Forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system and method thereof

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 10890647
  • Patent Number
    10,890,647
  • Date Filed
    Friday, November 17, 2017
    7 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 12, 2021
    3 years ago
Abstract
The present invention relates to a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system and method thereof. Two transmitting ends and two receiving ends are adopted, anchored at a sea bottom, and arranged in a parallelogram layout. Time of a target crossing transmitting-receiving connection lines is extracted by adopting a proper direct wave suppression method; and unknown parameters of the horizontal distance, the target velocity and the included angle between the target track and the transmitting-receiving connection lines are estimated at corresponding moving time intervals when the target crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines according to different crossing modes. An arrangement mode is simple and flexible, and monitoring of sea areas and sea channels can be realized. The information of the time of the target crossing the transmitting-receiving connection lines, extracted by the method, is more accurate and reliable.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention belongs to range measurement methods of underwater targets, and relates to a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system and method thereof. The present invention can be used for detecting underwater moving targets that intrude into double-base transmitting-receiving connection lines, can realize range measurement, direction measurement and velocity measurement of the targets, and can be applicable to double-transmitter double-receiver and multi-transmitter multi-receiver detection cases, wherein a transmitting end may refer to a single transducer or a transmitting array; and a receiving end may refer to a single hydrophone or a receiving array. The present invention belongs to the fields of underwater sound engineering, ocean engineering, sonar technologies, etc.


BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Forward acoustic scattering is mainly used for detecting underwater invading targets which are close to transmitting-receiving connection lines or which cross the transmitting-receiving connection lines. In this case, since forward scattering intensity of the targets is greater than intensity in a reverse direction and other directions, a forward scattering wave and a direct wave which arrive at receiving ends interfere with each other and enable a receiving sound field to fluctuate. After direct wave suppression, distortion of the forward scattering wave or the receiving sound field can be extracted.


When the position of the target is close to the transmitting-receiving connection lines, the range resolution of the detection system for the target is infinite. Even if a forward scattering signal of the target can be extracted through a direct wave suppression method, distance information of the invading target cannot be extracted from the forward scattering signal. Therefore, in a forward acoustic scattering based target detection system under a single-transmitter single-receiver configuration, range measurement cannot be performed for the target and velocity and course information of the target cannot be known.


In published literature data, the distance information of the target that invades into the transmitting-receiving connection lines is extracted in a single-transmitter double-receiver configuration mode. In this configuration condition, two transmitting-receiving connection lines exist. It is assumed that a length of the transmitting-receiving connection lines is l, a spacing of two hydrophones is h and h is greatly less than l. A horizontal distance from a crossing point of the target on the transmitting-receiving connection line to the transmitting end is marked as d, and it is assumed that the moving velocity v of the target is a known quantity. Time of the target crossing two transmitting-receiving connection lines are measured as t1 and t2, and then a course of the target between the two transmitting-receiving connection lines can be indicated as v(t2−t1). According to a triangle similarity relationship, d=v(t2−t1) l/h can be directly obtained. Crossing time t1 and t2 can be extracted through an extraction method of sound field distortion, and substituted into a formula to obtain estimated values about the target distance.


However, in practical application, the method has two obvious defects: 1. the moving velocity information of the target in practical application belongs to an unknown quantity and cannot be known in advance. 2. The method for extracting the crossing time of the target by directly observing sound field fluctuation is not reliable. Therefore, in practical application, the method for extracting the distance information of the moving target that crosses the transmitting-receiving connection lines in a single-transmitter multi-receiver mode is infeasible.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention proposes a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver networking target detection system and method thereof to avoid defects of the prior art, which can be applicable to double-transmitter double-receiver and multi-transmitter multi-receiver detection cases. The present invention can be used for detecting underwater moving targets that intrude into transmitting-receiving connection lines, and can realize range measurement, direction measurement and velocity measurement of the targets.


A forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver networking type target detection system comprises two transmitting ends and two receiving ends, wherein the two transmitting ends and the two receiving ends are anchored at a sea bottom, and formed in a parallelogram layout; the two transmitting ends are respectively marked as Tx1 and Tx2; the two receiving ends are respectively marked as Rx1 and Rx2; Tx1-Rx1, Rx1-Rx2, Rx2-Tx2 and Tx2-Tx1 form four edges of the parallelogram; Tx1-Rx2 and Tx2-Rx1 are two diagonal lines of the parallelogram; a length of Tx1-Rx1 is marked as l; a length of Rx1-Rx2 is marked as h; an included angle between Tx1-Tx2 and Tx2-Rx2 is marked as α; and four transmitting-receiving connection lines are formed: Tx1-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2, Tx2-Rx1 and Tx2-Rx2; and depths of the transmitting ends and the receiving ends are equal.


