A Boolean algebra approach to multiple sensor voting fusion

A technique for integrating multiple-sensor data using a voting fusion process that combines the individual sensor outputs is described. An important attribute of the method is the automatic confirmation of the target by the fusion processor without the need to explicitly determine which sensors and what level of sensor participation are involved. A three-sensor system, with multiple confidence levels in each sensor, is discussed to illustrate the approach. Boolean algebra is used to derive closed-form expressions for the multiple sensor-system detection probability and false-alarm probability. Procedures for relating confidence levels to detection and false alarm probabilities are described through an example. The hardware implementation for the sensor system fusion algorithm is discussed     

飞行器智能结构系统研究进展与关键问题

 飞行器智能结构是由传感器、驱动器、控制元件和基体结构组成的集成系统,它具有承载、检测、判断与动作等功能,可显著提升飞行器的性能。根据国内外飞行器智能结构系统研究的最新进展,论述了飞行器结构动力响应主动控制、智能机翼、旋翼以及飞行载荷谱监测与结构损伤诊断等的基本原理与技术问题;指出了飞行器智能结构系统研究在埋入式功能元件、复杂非线性多场耦合系统的动力学建模与控制以及智能结构系统中的损伤和失效问题等方面所面临的关键技术问题和挑战。     

一种事件驱动型无线传感器网络的数据编码及融合算法

基于事件驱动的区域监测是无线传感器网络的一类典型应用,该网络中包括两种类型的数据,分别为对网络状态进行监控的周期性监测数据和事件发生时应传送的事件消息.基于簇结构,利用簇头和簇成员两种角色的节点,分别针对上述两种类型的数据提出不同的编码方式和对应的融合机制,同时详细分析了该编码方法和融合机制的优缺点.     

Secure wireless collection and distribution of commercial airplane health data

The introduction of wireless communication capabilities supporting transfer of sensor data and information on-board commercial airplanes as well as between airplanes and supporting ground systems has the potential to significantly improve the safety and efficiency of air travel. The benefits, however, come at the cost of information security vulnerabilities introduced by data networks. Regulatory institutions, including the FAA, are aware that security requirements for network-enabled airplanes must be fully identified. Therefore, this focuses on wireless airplane health monitoring and management, and contributes a security framework to identify threats and system requirements to mitigate these threats. We also present challenges and open problems in enabling secure use of wireless sensor networks for health monitoring and control of commercial airplanes.     

具有自修复功能间接自适应飞行控制系统研究

分析了具有自修复功能的推力矢量飞机自适应控制系统的结构功能特点,利用RHO优化控制算法实现在线控制器设计,利用MSLS辨识算法实现在线飞行参数辨识,采用等价空间算法、传感器信息融合技术和概率统计理论实现FDI算法。依据系统各个部分的算法开发了仿真平台,对飞机存在舵面故障情况下的飞行控制系统进行仿真,解决了舵面损伤后气动参数变化问题。仿真表明,该控制系统是一个完整、鲁棒、收敛系统。     

Expert Systems in the Fighter of the 1990s

In the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) to be deployed in the 1990s, the role of expert systems will enhance mission success. This paper discusses the utilization of two expert systems for handling multisensor data fusion and situation assessment. In multisensor data fusion, each sensor operates over a different region of the surveillance volume asynchronously and provides different measurements. In some instances, more than one sensor may yield the same measurement but with a different measurement accuracy. In this regard, the paper describes, in layman's terms, a system block diagram for processing the autonomous sensor track files and the possible need for a ``smart' fusion processor. This expert system is shown to manage the sensor outputs in both the temporal and spatial domains to maximize target identification confidence as well as kinematic state vector accuracy. The paper delineates the features needed by the fusion expert in order to assign a quality factor to each composite track file entry. A second expert system uses the output from fusion and other mission-related data to formulate the best picture of the surveillance volume at hand. This second expert system will show how historical data and real-time sensor data are merged for purposes of display parameters to the pilot, weapon cueing, countermeasures response management, and feedback to the fusion expert processor for individual sensor communication and data collection direction. The paper concludes with a tabular summary of the subprocesses of which these two expert systems may consist.     

