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- the present invention is generally related to processing signals from sensors, and more particularly, to enhanced signal processing with a tracking algorithm used with a linear array signal processor and a method for using the same to determine the gap of a Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensor.
- the invention relates to a method for enhanced processing of signals received from Fabry-Perot sensors.
- Fabry-Perot sensors have broad utility for applications which require monitoring of absolute, static displacements and small, dynamic vibrations or oscillating changes.
- their simplicity of design allows these sensors to be embedded into industrial applications, including gas turbines, engines, pressure vessels, pipelines, buildings or other structures, in order to provide information about pressure, temperature, strain, vibration, or acceleration within the structure.
- Their size, durability, and fast response time make these sensors advantageous. Examples of such sensors or arrangements incorporating such sensors have been developed by the inventor and/or assignee of this application include copending U.S. Patent Application Serial Nos. 11/048,521; 11/105,651; and 11/106,750, each expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- a Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensor shown in Figure 1 , is generally known in the art.
- a fiber optic Fabry-Perot sensor is an interferometric sensor.
- Light passes through optical fiber 10.
- the fiber 10 terminates at partially reflective surface 12a, which is itself aligned with partially reflective surface 12b.
- Surfaces 12a and 12b are separated by an air gap G which changes due to vibrations or other movement of at least one of the surfaces 12a, 12b.
- surface 12a is fixed while surface 12b is affixed to the object being monitored and may therefore move so as to change the length of the gap G.
- surface 12b may be affixed to diaphragms, other fibers, cantilever beams or other such structures in order to monitor the aforementioned parameters.
- An optical cross-correlation pattern (burst) is shown in Figure 2.
- the pattern displays the correlation signal as a function of sensor gap.
- a common simplistic algorithm in the prior art looks for a feature in the burst such as the feature representing "the largest magnitude peak” or "the largest magnitude valley”, and uses this feature to determine the interferometric gap that the feature represents. This simplistic algorithm is not robust enough to be used when the Fabry-Perot gap and the wedge interferometer gap are made of different materials, e.g. air in the Fabry-Perot and transparent oxide in the wedge interferometer.
- a method for calculating an interferometric gap comprises providing a first interferometric sensor having an air gap in series with a second interferometer, such as a Fizeau wedge, which has a gap made of a transparent oxide where the gap continuously changes along the wedge direction.
- the purpose for the Fizeau wedge is to provide an absolute readout of the interferometric sensor gap.
- a correlation burst waveform is generated having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys.
- the pattern or shape of the peaks and valleys is a direct function of the dispersion (change in refractive index with light wavelength) of the oxide material in the Fizeau gap. Since there is no dispersion in the Fabry-Perot sensor air gap, there is a relative phase difference between the sensor gap and Fizeau gap, and this phase difference is not a constant for any gap. The phase difference increases with the thickness of the Fizeau gap because of there is no dispersion in the Fabry-Perot sensor air gap.
- a means for identifying a unique feature (peak or valley) from the pattern of peaks and valleys, and tracking that feature across the entire range of sensor gaps.
- the dominant peak or dominant valley is used to identify which unique feature to track.
- the location of this feature with photodetector pixel position on the linear CCD array is used to compute the gap of the Fabry-Perot sensor.
- the invention is particularly suited for calculating the interferometric gap produced from the cross-correlation of a Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor having an air gap placed in series with a wedge or Fizeau interferometric wedge having an oxide material in the gap. Further, a particular algorithm is provided that accurately identifies and tracks the waveform features across an entire range of the air gaps and determines the dominant peak or dominant valley used to determine the air gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents.
- FIGURE 1 is a diagram of a Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensor.
- FIGURE 2 is a correlation burst waveform.
- FIGURE 3 shows the modulation of correlation burst.
- FIGURE 4 is a flow chart showing the transition strategy for an embodiment of the invention.
- FIGURE 5 is a flow chart showing an alternate transition strategy.
