure out what's going on here. Over the last seven games, Martin has scored 4, 2, 28, 0, 32, 16 and 11 points. He and coach Kevin McHale don't appear to be on the same page. However, Martin is too talented to play like this for long and since you likely can't get fair market value while he is playing this inconsistently, you will have to let him play his way out of this funk.
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Swine Flu H1N1 Influenza Checklist and Planning Guides
STATE AND LOCAL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLANNING CHECKLIST Planning for pandemic influenza is critical. To assist you in your efforts, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed the following checklist. It identifies important, specific activities you can do now to prepare. Many are specific to pandemic influenza, but a number also pertain to any public health emergency. This checklist is based on the HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan, Public Health Guidance for State and Local Partners, but is not intended to set forth mandatory requirements. Each state and local jurisdiction should determine for itself whether it is adequately prepared for disease outbreaks in accordance with its own laws and procedures. Community Preparedness Leadership and Networking [Preparedness Goal 1—Increase the use and development of interventions known to prevent human illness from chemical, biological, radiological agents, and naturally occurring health threats.] Completed In Progress Not Started • Establish a Pandemic Preparedness Coordinating Committee that represents all relevant stakeholders in the jurisdiction (including governmental, public health, healthcare, emergency response, agriculture, education, business, communication, communitybased, and faith-based sectors, as well as private citizens) and that is accountable for articulating strategic priorities and overseeing the development and execution of the jurisdiction's operational pandemic plan. Delineate accountability and responsibility, capabilities, and resources for key stakeholders engaged in planning and executing specific components of the operational plan. Assure that the plan includes timelines, deliverables, and performance measures. Within every state, clarify which activities will be performed at a state, local, or coordinated level, and indicate what role the state will have in providing guidance and assistance. Assure that the operational plan for pandemic influenza response is an integral element of the overall state and local emergency response plan established under Federal Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF8): Health and medical service and compliant with National Incident Management System. Address integration of state, local, tribal, territorial, and regional plans across jurisdictional boundaries in the plan. Formalize agreements with neighboring jurisdictions and address communication, mutual aid, and other cross-jurisdictional needs. Ensure existence of a demographic profile of the community (including special needs populations and language minorities) and ensure that the needs of these populations are addressed in the operation plan. Address provision of psychosocial support services for the community, including patients and their families, and those affected by community containment continued procedures in the plan (see Supplement 11). • • • • • • • December 2, 2005 Version 4.4 Completed In Progress Not Started • Test the communication operational plan that addresses the needs of targeted public, private sector, governmental, public health, medical, and emergency response audiences; identifies priority channels of communication; delineates the network of communication personnel, including lead spokespersons and persons trained in emergency risk communication; and links to other communication networks (see Supplement 10). Identify for all stakeholders the legal authorities responsible for executing the operational plan, especially those authorities responsible for case identification, isolation, quarantine, movement restriction, healthcare services, emergency care, and mutual aid. Make clear to all stakeholders the process for requesting, coordinating, and approving requests for resources to state and federal agencies. Create an Incident Command System for the pandemic plan based on the National Incident Management System and exercise this system along with other operational elements of the plan. Assist in establishing and promoting community-based task forces that support healthcare institutions on a local or regional basis. Identify the authority responsible for declaring a public health emergency at the state and local levels and for officially activating the pandemic influenza response plan. Identify the state and local law enforcement personnel who will maintain public order and help implement control measures. Determine in advance what will constitute a "law enforcement" emergency and educate law enforcement officials so that they can pre-plan for their families to sustain themselves during the emergency. Ensure that the plans are scalable, to the magnitude and severity of the pandemic and available resources. Revise as necessary. • • • • • • • Surveillance [HHS Supplement 1. Preparedness Goal 3—Decrease the time needed to detect and report chemical, biological, or radiological agents in tissue, food, or environmental agents that cause threats to the public's health. Preparedness Goal 5—Decrease the time to identify causes, risk factors, and appropriate interventions for those affected by threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • • Conduct year-round traditional surveillance for seasonal influenza (e.g., virologic, outpatient visits, hospitalization, and mortality data), including electronic reporting. Improve capacity for rapid identification of unusual influenza strains by working with federal partners to enhance laboratory-based monitoring of seasonal influenza subtypes, as described in Supplement 1 (Surveillance). Develop and be prepared to implement enhanced surveillance once a pandemic is detected to ensure recognition of the first cases of pandemic virus infection in time to initiate appropriate containment protocols, and exercise regularly. Link and routinely share influenza data from animal and human health surveillance systems. Obtain and track information daily during a pandemic (coordinating with epidemiologic and medical personnel) on the numbers and location of newly hospitalized cases, newly quarantined persons, and hospitals with pandemic influenza cases. Use these reports to determine priorities among community outreach and education efforts. • • • Public Health and Clinical Laboratories [HHS Supplement 