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SoftScan Radar Scan Conversion Package

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Embedded Computing radar product portfolio providing ultra-high radar scan-conversion performance using unique GPU accelerated algorithms. Utilizing the power and performance of today’s modern COTS graphics offerings, SoftScan can provide unrivalled scan conversion performance with minimal CPU utilization.

Scan Conversion
Supporting polar format radar video input either directly from radar acquisition hardware or distributed via network, SoftScan outputs radar display data in a number of formats including Plan Position Indicator (PPI), A-Scan and B-Scan. SoftScan utilizes the signal processing power available in modern GPUs to provide powerful algorithms that ensure there are no holes or spokes in the displayed image, even when zooming-in at long range, and that all single point targets are displayed. As well as displaying traditional plan views of radar, SoftScan allows radar images to be shown in real-time as projections from different origins and angles.

Using GPU accelerated algorithms allows SoftScan to provide significantly higher performance compared to CPU hosted implementations. When supported by the GPU, SoftScan handles high-resolution displays such as 2k x 2k or 2k5 x 2k with no impact on overall performance.

Features:

  • GPU accelerated software scan conversion
  • Ultra-high radar display performance
  • PPI, A-Scan, B-Scan Display
  • Multiple radar display windows
  • Multiple radar sources per window
  • Real-time resizable and movable windows
  • Very low CPU utilization
  • Comprehensive software API
  • US and Foreign patents applied for