Search results for: RADAR
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Navigational radar tracking of a maritime terget in clutter: A comparisonof IMM-NN and IMM-PDA filtering algorithms.
PublicationW rozdziale omawia się implementację algorytmów estymacji stanu obiektów morskich na podstawie informacji wieloradarowej. Odpowiednia fuzja danych(pomiarów lub wektorów stanu) z wielu radarów, obserwujących wspólny obszar,polepsza możliwości wykrywania celów i umożliwia uzyskanie dokładniejszych ocen parametrów ruchu obserwowanych obiektów. Algorytmy śledzące (TA) opierają się na procedurach asocjacji pomiarów (PTA)....
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Radar water level sensors for full implementation of the river information services of border and lower section of the Oder in Poland
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Applying ground penetrating radar to tracking of ancient architectural transformations: the case of the monastery St. Peter on the Island of Rab (Croatia)
PublicationThe ground-penetrating radar (GPR) method has been used for many years in archaeological research. However, thismethod is still not widely used in studies of past architecture. The biggest problem with the implementation of the GPRmethod at such sites is usually connected with extensive debris layers, plant cover and standing relics of walls and otherfeatures that restrict the available measurement area. Despite of these, properly...
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Signal Receiving and Processing Platform of the Experimental Passive Radar for Intelligent Surveillance System Using Software Defined Radio Approach
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Historic bridge modelling using laser scanning, ground penetrating radar and finite element methods in the context of structural dynamics
PublicationPraca dotyczy modelowania MES zabytkowej konstrukcji mostowej przy użyciu danych geometrycznych pochodzących ze skanowania laserowego oraz georadaru. Z uwagi na brak badań materiału budujcego most, przeprowadza się analize wrażliwości konstrukcji na zmiany modułu sprężystości granitu.
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3-D finite-difference time-domain modelling of ground penetrating radar for identification of rebars in complex reinforced concrete structures
PublicationThis paper presents numerical and experimental investigations to identify reinforcing bars using the ground penetrating radar (GPR) method. A novel element of the paper is the inspection of different arrangements of reinforcement bars. Two particular problems, i.e. detection of few adjacent transverse bars and detection of a longitudinal bar located over or under transverse reinforcement, have been raised. An attention was also...
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Non-destructive Diagnostics of the Floor in the Gdańsk Crane Using Ground Penetrating Radar = Diagnostyka nieniszcząca posadzki w gdańskim Żurawiu z zastosowaniem metody georadarowej
PublicationThis paper presents the results of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey carried out at the Crane in Gdańsk. The measurements were conducted on the floor of the southern and northern towers. The aim of the experiment is to assess the possibility of detecting anomalies beneath the floor. The surveys were carried out in a non-destructive manner, using a georadar unit with 2 GHz and 400/900 MHz antennas. This paper compares the...
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Metody wizualizacji trójwymiarowego zobrazowania radarowego
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono metody tmiarowej rójwywizualizacji ech radarowych.
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Improvement of time difference of arrival measurements resolution by using fractional delay filters in a direct sequence-code division multiple access radionavigation system
PublicationThis study presents a method of improving time measurements resolution in a direct sequence-code division multiple access receiver by using a fine code tracking loop based on fractional delay filtering of a despreading sequence. It briefly describes the structure of a generic digital code tracking loop and the proposed modification which allows to measure time difference of arrival values with the subsample resolution, together...
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Journal of Radars
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Zagrożenie osuwiskowe wieży radarowej na klifie w Chłapowie
PublicationWieża radarowa wybudowana w 1985r na bezpośrednim zapleczu aktywnego klifu, znajduje się w strefie zagrożenia. Dowodzą o tym aktualnie żywe zjawska osuwiskowe występujące na zboczu klifowym. Jest bezzasadne ratowanie pojedynczego obiektu, wymagające kosztownego zabezpieczenia brzegu klifowego w Chłapowie.