The number of transmitting sound sources of the transmitting ends is in a range of 2-50; the number of receiving hydrophone arrays is in a range of 2-50; and a multi-transmitter multi-receiver forward detection system is formed.


A spacing of the transmitting sound sources is 10-10000 meters.


A spacing of the receiving hydrophone arrays is 10-10000 meters.


A method for detection by using the forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system comprises the following steps of estimating unknown parameters of d, v and γ when a target successively crosses Tx1-Rx1, Tx2-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2 and Tx2-Rx2 at uniform velocity v along a straight line, with a horizontal distance from a crossing point of the target on the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 to Rx1 marked as d and an included angle between a target track and the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 marked as γ:


step 1: extracting time of the target crossing transmitting-receiving connection lines by adopting a direct wave suppression method, wherein since four transmitting-receiving connection lines exist under a double-transmitter double-receiver configuration, four time are successively marked as t1, t2, t3 and t4 according to a time sequence;


step 2: calculating corresponding moving time intervals when the target crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines as Δt21=t2−t1, Δt32=t3-t2 and Δt43=t4−t3;


step 3: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43 and l into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of a target distance d:






d
=



Δ







t
21



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


-

Δ






t
43



)




Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)





l





wherein l is a length of Tx1-Rx1;


step 4: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43, l, h and α into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of an inclined angle α of a target track:






γ
=


tan

-
1


(

1



l

h





sin





α






Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
43




Δ






t
32




-

1

tan





α




)





wherein h is a length of Rx1-Rx2 and α is an included angle between Tx1-Tx2 and Tx2-Rx2; and


step 5: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43, l, h and α into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of a moving velocity v of the target:






v
=





h
2


Δ






t
32
2



sin
2


α

+


[


l


(


Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
43



)


-

h





Δ






t
32


cos





α


]

2




Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)








A method for detection by using the forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system comprises the following steps of estimating unknown parameters of d, v and γ when a target successively crosses Tx1-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2, Tx2-Rx1 and Tx2-Rx2 at uniform velocity v along a straight line, with a horizontal distance from a crossing point of the target on the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 to Rx1 marked as d and an included angle between a target track and the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 marked as γ;


step 1: extracting time of the target crossing transmitting-receiving connection lines by adopting a direct wave suppression method, wherein since four transmitting-receiving connection lines exist under a double-transmitter double-receiver configuration, four time are successively marked as t1, t2, t3 and t4 according to a time sequence;


step 2: calculating corresponding moving time intervals when the target crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines as Δt21=t2−t1, Δt32=t3−t2 and Δt43=t4−t3;


step 3: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43 and l into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of a target distance d:






d
=


-



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32



)



(


Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
32


-

Δ






t
43



)



Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)






l





wherein l is a length of Tx1-Rx1;


step 4: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43, l, h and a into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of an inclined angle α of a target track:






γ
=


tan

-
1


(

1



l

h





sin





α






Δ






t
43


-

Δ






t
21




Δ






t
32




-

1

tan





α




)





wherein h is a length of Rx1-Rx2 and α is an included angle between Tx1-Tx2 and Tx2-Rx2; and


step 5: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43, l, h and α into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of a moving velocity v of the target:






v
=






h
2


Δ






t
32
2



sin
2


α

+


[


l


(


Δ






t
43


-

Δ






t
21



)


-

h





Δ






t
32


cos





α


]

2




Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)




.





The present invention proposes a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver networking target detection system and method thereof. Two transmitting ends and two receiving ends are adopted, anchored at a sea bottom, and arranged in a layout of a parallelogram. Time of a target crossing transmitting-receiving connection lines are extracted by adopting a proper direct wave suppression method; and unknown parameters of the horizontal distance, the target velocity and the included angle between the target track and the transmitting-receiving connection lines are estimated at corresponding moving time intervals when the target crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines according to different crossing modes.


The present invention has the beneficial effects that:


(1) An arrangement mode is simple and flexible, and quick monitoring of some important sea areas and sea channels can be realized. The transmitting ends and the receiving ends are anchored at the sea bottom, and respective position coordinates can be obtained through GPS. Thus, information of the arrangement form, distance, angle and the like can also be easily calculated.


(2) Required parameters are only information of moving time of the target through a geometrical relationship between a receiving configuration and a transmitting configuration. The information of the distance, the velocity, the inclined angle of the track and the like of the target can be simultaneously estimated by combining the information of the moving time of the target with layout parameters.