2. Preparedness Goal 3—Decrease the time needed to detect and report chemical, biological, and radiological agents in tissue, food, or environmental agents that cause threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • • • • Institute surveillance for influenza-like illnesses (ILI) among laboratory personnel working with novel influenza viruses. Develop and test a plan for surge capacity of public health and clinical laboratories to meet the needs of the jurisdiction during a pandemic. Assess regularly the influenza diagnostic testing proficiency and adherence to biosafety containment and biomonitoring protocols. Inform frontline clinicians and laboratory personnel of protocols for safe specimen collection and testing, how and to whom a potential case of novel influenza should be reported, and the indications and mechanism for submitting specimens to referral laboratories (see Supplements 3, 4, 5). Healthcare and Public Health Partners [HHS Supplement 3. Preparedness Goal 6—Decrease the time needed to provide countermeasures and health guidance to those affected by threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • Test the operational plan for the healthcare sector (as part of the overall plan) that addresses safe and effective 1) healthcare of persons with influenza during a pandemic, 2) the legal issues that can affect staffing and patient care, 3) continuity of services for other patients, 4) protection of the healthcare workforce, and 5) medical supply contingency plans. Ensure all components of the healthcare delivery network (e.g., hospitals, long-term care, home care, emergency care) are included in the operational plan and that the special needs of vulnerable and hard-to-reach patients are addressed. Ensure that plan provides for real-time situational awareness of patient visits, hospital bed and intensive care needs, medical supply needs, and medical staffing needs during a pandemic. Test the operational plan for surge capacity of healthcare services, workforce, and supplies to meet the needs of the jurisdiction during a pandemic. Test the plan provisions for mortuary services during a pandemic. Maintain a current roster of all active and formerly active healthcare personnel available for emergency healthcare services. Determine what constitutes a medical staffing emergency and exercise the operational plan to obtain appropriate credentials of volunteer healthcare personnel (including in-state, out-of-state, international, returning retired, and non-medical volunteers) to meet staffing needs during a pandemic. Ensure healthcare facilities in the jurisdiction have tested a plan for isolating and cohorting patients with known or suspected influenza, for training clinicians, and for supporting the needs for personal protective equipment. Ensure the healthcare facilities in the jurisdiction have tested an operational plan to initiate, support, and implement quarantine of potentially exposed healthcare personnel (see Supplements 4 and 5). • • • • • • • • Infection Control and Clinical Guidelines [HHS Supplements 4 and 5. Preparedness Goal 6—Decrease the time needed to provide countermeasures and health guidance to those affected by threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • Ensure the Health Alert Network in the jurisdiction reaches at least 80% of all practicing, licensed, frontline healthcare personnel and links via the communication network to other pandemic responders (see Supplements 3, 10). Craft messages to help educate healthcare providers about novel and pandemic influenza, and infection control and clinical guidelines, and the public about personal preparedness methods. Develop and test a plan (as part of the communication plan) to regularly update providers as the influenza pandemic unfolds. Ensure appropriate local health authorities have access to EPI-X and are trained in its use. • • • Vaccine Distribution and Use [HHS Supplement 6. Preparedness Goal 6—Decrease the time needed to provide countermeasures and health guidance to those affected by threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • • Work with healthcare partners and other stakeholders to develop state-based plans for vaccine distribution, use, and monitoring; and for communication of vaccine status. Exercise an operational plan that addresses the procurement, storage, security, distribution, and monitoring actions necessary (including vaccine safety) to ensure access to this product during a pandemic. Ensure the operational plan delineates procedures for tracking the number and priority of vaccine recipients, where and by whom vaccinations will be given, a distribution plan for ensuring that vaccine and necessary equipment and supplies are available at all points of distribution in the community, the security and logistical support for the points of distribution, and the training requirements for involved personnel. Address vaccine security issues, cold chain requirements, transport and storage issues, and biohazardous waste issues in the operational plan. Address the needs of vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations in the operational plan. Document with written agreements the commitments of participating personnel and organizations in the vaccination operational plan. Inform citizens in advance about where they will be vaccinated. • • • • • Antiviral Drug Distribution and Use [HHS Supplement 7. Preparedness Goal 6—Decrease the time needed to provide countermeasures and health guidance to those affected by threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • Develop state-based plans for distribution and use of antiviral drugs during a pandemic via the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), as appropriate, to healthcare facilities that will administer them to priority groups. Establish methods for monitoring and investigating adverse events. Test the operational plan that addresses the procurement, storage, security, distribution, and monitoring actions necessary to assure access to these treatments during a pandemic. Ensure the jurisdiction has a contingency plan if unlicensed antiviral drugs administered under Investigational New Drug or Emergency Use Authorization provisions are needed. • • Community Disease Control and Prevention (including managing travel-related risk of disease transmission) [HHS Supplements 8 and 9. Preparedness Goal 6—Decrease the time needed to provide countermeasures and health guidance to those affected by threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • • Exercise the jurisdiction's operational plan to investigate and contain potential cases or local outbreaks of influenza potentially caused by a novel or pandemic strain. Exercise the jurisdiction's containment