- the error associated with skipping features is therefore in the range of lambda/2. In a system where lambda is 850nm, this skip represents an error of 425nm. An error of 425nm in a system with a total range of 15,000nm represents an error in excess of 2% which is unacceptable for most measurement applications.
- feature C can be selected and tracked.
- Feature C can always be identified as the feature which is the dominant or the feature adjacent to the dominant feature.
- abs(Valuel) is the mathematic function "Absolute value of Valuel" > Avg is the average intensity through the centerline of the burst waveform measured in the Y-Axis. Typically Avg is zero.
- PeakMargin 100%-abs(max(P.L2, P.R2)-Avg)/C
- BurstType Peak Margin - Valley Margin + 0.5 with values that lie between 0 and 1.
- BurstType Peak Margin - Valley Margin + 0.5 with values that lie between 0 and 1.
- BurstType Peak
- Peak D has approximately 30% margin over features B and F and B and F have margins approaching 0%, i.e. they are about equal.
- BurstType Valley
- a clearly dominant feature Valley C has approximately 30% margin over features A and E and A and E have margins approaching 0%, i.e. they are about equal.
- this new algorithm identifies a feature in the burst waveform and tracks this feature across the entire range of gaps with no discontinuous jumps and with predictable repeatability.
- the invention selects and tracks this feature by knowing the relationships between the features at various gaps. Notably, the invention is able to track a feature even though it is not always the largest nor the most dominant feature, and many features of the waveform are used to select the feature to be tracked.
- burst waveform evolves from one dominant feature to an adjacent dominant feature
- the general form of this algorithm can be used even if the waveform has a consistent dominant feature or evolves to more than two dominant features.
- lookup tables and similar techniques it may be necessary to consider other variations of the preferred tracking strategy using lookup tables and similar techniques to determine which feature to select and track without departing from the principles of the invention contemplated herein. For example, one may determine that a burst waveform may have one or more dominant peaks and valleys as it moves through its full range. By knowing the gap location of the transition points, one may create a lookup table and use the lookup table to select the method and this method is used to select the feature to be tracked. The method is used until the waveform moves into a new transition region.
- the preferred embodiment of this invention discussed above encompasses sensors with an optical gap from approximately 5,000nm to 20,000nm.
- An air-gap sensor with this operating range cross-correlated with an oxide-based Fizeau wedge produces the modulation progression seen in Figure 3, Charts 1-9. Examination of this progression shows that at low gaps, strategy VLP (Valley Left Of Peak) consistently selects valley "C” and at high gaps, strategy VO (Valley Only) consistently selects the same valley "C”. A single transition between strategies occurs at approximately 14,000nm.
- a sensor with a different range of gaps, different gap media, or different refractive index could progress in a different manner and the other strategies in Table 1 could be appropriate for these cases.
- Each sensor could be calibrated with a simple lookup table indicating which strategy to use for a given gap. Any combination of strategies may be used. As a part of the set-up and calibration procedure during manufacturing, the appropriate strategy would be selected for use with a specific sensor for a specific application.
- GM I N and GM AX define the range of usable gaps GA P PROX IMA T E is the approximate gap of the waveform G TR ANS I T I ON_ X are transition points defined in a lookup table
Abstract
An algorithm and method for calculating an interferometric gap is disclosed that comprises providing an interferometric sensor having a first gap and an interferometric correlation element having a second gap placed in series with the first gap. A correlation burst waveform is generated having a plurality of features wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves across the range of the second gap. Means are provided for tracking the features across the entire range of gaps and determining the dominant peak or dominant valley to determine the first gap.
