Coherent range-dependent map-drift algorithm for improving SAR motion compensation

Synthetic aperture radar(SAR) is usually sensitive to trajectory deviations that cause serious motion error in the recorded data. In this paper, a coherent range-dependent mapdrift(CRDMD) algorithm is developed to accommodate the range-variant motion errors. By utilizing the algorithm as an estimate core, robust motion compensation strategy is proposed for unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) SAR imagery. CRDMD outperforms the conventional map-drift algorithms in both accuracy and efficiency. Real data experiments show that the proposed approach is appropriate for precise motion compensation for UAV SAR.

Vision-based fatigue crack detection using global motion compensation and video feature tracking

Fatigue cracks that develop in civil infrastructure such as steel bridges due to repetitive loads pose a major threat to structural integrity.Despite being the most common practice for fatigue crack detection,human visual inspection is known to be labor intensive,time-consuming,and prone to error.In this study,a computer vision-based fatigue crack detection approach using a short video recorded under live loads by a moving consumer-grade camera is presented.The method detects fatigue crack by tracking surface motion and identifies the differential motion pattern caused by opening and closing of the fatigue crack.However,the global motion introduced by a moving camera in the recorded video is typically far greater than the actual motion associated with fatigue crack opening/closing,leading to false detection results.To overcome the challenge,global motion compensation(GMC)techniques are introduced to compensate for camera-induced movement.In particular,hierarchical model-based motion estimation is adopted for 2D videos with simple geometry and a new method is developed by extending the bundled camera paths approach for 3D videos with complex geometry.The proposed methodology is validated using two laboratory test setups for both in-plane and out-of-plane fatigue cracks.The results confirm the importance of motion compensation for both 2D and 3D videos and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed GMC methods as well as the subsequent crack detection algorithm.

ISAR MOTION COMPENSATION USING ROPE

Motion compensation is a key step for inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging. Many algorithms have been proposed. The rank one phase estimation (ROPE) algorithm is a good estimator for phase error widely used in SAR. The ROPE algorithm is used in ISAR phase compensation and the concrete implementation steps are presented. Subsequently, the performance of ROPE is analyzed. For ISAR data that fit the ROPE algorithm model, an excellent compensation effect can be obtained with high computation efficiency. Finally, ISAR real data are processed with ROPE and its imaging result is compared with that obtained by the modified Doppler centroid tracking (MDCT) method, which is a robust and good estimator in ISAR phase compensation.

MOTION COMPENSATION USING SUBSTRIP PGA

MOtion COmpensation(MOCO) is an essential step in high resolution airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) imaging. Generally, a reference altitude level is assumed and external Digital Elevation Model(DEM) is required for the scene topography heavily varied. To overcome the shortcoming, we propose a MOCO method based on Phase Gradient Autofocus(PGA) which can obtain well focused images without DEM. In the implementation, we first compensate the normal range-invariant term. Then the data are divided into strips in range-compressed domain and PGA is applied to each substrip to extract the phase errors. Finally, the phase error surface is obtained using interpolation and then compensated. Real airborne SAR data of a UAV-SAR system experiments and comparisons demonstrate the validity and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The results show that our algorithm is effective.

ISAR MOTION COMPENSATION USING MODIFIED DOPPLER CENTROID TRACKING METHOD

With regard to the phase compensation in inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR),the modified Doppler centroid tracking (MDCT) method is developed which applies the phase gradient autofocus (PGA) algorithm developed by Wahl[1]to improve the Doppler centroid tracking (DCT) method[2].When the phase compensation is performed,the proposed approach smartly eliminates the effect of the rotational phase component (RPC) on the estimation of the translational phase component (TPC) by circular shifting,windowing and iteration steps. After several iterations,the maximum likelihood estimation and compensation of the TPC of the target can be realized more effectively.The processing results of live data show that the proposed method can improve the imaging quality of ISAR significantly.

