The invention belongs to the technical field of
underwater acoustic
signal processing, and particularly relates to a multi-array-element
ranging data fusion method, which comprises the following steps of: 1, for a one-dimensional uniform
linear array with N array elements, selecting an
array element 1 as a reference to establish a coordinate
system, selecting the
array element 1 to switch to a transmitting state, and transmitting a sine single-frequency
signal with a transmitting frequency f0; 2, switching all array elements to a receiving state, recording waveform data a of each
transducer, performing
Fourier transform on data of each channel, expanding the data into superposition of single-frequency signals by using
Fourier transform, and adding different phase shifts to different single-frequency signals; according to the method, the steps of
signal emission, receiving
processing, data fusion and the like are sequentially carried out through multiple array elements, the incoming
wave angle and path are accurately calculated, and the
distance measurement precision is improved; based on mature equipment and common technologies,
engineering realization is easy; and the anti-
noise capability is enhanced through multi-array-element
data processing.