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TITLE
TRACKING ALGORITHM FOR LINEAR ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSOR FOR
FABRY-PEROT CROSS-CORRELATION PATTERN AND
METHOD OF USING SAME
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/716,483 filed on September 13, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is generally related to processing signals from sensors, and more particularly, to enhanced signal processing with a tracking algorithm used with a linear array signal processor and a method for using the same to determine the gap of a Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The invention relates to a method for enhanced processing of signals received from Fabry-Perot sensors. Fabry-Perot sensors have broad utility for applications which require monitoring of absolute, static displacements and small, dynamic vibrations or oscillating changes. For example, their simplicity of design allows these sensors to be embedded into industrial applications, including gas turbines, engines,
pressure vessels, pipelines, buildings or other structures, in order to provide information about pressure, temperature, strain, vibration, or acceleration within the structure. Their size, durability, and fast response time make these sensors advantageous. Examples of such sensors or arrangements incorporating such sensors have been developed by the inventor and/or assignee of this application include copending U.S. Patent Application Serial Nos. 11/048,521; 11/105,651; and 11/106,750, each expressly incorporated by reference herein.
[0004] A Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensor, shown in Figure 1 , is generally known in the art. A fiber optic Fabry-Perot sensor is an interferometric sensor. Light passes through optical fiber 10. The fiber 10 terminates at partially reflective surface 12a, which is itself aligned with partially reflective surface 12b. Surfaces 12a and 12b are separated by an air gap G which changes due to vibrations or other movement of at least one of the surfaces 12a, 12b. Preferably, surface 12a is fixed while surface 12b is affixed to the object being monitored and may therefore move so as to change the length of the gap G. For example, surface 12b may be affixed to diaphragms, other fibers, cantilever beams or other such structures in order to monitor the aforementioned parameters.
[0005] In operation, light travels through fiber 10 and some of this light is reflected back into fiber 10 by surface 12a. Additional light is also reflected back into fiber 10 when it strikes surface 12b. The light reflected from the two surfaces (i.e., that which is transmitted back into fiber 10 via surfaces 12a and 12b) interferes to create an interference pattern, also called a modulation pattern. When the interference pattern is monitored over time for changes, these changes are indicative of changes
in the length of the gap G and very small changes or oscillations may be detected with this type of sensor.
[0006] Such Fabry-Perot sensors must be used in conjunction with detection and processing equipment in order to provide quantitative feedback concerning changes in gap G over a given period of time. Notably, these arrangements provide for absolute or static measurements as well as relative or dynamic measurements of the oscillations or vibrations caused by changes in the length of the gap G.
[0007] In the linear array signal processor (LASP), a cross-correlation pattern is produced when a wedge or Fizeau interferometer is placed in series with a Fabry-Perot sensor (interferometer). The correlation pattern is read out by a linear array of photodetector elements also referred to as pixels. The light source is, for example, a "white light" lamp with a wide output spectrum and the linear array of photodetector elements is, for example, a charge-coupled-device (CCD) made from silicon or InGaAs. Typically, optical fiber runs from the Fabry-Perot sensor to the signal conditioner which is connected to the interferometric correlation element. U.S. Patent Nos. 5,202,939 and 5,392,117 issued to Bellville et. al. provide a description of a wedge and CCD device and are each also expressly incorporated by reference herein
[0008] An optical cross-correlation pattern (burst) is shown in Figure 2. The pattern displays the correlation signal as a function of sensor gap. A common simplistic algorithm in the prior art looks for a feature in the burst such as the feature representing "the largest magnitude peak" or "the largest magnitude valley", and uses this feature to determine the interferometric gap that the feature represents.
This simplistic algorithm is not robust enough to be used when the Fabry-Perot gap and the wedge interferometer gap are made of different materials, e.g. air in the Fabry-Perot and transparent oxide in the wedge interferometer. The differences in the refractive index of the gap materials cause the shape of the burst to evolve as the gap in the Fabry-Perot interferometer changes as shown in Figure 3, Graphs 1-9. This evolution in the shape of the burst can lead to serious errors in the accuracy of the measurement of the gap unless a more sophisticated signal-processing algorithm is used.