operational plan that delineates procedures for isolation and quarantine, the procedures and legal authorities for implementing and enforcing these containment measures (such as school closures, canceling public transportation, and other movement restrictions within, to, and from the jurisdiction) and the methods that will be used to support, service, and monitor those affected by these containment measures in healthcare facilities, other residential facilities, homes, community facilities, and other settings. Ensure the jurisdiction has exercised the operational plan to implement various levels of movement restrictions within, to, and from the jurisdiction. Inform citizens in advance about what containment procedures may be used in the community. • • Public Health Communications [HHS Supplement 10. Preparedness Goal 4—Improve the timeliness and accuracy of communications regarding threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • • • • • • • Assess readiness to meet communications needs in preparation for an influenza pandemic, including regular review, exercise, and update of communications plans. Plan and coordinate emergency communication activities with private industry, education, and non-profit partners (e.g., local Red Cross chapters). Identify and train lead subject-specific spokespersons. Provide public health communications staff with training on risk communications for use during an influenza pandemic. Develop and maintain up-to-date communications contacts of key stakeholders and exercise the plan to provide regular updates as the influenza pandemic unfolds. Implement and maintain, as appropriate, community resources, such as hotlines and Web site, to respond to local questions from the public and professional groups. Ensure the provision of redundant communication systems/channels that allow for the expedited transmission and receipt of information. Workforce Support: Psychosocial Considerations and Information Needs [HHS Supplement 11. Preparedness Goal 6— Decrease the time needed to provide countermeasures and health guidance to those affected by threats to the public's health.] Completed In Progress Not Started • Develop a continuity of operations plan for essential health department services, including contingency planning for increasing the public health workforce in response to absenteeism among health department staff and stakeholder groups that have key responsibilities under a community's response plan. Ensure availability of psychosocial support services (including educational and training materials) for employees who participate in or provide support for the continued response to public health emergencies such as influenza pandemics. • Completed In Progress Not Started • • Develop workforce resilience programs and ensure readiness to deploy to maximize responders' performance and personal resilience during a public health emergency. Assure the development of public health messages has included the expertise of behavioral health experts (see Supplement 10).
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252 Lucas Creek Road
Newport News, VA 23602-0236
Newport News, VA 23602-0236
Tel: (757)877-2941
Warwick River Christian School: Quality, Affordable Education on the Virginia Peninsula.
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten - 8
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|159 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 27%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|12 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Average Class Size
|15 students
|Classroom Dress Code
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
|Tuition Notes
|Contact the school office for current tuition and fees.
|Total Sports Offered
|3 sports
|Basketball, Soccer, VolleyballBasketball, Soccer,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|6 extracurriculars
|Chorus, Aviation Club, Bible Club, Geography Club, Battle of the Books, Disciplines Inc. Chorus, Aviation Club, Bible Club, Geography Club,
Battle of the Books,
Disciplines Inc.,
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Warwick River Christian School serves families and Mennonite congregations on the Virginia Peninsula by offering quality programs of child care and education at the preschool, elementary and middle school levels in an environment that inspires students and their families to know and follow Jesus Christ. WRCS is fully accredited by both SACS-CASI and the Mennonite Education Agency. The school is a ministry operated by three Mennonite congregations. See http://www.thirdway.com/menno/ for information on Mennonite belief and practice.
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This location is a three minute walk from the B 6 Avenue Express, the D 6 Avenue Express and the N Broadway Express at the DeKalb Av stop.
This location is in the Downtown neighborhood in New York. Nearby parks include University Plaza, Arbor Place and Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.
Nearby schools include Community Roots Charter School, St Joseph High School and PS 67 Charles A Dorsey School.
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Boy's (middle) names that mean wanted/wished for/loved that go with the first name Owen? Last name Szabó (Sah-bow).
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An active phase quieting target highlight detector using phase and magnitude detection. In contrast to classical magnitude-only detection schemes, the present invention, by combining phase detection, can discriminate sets of spatially-ordered highlights due to a target, from clutter or multipath echoes, along with nonsmoothed magnitude or envelope detection, that can better discriminate target structure due to reception of echoes from shorter active pulses. False target detection and multipath detection are reduced while detection or target structure is retained by the time domain detection scheme of the invention.
1. An active phase quieting target highlight detector comprising:
signal detection means for reception of an echo signal;
extraction means, connected to said detection means, for extracting phase and amplitude information from the echo signal;
magnitude detection means, connected to said extraction means, for processing said amplitude information;
phase detection means, connected to said extraction means, for processing said phase information, comprising:
a phase variance indicator connected to said extraction means; and
a phase detector connected to said phase variance indicator and to said combining means; and
combining means, connected to said magnitude detection means and to said phase detection means, for combining signals from said magnitude detection means and phase detection means.
2. Apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a multipath detection means, connected to said extraction means, to said phase detection mans and into said combining means, for detecting phase information having multipath return characteristics.
3. Apparatus of claim 2 wherein said multipath detection means comprises:
a delay circuit connected to said extraction means;
a subtractor connected to said delay circuit and to said extraction means; and a multipath detector connected to said subtractor, to said phase detection means and to said combining means.
4. Apparatus of claim 3 wherein said multipath detector provides an indication of whether phase-only signals represent a target or not, to said-combining means.
5. Apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a transmitter.
6. Apparatus of claim 5 wherein said signal detection means comprises:
an antenna element array for perceiving first and second beams of the echo signal having differently located phase centers; and
an interface connected to said antenna element array, to said extraction means, and to said transmitter.
7. Apparatus of claim 6 wherein said extraction means comprises:
first multiplier means, connected to said interface, for converting the first beam into a first in-phase echo signal and a first quadrature echo signal;
second multiplier means, connected to said interface, for converting the second beam into a second in phase echo signal and a second quadrature echo signal;
first filter means, connected to said first multiplier means, for filtering the first in-phase echo signal and the first quadrature echo signal into a filtered first in-phase echo signal and a filtered first quadrature echo signal;
second filter means, connected to said second multiplier means, for filtering the second in-phase echo signal and the second quadrature echo signal into a filtered second in-phase echo signal and a filtered second quadrature echo signal;
first sampling means, connected to said first filter means, for sampling the filtered first in-phase echo signal and the filtered first quadrature echo signal into a sampled filtered first in-phase echo signal and a sampled filtered first quadrature echo signal;
second sampling means, connected to said second filter means, for sampling the filtered second in-phase echo signal and the filtered second quadrature echo signal into a sampled filtered second in-phase echo signal and a sampled filter second quadrature echo signal;
first rectangular-to-polar coordinate converting means, connected to said first sampling means, for converting the sampled filtered first in-phase echo signal and the sampled filtered first quadrature echo signal into a first phase signal;
second rectangular-to-polar coordinate converting means, connected to said second sampling means and to said magnitude detection means, for converting the sampled filtered second in-phase echo signal and the sampled filtered second quadratur4e echo signal into a second phase signal and a magnitude signal; and
phase angle converting means, connected to said first and second rectangular-to-polar coordinate converting means and to said phase detection means, for converting the first and second phase angles into a differential phase signal.
8. Apparatus of claim 7 wherein said phase variance indicator comprises:
a median selecting means, connected to said phase angle converting means, for periodically selecting a median differential phase angle; and
a subtracting means, connected to said phase signal converting means and to said median selecting means, for subtracting the median differential phase signal from the differential phase signal to provide a phase variance signal to said phase detector.
9. Apparatus of claim 8 wherein said phase detector evaluates the phase variance signal from the phase variance indicator and determines whether the phase variance signal indicates a target or not.
10. Apparatus of claim 9 wherein said magnitude detection means comprises:
an amplitude normalizer connected to said second rectangular-to-polar coordinate converting means; and
a comparator, connected to said second rectangular-to-polar coordinate converting means, to said amplitude normalizer and to said combining means, for indicating whether the magnitude signal indicates a target or not.
11. Apparatus of claim 10 wherein said combining means is an AND device that outputs a target indication signal if and only if signals from said phase detector and said comparator indicate a target.
12. An active phase quieting target highlight detector comprising:
an antenna of elements;
a phase extraction circuit connected to said antenna;
an amplitude extraction circuit connected to said antenna;
a first sampler connected to said phase extraction circuit;
a first converter connected to said first sampler;
a second sampler connected to said amplitude extraction circuit;
a second converter connected to said second sampler;
a third converter connected to said first and second converters;
a phase processing circuit, connected to said third converter, comprising:
a median filter connected to said third converter;
a subtractor connected to said median filter and to said third converter; and
a phase detector connected to said subtractor and to said combiner;
a magnitude-only detector connected to said second converter; and
a combiner connected to said phase processing circuit and to said magnitude-only detector.
13. Apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a phase path detection circuit connected to said third converter, to said phase detector, and to said combiner.
14. Apparatus of claim 13 wherein said phase path detection circuit comprises:
a delay circuit connected to said third converter;
a subtractor connected to said delay circuit and to said third converter; and
a multipath detector connected to said subtractor, to said phase detector and to said combiner.
15. Apparatus of claim 14 further comprising a transmitter connected to said antenna.
16. A method for detecting a target through active phase quieting, comprising:
detecting at least two beams of a return echo signal;
extracting phase signals from said beams; extracting amplitude signals from said beams; detecting phase variance of the phase signals;
determining whether the phase signals represent a target, based on the phase variance;
detecting magnitude of the amplitude signals; determining whether the amplitude signals represent a target, based on the magnitude; and
determining that a target is detected if and only if the phase signals represent a target and the amplitude signals represent a target.
