A new signal-processing approach to mine detection by multibeam laser Doppler vibrometer (MB-LDV)

Ronald A. Wagstaff; Kenneth E. Gilbert

doi:10.1117/12.542610

21 September 2004 A new signal-processing approach to mine detection by multibeam laser Doppler vibrometer (MB-LDV)

Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542610
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Exciting the ground with an acoustic tonal projected by a loud speaker is one method for detecting buried landmines. The subsequent ground motion is measured with a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV). The LDV data contain the tonal in a frequency modulated form. One approach for demodulating the data and extracting the tonal uses a Hilbert transform. The ground velocity can be obtained from these data to identify mine presence or absence. An alternate approach to mine detection is to perform consecutive fast Fourier transforms on the modulated LDV data, and to average the output powers in each spectral bin. This results in a ground velocity distribution function in the spectrum that is manifested by a broadband of modulated frequencies. The proximity of the beams to a mine (over, near, not near) can be determined from the bandwidth of the modulation. Furthermore, the velocity distribution functions provide additional information that previous techniques do not. Such information may be useful for separating mines from false targets. This technique is discussed, and the results from measured MB-LDV data are presented. This paper is based upon work supported by the U. S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate under Contract DAAB15-02-C-0024.

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Ronald A. Wagstaff and Kenneth E. Gilbert "A new signal-processing approach to mine detection by multibeam laser Doppler vibrometer (MB-LDV)", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542610

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