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Analysis and Compensation of Time Synchronization Error on SAR Image

시각 동기화 오차가 SAR 영상에 미치는 영향 분석 및 보상

  • Lee, Soojeong (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/ASRI, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Woo Jung (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/ASRI, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Chan Gook (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/ASRI, Seoul National University) ;
  • Song, Jong-Hwa (Avionics Radar Team, Hanwha Systems) ;
  • Bae, Chang-Sik (Avionics Radar Team, Hanwha Systems)
  • Received : 2019.12.24
  • Accepted : 2020.03.24
  • Published : 2020.04.01
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Abstract

In this paper, to improve Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image quality, the effect of time synchronization error in the EGI/IMU (Embedded GPS/INS, Inertial Measurement Unit) integrated system is analyzed and state augmentation is applied to compensate it. EGI/IMU integrated system is widely used as a SAR motion measurement algorithm, which consists of EGI mounted to obtain the trajectory and IMU mounted on the SAR antenna. In an EGI/IMU integrated system, a time synchronization error occurs when the clocks of the sensors are not synchronized. Analysis of the effect of time synchronization error on navigation solutions and SAR images confirmed that the time synchronization error deteriorates SAR image quality. The state augmentation is applied to compensate for this and as a result, the SAR image quality does not decrease. In addition, by analyzing the performance and the observability of the time synchronization error according to the maneuver, it was confirmed that the time-variant maneuver such as rotational motion is necessary to estimate the time synchronization error adequately. In order to reduce the influence of the time synchronization error on the SAR image, the time synchronization error must be compensated by performing maneuver changing over time such as a rotation before SAR operation.

본 논문에서는 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR, 합성개구레이다) 영상 품질을 향상시키기 위해 EGI/IMU (Embedded GPS/INS, Inertial Measurement Unit) 통합 항법 시스템에서 발생하는 시각 동기화 오차의 영향을 분석하고 이를 보상하기 위해 상태변수증강 기법을 적용한다. SAR 요동 측정 알고리즘으로 항체의 위치를 추적하기 위한 EGI와 추가적으로 안테나에 장착된 IMU를 결합하는 EGI/IMU 통합 항법 시스템이 많이 이용된다. 이와 같은 EGI/IMU 통합 항법 시스템에서 센서간의 시계가 동기화되지 않을 경우 시각 동기화 오차가 발생한다. 시각 동기화 오차가 항법 및 SAR 영상에 미치는 영향 분석을 통해 시각 동기화 오차가 SAR 영상 품질을 악화시키는 것을 확인하였다. 이를 보상하기 위해 상태변수증강 기법을 적용하고, 적용한 결과 SAR 영상 품질이 저하되지 않음을 확인하였다. 또한 기동에 따른 시각 동기화 오차 추정 성능과 가관측성을 분석하여 시각 동기화 오차를 효과적으로 추정하기 위해서는 회전 기동과 같은 시간에 따라 변화하는 기동이 필요함을 보였다. 따라서, SAR 영상에 미치는 시각 동기화 오차의 영향을 줄이기 위해서는 SAR 구간 전에 회전 기동 등 시간에 따라 변화하는 기동을 수행하여 시각 동기화 오차를 보상해 주어야 한다.

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