Estimation of the observation range for an underwater gated lidar

Estimation of the observation range for an underwater gated lidar

Valeriy L. Alekseev
Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (RTC), Leading Engineer, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dmitry A. Goryachkin
RTC, Senior Research Scientist, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, tel.: +7(921)924-29-38, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Viktor I. Kuprenyuk
PhD in Physics and Mathematics, RTC, Leading Research Scientist, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Received December 6, 2023

Abstract
Numerical estimates of the achievable observation range using an underwater gated lidar with modified CCD or CMOS matrices under different turbidity of the aquatic environment have been carried out. It follows from the results of the calculations that lidars using common matrix receivers make it possible to implement active vision systems with an observation range acceptable for practice.

Key words
Underwater gated lidar, modified CCD matrix, turbidity of the aquatic environment, signal-to-noise ratio, observation range.

Acknowledgements
The work was carried out within the framework of the state task of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation "Algorithms for group control of autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicles in conditions of limited capacity of hydroacoustic communication channels", FNRG-2022-0025, 1021101316168-7-2.2.2.

DOI
10.31776/RTCJ.12205

Bibliographic description
Alekseev, V.L., Goryachkin, D.A. and Kuprenyuk, V.I. (2024), "Estimation of the observation range for an underwater gated lidar", Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 118-123, DOI: 10.31776/RTCJ.12205. (in Russian).

UDC identifier
535.31:004.93'1

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