Wave Motion Compensation Scheme and Its Model Tests for the Salvage of An Ancient Sunken Boat

The application of the vertical hoisting jack and wave motion compensation techniques to the salvage of an ancient sunken boat is introduced. The boat is wooden, loaded with cultural relics. It has been immersed at the bottom of the South China Sea for more than 800 years. In order to protect the structure of the boat and the cultural relics inside to the largest extent, an open caisson is used to hold the sunken beat and the silts around before they are raised from the seabed all together as a whole. In the paper, first, the seakeeping model test of the system of the salvage barge and the open caisson is done to determine some important wave response parameters. And then a further experimental study of the ap- plication of the vertical hoisting jack and wave motion compensation scheme to the salvage of the sunken boat is carried out. In the model tests, the techniques of the integrative mechanic-electronic-hydraulic control, wave motion forecast and wave motion compensation are used to minimize the heave motion of the open caisson. The results of the model tests show that the heave motion of the open caisson can be reduced effectively by the use of the present method.

Motion Error Compensation of Multi-legged Walking Robots

Existing errors in the structure and kinematic parameters of multi-legged walking robots,the motion trajectory of robot will diverge from the ideal sports requirements in movement.Since the existing error compensation is usually used for control compensation of manipulator arm,the error compensation of multi-legged robots has seldom been explored.In order to reduce the kinematic error of robots,a motion error compensation method based on the feedforward for multi-legged mobile robots is proposed to improve motion precision of a mobile robot.The locus error of a robot body is measured,when robot moves along a given track.Error of driven joint variables is obtained by error calculation model in terms of the locus error of robot body.Error value is used to compensate driven joint variables and modify control model of robot,which can drive the robots following control model modified.The model of the relation between robot＇s locus errors and kinematic variables errors is set up to achieve the kinematic error compensation.On the basis of the inverse kinematics of a multi-legged walking robot,the relation between error of the motion trajectory and driven joint variables of robots is discussed.Moreover,the equation set is obtained,which expresses relation among error of driven joint variables,structure parameters and error of robot＇s locus.Take MiniQuad as an example,when the robot MiniQuad moves following beeline tread,motion error compensation is studied.The actual locus errors of the robot body are measured before and after compensation in the test.According to the test,variations of the actual coordinate value of the robot centroid in x-direction and z-direction are reduced more than one time.The kinematic errors of robot body are reduced effectively by the use of the motion error compensation method based on the feedforward.

MULTI-RESOLUTION MOTION ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION BASED ON ADJACENT PREDICTION OF FRAME DIFFERENCE IN WAVELET DOMAIN

Aiming at the higher bit-rate occupation of motion vector encoding and more time load of full-searching strategies, a multi-resolution motion estimation and compensation algorithm based on adjacent prediction of frame difference was proposed.Differential motion detection was employed to image sequences and proper threshold was adopted to identify the connected region.Then the motion region was extracted to carry out motion estimation and motion compensation on it.The experiment results show that the encoding efficiency of motion vector is promoted, the complexity of motion estimation is reduced and the quality of the reconstruction image at the same bit-rate as Multi-Resolution Motion Estimation(MRME) is improved.

New Realization Method for Airborne SAR Motion Compensation

After analyzing the characteristics of airborne SAR motion deviation in detail, a new realization method for airborne SAR motion compensation based on two-dimensional division processing is described. By combining the division of local tracks in azimuth direction and the division of sub-mapping strips in range direction, the motion deviation will be compensated accurately. Furthermore, both theoretic analysis and simulation result show that by using this method the problems of motion compensation under complex condition with large motion deviation and large mapping strip width can be resolved well.

Real-Time Iterative Compensation Framework for Precision Mechatronic Motion Control Systems

With regard to precision/ultra-precision motion systems,it is important to achieve excellent tracking performance for various trajectory tracking tasks even under uncertain external disturbances.In this paper,to overcome the limitation of robustness to trajectory variations and external disturbances in offline feedforward compensation strategies such as iterative learning control(ILC),a novel real-time iterative compensation(RIC)control framework is proposed for precision motion systems without changing the inner closed-loop controller.Specifically,the RIC method can be divided into two parts,i.e.,accurate model prediction and real-time iterative compensation.An accurate prediction model considering lumped disturbances is firstly established to predict tracking errors at future sampling times.In light of predicted errors,a feedforward compensation term is developed to modify the following reference trajectory by real-time iterative calculation.Both the prediction and compen-sation processes are finished in a real-time motion control sampling period.The stability and convergence of the entire control system after real-time iterative compensation is analyzed for different conditions.Various simulation results consistently demonstrate that the proposed RIC framework possesses satisfactory dynamic regulation capability,which contributes to high tracking accuracy comparable to ILC or even better and strong robustness.

