• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.637-646
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• 2022

Sub-arrays of arbitrary conformal array have different geometric shape through steering direction, thus the beam patterns of sub-arrays are always non-uniform. In this paper, we apply the beam pattern synthesis method using convex optimization into the conformal array, and shows the improvement of uniformity of beam performance. The simulation is performed with the conformal array of cut-sphere shape. As a result, the standard deviation of 3 dB beamwidth in elevation is greatly reduced but the directivity index is also reduced. To alleviate this trade-off, we propose a convex optimization using a shading function.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.361-367
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• 2024

Ultrasound in the air is widely used in industry as a measurement technique to prevent abnormalities in the machinery. Recently, the use of airborne ultrasound imaging techniques, which can find the location of abnormalities using an array transducers, is increasing. A beamforming method that uses the phase difference for each sensor is used to visualize the location of the ultrasonic sound source. We exploit a random sparse ultrasonic array and obtain beamforming power distribution on the source in a certain distance away from the array. Conventional beamforming methods inevitably have limited spatial resolution depending on the number of sensors used and the aperture size. A high-resolution ultrasound imaging technique was implemented by applying functional beamforming as a method to overcome the geometric constraints of the array. The functional beamforming method can be expressed as a generalized beam forming method mathematically, and has the advantage of being able to obtain high-resolution imaging by reducing main-lobe width and side lobes. As a result of observation through computer simulation, it was verified that the resolution of the ultrasonic source in the air was successfully increased by functional beamforming using the ultrasonic sparse array.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.15-23
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• 1994

We developed an electronic lens for acoustic imaging systems, which is linear array with 31 microphones equally spaced with distance 34mm. Resonant frequency fo receiver circuit coupled to microphone is 20 kHz. We arranged 16 microphones horizontally and 15 microphones vertically, so that the array allows us to obtain a 2 dimensional angle of source, and to track the motion of source in real time. Due to the problem of aliasing in discrete Fourier Transfrom, the maximum observable angle of the lens is limited to 15${\circ}$. We also employed quadrature phase detection scheme to adjust the focus. We have tested the acoustic lens with a personal computer in an anechoic room and obtained the results agreed with the acoustic imaging theory.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.280-287
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• 2012

This paper presents a study on the experimental analysis of the impedance characteristics according to the rotational direction of the transmission beam of a cylindrical sensor array. Besides, this suggests a real time control technique of the transmitter output for the effective maximum power transmission, in order to drive efficiently the rotational transmission beam of the active sonar transmitter. The output characteristics of the transmitter and the real-time impedance variations of the sensor array are analyzed under the overload conditions. They are caused by electric and acoustic boundary conditions when the rotational transmission beam is operated. From these results, a new output control method of the transmitter is proposed to protect the transmitter and its loads. It can maximize the output power without the transmission pause even if the transient phenomena occur. The proposed technique is verified from the experiment.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.189-192
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• 1999

수중소음체의 음원 특징을 해석하기 위해서는 배경잡음과 해면$\cdot$해저반사파의 영향이 적은 심해에서 측정하여 분석하여야 한다. 그러나 측정의 어려움으로 인공 수조에서 측정하여 수면과 수조벽에 의해 발생되는 반사파들을 제거하여 신호 고유의 특징을 해석한다 이러한 반사파들의 부가효과를 보상하여 수중소음체의 신호특징을 해석하기 위하여 정합필터배열처리(Matched Filter Array Process : MFAP)기법을 적용하고자 할 때 각 센서에 적용되는 정합필터는 처리시간의 문제로 인해 필터길이를 제한하여 구성되게 된다 정합필터는 수조의 임펄스응답함수의 시역전함수로 정의되는데 필터길이에 따라 수신신호 특징 개선 정도가 좌우된다 본 연구에서는 인공수조에서 부가되는 반사파들의 효과를 보상하여 수신신호 특징 개선을 위해 정합필터배열처리기법을 적용할 때 각 센서의 정합필터의 시간길이가 특징 개선에 미치는 영향을 신호대잡음비(SNR)로 정의하여 분석하였고 수조의 특성에 따른 최적의 정합필터 시간길이를 제안하고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.89-93
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• 2001

In recent years Fiber optic hydrophone systems have been the focus of much attention in the sonar world. For sonar arrays, a fiber optic approach offers the major benefit of passive multiplexing of large numbers of hydrophones without underwater electronics. This paper describes recent development work covering array construction, opto-electronics development, hydrohpone design and sea trials. And the development of an interferometric mult-channel fiber optic hydrophone system which uses time division multiplexing capable of driving in excess of 32 channel is described. For this, a 12 channel time division multiplexing array has been constructed, and the performance of this system is demonstrated by sea trial.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06c
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• pp.201-204
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• 1998

강당, 회의실, 강의실 등과 같은 닫혀진 공간에서 포착된 소리의 질은 반향음과 간섭 잡음 등에 의해 영향을 받는다. 마이크로폰에 수신되는 신호는 직접전달파와 벽면에 의한 반사파들이 더해지므로 해서 실제 발생음을 명확히 얻기가 어렵다. 수신측 마이크로폰에서 반사음의 영향을 제거하면 실제 발생음에 가까운 양질의 소리를 얻을 수 있을 것이다. 잡음과 반향음의 영향이 큰 음향 공간에서 고음질의 소리를 얻기 위한 방법으로 마이크로폰 배열의 병렬 신호 처리 기법이 있다. 본 연구에서 제시된 마이크로폰 배열의 병렬 신호처리 기법은 공간적 음량 선택성을 제공하기 위해 각 마이크로폰 센서들의 matched filter 처리와 병렬 처리 기법을 결합한다. 이 기법은 다중경로 왜곡(반향)과 간섭 잡음을 제거하는 수단을 제공한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.454-461
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• 2005

Time spread due to the multipath in underwater acoustic channel, induces ISI (Inter-Symbol Interference) which degrades the performance of the underwater acoustic communication system. The passive phase conjugation (PPC) which improves the signal to multipath interference ratio (SMR) and therefore reduces the frequency selectivity. is a diversity communication technique giving a less ISI under multipath fading channel. Its frequency selectivity depends on the number of receiver array sensors and time varying source to receiver range. In this study, frequency selectivity of the PPC and its effects on bit error of underwater acoustic communication is analyzed by numerical simulation.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 2014

A study on the indoor positioning system has been active recently for the location based service indoors. In the 3 dimensional positioning system based on the acoustic signal and TDOA technology, the error characteristics of the estimated source position would be changed depending on the number of microphones and the pattern of the microphone array. In this paper, the estimated position error according to the measured distance error between the microphones and the signal source is analyzed, and the optimum microphone array is decided considering the estimated position error patterns and the total amount of the estimated position error.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.86-92
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• 2001

Various array processing techniques to identify the noise source position or bearing have been developed. Typical array processing techniques which are based on time delay between received signals at two sensors, are classified as conventional beamforming, correlation function and NAH (Near-Field Acoustic Holography) techniques which have their own characteristics with respect to application field and signal processing method. In this study, correlation function technique which could be applied for broadband noise source detection, is adopted and the effective detection technique is proposed considering the effects of source bandwidth and measurement noise correlation of noise sources. The validity of the Proposed technique is evaluated using the 3-dimensional nonlinear any which does not give 3-dimensional Position or bearing ambiguity