Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence Fusion

For the demand for long-range and high-resolution target reconstruction of slow-moving small underwater targets, research on single-photon lidar target reconstruction technology is being carried out. This paper reports the sequential multimodal underwater single-photon lidar adaptive target reconstr...

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Main Authors: Tian Rong, Yuhang Wang, Qiguang Zhu, Chenxu Wang, Yanchao Zhang, Jianfeng Li, Zhiquan Zhou, Qinghua Luo
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Yuhang Wang
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Chenxu Wang
Yanchao Zhang
Jianfeng Li
Zhiquan Zhou
Qinghua Luo
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Qiguang Zhu
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Yanchao Zhang
Jianfeng Li
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Qinghua Luo
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description For the demand for long-range and high-resolution target reconstruction of slow-moving small underwater targets, research on single-photon lidar target reconstruction technology is being carried out. This paper reports the sequential multimodal underwater single-photon lidar adaptive target reconstruction algorithm based on spatiotemporal sequence fusion, which has strong information extraction and noise filtering ability and can reconstruct the target depth and reflective intensity information from complex echo photon time counts and spatial pixel relationships. The method consists of three steps: data preprocessing, sequence-optimized extreme value inference filtering, and collaborative variation strategy for image optimization to achieve high-quality target reconstruction in complex underwater environments. Simulation and test results show that the target reconstruction method outperforms the current imaging algorithms, and the built single-photon lidar system achieves underwater lateral and distance resolution of 5 mm and 2.5cm@6AL, respectively. This indicates that the method has a great advantage in sparse photon counting imaging and possesses the capability of underwater target imaging under the background of strong light noise. It also provides a good solution for underwater target imaging of small slow-moving targets with long-distance and high-resolution.
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spelling doaj-art-3180bdd0d104462bb2e99a6a38a96f612025-01-24T13:48:02ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-01-0117229510.3390/rs17020295Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence FusionTian Rong0Yuhang Wang1Qiguang Zhu2Chenxu Wang3Yanchao Zhang4Jianfeng Li5Zhiquan Zhou6Qinghua Luo7Aerospace College, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066000, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066000, ChinaAerospace College, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai 264209, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai 264209, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai 264209, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai 264209, ChinaFor the demand for long-range and high-resolution target reconstruction of slow-moving small underwater targets, research on single-photon lidar target reconstruction technology is being carried out. This paper reports the sequential multimodal underwater single-photon lidar adaptive target reconstruction algorithm based on spatiotemporal sequence fusion, which has strong information extraction and noise filtering ability and can reconstruct the target depth and reflective intensity information from complex echo photon time counts and spatial pixel relationships. The method consists of three steps: data preprocessing, sequence-optimized extreme value inference filtering, and collaborative variation strategy for image optimization to achieve high-quality target reconstruction in complex underwater environments. Simulation and test results show that the target reconstruction method outperforms the current imaging algorithms, and the built single-photon lidar system achieves underwater lateral and distance resolution of 5 mm and 2.5cm@6AL, respectively. This indicates that the method has a great advantage in sparse photon counting imaging and possesses the capability of underwater target imaging under the background of strong light noise. It also provides a good solution for underwater target imaging of small slow-moving targets with long-distance and high-resolution.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/2/295oceanoptical detectionslow-moving small targetssingle-photon lidartarget reconstruction
spellingShingle Tian Rong
Yuhang Wang
Qiguang Zhu
Chenxu Wang
Yanchao Zhang
Jianfeng Li
Zhiquan Zhou
Qinghua Luo
Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence Fusion
Remote Sensing
ocean
optical detection
slow-moving small targets
single-photon lidar
target reconstruction
title Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence Fusion
title_full Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence Fusion
title_fullStr Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence Fusion
title_full_unstemmed Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence Fusion
title_short Sequential Multimodal Underwater Single-Photon Lidar Adaptive Target Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Spatiotemporal Sequence Fusion
title_sort sequential multimodal underwater single photon lidar adaptive target reconstruction algorithm based on spatiotemporal sequence fusion
topic ocean
optical detection
slow-moving small targets
single-photon lidar
target reconstruction
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/2/295
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