Integrated control of multiple acoustic sensors for optimal seabed surveying

Edward Thurman, James Riordan, Daniel Toal

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Abstract

This paper presents an integrated acoustic controller system which processes multibeam data in real-time to provide a priori bathymetry data to auxiliary acoustic sensors facilitating the operation of co-located, similar frequency sonar. The automated system is based on the interleaving of the sonar transmission-reception cycles to avoid cross-sensor acoustic interference. By dynamically adapting the ping rates of the payload sensors, the system optimises the execution of the seabed mapping survey, improves the quality of the resulting data and reduces survey time and costs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication7th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, CAMS 2007
PublisherIFAC Secretariat
Pages367-372
Number of pages6
EditionPART 1
ISBN (Print)9783902661623
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Publication series

NameIFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
NumberPART 1
Volume7
ISSN (Print)1474-6670

Keywords

  • Adaptive control
  • Multibeam
  • Optimisation
  • Seabed mapping
  • Sidescan
  • Simultaneous
  • Sonar

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