Dynamic searching method for underwater environment area

Abstract

The invention provides an underwater environment area dynamic search method, which comprises the following steps of: transmitting and receiving a sound wave signal by using a multi-beam sonar system, obtaining a high-resolution underwater environment image, and extracting particle size distribution data of submarine sediments through image analysis; establishing a mapping model by combining the sound wave frequency and the sediment acoustic characteristics to calculate a scattering intensity distribution map; adopting a pattern recognition algorithm to recognize the sediment particle size and the sound wave incident angle, and correcting inertial navigation data errors; a spatial filtering parameter optimization model is established based on sediment particle size distribution, filtering parameters are adjusted to remove noise, and scattering signal features are extracted; the configuration of the receiving array and the search area are dynamically adjusted according to the particle size change of the sediment, accurate and real-time analysis and environment adaptability search of the particle size distribution of the underwater sediment are realized, and the efficiency and accuracy of underwater detection are greatly improved.

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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of information technology, and in particular, to a method for dynamically searching underwater environmental areas. Background Art

[0002] The technology of dynamically searching underwater environmental areas plays an important role in fields such as marine resource exploration, seabed terrain mapping, and underwater target tracking. The fundamental goal of dynamically searching underwater environmental areas is to accurately detect and locate underwater targets or map the seabed terrain. As the main medium for sound wave propagation, the complex scattering characteristics of seabed sediments directly determine the quality of the effective signals received by sonar systems. Traditional methods for optimizing receiving arrays are usually based on fixed scattering models and are difficult to adapt to the dynamically changing seabed environment. How to reflect the scattering characteristics of the sediment interface in real time and dynamically optimize the spatial filtering strategy of the receiving array accordingly is a challenging research direction. Moreover, sediments with different particle sizes will cause significant differences in the acoustic wave scattering characteristics, thereby affecting the propagation and reflection modes of acoustic waves on the seabed. When acoustic waves are incident on the sediment interface at different angles, the distribution of their scattering intensities shows complex spatial variations, which poses a challenge to the optimization of acoustic receiving arrays. The receiving array receives reflected or scattered acoustic wave signals through the geometric arrangement of multiple acoustic sensors, and enhances the signals in specific directions and suppresses noise and interference by weighted summation of these signals. However, in view of the changes in scattering energy caused by sediments with different particle sizes, small particle sizes result in weak scattering energy and large particle sizes result in strong scattering energy. Then, how to adjust the spatial filtering strategy of the receiving array in real time according to the changes in the incident angle and sediment particle size to obtain the best signal reception effect is a technical problem to be solved urgently. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The present invention provides a method for dynamically searching underwater environmental areas, mainly including:

[0004] S101. Use a sonar system to emit multi-beam acoustic wave signals, receive the reflected acoustic wave echoes, and record the reflected echo frequencies to obtain a high-resolution underwater environmental image;

[0005] S102. Analyze the underwater environmental image, extract the particle size distribution data of the seabed sediments, combine the acoustic wave frequencies with the pre-acquired relationship between the acoustic characteristics of sediment particle sizes, establish a mapping model between sediment particle sizes and acoustic wave scattering intensities, calculate the reflection coefficients and scattering intensity distributions of the sediment interface at different acoustic wave incident angles, and generate a scattering intensity distribution map;

[0006] S103. According to the scattering intensity distribution map, identify the particle size distribution and incident angle of the sediment particle size and the incident angle, and at the same time, collect the pose data and sensor data of the inertial navigation system in real time, perform filtering processing, and correct the cumulative error;

[0007] S104. Establish an optimization model for the spatial filtering parameters of the receiving array based on the particle size distribution and the incident angle. Combine the scattering intensity distribution map, adjust the filtering parameters, filter the acoustic wave signals, and extract the scattering signal features related to the sediment particle size.

[0008] S105. According to the scattering signal features and combined with the scattering intensity distribution map, analyze and obtain the sediment particle size distribution range at the current acoustic wave incident angle. If the sediment particle size distribution range changes, dynamically adjust the layout form and aperture size of the receiving array.

[0009] S106. Establish a mapping relationship between the change in the sediment particle size distribution range and the layout form and aperture size of the receiving array, obtain the target adjustment plan, and accordingly dynamically adjust the search area of the underwater search vehicle to achieve dynamic search of the underwater environment.

[0010] Furthermore, in S101, use the sonar system to transmit multi-beam acoustic wave signals, receive the acoustic wave reflection echoes, and record the reflection echo frequencies to obtain a high-resolution underwater environment image, including:

[0011] Transmit acoustic wave signals in multiple directions at preset time intervals through a pre-established sonar beam array according to the set scanning angle, perform digital sampling on the received multiple different acoustic wave reflection echoes, preprocess the sampled signals using band-pass filtering, and calculate the distance value and azimuth angle of the sonar target in the search area based on the acoustic wave frequency change of the acoustic wave reflection echoes. For the preprocessed acoustic wave reflection echo signals, calculate the acoustic wave propagation time delay using the sound velocity profile model, correct the phase deviation of the acoustic wave during propagation through phase compensation, generate the sonar raw image data based on the compensated multiple reflection echo signals, establish a synthetic aperture sonar imaging model, and perform coherent superposition processing on the echo data at multiple aperture positions according to the beam synthesis algorithm within the preset synthetic aperture length range to obtain a high-resolution underwater environment image.