[0009] Other algorithms use a statistical method called "statistical correlation" to analyze the entire correlation burst and compare it to reference bursts. Such methods work to reduce noise but in the case of the evolving burst waveform, many reference burst signals are needed to provide reliable gap measurements. A description of one such algorithm is defined in US Patent Publication 2005/0073690 herein incorporated by reference.
[0010] Another simplistic algorithm analyzes the entire burst and computes an effective center-of-mass of the entire waveform. This method is not subject to discontinuous jumps but limits the dynamic range of the system and has poor resolution compared to the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0011] These and other disadvantages are addressed by the invention disclosed herein. An apparatus and method are provided that more accurately identifies a feature in a burst waveform and tracks that feature across the entire range of gaps with no discontinuous jumps and with predictable repeatability.
[0012] As such, a method for calculating an interferometric gap is disclosed that comprises providing a first interferometric sensor having an air gap in series with a second interferometer, such as a Fizeau wedge, which has a gap made of a transparent oxide where the gap continuously changes along the wedge direction. The purpose for the Fizeau wedge is to provide an absolute readout of the interferometric sensor gap. Based upon the cross-correlation of the first and second interferometers, a correlation burst waveform is generated having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys. The pattern or shape of the peaks and valleys is a direct function of the dispersion (change in refractive index with light wavelength) of the oxide material in the Fizeau gap. Since there is no dispersion in the Fabry-Perot sensor air gap, there is a relative phase difference between the sensor gap and Fizeau gap, and this phase difference is not a constant for any gap. The phase difference increases with the thickness of the Fizeau gap because of there is no dispersion in the Fabry-Perot sensor air gap. The result is that the shape of the burst waveform evolves across the range of possible Fizeau wedge and Fabry-Perot sensor gaps. In this invention, a means is disclosed for identifying a unique feature (peak or valley) from the pattern of peaks and valleys, and tracking that feature across the entire range of sensor gaps. The dominant peak or dominant valley is used to identify which unique feature to track. The location of this feature with photodetector pixel position on the linear CCD array is used to compute the gap of the Fabry-Perot sensor.
[0013] The invention is particularly suited for calculating the interferometric gap produced from the cross-correlation of a Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor having an air gap
placed in series with a wedge or Fizeau interferometric wedge having an oxide material in the gap. Further, a particular algorithm is provided that accurately identifies and tracks the waveform features across an entire range of the air gaps and determines the dominant peak or dominant valley used to determine the air gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0014] Operation of the invention may be better understood by reference to the following detailed description taken in connection with the following illustrations, wherein: [0015] FIGURE 1 is a diagram of a Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensor. [0016] FIGURE 2 is a correlation burst waveform. [0017] FIGURE 3 shows the modulation of correlation burst. [0018] FIGURE 4 is a flow chart showing the transition strategy for an embodiment of the invention. [0019] FIGURE 5 is a flow chart showing an alternate transition strategy.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] The algorithm and method used for analyzing a correlation burst waveform generated by the cross-correlation of two interferometers is hereinafter disclosed. This application relies on an apparatus such as the ones disclosed in US Patents 5,202,939 and 5,392,117, which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference. These sensors measure the gap of a Fabry-Perot sensor using two interferometers in series.
[0021] The present invention describes a new algorithm that uses the correlation burst generated by such apparati. In particular, the invention analyzes the correlation burst to calculate the gap more precisely over a greater range of gaps than is possible with the existing simplistic algorithm. The new process applies to any apparatus that uses optical cross correlation to determine the gap in a Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor including systems that make absolute and dynamic measurements of the gap.