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Comparison of active proximity radars for the wearable devices
PublicationTwo methods of object position and movement estimation in relation to the user of smart glasses were investigated. An active infrared and ultrasonic methods of the obstacle detection were presented and compared. Application of these methods depend on active transducers type (physical medium used), geometry and surface properties of detected objects and their movement direction and speed. In the article properties of both detectors...
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Szyk planarny anten mikropaskowych z przeznaczeniem do radaru dopplerowskiego
Publicationw pracy opisano konstrukcję oraz wyniki pomiarów szyku 4 anten mikropaskowych w postaci macierzy 2x2 na częstotliwość 10 ghz, z przeznaczeniem do pracy w układzie radaru dopplerowskiego. pojedynczym promiennikiem w omawianym szyku jest antena mikropaskowa, zasilana przez sprzężenie elektromagnetyczne realizowane przez szczelinę we wspólnym ekranie. wykorzystanie szyku w układzie radaru dopplera stwarza wymagania w stosunku do charakterystyk...
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Szyk planarny anten mikropasokwych z przeznaczeniem do radaru dopplerowskiego
PublicationW pracy opisano konstrukcję oraz wyniki pomiarów szyku 4 anten mikropaskowych w postaci macierzy 2x2, zaprojektowanych na częstotliwość 10 GHz. Pojedynczym promiennikiem w szyku jest antena mikropaskowa , zasilana przez sprzężenie elektromagnetyczne realizowane przez szczelinę we wspólnym ekranie. W wyniku badań zrealizowanych 3 egzemplarzy szyku stwierdzono, że niewielkie odchyłki w wymiarach fizycznych badanych układów przełożyły...
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Waveform design for fast clutter cancellation in noise radars
PublicationCanceling clutter is an important, but computation-ally intensive part of signal processing in noise radars. It is shown that considerable improvements can be made to a simple least squares canceler if minor constraints are imposed onto noise waveform. The proposed scheme is potentially capable of canceling clutter in real-time, even for high sampling rates.
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Sposób bezprzewodowej transmisji informacji użytkowej przez system radarowy, zwłaszcza z wykorzystaniem radarów FMCW oraz radar FMCW
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Internetowy system czasu rzeczywistego do akwizycji i wizualizacji obrazów radarowych.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono realizację zdalnego interfejsu użytkownika do radaru cyfrowego firmy SITEX Marine Electonics Inc. umieszczonego na dachu budynku Wydziału Elektroniki, Telekomunikacji i Informatyki Politechniki Gdańskiej. Na potrzeby udostępniania pomiarów wykonywanych przez radar zrealizowano dedykowany serwer Internetowy, który realizuje na bieżąco przesyłanie skompresowanych obrazów radarowych do klilentów przez sieć...
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Estymacja azymutu w radarze z obracaną anteną i szeroką wiązką
PublicationRozważono problem estymacji azymutu w radarze z obracaną anteną, w którym zastosowano wiązkę o dużej szerokości w płaszczyźnie azymutu. Radary tego typu zwykle charakteryzują się niskim stosunkiem sygnału do szumu i dużą liczbą dostępnych obserwacji echa. Zaproponowane rozwiązanie jest oparte na metodzie największej wiarygodności, zmodyfikowanej w sposób, który pozwala na implementację estymatora w systemach czasu rzeczywistego....
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Cheap Cancellation of Strong Echoes for Digital Passive and Noise Radars
PublicationThe problem of cancellation of strong, potentially nonstationary,echoes in noise radars and passive radars utilizing digitaltransmissions is considered. The proposed solution is a multi-stage procedure.Initial clutter estimates, obtained using the least mean squares(LMS) algorithm, are refined using specially designed filters, "matched"to spectral densities of targets and clutter. When the postprocessing filtersare noncausal, the...
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Fast clutter cancellation for noise radars via waveform design
PublicationCanceling clutter is an important, but very expensive part of signal processing in noise radars. It is shown that considerable improvements can be made to a simple least squares canceler if minor constraints are imposed onto noise waveform. Using a combination of FPGA and CPU, the proposed scheme is capable of canceling both stationary clutter and moving targets in real-time, even for high sampling rates.