[0012] Furthermore, in S102, analyze the underwater environment image, extract the particle size distribution data of the seabed sediment, combine the acoustic wave frequency with the pre-acquired acoustic characteristics relationship of the sediment particle size, establish a mapping model between the sediment particle size and the acoustic wave scattering intensity, calculate the reflection coefficient and scattering intensity distribution of the sediment interface at different acoustic wave incident angles, and generate the scattering intensity distribution map, including:

[0013] Texture analysis of underwater environment images is carried out through the gray-level co-occurrence matrix. Three texture feature parameters, namely energy, contrast, and entropy value, are extracted within a circular neighborhood with a radius of 5 pixels. The seabed sediment area is segmented into layers. For each layer of sediment after segmentation, acoustic property analysis is performed using a preset acoustic wave frequency of 200 kHz. A feature vector containing four basic acoustic parameters, namely sediment density, sound velocity, absorption coefficient, and volume scattering coefficient, is established. The feature vector is matched with a pre-collected standard sediment acoustic database. The acoustic impedance of the sediment interface is calculated based on the acoustic feature vector. Sampling is carried out at 5-degree intervals within the incident angle range from 0 degrees to 80 degrees. For each incident angle, the Rayleigh scattering model is used to calculate the interface reflection coefficient, and the reflection coefficient is weighted and corrected in combination with the sediment density value. A scattering intensity prediction function is constructed using the corrected reflection coefficient, and a scattering intensity distribution map is generated.

[0014] Further, in S103, according to the scattering intensity distribution map, identify the particle size distribution and incident angle of the sediment particles, and at the same time, collect the pose data and sensor data of the inertial navigation system in real time, perform filtering processing, and correct the cumulative error, including:

[0015] According to the image eigenvalue in the scattering intensity distribution map, use a convolutional neural network to extract the scattering intensity feature. The map is segmented through the feature clustering method. The particle size distribution law of the sediment is identified from the feature clustering, and a particle size distribution feature vector is constructed. Within the period with a data sampling frequency of 100 Hz, roll angle, pitch angle, and heading angle three-axis attitude data are collected through the gyroscope, the three-axis acceleration value is read from the accelerometer, and the three-dimensional motion speed is obtained in combination with the acoustic Doppler velocimeter. A 12-dimensional state vector is constructed, a state space equation containing position, speed, attitude angle, and angular velocity is established, the observation noise covariance matrix and state noise covariance matrix are set, and according to the prediction equation and update equation of the extended Kalman filter, the residual vector between the state estimate value and the observation value is calculated, and the state estimate is corrected by adaptively adjusting the gain matrix to obtain the corrected pose data.

[0016] Further, in S104, based on the particle size distribution and incident angle, establish an optimization model for the spatial filtering parameters of the receiving array. In combination with the scattering intensity distribution map, adjust the filtering parameters, perform filtering processing on the acoustic wave signal, and extract the scattering signal features related to the sediment particle size, including:

[0017] According to the spatial arrangement structure of the receiving array, the spatial spectrum estimation method is used to extract the directional characteristics in the scattering intensity distribution map, obtain the particle size distribution data and the incident angle data from the preset angle range, and establish the frequency band selection characteristics of the spatial filter. For the extracted particle size distribution data, the acoustic wave signal is decomposed into sub-bands according to the preset frequency band division interval, the signal energy-to-noise energy ratio of each sub-band is calculated, the center frequency and the passband width of each order of filter are determined by using a multi-order Butterworth filter, and the filter transfer function including the passband gain and the stopband attenuation is established. The parameters of the filter transfer function are adjusted by an iterative optimization algorithm. In each iteration, the mean square error of the filtered output signal is calculated, the filter coefficients are updated according to the error gradient, the signals of each channel of the receiving array are sub-band filtered, and the filtered signals are synthesized by using the sub-band energy weighting method to extract the scattering signal characteristics corresponding to the particle size distribution.

[0018] Further, in S105, according to the scattering signal characteristics and combined with the scattering intensity distribution map, the sediment particle size distribution range at the current acoustic wave incident angle is analyzed. If the sediment particle size distribution range changes, the array layout form and the aperture size of the receiving array are dynamically adjusted, including:

[0019] Feature clustering is performed on the scattering intensity distribution map according to the scattering signal characteristic values. The corresponding relationship between the acoustic wave scattering amplitude and the particle size distribution is extracted by sparse representation learning. The relationship is segmented by using a dynamic window, the particle size change rate between adjacent windows is calculated, the particle size distribution change region is located according to the change rate threshold, a spatial distribution map of the particle size change region is established, the reference spacing value is selected from the preset array element spacing sequence, the new array element spacing is calculated by the least square method, the beam pattern of the array at different incident angles is calculated, and the beam main lobe width is compared with the spatial scale of the particle size change region to determine whether the array aperture meets the resolution requirement. If the beam main lobe width exceeds the spatial scale of the particle size change region, the array aperture length is increased, and the array element spacing and the array layout form are recalculated until the beam resolution meets the detection requirement.

