• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.391-407
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• 2019

Tracking the location (position) of a surface or underwater marine vehicle is important as part of guidance and navigation. While the Global Positioning System (GPS) works well in an open sea environment but its use is limited whenever testing scaled-down models of such vehicles in the laboratory environment. This paper presents the design, development and implementation of a low energy ultrasonic augmented single beacon-based localization technique suitable for such requirements. The strategy consists of applying Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) to achieve location tracking from basic dynamic distance measurements of the moving model from a fixed beacon, while on-board motion sensor measures heading angle and velocity. Iterative application of the Extended Kalman Filter yields x and y co-ordinate positions of the moving model. Tests performed on a free-running ship model in a wave basin facility of dimension 30 m by 30 m by 3 m water depth validate the proposed model. The test results show quick convergence with an error of few centimeters in the estimated position of the ship model. The proposed technique has application in the real field scenario by replacing the ultrasonic sensor with industrial grade long range acoustic modem. As compared with the existing systems such as LBL, SBL, USBL and others localization techniques, the proposed technique can save deployment cost and also cut the cost on number of acoustic modems involved.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.272-278
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• 2015

The aim of this study is to find out the behavior and acoustic backscattering of the large jellyfish Nemopliema nomurai using hydroacoustics in situ. N. nomurai was distributed at depths ranging from 10~15 m during the day. Regarding the behavior of N. nomurai, there was no significant change in depth, and 3D tortuosity was not high. The vertical direction was ${\pm}10^{\circ}$ from the horizontal, and moving speed was $0.9{\sim}1.5\;m\;s^{-1}$. With regard to hydro-acoustical characteristics, the mean TS of N. nomurai ranged from -69.6~-56.0 dB at 38 kHz and -69.4~-54.5 dB at 120 kHz. TS variation (Max TS-Min TS) at 38 and 120 kHz was 0~10.2 dB and 0.2~16.0 dB, respectively. Mean TS and TS variation (Max TS-Min TS) of N. nomurai were higher at 120 kHz than at 38 kHz. The results showed that the use of hydroacoustics was effective in estimating the distribution depth, behavior, and acoustic characteristics of the target.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.499-505
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• 2018

서로 떨어져 설치된 두 개의 음향 센서에 도달하는 신호의 상호 지연 시간을 추정하는 것은 실내 음향과 소나 등에서 목표물 위치 추정 문제나 추적 및 동기화에 이르기까지 다방면에서 쓰이고 있다. 시간 지연을 구하는 방법에서는 두 수신 신호 사이의 상호 상관을 이용한 방법이 대표적이다. 그러나 이 방법은 수신 음향 센서에 잡음이 부과 되는 것에 충분한 고려가 없었다. 본 논문은 수신 음향 센서에 모두 잡음이 부과된 경우를 고려한 새로운 시간 지연 추정 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 일반 상호 상관법과 적응 고유치 분석법과 비교를 통해서 새로 제안한 알고리즘이 유색 신호에 부가된 가우시안 잡음환경에서 우수성이 있음을 확인한다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.423-430
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• 2011

The most satisfactory split-beam transducer for fish sizing maintains a wide bearing angle region for correct fish tracking without interference from side lobes and lower sensitivity to fish echoes outside of the main lobe region to correctly measure the angular location of free-swimming fishes in the sound beam. To evaluate the performance of an experimentally developed 50 kHz split-beam transducer, the angular location of a target was derived from the electrical phase difference between the resultant signals for the pair of transducer quadrants in the horizontal and vertical planes consisting of 32 transducer elements. The electrical phase difference was calculated by cross-spectral density analysis for the signals from the pair of receiving transducer quadrants, and the directivity correction factor for a developed split-beam transducer was estimated as the fourth-order polynomial of the off-axis beam angle for the angular location of the target. The experimental results demonstrate that the distance between the acoustic centers for the pair of receiving transducer quadrants can be controlled to less than one wavelength by optimization with amplitude-weighting transformers, and a smaller center spacing provides a range of greater angular location for tracking of a fish target. In particular, a side lobe level of -25.2 dB and an intercenter spacing of $0.96\lambda$($\lambda$= wavelength) obtained in this study suggest that the angular location of fish targets distributing within a range of approximately ${\pm}28^{\circ}$ without interference from side lobes can be measured.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.393-407
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• 2020

