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KR20170029899A KR1020150127056A KR20150127056A KR20170029899A KR 20170029899 A KR20170029899 A KR 20170029899A KR 1020150127056 A KR1020150127056 A KR 1020150127056A KR 20150127056 A KR20150127056 A KR 20150127056A KR 20170029899 A KR20170029899 A KR 20170029899A
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The present invention an apparatus and method for estimating a linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal parameter of an active sonar system that estimates a parameter of an LFM signal. The apparatus for estimating an LFM signal parameter of an active sonar system comprises: an LFM input part inputting an LFM signal spread from a target through a sensor; a partial Fourier transform part performing a partial Fourier transform on the input LFM signal by using an optimal change order; a time-frequency analysis part extracting a time-frequency parameter in the partial Fourier transformed spectral area; and an LFM parameter estimation part estimating a parameter of the LFM signal by using the extracted time-frequency parameter.

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[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LFM SIGNAL PARAMETER OF ACTIVE SONAR SYSTEM [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for estimating an LFM signal parameter of an active sonar system for estimating a parameter of a linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal.

Active sonar is a technique that generates a transmission signal and processes the signal reflected on the target to detect the spread. In general, active sonar has higher detection performance than passive sonar and is known to be superior in terms of parameter estimation. Therefore, active sonar research is relatively active.

In active sonar, various types of active pulses can be used depending on the purpose. The most widely used pulses are continuous wave (CW) pulses and frequency modulation (FM) series pulses.

The linear frequency modulation (LFM) pulses are the most widely used active pulses of the FM series. However, as the frequency band used is wider, not only the frequency shift due to the Doppler effect but also the slope mismatch phenomenon occurs. There is a disadvantage in that detection performance deteriorates due to occurrence of correlation loss. So far, a method of parameter estimation of LFM signal using various time - frequency conversion techniques has been actively studied. Radon-Ambiguity transform, Wigner-Hough transform, Hough transform through short-time Fourier analysis, and Hilbert-Huang Hough transform have been studied.

However, since various detection techniques using actual sonar and radar are affected by various factors such as the environment and target attitude angle, there are many differences and distortions in the acoustic signals received from the same target. Especially, the technique related to LFM parameter estimation in underwater environment shows complicated characteristics reflecting underwater multi - path environment in which the underwater acoustic signal changes in time and spatially characteristics, which makes it difficult to estimate the actual parameters.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for estimating an LFM signal parameter of an active sonar system capable of estimating a parameter of a linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal used as a transmission signal for target detection in active sonar.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for estimating an LFM signal parameter of an active sonar system, including: an LFM input unit for inputting an LFM signal spread from a target through a sensor; A partial Fourier transform unit for performing partial Fourier transform on the input LFM signal using an optimal change order; A time-frequency analysis unit for extracting a time-frequency parameter in the partial Fourier transformed spectral region; And an LFM parameter estimator for estimating a parameter of the LFM signal using the extracted time-frequency parameter.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of estimating an LFM signal parameter of an active sonar system, comprising: inputting an LFM signal generated from a target through a sensor; Performing partial Fourier transform on the input LFM signal using an optimal change order; Extracting a time-frequency parameter in the partial Fourier transformed spectral region; And estimating a parameter of the LFM signal using the extracted time-frequency parameter.

The present invention extracts a time-frequency parameter in a partial Fourier transform domain using a partial Fourier transform, which has a great advantage in analyzing a signal whose frequency changes with time, such as an LFM signal, and uses it to calculate a center frequency, a bandwidth , The pulse width, the start time, and the start frequency of the LFM signal.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for estimating an LFM signal parameter of an active sonar system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a graph of the relationship between the chirp rate and the partial Fourier transform order.
3 is a graph showing the relationship between the partial Fourier transform domain and the time-frequency domain in the negative frequency domain.
4 is a graph showing the relationship between the LFM signal and the partial Fourier transform domain in the positive frequency domain.
5 is a graph of the starting point estimation of an LFM signal.
6 is a graph for starting frequency estimation of an LFM signal;

Acoustic signals emitted into the water in an active sonar transmitter are echoed by some target to the receiver, where detection of the echoed target signal component from the received signal is the primary target of target detection. In order to detect such a target signal component it is necessary to detect the parameters of the received linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal.