[0020] Further, in S106, a mapping relationship based on the change of the sediment particle size distribution range and the array layout form and the aperture size of the receiving array is established to obtain the target adjustment scheme, and the search area of the underwater search vehicle is dynamically adjusted accordingly to realize the dynamic search of the underwater environment, including:

[0021] A feature vector including the mean particle size, standard deviation, and change gradient parameter is established according to the change rate of the sediment particle size distribution range. Three layout parameters, namely the number of array elements, element spacing, and array length, are extracted from a preset array layout database, and a mapping function from the particle size feature vector to the layout parameters is established. A recurrent neural network is used to perform time series prediction on the layout parameters. The particle size feature vector and layout parameters of the previous moment are combined and input into the network, and the target layout parameters of the next moment are output. The network parameters are trained through error backpropagation. The beam pattern of the receiving array is calculated for the target layout parameters, and the effective detection range is determined according to the main lobe width and side lobe level. The sampling interval is set according to the array resolution within the detection range to generate a grid division scheme for the search area. The divided search grids are sorted by priority, the grid detection order is determined according to the magnitude of the particle size change gradient, the optimal incident angle of the acoustic wave is calculated for each grid, a spatial sampling sequence of the search area is established, the navigation path points of the underwater search vehicle are generated, and the motion trajectory planning of the search vehicle is formed.

[0022] The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include the following beneficial effects:

[0023] The present invention discloses a method for dynamically searching an underwater environment area. The method uses a sonar system to emit multi-beam acoustic wave signals, and obtains a high-resolution underwater environment image through synthetic aperture sonar technology. Subsequently, the image is analyzed to extract sediment particle size distribution data, and a mapping model between the particle size and the acoustic wave scattering intensity is established. According to the scattering intensity distribution map, the present invention uses a pattern recognition algorithm to identify the particle size distribution and incident angle, and combines multi-sensor data for error correction. Based on this information, the present invention dynamically optimizes the spatial filtering parameters and layout form of the receiving array to extract the scattering signal features related to the particle size. By establishing the mapping relationship between the change in particle size distribution and the array layout, the present invention can adjust the search area of the underwater search vehicle in real time, realize the dynamic and accurate detection of the sediment particle size distribution on the seabed, and provide important technical support for marine resource exploration and environmental monitoring. Description of the Drawings

[0024] Figure 1 It is a flowchart of a method for dynamically searching an underwater environment area of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of a method for dynamically searching an underwater environment area of the present invention. Detailed Embodiments

[0026] To further understand the content of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. The following further describes the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It can be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the related invention, rather than limiting the invention. In addition, it should be noted that for the convenience of description, only the parts related to the invention are shown in the drawings.

[0027] As Figure 1-2 , a dynamic search method for an underwater environment area in this embodiment may specifically include:

[0028] S101: The sonar system carried by the underwater search vehicle emits multi-beam acoustic signals and receives the reflected echoes, records the echo frequencies, generates a high-resolution underwater image using synthetic aperture sonar technology, and simultaneously processes the image to extract sediment characteristics and target information.

[0029] In the embodiment of the present invention, the underwater search vehicle is equipped with a sonar beam array, which emits directional acoustic signals through a multi-transducer unit and receives underwater reflected echoes. The sonar system scans the search area at a fixed frequency and angular interval, and the collected echo signals are digitally processed to generate a high-resolution image, providing basic data for subsequent analysis.

[0030] S1011: The sonar beam array emits multi-directional acoustic signals at a preset time interval and scanning angle, performs digital sampling and preprocessing on the received reflected echoes, calculates the target distance and azimuth angle, and simultaneously corrects the propagation delay through the sound velocity profile model to generate raw sonar image data.

[0031] In the embodiment of the present invention, the sonar beam array is composed of linearly arranged transducers, with a 20-centimeter interval between each unit, and forms a directional beam through phase difference adjustment. Acoustic signals of 200 kHz are emitted at 5-degree angular intervals, and the echoes are sampled at a sampling rate of 50 kHz by a 16-bit analog-to-digital converter. The sampled signals are filtered by a band-pass filter to remove noise, and the distance and azimuth angle are calculated based on the echo time delay and frequency change. A sound velocity profile model is established in combination with the data of the CTD profiler to correct the time delay deviation caused by the change in sound velocity and generate raw image data.

[0032] S1012: The synthetic aperture sonar technology is used to perform coherent superposition processing on the raw sonar image data to generate a high-resolution synthetic image, and the underwater obstacle contour features and geometric parameters are extracted through an adaptive segmentation and denoising algorithm.

[0033] In the embodiment of the present invention, the search vehicle moves at a speed of 2 meters per second, and echo data is collected within a synthetic aperture length of 30 meters. The multi-position echoes are coherently superimposed through a beamforming algorithm to improve the azimuth resolution to 0.5 degrees. An echo intensity threshold of -20 dB is set for the synthetic image for adaptive segmentation. The wavelet transform is used to decompose at 4 scales to suppress speckle noise, and the least squares iteration is used to reconstruct the image, with the signal-to-noise ratio increased by 8 dB. Further, edge detection is performed through morphological operators with a 3-pixel structural element to extract the obstacle contour, and the area and position coordinates are calculated.

[0034] In the embodiment of the present invention, this step realizes high-precision imaging through a multi-beam sonar and synthetic aperture technology. For example, in the search for sunken ships on the seabed, a target with a length of 30 meters and a width of 8 meters can be clearly imaged, with a resolution of 0.2 meters, and the damaged positions and wreck distributions can be identified. In pipeline detection, pipelines with a diameter of more than 0.5 meters can be detected at a distance of up to 200 meters, and deformation anomalies can be identified. This method provides reliable data support for underwater dynamic search.