(3) After a direct wave suppression method based on adaptive interference cancellation is applied, a direct wave is inhibited to an output background and a sound field distortion caused by that the target crosses the transmitting-receiving connection lines is represented by an output peak value. The information of the time of the target crossing the transmitting-receiving connection lines, extracted by the method, are more accurate and reliable.





DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS


FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver detection network (parallelogram layout-crossing case 1);



FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver detection network (parallelogram layout-crossing case 2);



FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver detection network (rectangle layout-crossing case 1); and



FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver detection network (rectangle layout-crossing case 2).





DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is further described in combination with embodiments and drawings.


A target detection system comprises two transmitting ends and two receiving ends; the two transmitting ends and the two receiving ends are anchored at a sea bottom, and formed in a parallelogram layout; the two transmitting ends are respectively marked as Tx1 and Tx2; the two receiving ends are respectively marked as Rx1 and Rx2; Tx1-Rx1, Rx1-Rx2, Rx2-Tx2 and Tx2-Tx1 form four edges of the parallelogram; Tx1-Rx2 and Tx2-Rx1 are two diagonal lines of the parallelogram; a length of Tx1-Rx1 is marked as l; a length of Rx1-Rx2 is marked as h; an included angle between Tx1-Tx2 and Tx2-Rx2 is marked as α; formed four transmitting-receiving connection lines are: Tx1-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2, Tx2-Rx1 and Tx2-Rx2; and depths of the transmitting ends and the receiving ends are equal.


Firstly, derivation processes of estimation formulas of a target distance d, a moving velocity v and a track angle γ are given.


In FIG. 1, two transmitting ends Tx1 and Tx2 are respectively located at A point and B point; and two receiving ends Rx1 and Rx2 are respectively located at C point and D point. Positions and connection lines of the transmitting ends and the receiving ends form a parallelogram, wherein |AC|=1, |CD|=h, and an included angle between AB and BD is marked as α. In this way, four transmitting-receiving connection lines are formed: AC(Tx1-Rx1), BC(Tx1-Rx2), AD(Tx1-Rx2) and BD (Tx2-Rx2).


The target successively crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines of AC, BC, AD and BD at a constant velocity v along a straight track, and crossing points of the target and the four transmitting-receiving connection lines are marked as E, F, G and H. A horizontal distance from the crossing point E of the target on AC to the crossing point C (Rx1) is marked as d, and an included angle between the target track and AC is marked as γ. Vertical lines are respectively made to AC from three crossing points F, G and H, and crossed at P point, Q point and R point.


According to a triangle similarity relationship: ΔCFE111□ΔBFH, a formula is obtained











BH


=




Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43




Δ






t
21





d
.






(
1
)







According to a triangle similarity relationship: ΔAGE□ΔDGH, a formula is obtained











DH


=



Δ






t
43




Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32







(

l
-
d

)

.






(
2
)







Since |BH|+|DH|=1, formula (1) and formula (2) are substituted into the formula to obtain









d
=



Δ







t
21



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


-

Δ






t
43



)




Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)






l
.






(
3
)







In a right triangle ΔEHR, |ER|=h sin α/tan γ, and substituted into |ER|+|DH|+h cos α=d to obtain









γ
=



tan

-
1


(

1



l

h





sin





α






Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
43




Δ






t
32




-

1

tan





α




)

.





(
4
)







In a right triangle ΔEHR,












EH


2

=




HR


2




(

1
+

1


tan
2


γ



)

.






(
5
)







Formula (4) is substituted into formula (5) to obtain











EH


=


1

Δ






t
32








Δ






t
32
2



h
2



sin
2


α

+


[


l


(


Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
43



)


-

h





Δ






t
32


cos





α


]

2



.






(
6
)








Since







EH



=

v


(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)



,
then











v
=





Δ






t
32
2



h
2



sin
2


α

+


[


l


(


Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
43



)


-

h





Δ






t
32


cos





α


]

2




Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)




.





(
7
)







In FIG. 2, two transmitting ends Tx1 and Tx2 are respectively located at A point and B point; and two receiving ends Rx1 and Rx2 are respectively located at C point and D point. Positions and connection lines of the transmitting ends and the receiving ends form a parallelogram, wherein |AC|=1, |CD|=h, and an included angle between AB and BD is marked as a. In this way, four transmitting-receiving connection lines are formed: AC(Tx1-Rx1), BC(Tx1-Rx2), AD(Tx1-Rx2) and BD (Tx2-Rx2).