[0022] The optical cross-correlation pattern or burst as shown in Figure 2 has a number of features that characterize the burst. When a Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor with an air gap is placed in series with a second interferometer such as a Fizeau wedge which has a gap that is made of a transparent oxide material, the shape of the burst evolves as the gap in the Fabry-Perot interferometer changes as shown in Figure 3, graphs 1-9. The feature that has the largest magnitude at small gaps does not have the largest magnitude at large gaps. The extent of the evolution of the shape of the burst is a function of the bandwidth of the light source and the variability in the refractive indices of the gap media in the Fizeau wedge over the range of wavelengths used by the system. Note that unlike air, which has uniform refractive index over the range of wavelengths, the transparent oxide material that defines the Fizeau wedge gap does not have a constant refractive index over the range of wavelengths, and this defines the dispersive properties of the oxide material. It should be noted that the preferred embodiment of the invention is described herein with reference to a Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor having an air (non-dispersive) gap placed in series with a Fizeau wedge having a transparent
oxide material (dispersive) gap. However, it should be clear that numerous other materials could be used in the sensor or correlator gaps. However, it is contemplated that while the sensor gap can include a dispersive or non-dispersive material, the correlation gap preferably will have a dispersive material.
[0023] Note in Figure 3 that at small gaps (Graph 1) feature (D) has the largest magnitude or is dominant while at large gaps (Graph 7) feature (C) is dominant. Simplistic algorithms that use the dominant feature fail to track the gap across its full range of motion because they eventually skip to an adjacent feature when the adjacent feature becomes dominant. For example, an algorithm seeking the largest magnitude peak (D) (Graph 1) will be confused when feature (D) modulates to a reduced magnitude and feature (B) modulates to a larger magnitude (Graphs 5-8). The spacing between adjacent features (A, C, E) or (B, D, F) is approximately lambda/2 where lambda is the center wavelength of the light source. When an adjacent feature becomes dominant, the simplistic algorithm may skip from feature D to feature B or even feature F. The error associated with skipping features is therefore in the range of lambda/2. In a system where lambda is 850nm, this skip represents an error of 425nm. An error of 425nm in a system with a total range of 15,000nm represents an error in excess of 2% which is unacceptable for most measurement applications.
[0024] Instead of using the dominant feature to determine the gap, the algorithm described herein identifies a feature in the burst and tracks this feature across the entire range of gaps with no discontinuous jumps and with predictable repeatability. The process selects and tracks this feature by knowing the relationships between the features at various gaps. Therefore, the algorithm can track a feature even though
it is not always the largest or the most dominant feature and uses many features of the waveform to select the specific feature to be tracked.
[0025] Notice in Figure 3, graphs 1-9 that for short gaps (graph 1-3) feature D is dominant and for large gaps (graphs 7-9) feature C is dominant. At points in between (graphs 4-6) neither feature C nor D is clearly dominant. Notice also that as the signal evolves there is only one transition from a dominant D to a dominant C and that these two dominant features are always adjacent to one another.
[0026] Using this knowledge of how the signal evolves, feature C can be selected and tracked. Feature C can always be identified as the feature which is the dominant or the feature adjacent to the dominant feature.
[0027] How the software characterizes the burst waveform pattern and its features is outlined in the flowchart in Figure 4 where "Margin", "Valley Margin", and "Peak Margin" are defined. These burst waveform patterns and features are measures of how large a feature (e.g. C) is compared to other features such as V.L2 and V.R2 . And while this software and algorithm are used to calculate the gap of interferometric sensors placed in series, it should be clear that this software and algorithm could be used for tracking and identifying features of any waveform and for any use. The following terminology applies throughout this application:
> min(Valuel, Value2) is the mathematic function "minimum of Value 1 or Value2"
> max(Valuel, Value2) is the mathematic function "maximum of Value 1 or Value2"
> abs(Valuel) is the mathematic function "Absolute value of Valuel"
> Avg is the average intensity through the centerline of the burst waveform measured in the Y-Axis. Typically Avg is zero.