[0035] It can be understood that the present invention does not overly limit the specific parameters of the sonar array or the details of the filtering algorithm, which can be adjusted by technicians according to the actual scenario to meet the requirements of different underwater environments.

[0036] Finally, it should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention ensures the accuracy of the search results by dynamically adjusting the sonar signal processing strategy, laying a foundation for subsequent steps.

[0037] S102 processes the underwater environment image collected by the underwater search vehicle, extracts the particle size distribution characteristics of the seabed sediment through image analysis, establishes a mapping model between the particle size and the scattering intensity by combining the acoustic wave frequency and the preset relationship between the sediment acoustic characteristics, calculates the reflection coefficient and the scattering intensity distribution of the sediment interface at different incident angles, and finally generates a visual scattering intensity distribution map to support subsequent optimization.

[0038] In the embodiment of the present invention, the underwater environment image is generated by a sonar system, and image processing technology is used to analyze the image content. First, the image is preprocessed to remove noise interference through median filtering and retain the texture details of the sediment area. Then, the gray-level co-occurrence matrix method is used to extract texture features, and the energy, contrast, and entropy value parameters are calculated within a circular neighborhood with a radius of 5 pixels. Among them, the energy reflects the texture uniformity, the contrast characterizes the amplitude of gray-level changes, and the entropy value represents the complexity. Based on these parameters, the image is segmented into regions, and the sediment is stratified and labeled as types such as fine sand or coarse sand, providing a basis for acoustic characteristic analysis.

[0039] S1021 Perform texture analysis on the underwater environment image based on the gray-level co-occurrence matrix, extract the characteristic parameters of energy, contrast, and entropy values, and perform hierarchical segmentation on the seabed sediment area according to these parameters to obtain the acoustic feature vectors of each layer of sediment for subsequent calculations.

[0040] In the embodiment of the present invention, the gray-level co-occurrence matrix generates a texture feature description matrix by statistically counting the occurrence frequencies of adjacent pixel gray-level value pairs. Taking a 5-pixel neighborhood as an example, if the energy value of the fine sand area is higher than 0.8, it indicates that its texture is relatively uniform, while the contrast of the coarse sand area may exceed 12, showing significant gray-level changes. The entropy value is used to distinguish the texture complexity. For example, the entropy value of the area containing shell debris is relatively high. Based on these characteristic parameters, the k-means clustering algorithm is used to perform hierarchical segmentation on the image to generate multiple layers of sediment areas, and each layer corresponds to a different particle size distribution range. For each layer area, an acoustic feature vector including density, sound velocity, absorption coefficient, and volume scattering coefficient is extracted. For example, the density of fine sand is about 1.8 g / cm³, and the sound velocity is 1500 m / s, while the density of coarse sand can reach 2.2 g / cm³, and the sound velocity is 1800 m / s. The absorption coefficient and volume scattering coefficient change significantly with the increase of particle size.

[0041] S1022 Calculate the acoustic impedance of the stratified sediment according to the acoustic feature vector, sample and calculate the interface reflection coefficient within a preset angle range, and combine the 200 kHz acoustic wave frequency and the Rayleigh scattering model to construct a scattering intensity prediction function to optimize the mapping relationship between particle size and scattering intensity.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present invention, the acoustic impedance of each layer of sediment is calculated using the acoustic feature vector, that is, the product of density and sound velocity. Taking the incident angle range from 0° to 80° as an example, sampling is performed every 5°. The reflection coefficient is calculated through the Rayleigh scattering model. Among them, the reflection coefficient at normal incidence is determined by the acoustic impedance difference, and the scattering effect increases as the angle increases. For example, the reflection coefficient of fine sand with a particle size of 0.25 mm is about 0.3, while that of coarse sand with a particle size of 1 mm can reach 0.5. A scattering intensity prediction function is constructed according to the reflection coefficient, and the scattering intensity at unsampled angles is estimated by piecewise linear interpolation. To improve the accuracy, the prediction function is compared with the pre-collected standard sediment acoustic database, and the least squares method is used to iteratively optimize the parameters to ensure that the prediction error is less than 2 dB within a small angle and does not exceed 3 dB within a large angle.

[0043] S1023 Generate a scattering intensity distribution map based on the optimized scattering intensity prediction model, and visualize the scattering intensity change characteristics at different angles through color coding to provide data support for subsequent adjustment of the receiving array.

[0044] In the embodiments of the present invention, a scattering intensity curve in the range of 0 degrees to 80 degrees is generated according to the calibrated prediction model. The curve shows that the scattering intensity varies non-linearly with the angle and reaches a peak near 60 degrees. The final map divides the scattering intensity range from -40 dB to 0 dB into 8 levels, with weak scattering at small angles of fine sand represented in blue and strong scattering at large angles of coarse sand marked in red. This visualization method intuitively reflects the relationship between the particle size distribution and the scattering intensity. For example, in practical applications, the blue tone in the fine sand area indicates low scattering energy, while the red tone in the coarse sand area suggests that the receiving strategy needs to be adjusted to suppress interference.

[0045] In the embodiments of the present invention, this step combines image analysis and acoustic modeling to ensure the accuracy of the scattering intensity distribution. The 200 kHz acoustic wave frequency has good resolution ability because its 7.5 mm wavelength matches the common particle size scale. Through the above processing, not only the particle size distribution is extracted, but also key basis for dynamic search is provided, and the analysis parameters can be adjusted by technicians according to actual needs.