17. Method of claim 16 further comprising: determining whether the phase signals have multiple paths;
determining whether the phase signals represent a target based on a lack of multiple paths; and
determining that a target is detected if and only if the phase signals, based on a lack of multiple paths and on the phase variance, and the amplitude signals, based on the magnitude, represent a target.
18. Method of claim 3 further comprising transmitting a signal that may result in a return echo signal.
The present invention pertains to target detection and particularly to active sonar target detection. More particularly, the invention pertains to active sonar target detection with phase quieting.
In the related art, detection with active sonar in targeting is typically done by magnitude thresholding. Coherent receivers are used in beam-forming; but phase information, which is available with electronically steered beam sets, is not fully utilized in the target detection process.
The capabilities of detection systems to detect, localize and track submarines and other submerged vehicles is a great strategic significance. In recent years, many advances in naval technology have resulted in the development of acoustically quieter submarines, in that they radiate less and reflect less sound energy than their predecessor submarines.
The use of a sonobuoy and a torpedo to detect and track a potentially hostile submarine employs both active and passive acoustic detection. The choice of one detection mode depends on strategic factors as well as the magnitude of radiated noise of the submarine in question. For instance, if a potential target produces no measurable radiated signal in the sonar receiver, then it becomes necessary to involve active detection processing, that is, to acoustically illuminate the ocean to find the potential target.
Active acoustics will play a greater role as quieter submarines evolve. Future active sonar detection systems will need to be maximally sensitive and accurate. Utilizing both the magnitude and the phase of the acoustic return signal is important in meeting such need of more effective detection.
The present invention utilizes the magnitude and phase of the acoustic return signal for improved detection. During the return of an acoustic target echo, the random fluctuations in the phase signature quiet down noticeably and predictably. This phenomenon is referred to as "phase quieting." The phenomenon allows phase to be good indicator of the presence of a target in addition to a provider of steering and bearing information for tracking purposes.
Targets usually consist of sets of spatially ordered highlights, whereas non-target scatterers tend to lack order and tend to appear in random orientations. As such, the returned acoustic phase signature from a target becomes quiet due to a momentarily stable wavefront. The incoherent addition of random scatterers (commonly called reverberation or clutter) results in a noticeably unstable phase signature. Thus a target is distinguished from a non-target by the quietness present in the measured phase signature.
Two observations explain why the phase signature provides additional information over the classic magnitude detection scheme. First, the amplitude characteristics of the reverberation echo are not always Gaussian. Second, the correlation characteristics of the reverberation process are not the same as those of the background at all ranges. The usual assumption of a stationary white Gaussian condition may not apply and, thus, there is reason to believe that phase can enhance the detector performance. In addition, multiple ray path propagation (i.e., multi-path) tends to produce a phase signature lacking stability in all but the direct path echo. Such differences in phase characteristics enable the phase detector to discriminate the true target signature from "ghost" target signatures.
The present invention combines differential phase information with amplitude information to result in a reliable coherent target highlight detector in active sonar that is much improved over existing technology. The measured improvement is revealed by reduced false alarm rates and an increased detection index.
FIG. 1 is a pictorial of a situation wherein the invention is applicable.
FIG. 2 is a top view of a horizontal slice through the ocean incorporating the target and detector.
FIG. 3a shows the electrical origin of the beams in a circular plane array.
FIG. 3b is a view of the lobes of a beam from a circular plane array.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram of the phase and amplitude extraction and sampling portion of the invention.
FIG. 6a is a diagram of the magnitude-only detector.
FIG. 6b is a diagram of the amplitude normalizer.
FIG. 7 is a diagram of the phase detector and combiner.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram of the multipath detector.
FIG. 1 is a pictorial of the situation utilizing an application of the present invention. Torpedo 12 encompasses invention 10 in detection of target 14, e.g., a submarine. The conditions for such detection incorporate active acoustics having narrow and quasiharmonic pulses transmitted, resulting in good resolution of the target 14 structure within the near to intermediate range.
The present invention 10 utilizes phase information which is available from electronically steered beam sets 11 and 21, shown in FIG. 4, in the detection process. This added information provides a means for better discriminating target 14 highlights 26 from non-target highlights 28 as shown in FIG. 2. The phase data θi combined with magnitude information |m|i results in a better and more robust target detector 10 (as shown in FIG. 4).
The instantaneous phase is the differential angle θi of a pair of received phase beams 11 and 21 in FIG. 4. This data stream directly feeds an estimator and subtractor 58. The estimator is actually implemented as a median filter 56. Output φi of subtractor 58 is used by phase detector 60 to generates measurements of instantaneous "phase jitter" |φi | and local phase variance σ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i over an appropriate interval of time. The phase jitter |φi | and phase variance σ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i are then separately thresholded by comparators 62 and 64, respectively, of FIG. 7. When the phase jitter |φi | and variance σ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i are both less than required detection thresholds T.sub.φ and Tvar. (i.e., Tσ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i), a phase detection binary signal detPi is generated. This binary signal is the output of phase detector 60.
