A hybrid neural network goal attain optimization for failed sensor(s) radiation pattern in linear array

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Navaamsini Boopalan ◽  
Agileswari K. Ramasamy ◽  
Farrukh Hafiz Nagi
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Array Signal Processing ◽  
Linear Array ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Beam Pattern ◽  
Sensor Failure ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Hybrid Neural Network ◽  
Noise Ratio

Array sensors are widely used in various fields such as radar, wireless communications, autonomous vehicle applications, medical imaging, and astronomical observations fault diagnosis. Array signal processing is accomplished with a beam pattern which is produced by the signal's amplitude and phase at each element of array. The beam pattern can get rigorously distorted in case of failure of array element and effect its Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) badly. This paper proposes on a Hybrid Neural Network layer weight Goal Attain Optimization (HNNGAO) method to generate a recovery beam pattern which closely resembles the original beam pattern with remaining elements in the array. The proposed HNNGAO method is compared with classic synthesize beam pattern goal attain method and failed beam pattern generated in MATLAB environment. The results obtained proves that the proposed HNNGAO method gives better SNR ratio with remaining working element in linear array compared to classic goal attain method alone. Keywords: Backpropagation; Feed-forward neural network; Goal attain; Neural networks; Radiation pattern; Sensor arrays; Sensor failure; Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)

Analysis of neural networks efficiency when accounting for weight coefficients jitter, leading to reduction in output signal/noise ratio

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Zimina
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Output Signal ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Useful Signal ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Weight Coefficients

Setting up artificial neural networks using iterative algorithms is accompanied by fluctuations in weight coefficients. When an artificial neural network solves the problem of allocating a useful signal against the background of interference, fluctuations in the weight vector lead to a deterioration of the useful signal allocated by the network and, in particular, losses in the output signal-to-noise ratio. The goal of the research is to perform a statistical analysis of an artificial neural network, that includes analysis of losses in the output signal-to-noise ratio associated with fluctuations in the weight coefficients of an artificial neural network. We considered artificial neural networks that are configured using discrete gradient, fast recurrent algorithms with restrictions, and the Hebb algorithm. It is shown that fluctuations lead to losses in the output signal/noise ratio, the level of which depends on the type of algorithm under consideration and the speed of setting up an artificial neural network. Taking into account the fluctuations of the weight vector in the analysis of the output signal-to-noise ratio allows us to correlate the permissible level of loss in the output signal-to-noise ratio and the speed of network configuration corresponding to this level when working with an artificial neural network.

scholarly journals Research on Speaker Recognition of DRNN in Different Noise Environment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
chaofeng lan ◽  
yuanyuan Zhang ◽  
hongyun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Recurrent Neural Network ◽  
Speaker Recognition ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Noisy Environment ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Improved Model

Abstract This paper draws on the training method of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), By increasing the number of hidden layers of RNN and changing the layer activation function from traditional Sigmoid to Leaky ReLU on the input layer, the first group and the last set of data are zero-padded to enhance the effective utilization of data such that the improved reduction model of Denoise Recurrent Neural Network (DRNN) with high calculation speed and good convergence is constructed to solve the problem of low speaker recognition rate in noisy environment. According to this model, the random semantic speech signal with a sampling rate of 16 kHz and a duration of 5 seconds in the speech library is studied. The experimental settings of the signal-to-noise ratios are − 10dB, -5dB, 0dB, 5dB, 10dB, 15dB, 20dB, 25dB. In the noisy environment, the improved model is used to denoise the Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) and the Gammatone Frequency Cepstral Coefficents (GFCC), impact of the traditional model and the improved model on the speech recognition rate is analyzed. The research shows that the improved model can effectively eliminate the noise of the feature parameters and improve the speech recognition rate. When the signal-to-noise ratio is low, the speaker recognition rate can be more obvious. Furthermore, when the signal-to-noise ratio is 0dB, the speaker recognition rate of people is increased by 40%, which can be 85% improved compared with the traditional speech model. On the other hand, with the increase in the signal-to-noise ratio, the recognition rate is gradually increased. When the signal-to-noise ratio is 15dB, the recognition rate of speakers is 93%.

scholarly journals Human echolocators adjust loudness and number of clicks for detection of reflectors at various azimuth angles

2018 ◽  
Vol 285 (1873) ◽  
pp. 20172735 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Thaler ◽  
R. De Vos ◽  
D. Kish ◽  
M. Antoniou ◽  
C. Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Beam Pattern ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Sound Recordings ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Situational Demands ◽  
Multiple Samples ◽  
Straight Ahead

