Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal Detection

When the amplitude of the laser Doppler signal is less than that of the noise amplitude, the speed information cannot be identified. In this paper, the recognition of weak Doppler signals is accomplished by superimposing multiple-frame Doppler signals in the frequency domain and eliminating the base...

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Main Authors: Chongbin Xi, Jian Zhou, Xiaoming Nie, Shilong Jin
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
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description When the amplitude of the laser Doppler signal is less than that of the noise amplitude, the speed information cannot be identified. In this paper, the recognition of weak Doppler signals is accomplished by superimposing multiple-frame Doppler signals in the frequency domain and eliminating the base noise. Meanwhile, the relative prominence is defined to assess the quality of Doppler signals. The theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the relative prominence can be enhanced by more than two orders of magnitude through the stacking of 10,000 frames of Doppler signals. Moreover, this paper establishes a foundation for determining the threshold of relative prominence in practical measurements. When the relative prominence at a specific point on the spectrum is 3, there is at least a 99.08% probability that this point corresponds to the target signal.
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spelling doaj-art-27ebb5e4daa64e008cee4677e76ff9ea2025-08-20T03:29:52ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-06-012512377510.3390/s25123775Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal DetectionChongbin Xi0Jian Zhou1Xiaoming Nie2Shilong Jin3College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaWhen the amplitude of the laser Doppler signal is less than that of the noise amplitude, the speed information cannot be identified. In this paper, the recognition of weak Doppler signals is accomplished by superimposing multiple-frame Doppler signals in the frequency domain and eliminating the base noise. Meanwhile, the relative prominence is defined to assess the quality of Doppler signals. The theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the relative prominence can be enhanced by more than two orders of magnitude through the stacking of 10,000 frames of Doppler signals. Moreover, this paper establishes a foundation for determining the threshold of relative prominence in practical measurements. When the relative prominence at a specific point on the spectrum is 3, there is at least a 99.08% probability that this point corresponds to the target signal.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/12/3775laser Doppler velocimeterweak Doppler signalsignal superpositionrelative prominencethreshold of relative prominence
spellingShingle Chongbin Xi
Jian Zhou
Xiaoming Nie
Shilong Jin
Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal Detection
Sensors
laser Doppler velocimeter
weak Doppler signal
signal superposition
relative prominence
threshold of relative prominence
title Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal Detection
title_full Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal Detection
title_fullStr Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal Detection
title_full_unstemmed Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal Detection
title_short Signal Processing Method and Evaluation Method for Weak Doppler Signal Detection
title_sort signal processing method and evaluation method for weak doppler signal detection
topic laser Doppler velocimeter
weak Doppler signal
signal superposition
relative prominence
threshold of relative prominence
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/12/3775
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