IMPROVED SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR MOTION COMPENSATION COMBINED DPCA WITH SUB-APERTURE IMAGE CORRELATION

Estimation precision of Displaced Phase Center Algorithm(DPCA) is affected by the number of displaced phase center pairs,the bandwidth of transmitting signal and many other factors.Detailed analysis is made on DPCA's estimation precision.Analysis results show that the directional vector estimation precision of DPCA is low,which will produce accumulating errors when phase cen-ters' track is estimated.Because of this reason,DPCA suffers from accumulating errors seriously.To overcome this problem,a method combining DPCA with Sub Aperture Image Correlation(SAIC) is presented.Large synthetic aperture is divided into sub-apertures.Micro errors in sub-aperture are estimated by DPCA and compensated to raw echo data.Bulk errors between sub-apertures are esti-mated by SAIC and compensated directly to sub-aperture images.After that,sub-aperture images are directly used to generate ultimate SAS image.The method is applied to the lake-trial dataset of a 20 kHz SAS prototype system.Results show the method can successfully remove the accumulating error and produce a better SAS image.

MOTION COMPENSATION FOR HIGH RESOLUTION AIRBORNE SAR WITH IMU & GPS

Inertial measurement unit (IMU) is a standard motion sensor in modern airborne SAR systems. But how to remove its systematic error is a difficult problem, which impacts the improvement of resolution in azimuth. The technique of motion compensation presented in this paper, uses the GPS as a reference system to estimate and correct the systematic error of the IMU on the concept of linear unbiased minimum variance (LUMV). This new and effective method achieves very accurate position measurement (both high and low frequency) of the APC in not only short but also long terms, so that it can satisfy the requirement of high resolution airborne SAR. In the last section of the paper, some experimental simulations from raw data are given.

An approach of motion compensation and ISAR imaging for micro-motion targets

Inverse synthetic aperture radar(ISAR)imaging of the target with the non-rigid body is very important in the field of radar signal processing.In this paper,a motion compensation method combined with the preprocessing and global technique is proposed to reduce the influence of micro-motion components in the fast time domain,and the micro-Doppler(m-D)signal in the slow time domain is separated by the improved complex-valued empirical-mode decomposition(CEMD)algorithm,which makes the m-D signal more effectively distinguishable from the signal for the main body by translating the target to the Doppler center.Then,a better focused ISAR image of the target with the non-rigid body can be obtained consequently.Results of the simulated and raw data demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.

High throughput bandwidth optimized VLSI design for motion compensation in AVS HDTV decoder

In this paper we present a motion compensation (MC) design for the newest Audio Video coding Standard (AVS) of China. Because of compression-efficient techniques of variable block size (VBS) and sub-pixel interpolation, intensive pixel calculation and huge memory access are required. We propose a parallel serial filtering mixed luma interpolation data flow and a three-stage multiplication free chroma interpolation scheme. Compared to the conventional designs, the integrated architecture supports about 2.7 times filtering throughput. The proposed MC design utilizes Vertical Z processing order for reference data re-use and saves up to 30% memory bandwidth. The whole design requires 44.3k gates when synthesized at 108 MHz clock frequency using 0.18-μm CMOS technology and can support up to 1920×1088@30 fps AVS HDTV video decoding.

RESEARCH ON MOTION COMPENSATION FOR HIGH RESOLUTION PROFILE OF EXTENDED TARGET FOR STEPPED CHIRP RADAR AND DSP IMPLEMENTATION

A discrete model is set up for High Resolution Range Profile (HRRP) of an extended target and the model of echo from an extended target for a Stepped Chirp Radar (SCR) is proposed. The effect of target motion on a range profile is thoroughly analyzed, and based on which precision re- quirement is developed for motion compensation. By studying the time domain correlation and the rule based on the least burst error, a motion compensation algorithm which satisfies the project requirement is presented, and the cyber-emulation confirms the conclusion. At last the processor is designed by using DSP devices to realize motion compensation and target recognition.

