Underwater target tracking by means of acoustic and electromagnetic data fusion

An interesting possibility for improved surveillance capabilities in littoral waters is the integration of multisensor systems by means of data fusion. Here, we describe how data fusion can be used for localisation and tracking of targets by means of passive underwater acoustic and electric field se...

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Published in2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Dalberg, E., Lauberts, A., Lennartsson, R.K., Levonen, M.J., Persson, L.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2006
Subjects
Acoustic sensors
bearing estimation
data fusion
Electrodes
Filters
Kalman filter
localisation
Multisensor systems
Sensor fusion
Sensor phenomena and characterization
Surveillance
Target tracking
Tracking
Underwater acoustics
Underwater tracking
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Summary:An interesting possibility for improved surveillance capabilities in littoral waters is the integration of multisensor systems by means of data fusion. Here, we describe how data fusion can be used for localisation and tracking of targets by means of passive underwater acoustic and electric field sensors. The data was fused using a Kalman filter. The filter was applied on bearing estimates from the acoustic data and estimates of the target position from the electrode array. The results show the positions of the targets are gained by fusion between the acoustic bearing and the electrode sensors, within the limits of their sensitivity
ISBN:1424409535
9781424409532
DOI:10.1109/ICIF.2006.301613