Noncontact Distance and Amplitude-Independent Vibration Measurement Based on an Extended DACM Algorithm

Utilizing microwave continuous-wave Doppler radars to wirelessly detect mechanical vibrations have been attracting more and more interests in recent years. In this paper, aiming to solve the null point and nonlinear issues in small-angle approximation-based Doppler radar sensors and eliminate the co...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement 2014-01, Vol.63 (1), p.145-153
Main Authors: Wang, Jingyu, Wang, Xiang, Chen, Lei, Huangfu, Jiangtao, Li, Changzhi, Ran, Lixin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Approximation algorithms
Approximation methods
Arctangent demodulation
Demodulation
differentiate and cross multiply (DACM)
noncontact vibration measurement
nonlinear phase modulation
Radar
radar sensor
Sensors
Vibration measurement
Vibrations
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Summary:Utilizing microwave continuous-wave Doppler radars to wirelessly detect mechanical vibrations have been attracting more and more interests in recent years. In this paper, aiming to solve the null point and nonlinear issues in small-angle approximation-based Doppler radar sensors and eliminate the codomain restriction in the arctangent demodulation approach, we propose and investigate an extended differentiate and cross-multiply (DACM) algorithm. With an additional accumulator, the noise performance of the original DACM algorithm is improved. Moreover, the amplitude information of the vibration can be directly retrieved from accumulation without involving any distance-dependent issue. Experimental validations show that the proposed algorithm can fully recover the vibration patterns with the measured noncalibrated amplitude agreeing well with the known precalibrated data. Application examples of mechanical fault detection and human vital sign detection are demonstrated, showing a wide range of potential applications of this algorithm.
ISSN:0018-9456
1557-9662
DOI:10.1109/TIM.2013.2277530