• Title/Summary/Keyword: Beat Frequency

Search Result 171, Processing Time 0.03 seconds

Compact and versatile range-finding speedometer with wide dynamic range

  • Shinohara, Shigenobu;Pan, Derong;Kosaka, Nozomu;Ikeda, Hiroaki;Yoshida, Hirofumi;Sumi, Masao
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 1995.10a
    • /
    • pp.158-161
    • /
    • 1995
  • A new laser diode range-finding speedometer is proposed, which is modulated by a pair of positive and negative triangular pulse current superimposed on a dc current. Since a target velocity is directly obtained form a pure Doppler beat frequency measured during the non-modulation period, the new sensor is free from the difficulties due to the critical velocity encountered in the previous sensor. Furthermore, the different amplitude of the two triangular pluses are so adjusted that the measurable range using only one laser head is greatly expanded to 10cm through 150cm, which is about two times that of the previous sensor. The measurement accuracy for velocity of .+-.6mm/s through .+-.20mm/s and for range is about 1%, and 2%, respectively. Because the new sensor can be operated automatically using a microcomputer, it will be useful for application of a 3-D range image measurement of a slowly moving object.

  • PDF

Measurement of the effective optical thickness of optical media using intermode beat interferometer scheme (두 종모드 레이저 빛 사이의 맥놀이 신호를 이용한 간섭계에 의한 유효 광학 두께 측정)

  • 윤신영;조규만;이용산
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
    • /
    • v.8 no.1
    • /
    • pp.26-30
    • /
    • 1997
  • A wide dynamic range heterodyne interferometer scheme using intermode beat between a stabilized, dual frequency He-Ne laser beam has been applied for a measurement of optical thickness of an optical medium. Resolution of the optical thickness measurement is about $\pm$ 1.74 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. Using this technique, we are able to determine the optical thickness of an organic dye film. We also obtain a map of the optical thickness variations over a surface of the film

  • PDF

Frequency stabilization of HeNe laser for interferometry (간섭계용 헬륨-네온 레이저의 주파수 안정화)

  • 주기남;김승우
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
    • /
    • 2003.06a
    • /
    • pp.260-263
    • /
    • 2003
  • Lasers are used as the source of the interferometers in the industrial field. These lasers need 2 requirements. The first is the narrow linewidth of laser for the long coherence length. The second is the stabilized frequency of laser for the precision measurement. Now HeNe lasers are mostly used and the frequency stability is about 10$^{-9}$ . In this paper, we construct the HeNe laser systems of frequency stabilization using typical 2 method, the beat frequency stabilization method and the intensity difference method. So, we get the frequency stabilities of 2.01$\times$10$^{-9}$ (0.1s), 3.4$\times$10$^{-9}$ (0.1s).

  • PDF

Numerical Analysis of Unsteady Flow around a Transversely Oscillating Circular Cylinder

  • Moon, Ji-Soo;Kim, Jae-Soo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
    • /
    • v.13 no.1
    • /
    • pp.27-33
    • /
    • 2012
  • The relationship between the excitation frequency and the vortex shedding frequency is analyzed during the oscillation of the circular cylinder. Two-dimension unsteady Navier-Stoke's equation is calculated by using the Optimized High Order Compact (OHOC) scheme. The flow condition is Mach number 0.3 and Reynold's number 1000. From the results acquired by calculation, it can be inferred that, when the excitation frequency is near the vortex shedding frequency at the fixed cylinder wake, the oscillation frequency of lift and drag coefficients appears to lock-on. The lock-on refers to a phenomenon in which the aerodynamic coefficient appears as one primary oscillation frequency through excitation and its amplitude is amplified. In the non-lock-on zone, the excitation frequency is not in the lock-on mode anymore and beat is formed in which two or more primary oscillation frequencies of the aerodynamic coefficient are mixed together.

Heart Response Effect by 1/f Fluctuation Sounds for Emotional Labor on Employee (1/f 수준 별 음악 자극이 감정 노동 종사자의 심장 반응에 미치는 효과)

  • Jeon, Byung-Mu;Whang, Min-Cheol
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
    • /
    • v.18 no.3
    • /
    • pp.63-70
    • /
    • 2015
  • This study identified heart response of participants while listening to sounds which have 1/f fluctuations with exponent ${\alpha}$ gradient. The participants were engaged in emotional stress work. Prior studies related to 1/f fluctuation sound have reported that sound source can alleviate psychological and physiological state of users. Subjects of this study were exposed to sound with three levels of ${\alpha}$ gradient. Heart response of subjects were measured with Photoplethysmography(PPG) sensor simultaneously. The dependent variables of this study were beat per minute(BPM), very low frequency percent of pulse rate variability (VLF percent), the standard deviation of all normal RR intervals (SDNN), and high frequency power(HF power). Subject showed arousal response when exposed to sound with exponent ${\alpha}$ gradient of 3 whereas the sound with exponent ${\alpha}$ gradient of 1 and 2 resulted in relax effect. The characteristic of 1/f fluctuation sounds can be applied to alleviate stress for employers under emotional labor.

Non-Contact Vital Signal Sensor Based on Impedance Variation of Resonator (공진기의 임피던스 변화에 근거한 비접촉 생체 신호 센서)

  • Kim, Kee-Yun;Kim, Sang-Gyu;Hong, Yunseog;Yook, Jong-Gwan
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
    • /
    • v.38C no.9
    • /
    • pp.813-821
    • /
    • 2013
  • In this paper, a vital signal sensor based on impedance variation of resonator is presented. Proposed vital signal sensor can detect the vital signal, such as respiration and heart-beat signal. System is composed of resonator, oscillator, surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter, and power detector. The cyclical movement of a dielectric such as a human body, causes the impedance variation of resonator within the near-field range. So oscillator's oscillation frequency variation is effected on resonator's resonant frequency. SAW filter's skirt characteristic of frequency response can be transformed a small amount of frequency deviation to a large variation. Aim to enhance the existing sensor detection range, proposed sensor operates in 870 MHz ISM band, and detect respiration and heart-beat signal at distance of 120 mm.