Research on motion compensation method based on neural network of radial basis function

The machining precision not only depends on accurate mechanical structure but also depends on motion compensation method. If manufacturing precision of mechanical structure cannot be improved, the motion compensation is a reasonable way to improve motion precision. A motion compensation method based on neural network of radial basis function(RBF) was presented in this paper. It utilized the infinite approximation advantage of RBF neural network to fit the motion error curve. The best hidden neural quantity was optimized by training the motion error data and calculating the total sum of squares. The best curve coefficient matrix was got and used to calculate motion compensation values. The experiments showed that the motion errors could be reduced obviously by utilizing the method in this paper.

Design Principle of High-precision Flexure Mechanisms Based on Parasitic-motion Compensation

In design of flexure mechanism, diminishing the parasitic-motion is a key point to improve the accuracy. However, most of existing topics concentrate on improving the accuracy of linear-motion flexure mechanisms via compensating the parasitic error, but few research the multi-dimensional flexure mechanisms. A general design principle and method for high-precision flexure mechanisms based on the parasitic-motion compensation is presented, and the proposed method can compensate the parasitic rotation in company with translation, or the parasitic translation in company with rotation, or both. The crucial step for the method is that the parasitic motion of a flexure mechanism is formulated and evaluated in terms of its compliance. The overall compliance matrix of a general flexure mechanism is formulated by using screw theory firstly, then the criteria for the parasitic motions is introduced by analyzing the characteristics of the resultant compliance matrix as well as with aid of the concept of instantaneous rotation center. Subsequently, a compliance-based compensation approach for reducing parasitic-motion is addressed as the most important part. The design principles and procedure are further discussed to help with improving the accuracy of flexure mechanisms, and case studies are provided to illustrate this method. Finally, an analytical verification is provided to demonstrate that the symmetry design philosophy widely used in flexure design can effectively improve accuracy in terms of the proposed method. The proposed compensation method can be well used to diminish the parasitic-motion of multi-dimensional flexure mechanisms.

Adaptive deinterlacing algorithm based on motion compensation

An adaptive de-interlacing algorithm based on motion compensation is presented. It consists of the detection of motion blocks, the adaptive motion estimation with Kalman filtering, and the motion compensation for motion blocks and field repetition for static blocks. The detection of motion blocks can accurately identify the motion blocks by using successive 4-field images. The motion estimation module with Kalman filtering searches motion vectors only for motion blocks, and the search model is adaptive to motion velocity and acceleration. Two de-interlacing methods are adopted to satisfy the different requirements of motion blocks and static blocks. Compared with full search algorithm, the proposed algorithm greatly reduces the computational amount while keeping the performance approximately.

A NEW APPROACH FOR ISAR TRANSLATIONAL MOTION COMPENSATION

Motion compensation is a key step of inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging. In this paper, the average absolute error measure (AAEM) is proposed for BAR translational motion compensation. Based on the AAEM, a technique for improving stepped-frequency IS AR imagery is presented. Image improvement is achieved in the frequency domain where the echo phase can be adjusted to compensate for translational motion. With help o f a search algorithm, the garget' s motion parameters which reduce AAEM to a minimum are determined. The signer-Vile distribution is used to find the initial values for a search algorithm. Based on AAEM, one can efficiently focus the image of the target. In the simulation, the target is assumed to fly in straight path and is illuminated by an X-band ground-based stationary stepped-frequency ISAR. The resulted image from simulation radal data is obtained. comparing the resulted image with that of the typical compensation method, the effectiveness of the proposed AAEM is verified.

Improved spatio-SNR FGS video coding scheme using motion compensation on enhancement-layer

MPEG-4 fine-granularity-scalable （FGS） technology is an effective solution to resolve the network bandwidth varying because FGS provides very fine granular SNR scalability. However, this scalability is obtained with sacrifice of coding efficiency. An one-loop FGS structure is presented based on motion compensation （MC ＋ FGS） to improve the coding efficiency of base FGS. Then it describes and discusses the hybrid spatial-SNR FGS （FGSS） structure that extends SNR scalability of FGS to spatial scalability （spatio-SNR scalability）. FGSS structure inherent the low coding efficiency of FGS structure. Combining MC ＋ FGS structure with FGSS structure, a structure of MC ＋ FGSS structure is obtained which acquires both structures＇ advantages and counteracts both structures＇ defects. Experimental results prove the MC＋ FGSS structure not only obtains fine granular spatio-SNR scalability, but also achieves high coding efficiency.