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Obsługa danych radarowych w rozproszonym systemie komunikacji i nadzoru projektu STRADAR
PublicationJednym z zadań rozszerzenia projektu STRADAR jest zrealizowanie zaawansowanego przetwarzania (reduplikacja, multifuzja) i prezentacji danych pochodzących z urządzeń radarowych znajdujących się pod kontrolą Morskiego Oddziału Straży Granicznej. W artykule przedstawiono założenia dla realizacji oprogramowania fuzji danych radarowych w serwerach archiwizacji, ogólną strukturę podsystemu obsługi danych radarowych, moduły wejściowe...
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Estymacja współrzędnych kątowych w radarze trójwspółrzędnym z elektronicznym skanowaniem wiązki i obracaną anteną planarną
PublicationW rozprawie zawarto historię radiolokacji oraz sposób obróbki sygnałów i danych radarowych przed etapem estymacji. Przedstawiono oraz przetestowano klasyczne metody estymacji współrzędnych wraz ze wskazaniem ich słabych oraz mocnych stron. Zaproponowano uodpornione warianty estymatorów największej wiarygodności, które pozwolił poprawić jakość oszacowania przy estymacji elewacji w warunkach propagacji wielodrogowej, redukując jednocześnie...
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A comparison of the target tracking in marine navigational radars by means of GRNN filter and numerical filter
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Determining manoeuvre detection threshold of GRNN filter in the process of tracking in marine navigational radars
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Sterowanie kamerami i wizualizacja danych radarowych w rozproszonym systemie dyspozytorskim STRADAR dla straży granicznej
PublicationSTRADAR to rozproszony system danych multimedialnych, przeznaczony do monitorowania granic morskich kraju, co jest ważnym zadaniem Morskiego Oddziału Straży Granicznej. System umożliwia przechowywanie, wyszukiwanie i wyświetlanie danych dotyczących zdarzenia będącego obiektem zainteresowania dla Straży Granicznej. Przedstawiono kolejny etap rozwoju projektu STRADAR (Strumieniowa transmisja danych czasu rzeczywistego w rozproszonych...
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A Method of Fast and Simultaneous Calibration of Many Mobile FMCW Radars Operating in a Network Anti-Drone System
PublicationA market for small drones is developing very fast. They are used for leisure activities and exploited in commercial applications. However, there is a growing concern for accidental or even criminal misuses of these platforms. Dangerous incidents with drones are appearing more often, and have caused many institutions to start thinking about anti-drone solutions. There are many cases when building stationary systems seems to be aimless...
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Możliwości weryfikacji parametrów elektrycznych planarnych szyków antenowych stosowanych w radarach przy wykorzystaniu skanera do pomiaru charakterystyk antenowych w polu bliskim
PublicationW pracy zweryfikowano możliwości wykorzystania skanera służącego do pomiaru charakterystyk antenowych w polu bliskim do weryfikacji parametrów elektrycznych planarnych szyków antenowych stosowanych w radarach. Przedstawione zostały badania modelu anteny. Uzyskane rezultaty porównano z wynikami pomiarów wykonanych na poligonie antenowym uzyskując zadawalającą zgodność. Wykorzystanie systemu skanera pozwala więc na ograniczenie lub...
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Andrzej Stateczny prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleProf. Dr. Andrzej Stateczny is a Professor of Gdansk Technical University Poland and President of Marine Technology Ltd. His research interests are mainly centered on navigation, hydrography and geoinformatics. Current RF research activities include radar navigation, comparative navigation, hydrography, artificial intelligence methods focused on image processing and multisensory data fusion. He has been the Principal Investigator...
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Piotr Szczuko dr hab. inż.
