Peer-Reviewed Journal Details
Mandatory Fields
Thurman, E,Riordan, J,Toal, D
2013
January
Ieee Journal Of Oceanic Engineering
Real-Time Adaptive Control of Multiple Colocated Acoustic Sensors for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Published
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Optional Fields
Acoustic interference adaptive control autonomous sensor control robot sensing systems seabed mapping sonar signal analysis CLASSIFICATION NAVIGATION OPERATION SYSTEMS
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In this paper, a novel approach to provide full autonomy in the control and synchronization of multiple payload sonar systems is described, facilitating the close-proximity integration and concurrent operation of multiple high-frequency acoustic sensors on an unmanned underwater vehicle. Recent advances in computational technology and real-time programming techniques afford the ability to process bathymetric data in situ to react to real-time environment data. The novel approach presented interrogates real-time bathymetric data to predict the transmission-reception timing of payload sensor acoustic pulses, thus permitting the ability to synchronize the trigger of the instruments such that neighboring return signals of other sonar are not saturated by sensor crosstalk.
0364-9059
10.1109/JOE.2012.2227585
Grant Details
NDP Marine RTDI, Hydro Acoustics – Use of Multiple Source Acoustic Instruments in Ocean Mapping; IRCSET PhD - Postgraduate Scholarship; SLAM-based Navigation for Underwater Vehicles