Nonstochastic adaptive decision fusion in distributed-detection systems

Implementing the optimal Neyman-Pearson (NP) fusion rule in distributed detection systems requires the sensor error probabilities to be a priori known and constant during the system operation. Such a requirement is practically impossible to fulfil for every resolution cell in a multiflying target multisensor environment. The true performance of the fusion center is often worse than expected due to fluctuations of the observed environment and instabilities of sensor thresholds. This work considers a nonparametric data fusion situation in which the fusion center knows only the number of the sensors, but ignores their error probabilities and cannot control their thresholds. A data adaptive approach to the problem is adopted, and combining P reports from Q independent distributed sensors through a least squares (LS) formulation to make a global decision is investigated. Such a fusion scheme does not entail strict stationarity of the noise environment nor strict invariance of the sensor error probabilities as is required in the NP formulation. The LS fusion scheme is analyzed in detail to simplify its form and determine its asymptotic behavior. Conditions of performance improvement as P increases and of quickness of such improvement are found. These conditions are usually valid in netted radar surveillance systems.     

基于CCD视觉传感的焊缝自动跟踪程控系统的研究

为保证航天技术自动焊接中的焊缝质量 ,研究一种智能型焊缝跟踪系统 ,用VB语言开发出准确识别焊缝位置的图象处理软件 ,可通过工控机将CCD视觉传感检测到的焊缝准确提取中心 ,再反馈到可编程控制器PLC输出控制信号 ,达到高精度的焊缝跟踪     

基于数据融合树的C3I信息融合系统体系结构设计

 在分析了基于范例的体系结构-数据融合树的基本概念及其不足之处的基础上,提出了基于数据融合树的信息融合系统体系结构设计方法,论述了该方法的原理,并应用该方法进行了C³I信息融合系统的体系结构设计,包括数据融合树的设计、融合节点体系结构设计、处理系统的体系结构设计和并行处理结构设计。     

一种分布式异步航迹融合算法

在多被动传感器目标跟踪中,融合中心处理的信息一般是同步的,然而实际情况并非如此。另外,一些被动传感器只能得到目标的方位信息,无法单独形成有效航迹,这就需要将各传感器数据同步到相同时刻,然后应用同步融合算法。针对被动传感器探测系统,采用传感器到传感器融合和系统到传感器融合的分布式融合结构,并对各局部传感器引入全局反馈,对相关信息采用协方差交叉算法进行处理,完成被动传感器异步数据的融合,仿真结果表明,该算法具有较好的融合效果。     

Architectures and algorithms for track association and fusion

Target tracking using multiple sensors can provide better performance than using a single sensor. One approach to multiple target tracking with multiple sensors is to first perform single sensor tracking and then fuse the tracks from the different sensors. Two processing architectures for track fusion are presented: sensor to sensor track fusion, and sensor to system track fusion. Technical issues related to the statistical correlation between track estimation errors are discussed. Approaches for associating the tracks and combining the track state estimates of associated tracks that account for this correlation are described and compared by both theoretical analysis and Monte Carlo simulations     

Sensor fusion for intelligent alarm analysis

The purpose of an intelligent alarm analysis system is to provide complete and manageable information to a central alarm station operator by applying alarm processing and fusion techniques to sensor information. This paper discusses the sensor fusion approach taken to perform intelligent alarm analysis for the Advanced Exterior Sensor (AES). The AES is an intrusion detection and assessment system designed for wide-area coverage, quick deployment, low false/nuisance alarm operation, and immediate visual assessment. It combines three sensor technologies (visible, infrared, and millimeter wave radar) collocated on a compact and portable remote sensor module. The remote sensor module rotates at a rate of 1 revolution per second to detect and track motion and provide assessment in a continuous 360° field-of-regard. Sensor fusion techniques are used to correlate and integrate the track data from these three sensors into a single track for operator observation. Additional inputs to the fusion process include environmental data, knowledge of sensor performance under certain weather conditions, sensor priority, and recent operator feedback. A confidence value is assigned to the track as a result of the fusion process. This helps to reduce nuisance alarms and to increase operator confidence in the system while reducing the workload of the operator     

推力矢量飞机自适应控制系统仿真平台研究

研究了具有自修复功能的推力矢量飞机自适应控制系统的结构功能特点,研究了RHO优化控制算法实现在线控制器设计,利用MSLS辨识算法实现在线飞行参数辨识和等价空间算法、传感器信息融合技术和概率统计理论实现FDI算法。并且根据系统各个部分的算法,采用面向对象技术语言VC 6.0和三维图形语言OpenGL开发了仿真平台,利用仿真平台实时演示了飞机存在舵面故障情况下的飞行控制系统运行仿真,解决了飞机飞行过程中存在舵面损伤和气动参数变化的问题,该仿真平台可以根据需求进行飞机故障加载,具备完备的推力矢量飞机自适应控制系统仿真功能。     