The target successively crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines of AC, AD, BC and BD at a constant velocity v along a straight track, and crossing points of the target and the four transmitting-receiving connection lines are marked as E, F, G and H. A horizontal distance from the crossing point E of the target on AC to the crossing point C (Rx1) is marked as d, and an included angle between the target track and AC is marked as γ. Vertical lines are respectively made to AC from three crossing points F, G and H, and crossed at P point, Q point and R point.


According to a triangle similarity relationship: ΔAFE□ΔDFH, a formula is obtained











DH


=




Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43




Δ






t
21






(

l
-
d

)

.






(
8
)







According to a triangle similarity relationship: ΔCGE□ΔBGH, a formula is obtained











BH


=



Δ






t
43




Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32






d
.






(
9
)







Since |BH|+|DH|=1, formula (8) and formula (9) are substituted into the formula to obtain









d
=


-



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32



)



(


Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
32


-

Δ






t
43



)



Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)







l
.






(
10
)







In a right triangle ΔEHR, |ER|=h sin α/tan(π−γ) and substituted into |BH|−h cos α+|ER|=1−d to obtain









γ
=



tan

-
1


(

1





Δ






t
43


-

Δ






t
21




Δ






t
32





l

h





sin





α



-

1

tan





α




)

.





(
11
)







In a right triangle ΔEHR,












EH


2

=




HR


2




(

1
+

1


tan
2


γ



)

.






(
12
)







Formula (11) is substituted into formula (12) to obtain











EH


=


1

Δ






t
32








Δ






t
32
2



h
2



sin
2


α

+


[


l


(


Δ






t
43


-

Δ






t
21



)


-

h





Δ






t
32


cos





α


]

2



.






(
13
)








Since







EH



=

v


(


Δ





t





21

+

Δ





t





32

+

Δ





t





43


)



,
then











v
=





Δ






t
32
2



h
2



sin
2


α

+


[


l


(


Δ






t
43


-

Δ






t
21



)


-

h





Δ






t
32


cos





α


]

2




Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)




.





(
14
)







When α=90°, a parallelogram layout shown in FIG. 1 is simplified as a rectangle layout shown in FIG. 3. In this case, a calculation formula of the target distance d, the inclined angle γ of the track and the moving velocity v can be simplified as follows:










d
=



Δ







t
21



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


-

Δ






t
43



)




Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)





l


,




(
15
)







γ
=


tan

-
1




(


h
l




Δ






t
32




Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
43





)



,




(
16
)






v
=





Δ






t
32
2



h
2


+



(


Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
43



)

2



l
2





Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)




.





(
17
)







When α=90°, a parallelogram layout shown in FIG. 2 is simplified as a rectangle layout shown in FIG. 4. In this case, a calculation formula of the target distance d, the inclined angle γ of the track and the moving velocity v can be simplified as follows:










d
=


-



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32



)



(


Δ






t
21


-

Δ






t
32


-

Δ






t
43



)



Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)






l


,




(
18
)







γ
=


tan

-
1




(


h
l




Δ






t
32




Δ






t
43


-

Δ






t
21





)



,




(
19
)






v
=





Δ






t
32
2



h
2


+



(


Δ






t
43


-

Δ






t
21



)

2



l
2





Δ







t
32



(


Δ






t
21


+

Δ






t
32


+

Δ






t
43



)




.





(
20
)







An application example is given in a second part. Firstly, FIG. 1 is taken as an example for description. It is assumed that l=1000 m, h=500 m and α=60°. The target successively crosses the transmitting-receiving connection lines of AC, BC, AD and BD at a velocity v=2.5 m/s along a straight line; a horizontal distance from the crossing point on AC to point C is d=500 m; and the inclined angle γ of the track is 80°. Relative to a certain reference time (t=0), four crossing time extracted by a direct wave suppression method are respectively t1=100 s, t2=166.3 s, t3=230.6 s and t4=275.9 s. Then, moving time intervals are calculated: t21=66.3 s, t32=64.3 s and t43=45.3 s. Related parameters are successively substituted into formula (3), formula (4) and formula (7) to obtain the following estimated values: d≈499.7 m, γ≈80.03°, and v≈2.49 m/s.


