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Track Initiation and Target Tracking Filter Using LiDAR for Ship Tracking in Marine Environment (해양환경에서 선박 추적을 위한 라이다를 이용한 궤적 초기화 및 표적 추적 필터)

  • Fang, Tae Hyun;Han, Jungwook;Son, Nam-Sun;Kim, Sun Young
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 2016
  • This paper describes the track initiation and target-tracking filter for ship tracking in a marine environment by using Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR). LiDAR with three-dimensional scanning capability is more useful for target tracking in the short to medium range compared to RADAR. LiDAR has rotating multi-beams that return point clouds reflected from targets. Through preprocessing the cluster of the point cloud, the center point can be obtained from the cloud. Target tracking is carried out by using the center points of targets. The track of the target is initiated by investigating the normalized distance between the center points and connecting the points. The regular track obtained from the track initiation can be maintained by the target-tracking filter, which is commonly used in radar target tracking. The target-tracking filter is constructed to track a maneuvering target in a cluttered environment. The target-tracking algorithm including track initiation is experimentally evaluated in a sea-trial test with several boats.

Range Error of Monopulse Radar according to the Engagement Angle of Cross-Eye Jammer (크로스아이 재머의 조우각에 따른 모노펄스 레이다의 거리 오차)

  • Lim, Joong-Soo;Chae, Gyoo-Soo
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we analyzed the tracking error for the monopulse radar by controlling the phase difference, amplitude ratio and engagement angle of the cross-eye jammer. Cross-eye jamming is an important jamming method for monopulse radars, which causes a displacement in the radar receiving antenna input and misleads the radar's tracking angle. As a result of analyzing the tracking distance error of the radar while changing the engagement angle between the monopulse radar and jammer, the maximum distance error occurs when the engagement angle is 0° and the phase difference is 180°. It was confirmed that the error decreased to 70% or less of the maximum distance error into 45°~135°. In order to increase the efficiency of jammers, it is necessary to study rotary jammers or multi-channel jammers. This study will be very useful for the design of cross-eye jammers for aircraft and ships.

An Experimental Study on Coordinates Tracker Realization for EOTS Slaved to the Radar of a Helicopter (전자광학추적장비의 좌표추적기 구현 및 헬리콥터 탑재 레이더 연동시험에 관한 연구)

  • Jung Seul;Park Ju-Kwang
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.369-377
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes the realization of a coordinates tracking algorithm for an EOTS (Electro-Optical Tracking System). The EOTS stabilizes the image sensors, tracks targets automatically, and provides navigation capability for vehicles. The coordinates tracking algorithm calculates the azimuth and the elevation angle of an EOTS using the inertial navigation system and the attitude sensors of the vehicle, so that LOS designates the target coordinates which are generated by a Radar. In the error analysis, the unexpected behaviors of an EOTS due to the time delay and deadbeat of the digital signals of the vehicle equipments are anticipated and the countermeasures are suggested. The application of this algorithm to an EOTS will improve the operational capability by reducing the time which is required to find the target and support flight especially in the night time flight and the poor weather condition.

Development of a Comprehensive Performance Test Facility for Small Millimeter-wave Tracking Radar (소형 추적 레이다용 종합성능시험 시설 개발)

  • Kim, Hong-Rak;Kim, Youn-Jin;Woo, Seon-Keol;An, Se-Hwan
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.121-127
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    • 2020
  • The small tracking radar targets the target in a real-time, fast-moving, fast-moving target against aircraft with a large RCS that is maneuvering at low speed and a small RCS aircraft maneuvering at high speed (fighters, drones, helicopters, etc.) It is a pulsed radar that detects and tracks. Performing a performance test on a tracking radar in a real environment is expensive, and it is difficult to quantitatively measure performance in a real environment. Describes the composition of the laboratory environment's comprehensive performance test facility and the main requirements and implementation of each configuration.Anechoic chambers to simulate the room environment, simulation target generator to simulate the signal of the room target, target It is composed of a horn antenna driving device to simulate the movement of a vehicle and a Flight Motion Simulatior (FMS) to simulate the flight environment of a tracking radar, and each design and implementation has been described.