Output detMi of magnitude detector 66 is fed to combiner 68 where, in the simplest case, phase quieting detection results from performing the logical AND function on the outputs from magnitude detector 66 and phase detector 60.
FIG. 2 shows the top view of a horizontal slice through the ocean incorporating torpedo 12 and target 14. Target 14 consists of a set of spatially ordered highlights 26. Line 16 represents the heading of torpedo 12. Lines 18 indicate the outline, like a field of view, of the main lobe 50 (FIG. 3b) of transmitted acoustic beam 20 and reflected acoustic beam 22. A single pulse 24 in direction 20 is sent out by transmitter 70 (shown in FIGS. 4 and 8) in torpedo 12 and a single echo is detected by a receiver in torpedo 12. Transmitted pulse 24 is resent after the return of reflected pulse 24. Pulses 24 are quasiharmonic and relatively short in time. σef represents the effective transmitted pulse width. ψ represents a sector of acoustically illuminated water or an angle of spread of the cone, as indicated by lines 18, of main lobe 50 of pulse 24 in direction 20 from transmitter 70. "D" indicates the direction or mechanical angle in degrees between acoustic axis 48 and torpedo heading 16. Transmitted signals 24 are scattered at points 26 and 28 prior to return. Points 26, represented by "O"'s, are target scatterers and points 28, represented by "+"'s, are reverberation scatterers (i.e., clutter). Points 26 are spatially-ordered highlights that reveal target or submarine 14.
FIG. 3a reveals the electrical reception and origin of the right horizontal beam and the left horizontal beam having effective phase centers 30 and 32, respectively. However, the transmission may be made as one beam having a phase center between centers 30 and 32, and utilizing some or all of the transducer elements. The received beams remain as described with centers 30 and 32. System 10 utilizes monostatic active sonar. Circular plane array 42 contains a plurality of transducer elements, such as elements 34 and 38. FIG. 3a illustrates 14 elements. The distance between phase centers 30 and 32 may be represented by "s" which is the spacing of the effective phase centers 30 and 32. A dotted line encircles set 40 of transducer elements, including elements 38 and 44, that participate in the transmission (if two beams are utilized) and reception of the right horizontal beam. A dashed line encircles set 36 of transducer elements, including elements 34 and 44, that participate in the transmission (if applicable) and reception of the left horizontal beam. Sets 40 and 36 overlap having elements in common, such as element 44. Likewise, beams 11 and 21 overlap. Elements of an array are timed individually in transmission and receipt of the beams to provide the desired or required effective direction D of beams 11 and 21. Transducer elements of set 40 such as element 38 may be designated individually as v1 where 1=1,2, . . . N and N equals the total number of elements in set 40. Transducer elements of set 36 such as element 34 may be designated individually as wm where m=1,2, . . . N and N equals the total number of elements in set 36.
Mathematically, right beam 11 may be represented as X1 (t)=nΣan �Vn [t-d1 (n)] where "t" is the time, "d" the time delay, and "a" is for a given beam direction a fixed value weighting of the output of the element producing vn. Similarly, the left beam may be represented as X2 (t)=mΣam �wm [t-d2 (m)] where t is time, "d2 " the time delay, and "a" is the signal weighting of the output of the element producing wm. For a beam to "look" in another direction the a and d coefficient weighting values are changed accordingly. The delay d is different for each transducer element, relative to the other elements, for a given effective direction of a beam. The return of the beams have acoustic pressure signatures that convert the return echo into electrical transducer outputs. These outputs are summed in the manner noted above for X1 (t) and X2 (t).
FIG. 3b shows a view of beam 46 emanating along acoustic axis 48 from circular plane array 42. Beam 46 has, as components, main lobe 50 alined with acoustic axis 48 and side lobe 52 peripheral to main lobe 50. Beam 46 represents beams 11 and 21, whether received or transmitted, by array 42.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of phase quieting detector 10. Transmission and receipt of right and left beams 11 and 21, respectively, are initially by array 42. The received echo signals enter phase and amplitude extraction and sampling unit 54 which is described in greater detail in FIG. 5. Interface electronics 43 (of FIGS. 4, 5, and 8) inter-connect antenna array 42 with unit 54 and transmitter 70. Interface electronics 43 is ordinary and well-known in the art.
