T. Hagino, S. Hiryu, S. Fujioka, H. Riquimaroux, Y. Watanabe
{"title":"Adaptive SONAR sounds by echolocating bats","authors":"T. Hagino, S. Hiryu, S. Fujioka, H. Riquimaroux, Y. Watanabe","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370829","url":null,"abstract":"Like dolphins, bats are known to possess highly developed SONAR systems in air. Echolocating bats can be divided into two groups: the CF-FM and FM bats depending on frequency structure of their pulses. In this study, we used one of Japanese FM bat species, Pipistrellus abramus. The echolocation behavior was examined for two different flight tasks: (a) field recording while capturing insects in the open area, and (b) recording for a landing approach to a target wall in the laboratory. We acoustically compared these two echolocations by the bats while approaching a target. In the field and laboratory, repetition rates of pulse emission in the search phase were constant at approximately 10 pulses/s. When approach phase was started, the bats increased the repetition rate of the pulse emission to 140-190 pulses/s. We found that the pulse duration was dynamically decreased from 10 to 0.5 ms during prey capturing in the field, whereas it ranged from 0.5 to 3-4 ms in the laboratory. A CF-like portion (a narrow slope portion at the end of pulse) was observed to follow the initial FM sweep beyond approximately 2 m of the target distance in the laboratory. Interestingly, the CF-like portion was found to be extended by the bats in the field and such long pulse duration was never seen in the laboratory. This suggests that FM bats use not only broadband signals, but also narrowband signals for echolocation in the far target range as CF-FM bat species. Biosonar animals might have been supposed to adapt their echolocation to underlying physical law in nature or their environment through their evolutionary history. These comparative studies between the field and laboratory recordings are expected to help our understanding of bat's biosonar system, and various echolocation strategies employed by the bats will contribute to develop artificial SONAR system or new echo-sensing devices in the future.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131270976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of glider type small AUV SeaBird","authors":"S. Araki, K. Ishii","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370797","url":null,"abstract":"Generally experiments in a test tank are carried out in advance to get the dynamic characteristic of underwater robots, and various motion control laws are evaluated based on obtained dynamics of the robot. In this study, we made a small and lightweight AUV as a testbed for control performance evaluation. The AUV has two modes, \"cruising mode\" in which the motion is controlled by lift force of the main wings, and \"hovering mode\" controls the heave motion by rotating both thrusters to vertical direction. Mounted instruments are limited in necessary minimum quantity aiming at the smaller AUV. In the AUV, two servo motors and two thrusters are mounted for motion control. The servo motors control the angles of thrusters and main wings, where the two thrusters are attached.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"31 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132122982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shoreline Survey Method using Amphibious Walking Robot and the Navigation Method Regarding Amphibious Traveling","authors":"T. Tanaka, T. Shiraishi, T. Hirabayashi","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370793","url":null,"abstract":"We are on the studying automated topographic survey work in waterside areas such as shoreline and developing automated surveying system. We consider that this is the same also in the waterside or underwater because walking machine does not damage the terrain seriously. Consequently, we developed prototype amphibious walking robot which had some unique features in the structure and composition in order to experiment our proposed survey method in real sea. In this paper, the feature of design of prototype amphibious walking robot which applied moduled watertight structure will be described in detail. And, this paper will mainly consist of the applied topographic survey and simple navigation method regarding amphibious traveling for our system, and the result of the trials will be reported.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124288158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Offshore Tsunami Observation by the Kuril Islands Earthquake of 15 November 2006","authors":"H. Matsumoto, K. Kawaguchi, K. Asakawa","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370767","url":null,"abstract":"Tsunami from the mega-thrust earthquake off the Kuril islands on 15 November 2006 was observed by the offshore permanent observatory off Hokkaido, Japan. About one hour later, a series of the tsunami signal was observed by three bottom pressure sensors, two of them are permanent observatories and the other is temporarily deployed. Tsunami amplitudes observed offshore were approximately 5 cm, while those observed at the coast were a few tens of centimeters. An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) at the ocean-bottom, however, could not record any current anomaly by the tsunami propagation. This is because a particle velocity by the tsunami propagation is very slow (< 1 cm/s), whereas a phase velocity is more than 100 km/h. In the present study, the tsunami computation has been also done, and its results have been compared to the observations.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130184999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Oguri, H. Kitazato, R. Glud, H. Stahl, F. Wenzhofer, K. Asakawa, R. Iwase, S. Sakai, H. Nomaki, K. Fujikura
