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Explore the innovative portable acoustic monitoring system developed by John Allen at the University of Hawaii to track threats in harbor environments. This system utilizes advanced array technology for robust and cost-effective research approaches.
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Harbor Acoustic Monitoring Systems • John Allen • University of Hawaii • Department of Mechanical Engineering • Honolulu, HI 96822 • January 10, 2011
Harbor Environment • Threats - Swimmers, Divers, AUVs, Small Vessels • System - Robust, Cost Effective,Portable
Research Approach Problem: A wide variety of unknown, quiet targets in different cluttered, shallow water environments Approach: Acoustic Array – Provides Beam-Forming Capabilities, Detection and Tracking (Passive, Active Acoustics) Snapping Shrimp
Deployment: Kilo-Nalu Ocean Observatory Site – 12 meter Portable Arrays -24 Channels,300 Hz-50 KHz bandwidth, 24 bit acquisition, Autonomous, 120 lbs
Deployment Small Surface Vessel, Three Divers (Portability) Leveraged Experiment – Vector Sensor Array (UCSD/Scripps), 24 Element Array (Portland State), 24 Element (UH)
Array Configuration • Horizontal Array – Bottom, Clutter Reduction • Vertical Array – Surface, Discrimination in Depth • Synchronized Data Collection cwater Receivers Target Water Sediment Sub-bottom
Horizontal Array Horizontal Array
Vertical -Modeled Data Vertical -Measured Data Direct path Surface echo Bottom echo Source Late arriving echoes are broken up in data likely due to scattering VLA Vertical Array: Performing Properly
Modeled Data Horizontal- Measured Data Direct path +bottom echo Surface + Surfacebottom echoes Time delay across array: robust measure of the source direction Source HLA Horizontal Array: Performing Properly
Acoustic Array Processing Conventional Beamforming (Horizontal Array) Extensions: Adaptive and Near Field Beamforming Combined Horizontal and Vertical Arrays
Small boat engine Engine cuts out Zoomed X-axis
Wide-band Beamforming boat REMUS
Narrow-band Beamforming
SCUBA Divers Channel 10 of Array
Channel 10 of Array Same spectrogram +14 dB white noise
Vector Sensor Array Breaking Wave Noise, Bubble Entrainment
DHS Educational Activities • Two High School Interns – Summer 2010 • Three Undergraduate Students – 2010-11 (Two Native Hawaiian) • Graduate Student -MSME (Tyler Hee-Wai, ~Spring 2012) Undergraduate Acoustic Laboratory – DHS Topic -Acoustic Characterization of RC Submarines and Boats ME 474 – Fundamentals of Acoustics (Spring 2011) Acoustical Society of America – Spring 2011 Meeting, Seattle, WA
Conclusions and On-Going Research • Deployment: Arrays (“L”,Vertical-Horizontal), Vector Sensor • Acoustic Beamforming (Conventional)– REMUS, Divers, Ships (Passive Detection and Tracking) • Combined Vertical and Horizontal Arrays • Adaptive and Near Field Beamforming • Acoustic Sources, Integration with IR Surface Detection Acknowledgements: CIMES/DHS Martin Siderius (Portland State University), Grant Deane, James Uyloan (UCSD/Scripps) Joint Array Field Deployment Jan Prins (UH Aquatic Research Lab) Kilo Nalu Observatory, University of Hawaii-Manoa IR Surface Diver Detection
Future Directions Two Array Signal Processing Acoustic Recorders – Linked Modems (Post-Doc – Alec Duncan) Collaborative DHS International Proposal Australia -2011
~25 kHz Acoustic Comms Design Freq of array(300-1500 Hz)