某型机载惯性/卫星/大气多信息融合MEMS航姿系统的设计与实现

针对机载MEMS航姿系统中器件精度低且易受干扰导致其姿态性能降低的问题,提出了一种基于大气/卫星信息辅助的航姿系统融合方案。构建了多源传感信息辅助下的综合航姿系统方案,所设计系统具有多种工作运行模式,可根据传感器可用状态实现滤波器的无缝切换,建立了组合导航系统状态和量测模型,采用Kalman滤波方法实现多源信息的融合与估计,并开展了原理样机的跑车试验。试验结果表明,所设计的融合方案能有效保障航姿系统的可靠性与精度,具有较高的工程应用价值。     

机载探测设备目标识别算法的研究

针对机载探测设备多传感器系统具有多目标,大量观测数据的特点,提出了一种基于Demp-ster-Shafer（D-S）证据理论和主观Bayesian方法组合的数据融合算法。在数据融合过程中,为保证融合的实时性,融合系统采用时域融合和空域融合相结合的方法,首先对相同传感器的各次抽样值进行时域融合,然后传感器之间的融合采用D-S方法进行融合;最后,其融合结果经概率转化后,与来自于ELINT（Electronic Intelligence）的信息通过主观Bayesian方法进行识别级融合。最后给出一个实例,经过仿真计算证明了该算法的可行性和实用性。     

基于小波变换的多聚焦图像融合评述

概述了数据融合的基本概念和应用,简明分析了多聚焦图像的成像机理,从像素级层面上描述了基于小波多尺度变换的图像融合思想和过程.由于在基于小波变换的图像融合过程中,融合规则起很重要的作用,因此本文重点综述了适于多聚焦图像融合的三种融合规则：基于像素的融合规则、基于窗口的融合规则和基于区域的融合规则,并对这些规则进行了比较,最后给出了图像融合效果的客观评测方法.     

Information space of sensor networks: Lagrangian,energy-momentum tensor,and applications

It is a challenge to investigate the interrelationship between the geometric structure and performance of sensor networks due to the increasingly complex and diverse architecture of them. This paper presents two new formulations for the information space of sensor networks, including Lagrangian and energy–momentum tensor, which are expected to integrate sensor networks target tracking and performance evaluation from a unified perspective. The proposed method presents two geometric objects to represent the dynamic state and manifold structure of the information space of sensor networks. Based on that, the authors conduct the property analysis and target tracking of sensor networks. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time to investigate and analyze the information energy–momentum tensor of sensor networks and evaluate the performance of sensor networks in the context of target tracking. Simulations and examples confirm the competitive performance of the proposed method.     

Optimal Decision Fusion in Multiple Sensor Systems

The problem of optimal data fusion in the sense of the Neyman-pearson (N-P) test in a centralized fusion center is considered. The fusion center receives data from various distributed sensors. Each sensor implements a N-P test individually and independently of the other sensors. Due to limitations in channel capacity, the sensors transmit their decision instead of raw data. In addition to their decisions, the sensors may transmit one or more bits of quality information. The optimal, in the N-P sense, decision scheme at the fusion center is derived and it is seen that an improvement in the performance of the system beyond that of the most reliable sensor is feasible, even without quality information, for a system of three or more sensors. If quality information bits are also available at the fusion center, the performance of the distributed decision scheme is comparable to that of the centralized N-P test. Several examples are provided and an algorithm for adjusting the threshold level at the fusion center is provided.     

Censoring sensors: a low-communication-rate scheme for distributeddetection

We consider a new scheme for distributed detection based on a “censoring” or “send/no-send” idea. The sensors are assumed to “censor” their observations so that each sensor sends to the fusion center only “informative” observations, and leaves those deemed “uninformative” untransmitted. The main result of this work is that with conditionally independent sensor data and under a communication rate constraint, in order to minimize the probability of error, transmission should occur if and only if the local likelihood ratio value observed by the sensor does not fall in a certain single interval. Similar results are derived from Neymarr-Pearson and distance-measure viewpoints. We also discuss simplifications for the most interesting case that the fusion center threshold is high and the communication constraint is severe. We compare censoring with the more common binary-transmission framework and observe its considerable decrease in communication needs. Finally, we explore the use of feedback to achieve optimal performance with very little communication     

数据融合体系结构的设计

在进行数据融合系统设计时,选择适当的融合体系结构是首要工作。本文首先分析了单传感器系统的不完善性;接着,分析了数据融合的功能模块及其相互之间的关系,指出了集中式/分布式/混合式融合处理结构的优劣,最后,讨论并分析了几种典型的数据融合体系结构。