> Peak Margin:
Compute ratio of the second largest magnitude peak to the largest magnitude peak and subtract from 100%. PeakMargin = 100%-abs(max(P.L2, P.R2)-Avg)/C
> Valley Margin:
Compute the ratio of the second largest magnitude valley to the largest magnitude valley and subtract from 100%. Valley Margin = 100%-abs(min(V.L2, V.R2)-Avg)/C
[0028] "BurstType" is defined as BurstType = Peak Margin - Valley Margin + 0.5 with values that lie between 0 and 1. When the BurstType is close to zero, it is an indication of a dominant valley. When the BurstType is close to one, it is an indication of a dominant peak. When BurstType is close to 0.5, it is an indication that the burst is near a transition point. [0029] Analysis of the margin data shows the following general characteristics:
• In Figure 4 example BurstType = Peak, a clearly dominant feature Peak D has approximately 30% margin over features B and F and B and F have margins approaching 0%, i.e. they are about equal.
• In Figure 4 example BurstType = Valley, a clearly dominant feature Valley C has approximately 30% margin over features A and E and A and E have margins approaching 0%, i.e. they are about equal.
• At the transition point, the most dominant peak and dominant valley margins are each approximately 10%.
[0030] The preferred strategy for selecting and tracking a feature in the burst waveform through the entire range of gaps is defined as the "Automatic Tracking Algorithm" and is also outlined in the flow chart in Figure 4. Figure 4 represents an implementation of method "VL" as defined in Table 1 below. Although the description of the algorithm is limited to a condition with a single transition, it may be easily adapted for tracking burst waveforms with multiple transitions. Steps:
1. Capture the burst waveform
2. Identify the features that are the maxima (dominant peak) and minima (dominant valley) in the waveform.
3. Compute BurstType, Peak Margin, and Valley Margin
4. Determine which feature is to be used to track the burst based on the selection criteria defined in the flowchart in Figure 4.
5. Use the pixel location of the feature being tracked to compute the gap. [0031] Note that near transition points it is very likely that the same feature will be selected regardless of whether the BurstType is a peak, valley, or is indeterminate. Thus this algorithm is especially robust near transition points. This is a sharp contrast to simplistic algorithms which are weakest at transition points. For example, refer to Figure 3 Graph 4. Assume strategy "VL" (Valley or Valley Left of dominant Peak) is used, point D is the peak and point C is the valley. Since Valley C is already "left of" Peak D, Valley C will always be chosen. That is, if the calculated valued of BurstType is less than or equal to 0.50, then use Valley C and if the calculated BurstType is greater than 0.50, then use the valley left of the peak which is still Valley C. [0032] In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, this new algorithm identifies
a feature in the burst waveform and tracks this feature across the entire range of gaps with no discontinuous jumps and with predictable repeatability. The invention selects and tracks this feature by knowing the relationships between the features at various gaps. Notably, the invention is able to track a feature even though it is not always the largest nor the most dominant feature, and many features of the waveform are used to select the feature to be tracked.
[0033] Alternatively as described in Table 1 , multiple features in the burst waveform may be tracked across the entire gap range resulting in smooth tracking through the entire range of gaps with no discontinuous jumps and with predictable repeatability. The selection of these features is based the location of the approximate gap and the characteristics of those features adjacent to those which are most dominant. These methods solve the problems associated with errors introduced by evolving burst waveforms
[0034] Although the prior description defines the case where the burst waveform evolves from one dominant feature to an adjacent dominant feature, the general form of this algorithm can be used even if the waveform has a consistent dominant feature or evolves to more than two dominant features. For a variety of other reasons, it may be necessary to consider other variations of the preferred tracking strategy using lookup tables and similar techniques to determine which feature to select and track without departing from the principles of the invention contemplated herein. For example, one may determine that a burst waveform may have one or more dominant peaks and valleys as it moves through its full range. By knowing the gap location of the transition points, one may create a lookup table and use the lookup
table to select the method and this method is used to select the feature to be tracked. The method is used until the waveform moves into a new transition region.
