Robust high-accuracy ultrasonic range measurement system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3334-3341

  Saad, M M ^a   Bleakley, Chris J ^a   Dobson, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; frequency hop spread spectrum (FHSS); phase shift; range estimation; ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY HOPPING; PHASE SHIFT; RANGE FINDERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASONICS;

CROSS CORRELATIONS; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; PHASE SHIFT TECHNIQUES; RANGE ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS TO NOISE; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; SPREAD SPECTRA; WIDE BAND FREQUENCIES;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 85027936230     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2128950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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