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A Study on the Performance Enhancement of Radar Target Classification Using the Two-Level Feature Vector Fusion Method

  • Kim, In-Ha;Choi, In-Sik;Chae, Dae-Young
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.206-211
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we proposed a two-level feature vector fusion technique to improve the performance of target classification. The proposed method combines feature vectors of the early-time region and late-time region in the first-level fusion. In the second-level fusion, we combine the monostatic and bistatic features obtained in the first level. The radar cross section (RCS) of the 3D full-scale model is obtained using the electromagnetic analysis tool FEKO, and then, the feature vector of the target is extracted from it. The feature vector based on the waveform structure is used as the feature vector of the early-time region, while the resonance frequency extracted using the evolutionary programming-based CLEAN algorithm is used as the feature vector of the late-time region. The study results show that the two-level fusion method is better than the one-level fusion method.

A Study on Performance Improvement of Target Motion Analysis using Target Elevation Tracking and Fusion in Conformal Array Sonar (컨포멀 소나에서의 표적고각 추적 및 융합을 이용한 표적기동분석 성능향상 연구)

  • Lee, HaeHo;Park, GyuTae;Shin, KeeCheol;Cho, SungIl
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.320-331
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we propose a method of TMA(Target Motion Analysis) performance improvement using target elevation tracking and fusion in conformal array sonar. One of the most important characteristics of conformal array sonar is to detect a target elevation by a vertical beam. It is possible to get a target range to maximize advantages of the proposed TMA technology using this characteristic. And the proposed techniques include target tracking, target fusion, calculation of target range by multipath as well as TMA. A simulation study demonstrates the outstanding performance of proposed techniques.

Design of Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Filter for a Flight Test System (비행시험시스템용 다중센서 자료융합필터 설계)

  • Lee, Yong-Jae;Lee, Ja-Sung
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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    • v.55 no.9
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    • pp.414-419
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    • 2006
  • This paper presents a design of a multi-sensor data fusion filter for a Flight Test System. The multi-sensor data consist of positional information of the target from radars and a telemetry system. The data fusion filter has a structure of a federated Kalman filter and is based on the Singer dynamic target model. It consists of dedicated local filter for each sensor, generally operating in parallel, plus a master fusion filter. A fault detection and correction algorithms are included in the local filter for treating bad measurements and sensor faults. The data fusion is carried out in the fusion filter by using maximum likelihood estimation algorithm. The performance of the designed fusion filter is verified by using both simulation data and real data.

The Improvement of Target Motion Analysis(TMA) for Submarine with Data Fusion (정보융합 기법을 활용한 잠수함 표적기동분석 성능향상 연구)

  • Lim, Young-Taek;Ko, Soon-Ju;Song, Taek-Lyul
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.697-703
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    • 2009
  • Target Motion Analysis(TMA) means to detect target position, velocity and course for using passive sonar system with bearing-only measurement. In this paper, we apply the TMA algorithm for a submarine with Multi-Sensor Data Fusion(MSDF) and we will decide the best TMA algorithm for a submarine by a series of computer simulation runs.

IR and SAR Sensor Fusion based Target Detection using BMVT-M (BMVT-M을 이용한 IR 및 SAR 융합기반 지상표적 탐지)

  • Lim, Yunji;Kim, Taehun;Kim, Sungho;Song, WooJin;Kim, Kyung-Tae;Kim, Sohyeon
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.1017-1026
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    • 2015
  • Infrared (IR) target detection is one of the key technologies in Automatic Target Detection/Recognition (ATD/R) for military applications. However, IR sensors have limitations due to the weather sensitivity and atmospheric effects. In recent years, sensor information fusion study is an active research topic to overcome these limitations. SAR sensor is adopted to sensor fusion, because SAR is robust to various weather conditions. In this paper, a Boolean Map Visual Theory-Morphology (BMVT-M) method is proposed to detect targets in SAR and IR images. Moreover, we suggest the IR and SAR image registration and decision level fusion algorithm. The experimental results using OKTAL-SE synthetic images validate the feasibility of sensor fusion-based target detection.

