The computational load is prohibitive in 3D sonar systems for real-time image generation. In the literature, an efficient frequency beamforming method based on the distributed and parallelsubarray (DPS) has been intr...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781479905614
The computational load is prohibitive in 3D sonar systems for real-time image generation. In the literature, an efficient frequency beamforming method based on the distributed and parallelsubarray (DPS) has been introduced for planar arrays working in the far field. This paper extends the DPS beamforming algorithm to process the signals acquired from a scene in the near field. The alogrithm divides the full populated transducer array into two stage distributedsubarrays. It performs parallelbeamforming on the first-stage subarrays and applies the approximation for time delays in the near-field beam patterns of the second-stage subarray. The computational efficiency is significantly improved as compared with the traditional methods, while achieving the similar resolutions. In addition, a multi-FPGA signal processor is proposed for implementing the underwater 3-D imaging.
In this paper, we propose a distributed and parallel subarray beamforming (DPS) algorithm for performing underwater real-time 3-D acoustic imaging. The principle idea of this algorithm is that the full populated senso...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467329644;9781467329637
In this paper, we propose a distributed and parallel subarray beamforming (DPS) algorithm for performing underwater real-time 3-D acoustic imaging. The principle idea of this algorithm is that the full populated sensor array is subdivided into two stage distributedsubarrays and the beamforming is carried out in parallel for each stage subarray. The proposed algorithm overcomes the problems of massive computational load affecting the engineering applications of the conventional beamforming techniques, while achieving the similar resolutions. The memory requirement obtained with the proposed algorithm is reduced by four orders of magnitude and the computational requirement is reduced by two orders of magnitude when compared with the conventional beamforming (CBF). The simulation and the comparisons illustrate the results and the efficiency of the algorithm.
In this paper, we propose a distributed and parallel subarray beamforming (DPS) algorithm for performing underwater real-time 3-D acoustic imaging. The principle idea of this algorithm is that the full populated senso...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467329637
In this paper, we propose a distributed and parallel subarray beamforming (DPS) algorithm for performing underwater real-time 3-D acoustic imaging. The principle idea of this algorithm is that the full populated sensor array is subdivided into two stage distributedsubarrays and the beamforming is carried out in parallel for each stage subarray. The proposed algorithm overcomes the problems of massive computational load affecting the engineering applications of the conventional beamforming techniques, while achieving the similar resolutions. The memory requirement obtained with the proposed algorithm is reduced by four orders of magnitude and the computational requirement is reduced by two orders of magnitude when compared with the conventional beamforming (CBF). The simulation and the comparisons illustrate the results and the efficiency of the algorithm.
The computational load is prohibitive in 3D sonar systems for real-time image generation. In the literature, an efficient frequency beamforming method based on the distributed and parallelsubarray (DPS) has been intr...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781479905607
The computational load is prohibitive in 3D sonar systems for real-time image generation. In the literature, an efficient frequency beamforming method based on the distributed and parallelsubarray (DPS) has been introduced for planar arrays working in the far field. This paper extends the DPS beamforming algorithm to process the signals acquired from a scene in the near field. The alogrithm divides the full populated transducer array into two stage distributedsubarrays. It performs parallelbeamforming on the first-stage subarrays and applies the approximation for time delays in the near-field beam patterns of the second-stage subarray. The computational efficiency is significantly improved as compared with the traditional methods, while achieving the similar resolutions. In addition, a multi-FPGA signal processor is proposed for implementing the underwater 3-D imaging.
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