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Cross-Correlation by Single-bit Signal Processing for Ultrasonic Distance Measurement
1 The authors are with the Department of Information Processing, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama-shi, 226-8502 Japan. E-mail: hirata.s.ab{at}m.titech.ac.jp, 2 The author is with the Sutekina Inc., Komagane-shi, 399-4117 Japan.
Ultrasonic distance measurement using the pulse-echo method is based on the determination of the time of flight of ultrasonic waves. The pulse-compression technique, in which the cross-correlation function of a detected ultrasonic wave and a transmitted ultrasonic wave is obtained, is the conventional method used for improving the resolution of distance measurement. However, the calculation of a cross-correlation operation requires high-cost digital signal processing. This paper presents a new method of sensor signal processing within the pulse-compression technique using a delta-sigma modulated single-bit digital signal. The proposed sensor signal processing method consists of a cross-correlation operation employing single-bit signal processing and a smoothing operation involving a moving average filter. The proposed method reduces the calculation cost of the digital signal processing of the pulse-compression technique.
Key Words: ultrasonic distance measurement, pulse-compression technique, delta-sigma modulation, cross-correlation, moving average filter
Manuscript received July 2, 2007. Manuscript revised October 12, 2007.
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