A Study of Observability Analysis and Data Fusion for Bias Estimation in a Multi-Radar System (다중 레이더 환경에서의 바이어스 오차 추정의 가관측성에 대한 연구와 정보 융합)

  • Won, Gun-Hee;Song, Taek-Lyul;Kim, Da-Sol;Seo, Il-Hwan;Hwang, Gyu-Hwan
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.17 no.8
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    • pp.783-789
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    • 2011
  • Target tracking performance improvement using multi-sensor data fusion is a challenging work. However, biases in the measurements should be removed before various data fusion techniques are applied. In this paper, a bias removing algorithm using measurement data from multi-radar tracking systems is proposed and evaluated by computer simulation. To predict bias estimation performance in various geometric relations between the radar systems and target, a system observability index is proposed and tested via computer simulation results. It is also studied that target tracking which utilizes multi-sensor data fusion with bias-removed measurements results in better performance.

Target alignment method of inertial confinement fusion facility based on position estimation

  • Lin, Weiheng;Zhu, Jianqiang;Liu, Zhigang;Pang, Xiangyang;Zhou, Yang;Cui, Wenhui;Dong, Ziming
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.10
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    • pp.3703-3716
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    • 2022
  • Target alignment technology is one of the most critical technologies in laser fusion experiments and is an important technology related to the success of laser fusion experiments. In this study, by combining the open-loop and closed-loop errors of the target alignment, the Kalman state observer is used to estimate the position of the target, which improves the observation precision of the target alignment. Then the optimized result is used to guide the alignment of the target. This method can greatly optimize the target alignment error and reduce uncertainty. With the improvement of the target alignment precision, it will greatly improve the reliability and repeatability of the experiments' results, thereby improving the success rate of the experiments.

Short Range Target Tracking Based on Data Fusion Method Using Asynchronous Dissimilar Sensors (비동기 이종 센서를 이용한 데이터 융합기반 근거리 표적 추적기법)

  • Lee, Eui-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.49 no.9
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    • pp.335-343
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents an target tracking algorithm for fusion of radar and infrared(IR) sensor measurement data. Generally, fusion methods with Kalman filter assume that processing data obtained by radar and IR sensor are synchronized. It has much limitation to apply the fusion methods to real systems. A key point which is taken into account in the proposed algorithm is the fact that two asynchronous dissimilar data are fused by compensating the time difference of the measurements using radar's ranges and track state vectors. The proposed fusion algorithm in the paper is evaluated via a computer simulation with the existing track fusion and measurement fusion methods.

The Performance Analysis of MPDA in Out of Sequence Measurement Environment (Out of Sequence Measurement 환경에서의 MPDA 성능 분석)

  • Seo, Il-Hwan;Lim, Young-Taek;Song, Taek-Lyul
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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    • v.55 no.9
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    • pp.401-408
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    • 2006
  • In a multi-sensor multi-target tracking systems, the local sensors have the role of tracking the target and transferring the measurements to the fusion center. The measurements from the same target can arrive out of sequence called the out-of-sequence measurements(OOSMs). Out-of-sequence measurements can arise at the fusion center due to communication delay and varying preprocessing time for different sensor platforms. In general, the track fusion occurs to enhance the tracking performance of the sensors using the measurements from the sensors at the fusion center. The target informations can wive at the fusion center with the clutter informations in cluttered environment. In this paper, the OOSM update step with MPDA(Most Probable Data Association) is introduced and tested in several cases with the various clutter density through the Monte Carlo simulation. The performance of the MPDA with OOSM update step is compared with the existing NN, PDA, and PDA-AI for the air target tracking in cluttered and out-of-sequence measurement environment. Simulation results show that MPDA with the OOSM has compatible root mean square errors with out-of-sequence PDA-AI filter and the MPDA is sufficient to be used in out-of-sequence environment.

New Nuclear Fusion for Our Second Generations

  • Ho-Jin Choi;Koan-Sik Joo
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.421-424
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    • 1999
  • In this short report (before the authors would like to introduce an important application for one of the techniques of complex angular momentunm, say, Regge Pole approach, to nuclear fusion reaction for Light-ions: it will be reported in forthcoming papers), two kinds of thermalnuclear fusion reaction sources are introduced and discussed (A) the case of fusion: the production of neutron and target of Deuteron and (B) the case of fusion: the production of proton and target of Deuteron. Nuclear fusion reactions for Light-ions , such as the thermalnuclear energy sources and fuel cycles, are already well known. Fusion reactions are widely known as being extremly important and nationally vital (in point of view of nuclear weapons we must reconsider seriously development and building of such dangerous weapons) for our next generations in the future. This paper (a topics in review) is concerned with a simple introduction about a new nuclear fusion reaction of the above case of (B) for the second generation. Typical thermalnuclear fusion reactions which result in the release of huge amount of energy are nuclear stripping reactions:

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