[0046] S103 Analyze the sediment particle size distribution and the acoustic wave incident angle using a pattern recognition algorithm based on the scattering intensity distribution map. At the same time, collect the pose data of the inertial navigation system and multiple sensors in real time, and perform fusion processing on the data through the Kalman filtering algorithm to correct the cumulative error and improve the search accuracy.

[0047] In the embodiments of the present invention, first, feature extraction is performed on the scattering intensity distribution map, and a convolutional neural network is used to identify the texture and intensity change rules in the image. The network adopts a three-layer convolution design. The first layer uses a 7×7 convolution kernel to extract low-level texture features, and the second layer uses a 5×5 convolution kernel to capture edge information. Grok was unable to complete the reply. Please try again later or use another model to retry.

[0048] S104 Based on the sediment particle size distribution and the acoustic wave incident angle data, construct an optimization model for the spatial filtering parameters of the receiving array, adjust the filtering strategy in combination with the scattering intensity distribution map, process the acoustic wave signal to remove noise interference, and extract the scattering signal features related to the particle size, so as to achieve precise detection of underwater targets.

[0049] S1041 According to the spatial structure of the receiving array and the scattering intensity distribution map, use the spatial spectrum estimation method to extract the directional features, obtain the particle size distribution data from the preset angle interval, and optimize the filtering parameters through subband decomposition and signal-to-noise ratio analysis.

[0050] In an embodiment of the present invention, the sonar receiving array is composed of 32 hydrophone units. The unit spacing is designed to be half a wavelength, and the operating frequency is 200 kHz, capable of forming a high-resolution beam within an angular range of plus or minus 60 degrees. First, spatial spectrum analysis is performed on the scattering intensity distribution map. The classical MUSIC algorithm is used to calculate the spatial spectrum, and the directivity characteristics of the acoustic wave signal are extracted by finding the spectral peak position. The MUSIC algorithm performs eigenvalue decomposition on the covariance matrix of the receiving array, separates the signal subspace and the noise subspace, and estimates the incident direction of the scattered signal using the principle of orthogonal projection. In an actual scenario, the scattering intensity in the fine sand area changes relatively smoothly within the range of 0 to 30 degrees, while the coarse sand area shows obvious fluctuations in the range of 30 to 60 degrees. This spatial difference provides a basis for the identification of particle size distribution. Then, the 200 kHz acoustic wave signal bandwidth is evenly divided into 8 sub-bands, and the width of each sub-band is approximately 25 kHz. By performing a fast Fourier transform on each sub-band signal, calculating its power spectral density, and then obtaining the ratio of the signal energy to the noise energy, a signal-to-noise ratio evaluation index sequence is formed. Analysis shows that the fine sand scattering signal is mainly concentrated in the frequency band of 100 to 150 kHz, and the signal-to-noise ratio can reach 15 dB. Due to the strong scattering effect in the coarse sand area, the signal-to-noise ratio can exceed 20 dB at most. This frequency domain distribution characteristic provides guidance for the frequency band selection of the filter.

[0051] S1042 Design a multi-order Butterworth filter based on the signal-to-noise ratio evaluation index sequence, adjust the parameters of the filter transfer function through an iterative optimization algorithm, perform sub-band filtering on the signals of each channel of the receiving array, and use energy-weighted synthesis and spatial phase correction to generate the beam output of the target scattering signal.

[0052] In the embodiments of the present invention, an 8th-order Butterworth filter is used to process acoustic signals. Because it has a flat passband response and steep stopband attenuation characteristics, it is suitable for the filtering requirements of complex underwater signals. The center frequency of the filter is locked in the range of 100 to 150 kHz, and the passband width is dynamically adjusted according to subband analysis to ensure coverage of the main scattered signal frequency band. To optimize the filtering effect, the initial passband gain and stopband attenuation target are set according to the signal-to-noise ratio sequence. For example, the passband ripple is less than 0.5 dB, and the stopband attenuation is greater than 40 dB. Subsequently, the filter coefficients are adjusted through an iterative optimization algorithm, specifically using the gradient descent method, with the mean square error of the output signal as the loss function and a learning rate of 0.01. After about 50 iterations, the error tends to be stable, and the filter can effectively suppress out-of-band noise. The optimized filters are applied to the signals of 32 receiving channels respectively, and the subband signals output by each channel are weighted and synthesized after energy normalization. The weighting coefficients are determined according to the subband energy distribution. For example, the weight of the low-frequency subband is higher in the fine sand area, while the weight of the mid-high frequency subbands is enhanced in the coarse sand area to highlight the scattering characteristics of different particle sizes. The synthesized signal forms a beam output through spatial phase correction, and the phase compensation amount is calculated using the array geometric characteristics to control the main lobe width of the beam at about 3 degrees and the sidelobe level below -13 dB. When the beam is scanned from 0 degrees to 60 degrees, the boundaries of different particle size regions can be clearly distinguished, and the transition band width does not exceed 5 degrees.

[0053] In the embodiments of the present invention, the signal quality is significantly improved through the above space-time joint filtering method. In a shallow sea environment with a water depth of 50 meters, for a sediment layer with a thickness of 2 to 5 meters, the signal-to-noise ratio after filtering is increased by 8 to 12 dB, and the characteristics of the scattered signals are more obvious. For example, in an area with a mixture of gravel sand and fine sand, multi-beam scanning combined with optimized filtering can distinguish sediment types with a particle size difference of up to 5 times. This method makes full use of the spatial resolution ability of the array and the characteristics of frequency domain filtering, providing accurate acoustic data support for mapping the distribution of submarine sediments. Technicians can adjust the subband division or filtering order according to specific scenarios to meet different requirements.