[0035] The preferred embodiment of this invention discussed above encompasses sensors with an optical gap from approximately 5,000nm to 20,000nm. An air-gap sensor with this operating range cross-correlated with an oxide-based Fizeau wedge produces the modulation progression seen in Figure 3, Charts 1-9. Examination of this progression shows that at low gaps, strategy VLP (Valley Left Of Peak) consistently selects valley "C" and at high gaps, strategy VO (Valley Only) consistently selects the same valley "C". A single transition between strategies occurs at approximately 14,000nm.
[0036] A sensor' with an oxide-based Fizeau wedge cross-correlated with another oxide- based Fizeau wedge does not evolve as in Figure 3 and strategy VO (Valley Only) would be appropriate for all gaps. See Table 1.
[0037] A sensor with a different range of gaps, different gap media, or different refractive index could progress in a different manner and the other strategies in Table 1 could be appropriate for these cases. Each sensor could be calibrated with a simple lookup table indicating which strategy to use for a given gap. Any combination of strategies may be used. As a part of the set-up and calibration procedure during manufacturing, the appropriate strategy would be selected for use with a specific sensor for a specific application.
[0038] For example, using this concept, one variation of this algorithm would work as follows:
If GMIN <= GAPPROXIMATE < GTRANSITIONJ then use Method_8 (VLP)
If GTRANSΓΠON j <== GAPPROXIMATE < GTRANSITION_2 then use Method_l (VO)
If GTRANSITION_2 <= GAPPROXIMATE <= GMAX then use Method_9 (VRP)
Where:
GMIN and GMAX define the range of usable gaps GAPPROXIMATE is the approximate gap of the waveform GTRANSITION_X are transition points defined in a lookup table
Methods are defined in Table 1 (Note other methods are possible (ex. VLV,
VRV, PLP, PRP, as are combinations of these methods).
Table 1 - Methods to select which feature to track Steps:
1. Capture a burst waveform.
2. Identify the features that are the maxima (dominant peak) and minima (dominant valley) in the waveform.
3. Compute an approximate gap (GAPPROXIMATE) based on the location of the dominant peak and dominant valley.
4. Look up GAPPROXIMATE in the lookup table and identify the corresponding method. An example lookup table is shown in Table 2. Sample methods are defined in Table 1.
5. Use the identified method to select the feature in the burst waveform to be tacked.
6. Use the pixel location of the feature being tracked to compute a gap.
Table 2 Example of lookup table [0039] The invention has been described above according to several embodiments and, obviously, modifications and alterations will occur to others upon a reading and understanding of this specification. The claims as follows are intended to include all embodiments, modifications, and alterations whether fully described herein, incorporated by reference, or understood based upon a reading of the specification insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.
Claims
1. A method for calculating the interferometric gap produced from the cross- correlation of an interferometeric sensor and interferometric correlation element, said method comprising: providing an interferometric sensor having a first gap; providing an interferometric correlation element having a substantially linear varying second gap, said second gap comprising a dispersive material placed in series with said first gap; generating a correlation burst waveform having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys from the cross-correlation of said sensor and said correlation element wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves due to dispersion across the range of the second gap; means for tracking said features across an entire range of first gaps and determining the dominant peak or dominant valley; and using the dominant peak or dominant valley to determine the first gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said means comprises: collecting data on the correlation burst waveform; filtering said data to remove noise; computing the average intensity of the waveform through the centerline of the waveform measured in the Y- Axis; computing a peak margin which is a ratio of the second largest magnitude peak to the largest magnitude peak subtracted from 100%.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said peak margin is computed by the algorithm (Peak Margin = 100%-abs(max(P.L2, P.R2)-Avg)/P.C).
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said means further comprises:
computing a valley margin which is a ratio of the second largest magnitude valley to the largest magnitude valley subtracted from 100%.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein said valley margin is computed by the algorithm (Valley Margin = 100%-abs(max(V.L2, V.R2)-Avg)/V.C).