The present invention analyzes a LFM signal used as a transmission pulse in an active sonar using a partial Fourier transform, and proposes a parameter estimation method of an LFM signal based on the analysis.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for estimating LFM signal parameters of an active sonar system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an LFM signal parameter estimating apparatus of an active sonar system includes an LFM input unit (not shown) for receiving and inputting an LFM signal emitted from a target located underwater, 100, a partial Fourier transform unit 200 for performing partial Fourier transform on the input LFM signal using an optimal change order, a time-frequency analysis unit 300 for extracting time-frequency parameters in the partial Fourier transformed region, And an LFM parameter estimator 400 for estimating a parameter of the LFM signal using the extracted time-frequency parameter.

The parameter of the LFM signal includes a center frequency, a bandwidth, a pulse duration, a start time, and a start frequency of the LFM signal.

Hereinafter, a method of estimating a parameter of an LFM signal using a partial Fourier transform according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In general, the LFM call is expressed by the following equation (1).

[Equation 1]

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At this time,

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(T) is the instantaneous frequency of s (t)
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[Hz] can be obtained. In other words,
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Is the start frequency of the LFM signal, and 2a is the chirp rate (ringing rate). These LFM signals have characteristics in which the instantaneous frequency varies linearly with time, and are used as transmission pulses for detection of targets in radar and active sonar systems.

First, the partial Fourier transform unit 200 performs a partial Fourier transform on the input LFM signal using an optimal change order.

2 is a graph of the relationship between the chirp rate and the partial Fourier transform order.

In Fig. 2, the LFM signal with the chirp rate of 2a is

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Point on axis
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In order to have the maximum value in the direction perpendicular to the chirp rate
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largesse
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You have to find the value,
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The optimal transform order
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. The optimal conversion order of the LFM signal having the chirp rate of 2 &
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) Has a sampling frequency of
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, And the total length of the analysis frame is N discrete regions, as shown in Equation (2).

&Quot; (2) "

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(2)

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- Partial Fourier transform spectral characteristics of order
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The peak spectrum, that is, the maximum value, by the LFM component of the positive frequency band
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from
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Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > bandwidth. ≪ / RTI > here
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It can be a significant advantage over the conventional Fourier transform method in detecting the target signal of the active sonar in the presence of noise.

Next, the time-frequency analysis unit 300 extracts time-frequency parameters in the partial Fourier transformed region.

3 is a graph showing the relationship between the partial Fourier transform domain and the time-frequency domain in the negative frequency domain.

As shown in FIG. 3, the LFM signal starting at t = 0

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Assume that there is an LFM signal with a time delay as long as. In this case, since both LFM signals have the same chirp rate,
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(Peak spectrum) at the maximum value,
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The maximum value is obtained at different positions in the partial Fourier transform domain due to the time delay of the time domain,
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The instantaneous frequency at
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As shown in FIG.

The position where the peak spectrum appears by each LFM signal component in the partial Fourier transform domain is

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, The distance between the positions where the peak spectrum appears is
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. Therefore, the distance from the two peak spectra in the partial Fourier transform domain
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) Is the time delay (
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), Instantaneous frequency difference (
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) And the following equations (3) and (4), respectively.

&Quot; (3) "

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&Quot; (4) "

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Hence, using Equations (3) and (4), the difference between the frequency axis and the time axis through the distance between each peak spectrum in the partial Fourier transform domain

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,
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), Which can be easily obtained by interpreting the time delay and the instantaneous frequency difference of the superimposed LFM signal components in the partial Fourier transform domain.

4 is a graph showing the relationship between the LFM signal and the partial Fourier transform domain in the positive frequency domain.

Referring to FIG. 4, the bandwidth and pulse width of the LFM signal are

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when,
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- a partial Fourier transform domain of order
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On axis
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from
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Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > bandwidth. ≪ / RTI >
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and
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To the equations (3) and (4) using the distance
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and
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, The relationship between the instantaneous frequency difference and the time delay of the two straight lines extending along the direction perpendicular to the r axis is obtained. In other words,
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,
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The length of the inter-
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, And on the time axis
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Respectively. It is easy to see that this is equivalent to twice the actual bandwidth and pulse width, respectively, by the theorem of isosceles triangles.

As a result, the LEM parameter estimation unit 400

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- the starting point of the spectrum of bandwidth appearing in the partial Fourier transform spectrum of the order
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And endpoint
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The pulse width of the LFM signal
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And bandwidth
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, Which can be summarized in Equations 5 and 6.