PeoplePiotr Szczuko received his M.Sc. degree in 2002. His thesis was dedicated to examination of correlation phenomena between perception of sound and vision for surround sound and digital image. He finished Ph.D. studies in 2007 and one year later completed a dissertation "Application of Fuzzy Rules in Computer Character Animation" that received award of Prime Minister of Poland. His interests include: processing of audio and video, computer...
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Ewa Hermanowicz prof. dr hab. inż.
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Zdzisław Kowalczuk prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleZdzislaw Kowalczuk received his M.Sc. degree in 1978 and Ph.D. degree in 1986, both in Automatic Control from Technical University of Gdańsk (TUG), Gdańsk, Poland. In 1993 he received his D.Sc. degree (Dr Habilitus) in Automatic Control from Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland, and the title of Professor from the President of Poland in 2003. Since 1978 he has been with Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics...
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Measurement of distance, velocity and angle of arrival using FMCW-CW combined waveform
PublicationA procedure of tacking small flying object based on a general principle of FMCW and Doppler radar is presented. In order to increase measurement range, this technique uses active signal source on the moving object. For simultaneous measurements of distance, radial velocity and direction (AoA) as well as simplified synchronization a combined FMCW-CW waveform is proposed. The presented measurement system was realized and verified...
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Multidisciplinary approach to the assessment of historic structures based on the case of a masonry bridge in Galicia (Spain)
PublicationThe paper presents a general method to evaluate a masonry structure with a complex geometry and unknown material properties. This multidisciplinary approach integrates close range digital photogrammetry,ground probing radar (GPR) and finite elements analysis (FEM) to analyse a masonry bridge. The resulting information from photogrammetry and radar is applied to define a 3D model, which is then used to simulate the behaviour of...
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Deduplication of Tracked Objects Position Data at Single Observation Point of a Vessel Monitoring System
PublicationVessel Monitoring System (VMS) play a major role in safety navigation. In most cases they are based on two data sources, namely Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA). Integration of data obtained from these sources is an important problem, which needs to be solved in order to ensure the correct performance of a given VMS. In this paper basic functions which should be implemented in a tracked...
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Rafał Lech dr hab. inż.
PeopleIEEE Senior Member #92122578 Rafal Lech was born in Elblag, Poland, in 1977. He received the M.Sc.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees (with honors) from the Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland, in 2001 and 2007, respectively. He is currently with the Faculty of Electronics, Department of Microwave and Antenna Engineering, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology. His main research interests are electromagnetic-wave...
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A Novel Approach of Using Selected Unconventional Geodesic Methods of Estimation on VTS Areas
PublicationThe Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) systems belong to the fundamental tools used in ensuring a high level of safety across sea basins with heavy traffic, where the presence of navigational hazards poses a great risk of collision or a ship running aground. In order to determine the mutual location of ships, VTS systems obtain information from different facilities, such as coastal radar stations, AIS, and vision systems. Fixing a ship’s...
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Automatic sound source localization in disturbing conditions using acoustic vector sensors
PublicationA concept, practical realization and applications of a passive acoustic radar to automatic localization and tracking of sound sources in disturbing conditions were presented in the paper. The device consists of the new kind of multichannel miniature sound intensity sensors and a group of digital signal processing algorithms. The sensitivity of the realized acoustic radar was examined in free sound field. Several kinds of sound...
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Simulation Environment in Python for Ship Encounter Situations
PublicationTo assess the risk of collision in radar navigation distance-based safety measures such as Distance at the Closest Point of Approach and Time to the Closest Point of Approach are most commonly used. Also Bow Crossing Range and Bow Crossing Time measures are good complement to the picture of the meeting situation. When ship safety domain is considered then Degree of Domain Violation and Time to Domain Violation can be applied. This...
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Józef Kotus dr hab. inż.
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Performance measurements and optimization of visualization of routes traveled in the distributed dispatcher and teleinformation system for visualization of multimedia data for the Border Guard
PublicationMonitoring of country maritime border is an important task of the Border Guard. This activity can be enhanced with the use of the technology enabling gathering information from distributed sources, processing of that information and its visualization. The system presented in the paper is an advancement of the previously developed distributed map data exchange system. The added functionality allows to supplement the map data with...