In bats it has been shown that they adjust their emissions to situational demands. Here we report similar findings for human echolocation. We asked eight blind expert echolocators to detect reflectors positioned at various azimuth angles. The same 17.5 cm diameter circular reflector placed at 100 cm distance at 0°, 45° or 90° with respect to straight ahead was detected with 100% accuracy, but performance dropped to approximately 80% when it was placed at 135° (i.e. somewhat behind) and to chance levels (50%) when placed at 180° (i.e. right behind). This can be explained based on poorer target ensonification owing to the beam pattern of human mouth clicks. Importantly, analyses of sound recordings show that echolocators increased loudness and numbers of clicks for reflectors at farther angles. Echolocators were able to reliably detect reflectors when level differences between echo and emission were as low as −27 dB, which is much lower than expected based on previous work. Increasing intensity and numbers of clicks improves signal-to-noise ratio and in this way compensates for weaker target reflections. Our results are, to our knowledge, the first to show that human echolocation experts adjust their emissions to improve sensory sampling. An implication from our findings is that human echolocators accumulate information from multiple samples.

Effect of signal to noise ratio on a convolutional neural network for source ranging and environmental classification

2019 ◽  
Vol 146 (4) ◽  
pp. 2961-2962
Author(s):  
Kira Howarth ◽  
David F. Van Komen ◽  
Tracianne B. Neilsen ◽  
David P. Knobles ◽  
Peter H. Dahl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Environmental Classification ◽  
Noise Ratio

scholarly journals Investigation on the Inspection Technology of GH3535 Alloy Butt Weld With Linear Array Probe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodan Yuan A ◽  
Yuan Zhang B ◽  
Zhijun Li ◽  
Kun Yu C ◽  
Jinlong Wang D
Keyword(s):  
Linear Array ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Ultrasonic Inspection ◽  
Acoustic Beam ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Butt Weld ◽  
Array Probe ◽  
Columnar Grains ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Linear Array Probe

Abstract The critical problem to accurately characterizing defects in GH3535 alloy weld is the deflection of the acoustic beam and scattering due to the coarse columnar grains. Signal-to-noise ratio is an important index to indicate whether the grain scattering is severein the ultrasonic inspection. In this paper, the phased array ultrasonic testing of GH3535 alloy butt weld was studied using sector scan mode with linear array probe. The soundfield characteristics of the linear array probe with different focusing parameters were analyzed, and the signal-to-noise ratio in the detection was calculated. The results show that: the acoustic beam of the linear array probe can cover the weld,based on the removal of weld reinforcement. The signal-to-noise ratio of transverse hole with φ3mm located at the weld-fusion lineis more than 15dB, when the front end ofthe probe is located directly above the transverse hole of weld-fusion line.

scholarly journals Active Sonar Target Classification with Power-Normalized Cepstral Coefficients and Convolutional Neural Network

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 8450
Author(s):  
Seungwoo Lee ◽  
Iksu Seo ◽  
Jongwon Seok ◽  
Yunsu Kim ◽  
Dong Seog Han
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Experimental Data ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Target Classification ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients ◽  
Active Sonar ◽  
Cepstral Coefficients ◽  
Noise Ratio

Detection and classification of unidentified underwater targets maneuvering in complex underwater environments are critical for active sonar systems. In previous studies, many detection methods were applied to separate targets from the clutter using signals that exceed a preset threshold determined by the sonar console operator. This is because the high signal-to-noise ratio target has enough feature vector components to separate. However, in a real environment, the signal-to-noise ratio of the received target does not always exceed the threshold. Therefore, a target detection algorithm for various target signal-to-noise ratio environments is required; strong clutter energy can lead to false detection, while weak target signals reduce the probability of detection. It also uses long pulse repetition intervals for long-range detection and high ambient noise, requiring classification processing for each ping without accumulating pings. In this study, a target classification algorithm is proposed that can be applied to signals in real underwater environments above the noise level without a threshold set by the sonar console operator, and the classification performance of the algorithm is verified. The active sonar for long-range target detection has low-resolution data; thus, feature vector extraction algorithms are required. Feature vectors are extracted from the experimental data using Power-Normalized Cepstral Coefficients for target classification. Feature vectors are also extracted with Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients and compared with the proposed algorithm. A convolutional neural network was employed as the classifier. In addition, the proposed algorithm is to be compared with the result of target classification using a spectrogram and convolutional neural network. Experimental data were obtained using a hull-mounted active sonar system operating on a Korean naval ship in the East Sea of South Korea and a real maneuvering underwater target. From the experimental data with 29 pings, we extracted 361 target and 3351 clutter data. It is difficult to collect real underwater target data from the real sea environment. Therefore, the number of target data was increased using the data augmentation technique. Eighty percent of the data was used for training and the rest was used for testing. Accuracy value curves and classification rate tables are presented for performance analysis and discussion. Results showed that the proposed algorithm has a higher classification rate than Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients without affecting the target classification by the signal level. Additionally, the obtained results showed that target classification is possible within one ping data without any ping accumulation.

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