Title
Clustering Cloud-Like Model-Based Targets Underwater Tracking for AUVs.
Abstract
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) rely on a mechanically scanned imaging sonar that is fixedly mounted on AUVs for underwater target barrier-avoiding and tracking. When underwater targets cross or approach each other, AUVs sometimes fail to track, or follow the wrong target because of the incorrect association of the multi-target. Therefore, a tracking method adopting the cloud-like model data association algorithm is presented in order to track underwater multiple targets. The clustering cloud-like model (CCM) not only combines the fuzziness and randomness of the qualitative concept, but also achieves the conversion of the quantitative values. Additionally, the nearest neighbor algorithm is also involved in finding the cluster center paired to each target trajectory, and the hardware architecture of AUVs is proposed. A sea trial adopting a mechanically scanned imaging sonar fixedly mounted on an AUV is carried out in order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Experiment results demonstrate that compared with the joint probabilistic data association (JPDA) and near neighbor data association (NNDA) algorithms, the new algorithm has the characteristic of more accurate clustering.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/s19020370
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
AUV,data association,clustering cloud-like model,underwater objects tracking
k-nearest neighbors algorithm,Computer vision,Electronic engineering,Sonar,Artificial intelligence,Probabilistic logic,Engineering,Cluster analysis,Trajectory,Sea trial,Hardware architecture,Underwater
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
2
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
7
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mingwei Sheng111.37
Songqi Tang200.34
Hongde Qin301.35
Lei Wan415730.34