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Heuristic Method of Safe Manoeuvre Selection Based on Collision Threat Parameters Areas
PublicationThis paper is a continuation of papers dedicated to a radar-based CTPA (Collision Threat Parameters Area) display designed to support safe manoeuvre selection. The display visualizes all the ships in an encounter and presents situational overview from the own ship’s point of view. It calculates and displays information on unsafe or unrealistic own ship’s course & speed allowing a user to select a safe manoeuvre. So far only the...
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Deduplication of Position Data and Global Identification of Objects Tracked in Distributed Vessel Monitoring System
PublicationVessel monitoring systems (VMS) play a very important role in safety navigation. In most cases, their structure is distributed and they are based on two data sources, namely Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA). Such approach results in several objects identification and position data duplication problems, which need to be solved in order to ensure the correct performance of a given VMS....
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The possibility of application of the potentiometric sensor with all-solid-state electrodes containing lipid-polymer membranes for classification of tested black leaf teas in terms of their quality
PublicationPotentiometric sensor with all-solid-state electrodes containing lipid-polymer membranes for a set of black leaf teas coming from four countries (China, India, Sri Lanka and Kenia) classification was applied. The tested tea samples were reassigned to quality classes marked with numbers I–V according to the information available. The sensor results of tea samples are presented in the form of radar charts. It was observed that, in...
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AUTONOMOUS PLATFORM TO PROTECT MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
PublicationProblems regarding the security of maritime infrastructure, especially harbours and offshore infrastructure, are currently a very hot topic. Due to these problems, there are some research projects in which the main goal is to decrease the gap and improve the methods of observation in the chosen area, for both in-air and underwater areas. The main goal of the paper is to show a new complex system for improving the security of the...
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GPR simulations for diagnostics of a reinforced concrete beam
PublicationThe most popular technique for modelling of an electromagnetic field, the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, has recently become a popular technique as an interpretation tool for ground penetrating radar (GPR) measurements. The aim of this study is to detect the size and the position of damage in a reinforced concrete beam using GPR maps. Numerical simulations were carried out using the finite differ-ence time domain...
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Application of gpr method in diagnostics of reinforced concrete structures
PublicationThis paper presents an application of the ground penetration method (GPR) for diagnostics of reinforced concrete structures. In situ measurements were conducted for three civil engineering structures: the ground floor structure, the abutment of the railway viaduct and the concrete well. The dual polarized ground penetrating radar with the antenna operating at a center frequency of 2 GHz was used for GPR surveys. Three different...
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Automatic Identification System (AIS) Dynamic Data Integrity Monitoring and Trajectory Tracking Based on the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) Process Model
PublicationTo enhance the safety of marine navigation, one needs to consider the involvement of the automatic identification system (AIS), an existing system designed for ship-to-ship and shipto- shore communication. Previous research on the quality of AIS parameters revealed problems that the system experiences with sensor data exchange. In coastal areas, littoral AIS does not meet the expectations of operational continuity and system availability,...
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Numerical modeling of GPR field in damage detection of a reinforced concrete footbridge
PublicationThe paper presents a study on the use of the ground penetrating radar (GPR) method in diagnostics of a footbridge. It contains experimental investigations and numerical analyses of the electromagnetic field propagation using the finite difference time domain method (FDTD). The object of research was a reinforced concrete footbridge over a railway line. The calculations of the GPR field propagation were performed on a selected cross-section...
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Ryszard Katulski prof. dr hab. inż.
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Automatic Analysis of Trajectories of Moving Objects
PublicationOngoing monitoring is essential to providing security and safety of maritime and air operations. This paper presents the research in the area of automatic analysis of movement of unrestricted vehicles like ships and air-planes. The analysis is aimed at extraction of trajectory information, and the results can be used to identify anomalous behaviour in archived and real-time data. In this paper we focus on data acquired using the...