Accurate distance measurement by an autonomous ultrasonic system combining time-of-flight and phase-shift methods

Author

Gueuning, Francis E. ; Varlan, Mihai ; Eugne, C.E. ; Dupuis, Pascal

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electron. Instrum., Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium

Volume

46

Issue

6

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1236

Lastpage

1240

Abstract

This paper presents an efficient algorithm for distance measurement, combining both the pulse time-of-flight method and the CW phase-shift method, It copes with a low-rate sampling technique allowed by the limited bandwidth of two ultrasonic transducers working in air at 30 kHz and with modest software resources of autonomous devices. The measuring system was implemented and tested on a compact Motorola MC68HC16-based platform, with a minimum of attached hardware. Experimental results show an accuracy better than 1 mm for a poor reflecting target at a distance of about 1 m

Keywords

acoustic correlation; acoustic signal detection; acoustic signal processing; computerised instrumentation; distance measurement; parameter estimation; ultrasonic applications; 1 m; 30 kHz; CW phase-shift method; Motorola MC68HC16-based platform; autonomous ultrasonic system; distance measurement; efficient algorithm; low-rate sampling; phase-shift methods; pulse time-of-flight method; reflecting target data analysis; software resources; time-of-flight method; ultrasonic transducers; Acoustic devices; Acoustic measurements; Bandwidth; Delay estimation; Distance measurement; Hardware; Pulse measurements; Signal processing algorithms; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.668260

Filename

668260