&Quot; (5) "

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&Quot; (6) "

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5 is a graph for estimating the starting point of the LFM signal.

Figures 4 and 5 consider the rotation origin N / 2 in the analysis frame of length N. [ In the analysis frame, the starting point (time) of the LFM signal is

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And the instantaneous (start) frequency at that time is
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When you say,
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- Partial Fourier transform spectra of order
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In the peak spectrum,
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From
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A spectrum of bandwidth type appears.

first

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To estimate
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Wow
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Centered
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Looking for,
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And the rotation origin (N / 2) are substituted into the equation (3)
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And the rotation origin
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, And finally, through Equation (7)
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Can be estimated.

&Quot; (7) "

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Likewise

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Wow
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(Time) of the LFM signal through the distance of
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) Can be estimated.

6 is a graph of the start frequency estimation of the LFM signal.

6

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This time, to estimate
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Wow
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Is substituted into the equation (4)
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Twice the size of
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And can be obtained by the following expression (8)
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Can be estimated. The end frequency of the LFM signal (
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) Also
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Wow
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Can be obtained by using the distance of

&Quot; (8) "

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Therefore, the LFM parameter estimator 400 estimates the extracted bandwidth, the start frequency, The center frequency is detected using the frequency.

As described above, the present invention extracts time-frequency parameters in a partial Fourier transform domain using a partial Fourier transform, which has a great advantage in analyzing a signal whose frequency varies with time, such as an LFM signal, Such as the center frequency, bandwidth, pulse width, start time, and start frequency of the LFM signal.

It will be appreciated that the configurations and methods of the embodiments described above are not to be limited and that the embodiments may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

100: LEM input unit 200: Partial Fourier transform unit
300: time-frequency analysis unit 400: LFM parameter estimation unit

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An LFM input unit for inputting a linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal spread from a target through a sensor;
A partial Fourier transform unit for performing partial Fourier transform on the input LFM signal using an optimal change order;
A time-frequency analysis unit for extracting a time-frequency parameter in the partial Fourier transformed spectral region; And
And an LFM parameter estimator estimating a parameter of the LFM signal using the extracted time-frequency parameter.
The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter of the LFM signal is
A center frequency of the LFM signal, a bandwidth, a pulse width, a start time, and a start frequency of the LFM signal.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time-frequency analyzer
In the partial Fourier transform spectrum,
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Point on axis
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The peak spectrum is extracted by the LFM component
Figure pat00083
from
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And extracting a spectrum having a bandwidth up to a maximum value of the LFM signal parameter of the active sonar system.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time-frequency analyzer
Wherein a time delay and an instantaneous frequency difference are detected using the following equation when a plurality of LFM signals are present.
Figure pat00085
,
Figure pat00086

here,
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Is the peak-to-peak distance of the two LFM signals in the partial Fourier transform domain, Time delay,
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Represents the instantaneous frequency difference.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LFM parameter estimator
The starting point of the bandwidth spectrum in the partial Fourier transform spectrum (
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) And endpoints
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), The pulse width of the LFM signal (
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) And bandwidth (
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Of the LFM signal parameters of the active sonar system.
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,
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2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LFM parameter estimator
In the partial Fourier transform spectrum
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Point on axis (
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) And the starting point of the bandwidth spectrum
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(
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),
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And the rotation origin (N / 2)
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) To determine the start time of the LEM signal (
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), And in the same way
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Wow
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The end time of the LFM signal through the distance of
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And estimating an LFM signal parameter of the active sonar system.
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2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LFM parameter estimator
In the partial Fourier transform spectrum
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Point on axis (
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) And the starting point of the bandwidth spectrum
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) And the distance
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And the starting point of the spectrum
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) Is divided by a sine value to estimate a starting frequency and an ending frequency, respectively, and estimating the LFM signal parameter of the active sonar system.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LFM parameter estimator
Extracted bandwidth, start frequency and ?? And the center frequency is detected by using the frequency.
Inputting a linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal spread from a target through a sensor;
Performing partial Fourier transform on the input LFM signal using an optimal change order;
Extracting a time-frequency parameter in the partial Fourier transformed spectral region; And
Estimating a parameter of the LFM signal using the extracted time-frequency parameter; and estimating a parameter of the LFM signal using the extracted time-frequency parameter.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the parameter of the LFM signal is
A center frequency of the LFM signal, a bandwidth, a pulse width, a start time, and a start frequency of the LFM signal.
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