Distance error of monopulse radar in cross-eye jamming using terrain bounce (지형 바운스를 이용하는 크로스 아이 재밍의 모노펄스 레이다 거리 오차)

  • Lim, Joong-Soo;Chae, Gyoo-Soo
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, the tracking error of monopulse radar caused by cross-eye jamming using terrain bounce is analyzed. Cross-eye jamming is a method of generating an error in a radar tracking system by simultaneously transmitting two signals with different phases and amplitudes. When the monopulse radar receives the cross-eye jamming signal generated by the terrain bounce, a tracking error occurs in the elevation direction. In the presence of multipath, this signal is a combination of the direct target return and a return seemingly emanating from the target image beneath the terrain surface. Terrain bounce jamming has the advantage of using a single jammer, but the space affecting the jamming is limited by the terrain reflection angle and the degree of scattering of the terrain. This study can be usefully used to protect ships from low-altitude missiles or aircraft in the sea.

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.

Performance Evaluation of Track-to-track Association and fusion in Distributed Multiple Radar Tracking (다중레이다 분산형 추적의 항적연관 및 융합 성능정가)

  • Choi, Won-Yong;Hong, Sun-Mog;Lee, Dong-Gwan;Jung, Jae-Kyung;Cho, Kil-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.38-46
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    • 2008
  • A distributed system for tracking multiple targets with a pair of multifunction radars is proposed and implemented. The system performs track-to-track association and track-to-track fusion at the fusion center to form fused tracks. The association and fusion are performed using target state information linked via communication nodes from a radar at a remote location. Many factors can affect the track-to-track association and fusion performances. They include delays in data transmission buffer of the remote radar, the error in estimating time-stamp of the remote radar, and the gating in track-to-track association. The effects on association and fusion performances due to these factors are investigated through extensive numerical simulations.

The Improvement of Tracking Accuracy of the Ground-Based Radar By the Measurement of Dynamic Attitude (지상레이더의 동적 자세 측정을 통한 추적 정확도 개선)

  • Kim, Wan-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.8
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    • pp.766-773
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    • 2011
  • The inclination attitude of the Ground-Based Radar can be measured by the accelerometer due to its static operation environment, but the measurement error is generated from the angular acceleration of the accelerometer, which is created in mechanical oscillation by the dynamic environment, like the wind, gust, rotating antenna, etc. In this paper, the technique of reducing the measurement error of the attitude by the dynamic attitude is proposed and the result of the simulation and the analysis of tracking error by the attitude error are presented.

Maritime Object Segmentation and Tracking by using Radar and Visual Camera Integration

  • Hwang, Jae-Jeong;Cho, Sang-Gyu;Lee, Jung-Sik;Park, Sang-Hyon
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.466-471
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    • 2010
  • We have proposed a method to detect and track moving ships using position from Radar and image processor. Real-time segmentation of moving regions in image sequences is a fundamental step in the radar-camera integrated system. Algorithms for segmentation of objects are implemented by composing of background subtraction, morphologic operation, connected components labeling, region growing, and minimum enclosing rectangle. Once the moving objects are detected, tracking is only performed upon pixels labeled as foreground with reduced additional computational burdens.

Widerange Microphone System for Lecture using FMCW Radar Sensor (FMCW 레이더 센서 기반의 강의용 광역 마이크 시스템)

  • Oh, Woojin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.611-614
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we propose a widerange array microphone for lecturer tracked with Frequency Modulated Continuous Waveform (FMCW) radar sensor. Time Difference-of-Arrival (TDoA) is often used as audio tracking, but the tracking accuracy is poor because the frequency of the voice is low and the relative frequency change is large. FMCW radar has a simple structure and is used to detect obstacles for vehicles, and the resolution can be archived to several centimeter. It is shown that the sensor is useful for detecting a speaker in open area such as a lecture, and we propose an wide range 4-element array microphone beamforming system. Through some experiments, the proposed system is able to adequately track the location and showed a 8.6dB improvement over the selection of the best microphone.