基于TELSET的低慢小无人机旋翼参数估计

Rotor Parameter Estimation of LowSlowand Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on TELSET

  • 摘要: 随着“低、慢、小”无人机在各领域的广泛应用,其引发的空域安全风险日益凸显。因此,发展高精度、高可靠性的无人机识别技术,已成为有效管控低空风险、保障低空安全的关键前提。鉴于旋翼转速、桨叶长度等物理参数对低空无人机识别具有关键影响,本文旨在通过对无人机回波信号进行时频分析实现对上述参数的精确估计。现有基于传统时频分析的参数估计方法,在应对多旋翼无人机复杂回波时,常受限于频谱泄露与多分量信号交叉项干扰,导致微多普勒特征模糊,参数估计精度难以满足实际应用需求。针对此类问题,本文提出一种基于能量阈值局部极大值同步提取变换(Threshold Energy Local Maximum Synchronous Extraction Transform,TELSET)的特征提取方法。该方法根据时频域中背景能量分布设定能量门限,有效抑制固定窗导致的能量扩散及多旋翼回波信号的交叉项干扰,并通过沿时间轴高斯滑动平均来优化局部极值同步提取变换(Local Maximum Synchronous Extraction Transform,LSET)的时频脊线提取策略,显著增强旋翼微动特征的能量聚集性。基于毫米波雷达实测数据与L波段公共数据集的验证表明,TELSET方法兼顾高时频分辨率和较高精度的旋翼参数估计。该方法相较于短时傅里叶变换(Short Time Fourier Transform,STFT)方法,其熵值降低了2.86 dB,将旋翼转速估计误差降至0.86%,桨叶长度估计精度较STFT方法平均提升6.17%,为低空环境下无人机识别提供了可靠的技术途径。

     

    Abstract: With the widespread use of low-altitude, slow-speed, and small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) across various applications, the associated airspace security risks have become increasingly significant. Consequently, the development of high-precision and reliable UAV identification technologies has become essential for effective low-altitude risk management and airspace safety assurance. Physical parameters such as rotor speed and blade length play an important role in UAV identification. Therefore, this study focuses on accurately estimating these parameters through time-frequency analysis of UAV echo signals. However, conventional parameter estimation methods based on traditional time-frequency analysis often suffer from spectral leakage and cross-term interference when processing the complex echoes of multi-rotor UAVs. These limitations lead to blurred micro-Doppler signatures and prevent the estimation accuracy from meeting practical application requirements. To address these issues, a feature extraction method based on the threshold energy local maximum synchronous extraction transform (TELSET) is proposed. The proposed method determines an adaptive energy threshold according to the background energy distribution in the time-frequency domain, effectively suppressing energy diffusion caused by fixed windowing and reducing cross-term interference in multi-rotor echo signals. In addition, the time-frequency ridge extraction strategy of the local maximum synchronous extraction transform (LSET) is further improved by applying Gaussian sliding averaging along the time axis, which enhances the energy concentration of rotor micro-motion features. Validation experiments using measured millimeter-wave radar data and a public L-band dataset demonstrate that the TELSET method achieves both high time-frequency resolution and accurate rotor parameter estimation. Compared with the short time Fourier transform (STFT), the proposed method reduces entropy by 2.86 dB, decreases the rotor speed estimation error to 0.86%, and improves blade length estimation accuracy by an average of 6.17%. These results demonstrate that the proposed method provides a reliable technical approach for UAV identification in low-altitude environments.

     

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