Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion Compensation

Multi-antenna airborne remote sensing systems have received more attention recently because they can realize high-resolution three-dimensional (3-D) imaging, such as array Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Their high-precision imaging needs multi-antenna motion and relative motion between antennas. Ho...

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Main Authors: Chunyu Qu, Jianli Li, Junfang Bao, Zhuangsheng Zhu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/14/3420
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author Chunyu Qu
Jianli Li
Junfang Bao
Zhuangsheng Zhu
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Junfang Bao
Zhuangsheng Zhu
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description Multi-antenna airborne remote sensing systems have received more attention recently because they can realize high-resolution three-dimensional (3-D) imaging, such as array Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Their high-precision imaging needs multi-antenna motion and relative motion between antennas. However, the existing facility and technology hardly meet the motion measurement precision demand of array SAR. To solve this problem, an array Position and Orientation System (POS) for airborne remote sensing motion compensation is designed and developed. It is composed of a high-precision POS, several small-size Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), and a 6-D deformation measurement system based on Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors. Firstly, the transfer alignment method based on 6-D deformation is used to measure the relative motion between array POS. Then, the motion conversion method from array POS to array SAR is presented to obtain the multi-antenna motion and relative motion between antennas. Finally, the ground experiment results identify that the accuracies of multi-antenna position, multi-antenna attitude, and flexible baseline length between antennas are superior to 3 cm, 0.01°, and 0.1 mm, respectively, which can meet the motion measurement precision demand of array SAR.
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spelling doaj.art-7dd8c520307649c78c5369d1a1f8b3a82023-12-03T12:11:12ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922022-07-011414342010.3390/rs14143420Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion CompensationChunyu Qu0Jianli Li1Junfang Bao2Zhuangsheng Zhu3School of Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, ChinaMulti-antenna airborne remote sensing systems have received more attention recently because they can realize high-resolution three-dimensional (3-D) imaging, such as array Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Their high-precision imaging needs multi-antenna motion and relative motion between antennas. However, the existing facility and technology hardly meet the motion measurement precision demand of array SAR. To solve this problem, an array Position and Orientation System (POS) for airborne remote sensing motion compensation is designed and developed. It is composed of a high-precision POS, several small-size Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), and a 6-D deformation measurement system based on Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors. Firstly, the transfer alignment method based on 6-D deformation is used to measure the relative motion between array POS. Then, the motion conversion method from array POS to array SAR is presented to obtain the multi-antenna motion and relative motion between antennas. Finally, the ground experiment results identify that the accuracies of multi-antenna position, multi-antenna attitude, and flexible baseline length between antennas are superior to 3 cm, 0.01°, and 0.1 mm, respectively, which can meet the motion measurement precision demand of array SAR.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/14/3420array POSarray SARmotion compensationmulti-antenna motion measurementrelative motion measurementtransfer alignment
spellingShingle Chunyu Qu
Jianli Li
Junfang Bao
Zhuangsheng Zhu
Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion Compensation
Remote Sensing
array POS
array SAR
motion compensation
multi-antenna motion measurement
relative motion measurement
transfer alignment
title Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion Compensation
title_full Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion Compensation
title_fullStr Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion Compensation
title_full_unstemmed Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion Compensation
title_short Design and Development of Array POS for Airborne Remote Sensing Motion Compensation
title_sort design and development of array pos for airborne remote sensing motion compensation
topic array POS
array SAR
motion compensation
multi-antenna motion measurement
relative motion measurement
transfer alignment
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/14/3420
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