Systems and methods for determining shooter locations with weak muzzle detection
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-003/80
G01S-003/00
출원번호
US-0210295
(2005-08-23)
등록번호
US-7359285
(2008-04-15)
발명자
/ 주소
Barger,James E.
Milligan,Stephen D.
Brinn,Marshall Seth
Mullen,Richard J.
출원인 / 주소
BBN Technologies Corp.
대리인 / 주소
Ropes & Gray LLP
인용정보
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20인용 특허 :
18
초록▼
Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles are described. The system uses at least five, preferably seven, spaced acoustic sensors. Sensor signals are detected for shockwaves and muzzle blast, wherein muzzle blast detection can be either incomplete coming from less than 4
Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles are described. The system uses at least five, preferably seven, spaced acoustic sensors. Sensor signals are detected for shockwaves and muzzle blast, wherein muzzle blast detection can be either incomplete coming from less than 4 sensor channels, or inconclusive due to lack of signal strength. Shooter range can be determined by an iterative computation and/or a genetic algorithm by minimizing a cost function that includes timing information from both shockwave and muzzle signal channels. Disambiguation is significantly improved over shockwave-only measurements.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A method for estimating a shooter range by detecting shock wave and muzzle blast, comprising: measuring shockwave-only signals at a plurality of spaced acoustic sensors forming an antenna; measuring a muzzle blast signal at the plurality of acoustic sensors; determining from
What is claimed is: 1. A method for estimating a shooter range by detecting shock wave and muzzle blast, comprising: measuring shockwave-only signals at a plurality of spaced acoustic sensors forming an antenna; measuring a muzzle blast signal at the plurality of acoustic sensors; determining from the measured shock wave and muzzle blast signals an initial estimate of the shooter range; assuming an initial bullet velocity and a bullet drag coefficient; and iteratively computing an instantaneous bullet velocity along a bullet trajectory to obtain an updated shooter range. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein iteratively computing comprises performing a predetermined number of iterations. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the initial shooter range includes computing a time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) between the shockwave-only signals and the muzzle blast signals, and an arrival angle. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein iteratively computing comprises defining a convergence criterion and accepting the updated shooter range as a final shooter range if a relationship between successively determined updated shooter ranges satisfies the convergence criterion. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the relationship between successively determined updated shooter ranges is a difference between the successively determined updated shooter ranges. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the relationship between successively determined updated shooter ranges is a percentage change between the successively determined updated shooter ranges. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the computed bullet velocity is set to the speed of sound if the computed bullet velocity is less than the speed of sound. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the updated shooter range is considered invalid if a bullet trajectory angle and an arrival angle are greater than a predetermined value. 9. The method of claim 8, further including, if the updated shooter range is invalid, applying a genetic algorithm (GA) by: defining an initial population of the GA, the population having a predetermined number of individuals, each individual represented by a 3-tupel which includes an assumed shooter range, a missed azimuth (MA) and a missed elevation (ME) of the bullet trajectory; performing the GA for a predefined number of generations; computing residuals for the individuals in each generation; and selecting in each generation the solution having the smallest residual as the individual which survives unmutated. 10. The method of claim 9, and further including the step of selecting, after the predefined number of generations have been performed, the solution having the smallest residual as the updated shooter range. 11. The method of claim 9, further comprising for each 3-tupel in a generation, performing a predetermined number of iterations to compute a revised shooter range, wherein the residuals for the individuals in each generation are computed with the revised shooter range. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein applying the GA comprises applying crossover and mutation operators to the population in a generation. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein applying the crossover operator includes exchanging at least one of missed azimuth and missed elevation between two individuals from the population in a generation. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the mutation operator comprises field-mutation, incremental mutation, and no mutation. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the field-mutation operator replaces a value of the 3-tupel with a randomly selected value. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the incremental mutation operator induces a small mutation in all fields of the 3-tupel. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the no-mutation operator leaves the individuals in a generation unaltered.
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