[0054] S105 Analyze the change of the sediment particle size distribution range at the current acoustic wave incident angle according to the extracted scattered signal characteristics in combination with the scattering intensity distribution map, and optimize the detection performance by dynamically adjusting the layout form and aperture size of the receiving array.

[0055] In the embodiments of the present invention, eigenvalue of the scattering signal is used to perform feature clustering on the scattering intensity distribution map, and a sparse representation learning method is adopted to explore the potential relationship between the acoustic wave scattering amplitude and the particle size distribution. Sparse representation decomposes the scattering intensity data in the map into a linear combination of sparse coefficients and basis vectors by constructing an overcomplete dictionary, and extracts key features to establish a mapping function. The mapping function describes the law of the scattering amplitude varying with the particle size within the incident angle range of 0 to 60 degrees. For example, in the fine sand area, the amplitude change is gentle, with a maximum fluctuation less than 3 dB, while in the coarse sand area, the amplitude fluctuates significantly, with a maximum change of up to 8 dB. By this analysis, it is judged whether the particle size distribution range has changed significantly. If the change occurs, the dynamic adjustment mechanism of the receiving array is triggered.

[0056] S1051 Segmentally calculate the mapping function using a dynamic window, identify the particle size distribution change region and generate a spatial distribution map, and optimize the layout scheme of the receiving array according to the spatial scale of the change region.

[0057] In the embodiments of the present invention, a dynamic window with a width of 64 pixels is set to perform sliding scanning on the scattering intensity distribution map, and the overlapping rate of adjacent windows is set to 50% to ensure the continuity of the analysis. The mean and standard deviation of the particle size distribution are calculated within each window, and the particle size change rate between adjacent windows is obtained. If the change rate exceeds the preset threshold of 30%, it is marked as the particle size distribution change region, and a spatial distribution map reflecting the positions and ranges of these regions is generated. For example, in underwater detection, the particle size changes from fine sand of 0.1 mm to coarse sand of 1 mm, and the span of the change region is about 10 meters. For these change regions, a reference value is selected from the preset array element spacing sequence, and the range covers a quarter wavelength to a half wavelength. Taking a 200 kHz acoustic wave as an example, its wavelength in water is 7.5 mm, and the spacing can be selected from 1.875 mm to 3.75 mm. The new spacing is optimized by the least squares method, for example, determined to be 2.5 mm, and the number of array elements is increased while keeping the array aperture unchanged to improve the spatial sampling density.

[0058] S1052 Calculate the beam pattern according to the optimized array layout scheme, verify whether its resolution meets the detection requirements of the particle size change region, and if not, adjust the aperture size and redesign the array form.

[0059] In an embodiment of the present invention, based on the new layout scheme, the beam direction patterns of the receiving array at different incident angles are calculated. Taking a 32-element linear array as an example, the initial main lobe width is 2.8 degrees at 0 degrees and broadens to 5.6 degrees at 60 degrees. At an observation distance of 50 meters, 2.8 degrees corresponds to a resolution of 2.4 meters, which cannot effectively resolve a particle size change area with a width of 10 meters. By increasing the array aperture to 48 elements, the main lobe width is reduced to 1.8 degrees, and the resolution is improved to 1.6 meters, meeting the detection requirements. The new scheme uses the phase weighting method to synthesize the received signals and calculates the beam output response to ensure that the first sidelobe level within the range of plus or minus 60 degrees is lower than -13 dB. The verification results show that the new layout form can clearly resolve the particle size change boundary at different angles. For example, in the transition zone between fine sand and a mixed area containing 30% gravel, a boundary with a width of 15 meters is accurately captured.

[0060] In an embodiment of the present invention, the adaptability of the array to complex sediment distributions is significantly improved through the above dynamic adjustment mechanism. In practical applications, when the detection area changes from uniform fine sand to a mixture of coarse sand and gravel, the scattering intensity profile shows a stepped change. The adjusted 48-element array successfully reconstructs the continuous change process of the particle size at a distance of 50 meters, providing high-precision data support for the analysis of seabed topography and sediment types. Technicians can adjust the window width or element spacing according to the specific scenario to optimize the effect.

[0061] S106 Construct a mapping relationship between the change in particle size distribution and the layout form and aperture size of the receiving array according to the change characteristics of the sediment particle size distribution range, determine the target layout parameters, and dynamically adjust the search area of the underwater search vehicle to achieve precise dynamic search of the underwater environment.

[0062] S1061 Generate a feature vector by analyzing the mean value, standard deviation, and change gradient of the sediment particle size, extract the layout parameters from the preset array database, and use a recurrent neural network to predict the target layout form to adapt to the particle size change.

