Research Summaries

Back Acoustic Sensing and Tracking Utilizing Acoustic Vector Sensors

Fiscal Year 2018
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Physics
Investigator(s) Smith, Kevin B.
Sponsor Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary The goals of this work are varied, but will focus on the assessment of acoustic vector sensor data collection from various platforms and subsequent processing results. Platforms to be utilized include autonomous buoy platforms (drifting or moored, self-recording, self-processing), while also investigating the performance of bottom-moored systems, which may include cabled observatories. Specific goals include effective demonstrations of data collection from multiple locations, investigations of standard and adaptive signal processing of acoustic vector sensor data for determining source direction (particularly for low SNR signals), and evaluation of data fusion from different platforms for source localization. The results of the analysis will be used to assess system performance, flow and platform noise limitations, networking efficiencies, and to aid in the development of future joint, operational, or training scenarios.
Keywords acoustic vector sensors distributed systems target tracking
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