Taking FIG. 2 as an example, it is assumed that l=1000 m, h=500 m and α=60°. The target successively crosses the transmitting-receiving connection lines of AC, AD, BC and BD at a velocity v=2.5 m/s along a straight line; a horizontal distance from the crossing point on AC to point C is d=500 m; and the inclined angle γ of the track is 133°. Relative to a certain reference time (t=0), four crossing time extracted by a direct wave suppression method are respectively t1=100 s, t2=202.6 s, t3=240 s and t4=336.8 s. Then, moving time intervals are calculated: t21=102.6 s, t32=37.4 s and t43=96.8 s. Related parameters are successively substituted into formula (10), formula (11) and formula (14) to obtain the following estimated values: d≈499.3 m, γ ≈133.1° and v≈2.50 m/s.


The direct wave suppression method in the present embodiment adopts the direct wave suppression method based on adaptive interference cancellation proposed in patent ZL201418002697.7 to extract the time of the target crossing the transmitting-receiving connection lines.


The present invention obtains obvious implementation effects in typical embodiments. The forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter double-receiver networking target detection method is convenient in operation, and simple in algorithm, has good robustness, can be used for detecting underwater targets in important ports, sea channels, straits and the like, and has wide application prospect.

Claims
  • 1. A method for detection by using a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system, wherein the forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system comprises two transmitting ends and two receiving ends anchored at a sea bottom and formed in a parallelogram layout, the two transmitting ends are respectively marked as Tx1 and Tx2; the two receiving ends are respectively marked as Rx1 and Rx2; Tx1-Rx1, Rx1-Rx2, Rx2-Tx2 and Tx2-Tx1 form four edges of the parallelogram; Tx1-Rx2 and Tx2-Rx1 are two diagonal lines of the parallelogram; a length of Tx1-Rx1 is marked as l; a length of Rx1-Rx2 is marked as h; an included angle between Tx1-Tx2 and Tx2-Rx2 is marked as α; and four transmitting-receiving connection lines are formed: Tx1-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2, Tx2-Rx1 and Tx2-Rx2; and depths of the transmitting ends and the receiving ends are equal, the method comprises following steps of estimating unknown parameters of d, v and γ when a target successively crosses Tx1-Rx1, Tx2-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2 and Tx2-Rx2 at uniform velocity v along a straight line, with a horizontal distance from a crossing point of the target on the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 to Rx1 marked as d and an included angle between a target track and the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 marked as γ:step 1: extracting time of the target crossing transmitting-receiving connection lines by adopting a direct wave suppression method, wherein since four transmitting-receiving connection lines exist under a double-transmitter and double-receiver configuration, four time are successively marked as t1, t2, t3 and t4 according to a time sequence;step 2: calculating corresponding moving time intervals when the target crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines as Δt21=t2−t1, Δt32=t3−t2 and Δt43=t4−t3;step 3: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43 and l into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of a target distance d:
  • 2. A method for detection by using a forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system, wherein the forward acoustic scattering based double-transmitter and double-receiver networking target detection system comprises two transmitting ends and two receiving ends anchored at a sea bottom and formed in a parallelogram layout, the two transmitting ends are respectively marked as Tx1 and Tx2; the two receiving ends are respectively marked as Rx1 and Rx2; Tx1-Rx1, Rx1-Rx2, Rx2-Tx2 and Tx2-Tx1 form four edges of the parallelogram; Tx1-Rx2 and Tx2-Rx1 are two diagonal lines of the parallelogram; a length of Tx1-Rx1 is marked as e; a length of Rx1-Rx2 is marked as h; an included angle between Tx1-Tx2 and Tx2-Rx2 is marked as α; and four transmitting-receiving connection lines are formed: Tx1-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2, Tx2-Rx1 and Tx2-Rx2; and depths of the transmitting ends and the receiving ends are equal, wherein the method comprises the following steps of estimating unknown parameters of d, v and γ when a target successively crosses Tx1-Rx1, Tx1-Rx2, Tx2-Rx1 and Tx2-Rx2 at uniform velocity v along a straight line, with a horizontal distance from a crossing point of the target on the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 to Rx1 marked as d and an included angle between a target track and the transmitting-receiving connection line Tx1-Rx1 marked as γ:step 1: extracting time of the target crossing transmitting-receiving connection lines by adopting a direct wave suppression method, wherein since four transmitting-receiving connection lines exist under a double-transmitter double-receiver configuration, four time are successively marked as t1, t2, t3 and t4 according to a time sequence;step 2: calculating corresponding moving time intervals when the target crosses the four transmitting-receiving connection lines as Δt21=t2−t1, Δt32=t3−t2 and Δt43=t4−t3;step 3: substituting parameters of Δt21, Δt32, Δt43 and l into the following formula to obtain an estimated value of a target distance d:
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
2016 1 1013419 Nov 2016 CN national
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Related Publications (1)
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20180143293 A1 May 2018 US