[0063] In an embodiment of the present invention, first, a feature vector is calculated based on real-time collected particle size distribution data, including three dimensions: particle size mean, standard deviation, and change gradient, which are used to characterize the particle size distribution and spatial variation characteristics of sediments. For example, the particle size mean in a fine sand area may be 0.2 mm, the standard deviation is less than 0.1 mm, and the change gradient is low, while in a coarse sand area, the mean can reach 1 mm, the standard deviation increases to 0.3 mm, and the change gradient is significant. Then, initial deployment parameters are obtained from a preset array database, such as the number of array elements, element spacing, and array length. Taking a 32-element linear array as an example, the element spacing is half a wavelength, approximately 3.75 mm, and the total length is 120 mm. A recurrent neural network is used to process this data. The network is designed as a long short-term memory structure. The input layer receives 6 variables, namely the particle size feature vector and deployment parameters at the current moment. The hidden layer contains 64 neurons, and through time series analysis, it predicts the target deployment parameters at the next moment. The network training is based on multiple groups of particle size change sequences, and the weights are optimized using error backpropagation. The prediction accuracy can reach over 90%. If a sudden change in particle size is detected, such as a transition from fine sand to coarse sand with a change gradient of 0.1 mm / m, the network will output adjusted deployment parameters, such as increasing the array length to 180 mm to improve the resolution.

[0064] S1062 Calculate the beam pattern according to the target deployment parameters, divide the search grid, and generate a smooth navigation trajectory. If the particle size change rate exceeds the threshold, dynamically update the deployment and search areas.

[0065] In an embodiment of the present invention, the beam pattern of the receiving array is calculated using the target deployment parameters, and the main lobe width and sidelobe level are analyzed to determine the detection range. Taking the initial 120-mm array as an example, the main lobe width is 2.8 degrees, and the resolution at a distance of 50 m is 2.4 m; after adjusting to 180 mm, the main lobe width shrinks to 1.8 degrees, and the resolution is improved to 1.6 m. The search grid is set according to the resolution. For example, the grid size is 2 m × 2 m, and the overlap rate is 25% to increase the sampling density. Sort the particle size change gradients within the grid, and the areas with gradients greater than 0.05 mm / m are preferentially detected. Then, a spatial sampling sequence is generated based on the sorting results, the best incident angle for each grid is calculated, and the path points are smoothed through a third-order Bezier curve with a control point spacing of 10 m and a tension coefficient of 0.8 to ensure that the turning radius is greater than 5 m, forming the navigation trajectory of the search vehicle. During the navigation process, if the particle size change rate exceeds the preset threshold of 0.15 mm / m, such as the coarse sand content suddenly increasing from 10% to 40%, the deployment parameters are updated in real time, the grid is re-divided, and the path is adjusted to ensure the detection accuracy.

[0066] In the embodiments of the present invention, the above method effectively adapts to complex sediment distributions. For example, in an estuarine delta, the sediment gradually transitions from fine sand with a surface layer of 0.15 mm to coarse sand of 0.8 mm, and then to medium sand of 0.3 mm. The dynamically adjusted arrays and paths can accurately capture these multi-scale changes, providing high-resolution data support for underwater environment searches. Technicians can adjust the grid density or network structure according to actual needs.

[0067] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to limit them. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements on some or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

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1. An underwater environment area dynamic search method, characterized in that, The method includes: S101. Using a sonar system to transmit multi-beam acoustic signals, receiving the acoustic reflection echoes, and recording the frequencies of the reflection echoes to obtain a high-resolution underwater environment image; S102. Analyzing the underwater environment image, extracting the particle size distribution data of the seabed sediments, combining the acoustic wave frequencies with the pre-acquired relationship between the acoustic characteristics of the sediment particle sizes, establishing a mapping model between the sediment particle sizes and the acoustic wave scattering intensities, calculating the reflection coefficients and the scattering intensity distributions of the sediment interfaces at different acoustic wave incident angles, and generating a scattering intensity distribution map; S103. According to the scattering intensity distribution map, identifying the particle size distribution and the incident angles of the sediment particle sizes and the incident angles, and at the same time, collecting the pose data and sensor data of the inertial navigation system in real time, performing filtering processing, and correcting the cumulative errors; S104. Establishing an optimization model for the spatial filtering parameters of the receiving array based on the particle size distribution and the incident angles, combining with the scattering intensity distribution map, adjusting the filtering parameters, filtering the acoustic signals, and extracting the scattering signal characteristics related to the sediment particle sizes; S105. According to the scattering signal characteristics, combining with the scattering intensity distribution map, analyzing to obtain the sediment particle size distribution range at the current acoustic wave incident angle. If the sediment particle size distribution range changes, dynamically adjusting the array arrangement form and the aperture size of the receiving array; S106. Establishing a mapping relationship between the change of the sediment particle size distribution range and the array arrangement form and the aperture size of the receiving array, obtaining a target adjustment plan, and dynamically adjusting the search area of the underwater search vehicle accordingly to achieve dynamic search of the underwater environment.

2. The dynamic search method for underwater environment areas according to claim 1, wherein The using a sonar system to transmit multi-beam acoustic signals, receiving the acoustic reflection echoes, and recording the frequencies of the reflection echoes to obtain a high-resolution underwater environment image includes: Through an underwater search vehicle and a data fusion processing module, using a sonar system to transmit multi-beam acoustic signals, receiving the acoustic reflection echoes, recording the acoustic wave frequencies of the acoustic reflection echoes, and using synthetic aperture sonar technology to obtain a high-resolution underwater environment image.

