FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: measured length of a moving object is determined by the expression L=4Dot1/t2, where t2 is the time interval between moments of onset and detection, at a radar station, signals with frequency NFdo=N2Vofn/C and (N+4)Fdo, over which the object traverses the distance S2 interval from (1-δ)(Do/Vo)(Vi+NVo) to (1+δ)(Do/Vo)[Vi+(N+4)Vo], where fn is the average frequency of the continuous chirp signal emitted by the radar station, selected based on the condition Do/Vo=fn/Fmfd; fd and Fm denote the frequency deviation and modulation frequency of the continuous chirp signal, respectively; Vo is the minimum possible value of the radial velocity of the target; Do is the selected base distance; C and Vi denote the speed of light and velocity of the target, respectively; δ is a coefficient which defines the length of the known distance S1 interval on which the object is detected; N is a positive number which defines the distance between the radar station and the beginning of detection of the target on the distance S2 interval; t1 is the time interval during which the object traverses the distance S1 interval from (1-δ)(Do/Vo)(Vi+NVo) to (1+δ)(Do/Vo)(Vi+NVo), during detection of a signal with frequency NFdo±ΔFdo at the radar station, where ±ΔFDo is the narrow-band spectral range of signals detected at the radar station. The device for measuring the length of a moving object has an antenna, a continuous chirp signal transmitter, a mixer, a differential frequency filter, a narrow-band spectral signal detector, a shift register, two AND gates, two pulse counters, a delay element, a count pulse generator, a multiplier circuit and a divider circuit, a memory unit and constant digital number bus.
EFFECT: wider range of devices for measuring the length of objects.
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