"B" is the bandwidth of device 54 and is the frequency at which the samplers operate. In the low pass filter, ω=B/2 is the baseband analog cutoff frequency. "ωc " is the demodulator center frequency of device 54. Frequency ωc is entered into the inputs via trignometric function transformations and multipliers 74. FIG. 5 shows device 54 functioning for the i th sample. The signals are filtered prior to their sampling. In-phase and quadrature signals from respective low pass filters 72 are sampled by samplers 76. The "i"th samples of processed in-phase and quadrature signals, which represent orthogonal components, ultimately from beams 11 and 21, are fed into rectangular-to-polar coordinate converters 78 and 80, respectively. The angles of signals from the output of converter 80 is subtracted from the output of converter 78 in differential to mechanical phase angle converter 82. The operation of converter 82 is represented by "C(θ1e -θ2e)+D" wherein θ1e and θ2e are the outputs of converters 78 and 80, respectively. "C" is a sensitivity constant which is a function of the effective spacing "s" of phase centers 30 and 32 of beams 11 and 21 and a function of the wavelength of the transmitted signals which is a function of ωc, "D" is the mechanical angle offset of the center axis to the beam cone to the heading of torpedo 12. C and D are inputs to converter 82. The output of converter 82 is the differential phase which is designated by Dθi.sbsb.mechanical.
The other output of converter 80 is the Pythagorean sum of the magnitudes of the in-phase and quadrature signals to converter 80. The lower output of converter 80 is the detection magnitude for the given sample i which is designated by |m|i. |m|i is the "i"th sample of the instantaneous nonsmoothed envelope of the received signal.
The lower output |m|i of converter 80 enters magnitude-only detector 66. In detector 66, the |m|i signal goes to comparator 86 and amplitude normalizer 84 shown in FIG. 6a. FIG. 6b reveals amplitude normalizer 84 in detail. Input |m|i goes to multiplier 88 and comparator 90. Also going to multiplier 88 is "α" which ultimately scales the output of low pass filter 92 so that the estimate Esti will yield the required constant false alarm rate (CFAR). CFAR is the minimum instantaneous signal to background noise ratio required for magnitude-only detection at that instant time. The output of multiplier 88 goes to low pass filter 92 if |m|i is less than β�Esti-k as determined by switch 94 and comparator 90 in FIG. 6b. Factors a1 and a2 are coefficients to the low pass filter having the function A2 (Z)=1-a1 Z-1 -a2 Z-2. If |m|i is greater than β�Esti-k then switch 94 rapidly switches to "else" which is the output of multiplier 96. Switch 94 is controlled by the output of comparator 90. A comparison of inputs by comparator 90 causes switch 94 to select either input C1 or C2 by the following rule: (|m|i <β�Esti-k), then C3 =C1, or else C3 =C2. The switch of the input of filter 92 to the output of multiplier 96 is made in order that target energy be excluded from the background estimate. The background estimate (i.e., the output of normalizer 84) becomes locked until the return pulse energy from the target is passed and thus detector 66 detects when the minimum CFAR signal to noise criterion is met. The threshold detect Td is equal to α/A2 (1) which is equal to the CFAR ratio. A2 is the second order denominator polynomial of the low pass filter, and A2 (1) is 1-a1 -a2 where Z=1 and Z is the Z-transform operator for unit delay. The input A2 (Z)|Z=1 represents 1/Direct Current Gain of Filter 92. The D.C. gain of filter 92 is equal to 1/A2 (1) which is equal to 1/(1-a1 -a2). The other input to multiplier 96 is Esti-k which is the output of delay 98 having the factor Z-k. The input k to delay 98 sets the delay of Esti by k steps. The number k is a function of the order (approximately) of the width of return pulse 24 that significantly depends on the transmitted pulse 24 width. Output Esti-k from delay 98 goes to multiplier 100. Input β also goes to multiplier 100. β is a value of approximately 0.5 which ultimately effects selecting an acceptable amount of signal background magnitude jitter, which if it is less than β�Esti-k then the input signal to normalizer 84 is tracked in that switch 94 connects the output of multiplier 88 to the low pass filter. The output β�Esti-k from multiplier 100 goes to comparator 90 along with |m|i from converter 80. The output of comparator 90 causes switch 94 to switch from the output of multiplier 88 to the output of multiplier 96 only if |m|i is equal to or greater than β�Esti-k ; otherwise, switch 94 returns to the output of multiplier 88.
The resultant output Esti from amplitude normalizer 84 goes to comparator 86. Esti is compared with |m|i from converter 80 resulting in output detMi from comparator 90. Output detMi is binary and is a "1" if the target signal to background noise ratio exceeds the CFAR ratio; otherwise, the output of comparator 86 and magnitude-only detector 66 is a "0". That is, detMi is equal to "1" if |m|i >Esti or otherwise det Mi is equal to "0".
The differential phase or Dθi.sbsb.mechanical or θi goes to instantaneous phase jitter indicator 102 of phase detector 103. Input θi goes to median filter 56 which generates the local median θi of the θi. Median filter 56 is a known device in the art. Filter 56, at one time, holds a given number L of values or samples, including θi, and selects the median value. The number of samples held and considered by filter 56 is the length L of the window of filter 56 and is determined by input L to filter 56. When a new value enters filter 56, the oldest value is eliminated and the next median value is selected from the new set of values. The median value θi is subtracted from the instantaneous phase value θi by subtractor 58 resulting in an output θi which is an instantaneous phase jitter value.