불법 무인기에 의한 위협을 줄이기 위해, 음향 기반 기법에 의한 추적시스템을 구현하였다. 드론 음향 추적 방식에는 3가지 주요 사항이 있다. 첫째, 가변 빔 형성을 통해 공간을 스캔하여 음원을 찾아 마이크 어레이를 사용하여 소리를 녹음한다. 둘째, 음원의 존재 유·무 여부를 알기 위해 은닉 마르코프 모델(HMM)로 분류한다. 마지막으로 음원이 드론인 경우, 적응형 빔 패턴을 기반의 추적기준 신호로 기록 및 저장된 음원을 사용한다. 시뮬레이션은 배경 노이즈 및 간섭 사운드가 없는 이상적인 상태와 배경 노이즈 및 간섭 사운드가 있는 비이상적인 조건 모두에서 수행되며 불법적인 드론의 추적 성능을 평가하였다. 드론 추적 시스템은 마이크 어레이 성능에 따른 탐색 거리 성능향상 및 음향 패턴 일치 정도에 따른 드론 유무 판정 기준을 설계하여 음성판독 회로설계에 반영하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1706-1727
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• 2023

Under Water Sensor Networks (UWSN) has gained attraction among various communities for its potential applications like acoustic monitoring, 3D mapping, tsunami detection, oil spill monitoring, and target tracking. Unlike terrestrial sensor networks, it performs an acoustic mode of communication to carry out collaborative tasks. Typically, surface sink nodes are deployed for aggregating acoustic phenomena collected from the underwater sensors through the multi-hop path. In this context, UWSN is constrained by factors such as lower bandwidth, high propagation delay, and limited battery power. Also, the vulnerabilities to compromise the aquatic environment are in growing numbers. The paper proposes an Energy-Efficient standalone Intrusion Detection System (EEIDS) to entail the acoustic environment against malicious attacks and improve the network lifetime. In EEIDS, attributes such as node ID, residual energy, and depth value are verified for forwarding the data packets in a secured path and stabilizing the nodes' energy levels. Initially, for each node, three agents are modeled to perform the assigned responsibilities. For instance, ID agent verifies the node's authentication of the node, EN agent checks for the residual energy of the node, and D agent substantiates the depth value of each node. Next, the classification of normal and malevolent nodes is performed by determining the score for each node. Furthermore, the proposed system utilizes the sheep-flock heredity algorithm to validate the input attributes using the optimized probability values stored in the training dataset. This assists in finding out the best-fit motes in the UWSN. Significantly, the proposed system detects and isolates the malicious nodes with tampered credentials and nodes with lower residual energy in minimal time. The parameters such as the time taken for malicious node detection, network lifetime, energy consumption, and delivery ratio are investigated using simulation tools. Comparison results show that the proposed EEIDS outperforms the existing acoustic security systems.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제31B권1호
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• pp.23-33
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• 1994

In this paper, we propose a probabilistic model appropriate for the bearing estimator which uses cross-correlation method following a close investigation on real underwater acoustic bearing data. The well-known JPDA(Joint Probabilistic Data Association) filter is tuned to the underwater acoustic bearing estimation based on the result that the reliability of the bearing measurement is related to the amplitude of the cross-correlation peak. The proposed probabilistic model is shown to be adequate by presenting the results of the improved tracking performance of the modified filter for various real bearing data as well as artificially generated ones.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.76-84
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• 2000

As first step of any acoustic defence system, a attacking target warning system needs to be extremely reliable. This means the system must ensure a high probability of target classification together with a very low false alarm rate. In this paper, a algorithms for underwater target automatic classification is available for use in the passive sonar will be presented. In first, we will describe the precise automatic extraction of frequency lines for the detection of acoustic signatures. Also, a neural network and fuzzy based algorithms for target classification will be described. Thus the performances of these algorithms are very good with a high probability of classification.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.429-439
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• 2014

The target echoes contain information on the target such as the orientation, kinematics, and internal structure, as well as the external geometrical shape of the target. In addition, the pattern of the target echoes depends on the arrangement of the transmitters and receivers in space. Therefore, the study of the target echoes in a multi-static SONAR system can be useful for detecting and tracking submerged objects using an underwater surveillance system. For this purpose, an acoustic measuring system for multi-static target echoes was designed and tested in an acoustic water tank. Some preliminary data are presented and discussed.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.631-635
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• 2012

수중에서의 통신은 해수면과 해저면 등에 의한 신호의 반사가 생겨 다중경로 전달현상이 발생한다. 이러한 다중경로 전달의 영향으로 신호는 왜곡되고 원활한 수신을 방해하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 다중경로 환경에서 효율적인 패킷 설계를 위하여 채널 부호화 기법으로는 부호화 후의 크기 N = 1944 비트, 전송하고자 하는 데이터의 크기 K = 972 비트를 가지는 부호화율 1/2 인 LDPC(Low Density Parity Check codes) 부호를 이용하였으며, 다중경로로 인한 위상 오차 추정은 decision directed 방식을 이용하여 위상 추정을 하였다. 실제 동해 바다에서 송수신 거리가 200m, 500m 그리고 데이터 속도를 1Kbps, 4Kbps로 설정하여 각 거리 및 데이터 속도에 따른 QEF(Quasi Error Free)가 되는 지점에서의 최적의 패킷 구성을 위한 데이터 길이를 제시하였다.