Adaptive Orthogonal Basis Function Detection Method for Unknown Magnetic Target Motion State

Abstract

Traditional methods of orthogonal basis function decomposition have been extensively used to detect magnetic anomaly signals. However, the determination of the relative velocity between the detection platform and the magnetic target remains elusive in practical detection. And, the non-ideal uniform motion of the magnetic target further complicates the process and adversely impacts the detector’s performance. To address this challenge, this paper introduces an adaptive scale factor method based on orthogonal basis function decomposition. This new method can be used to adjust the relative velocity between the detection platform and the magnetic target and to refine the characteristic time in the basis functions. In this paper, a mathematical relationship between the scale factor and the relative velocity is established, which is subsequently fitted into a Gauss function curve. The optimal scale factor, denoted as β, is adaptively chosen from the fitting curve when the magnetic target moves at a non-ideal uniform velocity with an unknown motion state. The results of simulations indicate that the scale factor improves the signal-to-noise ratio of the magnetic anomaly signals in a non-ideal state. And, this method can improve the energy value of OBF decomposition by 17.7%. Simultaneously, this method ensures that the moment the magnetic target passes the CPA coincides with the energy peak of the orthogonal basis detection, which improves the accuracy by 54.1% compared with the traditional method. The effectiveness and precision of the proposed method are verified using simulations and practical experiments.