Frequency Estimation of Human Movements Using Kinect and Its Application (키넥트를 이용한 인간 움직임의 주파수 예측 및 이를 활용한 응용 프로그램 구현)

  • Seo, Myoung-Gyu;Kim, Sang-Yeob;Ju, Jang-Bok;Lee, Chul
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
    • /
    • v.20 no.8
    • /
    • pp.1248-1257
    • /
    • 2017
  • We propose a frequency estimation algorithm of human movements using Kinect. We collect the 3D coordinates of the joints of a human body and then obtain the frequency-domain description of the movements using the discrete Fourier transform (DFT). By choosing the frequency with the biggest magnitude in the selected frequencies of each of human's joint, we obtain the major beat of the human movements. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm accurately estimates the frequency of human movements. We expect that the proposed algorithm would be applied to many AR and VR applications as a preprocessing.

Feasibility study of the beating cancellation during the satellite vibration test

  • Bettacchioli, Alain
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
    • /
    • v.5 no.2
    • /
    • pp.225-237
    • /
    • 2018
  • The difficulties of satellite vibration testing are due to the commonly expressed qualification requirements being incompatible with the limited performance of the entire controlled system (satellite + interface + shaker + controller). Two features cause the problem: firstly, the main satellite modes (i.e., the first structural mode and the high and low tank modes) are very weakly damped; secondly, the controller is just too basic to achieve the expected performance in such cases. The combination of these two issues results in oscillations around the notching levels and high amplitude beating immediately after the mode. The beating overshoots are a major risk source because they can result in the test being aborted if the qualification upper limit is exceeded. Although the abort is, in itself, a safety measure protecting the tested satellite, it increases the risk of structural fatigue, firstly because the abort threshold has been already reached, and secondly, because the test must restart at the same close-resonance frequency and remain there until the qualification level is reached and the sweep frequency can continue. The beat minimum relates only to small successive frequency ranges in which the qualification level is not reached. Although they are less problematic because they do not cause an inadvertent test shutdown, such situations inevitably result in waiver requests from the client. A controlled-system analysis indicates an operating principle that cannot provide sufficient stability: the drive calculation (which controls the process) simply multiplies the frequency reference (usually called cola) and a function of the following setpoint, the ratio between the amplitude already reached and the previous setpoint, and the compression factor. This function value changes at each cola interval, but it never takes into account the sensor signal phase. Because of these limitations, we firstly examined whether it was possible to empirically determine, using a series of tests with a very simple dummy, a controller setting process that significantly improves the results. As the attempt failed, we have performed simulations seeking an optimum adjustment by finding the Least Mean Square of the difference between the reference and response signal. The simulations showed a significant improvement during the notch beat and a small reduction in the beat amplitude. However, the small improvement in this process was not useful because it highlighted the need to change the reference at each cola interval, sometimes with instructions almost twice the qualification level. Another uncertainty regarding the consequences of such an approach involves the impact of differences between the estimated model (used in the simulation) and the actual system. As limitations in the current controller were identified in different approaches, we considered the feasibility of a new controller that takes into account an estimated single-input multi-output (SIMO) model. Its parameters were estimated from a very low-level throughput. Against this backdrop, we analyzed the feasibility of an LQG control in cancelling beating, and this article highlights the relevance of such an approach.

The Design and Implementation of a TV Tuner for the Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting

  • Chong, Young-Jun;Kim, Jae-Young;Lee, Il-Kyoo;Choi, Jae-Ick;Oh, Seung-Hyeub
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
    • /
    • v.1 no.2
    • /
    • pp.131-138
    • /
    • 2001
  • The DTV (Digital TV) tuner for an 8-VSB (Vestigial Side-Band) modulation was developed to meet the requirements of the ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee). The double frequency conversion and the active tracking filter in the front-end were used to cancel interferences between adjacent channels and multi-channels by suppressing the IF beat and the Image frequency. However, It was impossible to get frequency mapping between the tracking filter and the first VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) in the existing DTV tuner structure which differs from the NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) tuner. This paper, therefore, suggests an assailable structure and a new method for the automatic frequency selection by mapping the frequency characteristics over the tracking voltage and the combined HW which is composed of a Micro-controller, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), a DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter), an OP amplifier, and a switch driver.

  • PDF

A study on the Development of Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radar for Distance Measurement (거리 측정용 주파수 변조 연속파 레이더 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Dong-Kook;Han, Tae-Kyoung;Lee, Hyun-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
    • /
    • 2005.06a
    • /
    • pp.1005-1010
    • /
    • 2005
  • In this paper, it is presented a frequency modulated continuous wave radar (FMCW) for distance measurement. The frequency range is $10{\sim}11$ GHz and the sweep time of the signal is 100 ms. The test target is 0.8 m2 of metal plate. The experiment is performed in open ground and the pyramidal horn antenna of about 22 dBi gain is used. The beat frequency according to the target moving to 40 m is measured. There is a good agreement between measured and calculated results. But the resolution of the FMCW radar is not good such as about 10 cm. It is result from the nonlinear signal of voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). To improve the nonlinear characteristic of VCO, a high pass filter and phase locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer are included in the radar system.

  • PDF