{"title":"In situ measurement of time-series two dimensional O2 distributions at sediment-water interface using a planar O2 optode system connected with a submarine cable","authors":"K. Oguri, H. Kitazato, R. Glud, H. Stahl, F. Wenzhofer, K. Asakawa, R. Iwase, S. Sakai, H. Nomaki, K. Fujikura","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370814","url":null,"abstract":"The first long time monitoring of O2 dynamics at sediment-water interface (SWI) was conducted using with a newly developed planar O2 optode system for in situ measurement. The monitoring was carried out connecting the optode system with Hatsushima permanent station with a 100 meter-long extension cable under supporting by the operation of ROV Hyper-dolphin. The monitoring was successfully carried out for 113.3 hours. During the experiment, 3,141 two dimensional O2 profiles and the corresponding pseudo-grayscale images across SWI were obtained, respectively. From the results, further understanding of new insights on dynamic interactions between fauna activities and environmental changes are expected.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123781338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolution and Future of Multibeam Echosounder Technology","authors":"B. Volberg, T. Meurling","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370844","url":null,"abstract":"The MultiBeam Echo Sounder (MBES) has become an important tool in oceanic applications such as seafloor mapping, sediment evaluation, sub-bottom profiling, surveys, fisheries research, mine countermeasures, and underwater inspections. Intense interest has been directed toward improvements in performance, and new concepts are being introduced at a rapid pace. Related and competing systems are always promoted as having preferable capabilities. This paper provides an introductory review of the function of these systems, the environmental effects on them, and some functional aspects of newer systems. Moreover, this introduction will ensure that subsequent discussions and terminology relating to MBES sonars can be understood clearly when new improvements are presented. Some of these new improvements include enhanced bottom coverage, new methods of sound velocity measurement and compensation for refraction, new methods of calibration, flexible adaptation to the sediment, and a new method to improve spatial resolution and signal processing.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133529693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Motion Planning for Small Formations of Autonomous Vehicles Navigating on Gradient Fields","authors":"S. Kalantar, U. Zimmer","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370775","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a motion planning scheme for navigation of a contour-like formation of autonomous underwater vehicles on gradient fields and subsequent convergence to desired isoclines, inspired by evolution of closed planar curves. The basic evolution behaviour is modified to include moving boundary points and incorporate safety constraints on formation parameters. Also, the whole process is decomposed into a sequence of well-behaving states. As opposed to the basic model, the regularized solution is characterized by the maximum allowable curvature rather than balance of forces determined by fixed coefficients. Nevertheless, the proposed framework subsumes the original model. Blocking states and fairness are briefly discussed.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116828544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Kanazawa, M. Shinohara, S. Sakai, O. Sano, H. Utada, H. Shiobara, Y. Morita, T. Yamada, K. Yamazaki
{"title":"A New Low Cost Ocean Bottom Cabled Seismometers","authors":"T. Kanazawa, M. Shinohara, S. Sakai, O. Sano, H. Utada, H. Shiobara, Y. Morita, T. Yamada, K. Yamazaki","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370813","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370813","url":null,"abstract":"An ocean bottom cable system (OBCS) is the best solution for monitoring the tectonic activities in a seismogenic zone. However the number of seismometers of the existing OBCS is insufficient for high resolution observation of the seismogenic zone, because the cost of the OBCS has been very expensive. In order to solve this problem, the authors have studied new cost effective OBCSs with 40 seismic arrays which determine the location of seismic events over a 100 square kilometer area for long-term observation in a remarkable seismogenic zone based on the cost analysis of existing OBCS.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131045756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Son-cheol Yu, Tae-Won Kim, G. Marani, Song K. Choi
{"title":"Real-Time 3D Sonar Image Recognition for Underwater Vehicles","authors":"Son-cheol Yu, Tae-Won Kim, G. Marani, Song K. Choi","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370843","url":null,"abstract":"The recognition of objects and environment are one of keys to automate underwater tasks. This paper presents a predictor based image recognition method using high-resolution sonar images. They are very sensitive to sonar's view point changes. The proposed predictor predicts an object images depending on the view point. Using the object model, it modifies a template for optimal recognition. To estimate the accuracy and reliability of the proposed method, indoor tank tests were carried out using various shapes of objects.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132687066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acoustic Counting Method of Upstream Juvenile Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis by Using DIDSON","authors":"Han Jun, A. Asada","doi":"10.1109/UT.2007.370752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/UT.2007.370752","url":null,"abstract":"Plecoglossus altivelis, often called ayu in Japan, is one of the important inland aquatic resources. Ayu is a typical amphidromous fish migrating between coastal waters and rivers. In order to assess the abundance of ayu, the direct visual count has mainly been taken so far. Unfortunately, this kind of counting method is not only labor-intensive, but also is affected by weather conditions and turbidity. Recently, an ultrasonic instrument called DIDSON (Dual-frequency IDcntification SONar), which can provide almost-video-quality images to identify objects even in turbid water, has been found applicable for fish counting. This instrument is useful for counting big fish which is several dozen centimeters large. However, as for the small fish whose length is only 8 centimeters or less, the counting becomes technically difficult because its echo image is too weak and too unstable to identify fish from images and to track it. In this paper we present a method for counting juvenile small size ayu that migrates upriver using a DIDSON. We first subtract the stationary background from the acoustic image and remove noises. Then we track the remaining targets. After the removal of the garbage going downstream, we reached the correct counting of the upstream fishes. The above acoustic method for counting young small size ayu has been proven to be useful and effective by the experiment conducted on May 31st, 2006.","PeriodicalId":345403,"journal":{"name":"2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131714159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}