Instantaneous phase jitter value φi goes to phase detector 60. Value φi goes to absolute-value converter 104. From converter 104 signal |φi | goes to summation processor 106 and comparator 62. Signal |φi | is processed into ##EQU1## variance window length setting for processor 106. The output of processor 106 is shifted according to the amount of signal shift entered into shifter 108. From shifter 108 comes the phase variance estimate σ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i which is fed to comparator 64. Tvar is a variance threshold connected to an input of comparator 64. If Tvar is greater than σ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i then the output of comparator 64 is a binary "1", in all other cases, the output is a binary "0".
T.sub.φ to phase detector 60 goes to an input of comparator 62 to be compared with |φi |. If T.sub.φ is greater than |φi |, then the output of comparator 62 is a binary "1". In all other cases, the output is a binary "0". The binary outputs of comparators 62 and 64 go to AND gate 112, which has a signal output detPi. The output of gate 112 is a binary "1" if Tvar is greater than σ2 100 .sbsb.i and T.sub.φ is greater than |φi |; in all other cases the output of gate 112 is a binary "0". The binary "1" detPi signal indicates that the instantaneous phase jitter and phase variance are below certain set thresholds thus indicating the likelihood of a target. The output detPi signal of detector 60 goes to combiner 68 which contains AND gate 114. The output detMi signal of detector 66 goes to combiner 68. AND gate 114 combines both detMi and detPi and outputs the PhsQ-I (phase quieting I) signal. If both detPi and detMi signals are binary "1"',s, then the output signal PhsQ-I is a binary "1" thereby indicating detection of a target; in all other cases, the output signal is a binary "0" thereby indicating no detection of a target.
As FIG. 7 is applied to FIG. 4, the input line "det-multii " is at logic "1" so that (PhsQ-I)=(detMi)-(detPi). As applied to embodiment 120 in FIG. 8, the input line "det-multii " is supplied from the output of multipath detector 124, so then in FIG. 7, (PhsQ-I)=(detPi)-(detMi )-("det-multii ").
FIG. 8 discloses another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 8 is similar to FIG. 4 except that it has multi-path detector 116 as an added feature for more discriminating target detection. The instantaneous phase signal θi enters delay 118 and subtractor 122. Delay 118 shifts θi by one sample resulting in signal θi-1. Delay 118 is a memory cell shift register. Subtractor 122 subtracts signal θi-1 from signal θi, resulting in a measure of adjacent sample phase different λi of the signal so as to gauge the difference between direct path and multipath returns. Multipath returns are typically from the surface or the bottom of the ocean. Multipath returns are not as tightly distributed in time delays as the direct path returns. There is a larger variance in phase signatures of multipath echoes than in direct path echoes.
The λi signal from subtractor 122 goes to squaring function converter 126 of multipath detector 124 as shown in FIG. 9. The phase variance estimate σ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i signal from phase detector 60 goes to minimum value selecting function 128 having a Cl.sub.σ 2 clamping signal for determining the present minimum variance estimate (thus far from the current echo) coming out of converter 128, which is used to normalize the instantaneous sensitivity of detector 124. σ2.sub.φ.sbsb.i is a sum of squares value over window M. M is on the order of the width of the transmitted pulse. The σ2 min signal from converter 128 goes to multiplier 130 which multiplies the minimum variance estimate σ2 min the phase by an appropriate threshold signal T.sub.λ such that thresholding on the square of the adjacent sample phase difference signal λi permits detection of the direct path echo and excludes the detection of multipath echoes. Such comparison is performed by comparator 132 of λ2 i and the multiplier 130 output. The output of comparator 132 is a binary "1" if λ2 i is less than T.sub.λ multiplied by σ2 min ; in all other cases, the output is a binary "0". The binary "1"',s from comparator 132 are counted by counter 134 via incrementing. If a binary zero comes from comparator 132, indicating the failure of a sample to pass the threshold test for indicating a non-multipath signal, then the binary zero is inverted by inverter 136 and goes on to reset counter 134. The output of counter 134 indicates the total number of continuous sequential indications of a non-multipath signal before a multipath signal indication. The counter 134 output goes to comparator 138. Signal T# to comparator 138 is a number indicating the count that must be reached by counter 134 in order for comparator 138 to provide a binary one output. T# sets the minimum number of consecutive adjacent sample phase tests that are required to validate a direct path echo. A binary "1" is output of detector 124 if the count is greater than T# ; a binary "0" is output in other cases of comparator 138 inputs. The binary "1" indicating a direct path echo, or a "0" indicating otherwise, is fed to gate 114 of combiner 68. Thus, a phase quieting II detection of a target requires three favorable phase indications and one favorable magnitude indication as described above.
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