Radar range Extended target detection using Prototypical Network

In radar ground stationary or slow-moving target detection, the target detection algorithm based on High-Resolution Range Profile (HRRP) is an important technical approach. Traditional target detection algorithms based on HRRP are difficult to apply in target detection tasks under multiple terrains. To this end, this paper proposes a feature detection algorithm based on deep learning for target polarized HRRP. This paper studies an end-to-end target detection algorithm based on prototypical networks. This algorithm utilizes prototypical networks to extract deep features from input HRRP and constructs the feature distribution of clutter. Then, it calculates the distance between the features of the input test sample and the clutter feature center, and compares it with the threshold calculated based on the false alarm probability to complete the detection. Under the backgrounds of bare soil and highway, the algorithm improves by 22% compared to the traditional energy detection algorithm for two types of vehicle targets at a signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) of 0dB.