3. The dynamic search method for underwater environment areas according to claim 2, characterized in that, The analyzing the underwater environment image, extracting the particle size distribution data of the seabed sediments, combining the acoustic wave frequencies with the pre-acquired relationship between the acoustic characteristics of the sediment particle sizes, establishing a mapping model between the sediment particle sizes and the acoustic wave scattering intensities, calculating the reflection coefficients and the scattering intensity distributions of the sediment interfaces at different acoustic wave incident angles, and generating a scattering intensity distribution map includes: Performing texture analysis on the seabed image through a gray-level co-occurrence matrix to obtain the energy parameter, contrast parameter, and entropy value parameter of the seabed sediment area; According to the above parameters, performing hierarchical segmentation on the seabed sediment area to obtain the acoustic feature vectors of the hierarchical sediments, and the acoustic feature vectors include density parameters, sound velocity parameters, absorption coefficient parameters, and volume scattering coefficient parameters; Calculating the acoustic impedance parameters of the hierarchical sediments according to the acoustic feature vectors, and obtaining the interface reflection coefficients of the hierarchical sediments within the angular range; Using the interface reflection coefficients to construct a scattering intensity prediction function, obtaining the mapping relationship between the particle sizes and the scattering intensities of the hierarchical sediments, and the scattering intensity prediction function optimizes the mapping relationship parameters by the least squares method.

4. The dynamic search method for underwater environment areas according to claim 3, characterized in that, According to the scattering intensity distribution map, identify the particle size distribution and incident angle of the sediment particles and the incident angle, and simultaneously collect the pose data and sensor data of the inertial navigation system in real time, perform filtering processing, and correct the cumulative error, including: Use a convolutional neural network to extract eigenvalues from the scattering intensity distribution map, and obtain a particle size distribution feature vector through a feature clustering method based on the eigenvalues; According to the particle size distribution feature vector, obtain the attitude angle data from the gyroscope, the acceleration value from the accelerometer, and the motion speed from the acoustic Doppler velocimeter to obtain a state vector; For the state vector, use an extended Kalman filter to iteratively solve the nonlinear state equation, and calculate the residual vector through the prediction equation and the update equation; For the residual vector, use the Mahalanobis distance to calculate the anomaly detection statistic, and perform smoothing processing on the abnormal data points through the recursive least squares method to obtain the corrected pose data.

5. The dynamic search method for underwater environmental regions according to claim 4, wherein Based on the particle size distribution and the incident angle, establish an optimization model for the spatial filtering parameters of the receiving array, combine the scattering intensity distribution map, adjust the filtering parameters, and perform filtering processing on the acoustic wave signal to extract the scattering signal characteristics related to the sediment particle size, including: Receive the spatial spectrum data of the scattering intensity distribution map, extract the directivity characteristics by using the spatial spectrum estimation method according to the spatial spectrum data, and obtain the particle size distribution data from the preset angle interval; For the particle size distribution data, perform sub-band decomposition on the acoustic wave signal by using a preset frequency band division to obtain a sequence of signal-to-noise ratio evaluation indicators; Process the acoustic wave signal by using a multi-order Butterworth filter according to the sequence of signal-to-noise ratio evaluation indicators, and determine the passband gain and stopband attenuation parameters of the filter transfer function through an iterative optimization algorithm; For the parameters of the filter transfer function, perform sub-band filtering on the signals of each channel of the receiving array, synthesize the filtered signals by using the sub-band energy weighting method, and obtain the beam output response of the target scattering signal through spatial phase correction.

6. The dynamic search method for underwater environment areas according to claim 5, wherein, According to the scattering signal characteristics, combine the scattering intensity distribution map, analyze and obtain the sediment particle size distribution range at the current acoustic wave incident angle. If the sediment particle size distribution range changes, dynamically adjust the array form and aperture size of the receiving array, including: Perform feature clustering processing on the scattering intensity distribution map according to the scattering signal eigenvalues, and obtain the mapping function between the acoustic wave scattering amplitude and the particle size distribution through sparse representation learning; Use a dynamic window to perform segmented calculation on the mapping function, and determine the spatial distribution map of the particle size change area according to the comparison result between the particle size change rate and the preset threshold; For the particle size change area in the spatial distribution map, select a reference spacing value from the preset array element spacing sequence, and obtain the spatial layout scheme of the receiving array through the least squares method; Calculate the beam pattern of the array at different incident angles according to the spatial layout scheme, and compare the main lobe width of the beam with the spatial scale of the particle size change area to determine whether the array aperture meets the resolution requirement. If the main lobe width of the beam exceeds the spatial scale of the particle size change area, increase the array aperture length and recalculate the array element spacing.

7. The dynamic search method for underwater environmental areas according to claim 6, characterized in that Establishing a mapping relationship based on the change in the sediment particle size distribution range, the arrangement form of the receiving array, and the aperture size, obtaining a target adjustment plan, and dynamically adjusting the search area of the underwater search vehicle accordingly to achieve dynamic search of the underwater environment, including: Establishing a first feature vector based on the sediment particle size mean, standard deviation, and change gradient, and obtaining first array arrangement parameters from a preset array database for the number of array elements, the element spacing, and the array length; Processing the first feature vector and the first array arrangement parameters using a recurrent neural network, and obtaining second array arrangement parameters through error backpropagation; Calculating the receiving array beam pattern for the second array arrangement parameters, and dividing the search grid according to the main lobe width and sidelobe level of the beam pattern; Sorting the particle size change gradients in the search grid to generate a sampling sequence, performing Bessel curve smoothing processing on the sampling sequence to obtain a navigation trajectory, and if the particle size change rate exceeds a preset threshold, updating the second array arrangement parameters.

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