6. The method of claim 5 wherein said means further comprises: computing a BurstType to identify the dominant peak or dominant valley.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein said BurstType is computed by the algorithm (BurstType = Peak Margin - Valley Margin + 0.5) so that when said BurstType is closer to zero, it is an indication of a dominant valley and when said BurstType is closer to one, it is an indication of a dominant peak and when the BurstType is close to 0.5, it is an indication of the nearing of a transition point.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein said first gap is comprised of a dispersive material, a non-dispersive material, or a vacuum.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein said second gap is comprised of a transparent oxide material.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein said correlation element is a wedge and the readout is the wedge attached to a CCD array.
11. A method for calculating the interferometric gap produced from the cross- correlation of an interferometeric sensor and an interferometric correlation element, said method comprising:
providing a Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor having a first gap; providing a wedge or Fizeau interferometric correlation element having a second gap comprising a dispersive material, said correlation element placed in series with said Fabry-Perot sensor; generating a correlation burst waveform having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys from the cross-correlation of said sensor and said correlation element wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves across the range of first gaps as the first gap changes; means for tracking said features across an entire range of first gaps and determining the dominant peak or dominant valley; and using the dominant peak or dominant valley to determine the first gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein said means comprises:
collecting data on the correlation burst waveform; computing the average intensity of the waveform through the centerline of the waveform measured in the Y- Axis; computing a peak margin by the algorithm (Peak Margin = 100%- abs(max(P.L2, P.R2)-Avg)/P.C); computing a valley margin by the algorithm (Valley Margin = 100%- abs(max(V.L2, V.R2)-Avg)/V.C); and computing a BurstType by the algorithm (BurstType = Peak Margin - Valley Margin + 0.5) so that when said BurstType is closer to zero, it is an indication of a dominant valley and when said BurstType is closer to one, it is an indication of a dominant peak and when said BurstType is close to 0.5, it is an indication of the nearing of a transition point.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said first gap is comprised of a dispersive material, a non-dispersive material, or a vacuum.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein said second gap is comprised of a transparent oxide material.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein said second gap is a substantially linear varying gap having a continuum of gaps including gaps that are greater than, less than, or equal to said first gap.
16. A linear array signal processor (LASP) comprising:
an interferometric sensor having a first gap; an interferometric correlation element having a second gap comprised of a dispersive material, said correlation element placed in series with said first sensor; a CCD array attached to said correlation element to read out a correlation pattern; means for identifying a correlation burst waveform having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys from the cross-correlation of said sensor and said correlation element wherein the shape of the burst wavefonn evolves across the range of first gaps as the first gap changes; means for tracking said features across an entire range of first gaps and determining the dominant peak or dominant valley; and using the dominant peak or dominant valley to determine the first gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents.
17. The linear array signal processor of claim 16 wherein said means comprises: collecting data on the con-elation burst waveform; filtering said data to remove noise; computing the average intensity of the waveform through the centerline of the waveform measured in the Y-Axis; and computing a peak margin which is a ratio of the second largest magnitude peak to the largest magnitude peak subtracted from 100%.
18. The linear array signal processor of claim 17 wherein said peak margin is computed by the algorithm (Peak Margin = 100%-abs(max(P.L2, P.R2)-Avg)/P.C).
19. The linear array signal processor of claim 18 wherein said means further comprises:
computing a valley margin which is a ratio of the second largest magnitude valley to the largest magnitude valley subtracted from 100%.
20. The linear array signal processor of claim 19 wherein said valley margin is computed by the algorithm (Valley Margin = 100%-abs(max(V.L2, V.R2)- AvgyV.C).
21. The linear array signal processor of claim 20 wherein said means further comprises: computing a BurstType to identify the dominant peak or dominant valley.
22. The linear array signal processor of claim 21 wherein said BurstType is computed by the algorithm (BurstType = Peak Margin - Valley Margin + 0.5) so that when said BurstType is closer to zero, it is an indication of a dominant valley and when said BurstType is closer to one, it is an indication of a dominant peak and when the BurstType is close to 0.5, it is an indication of the nearing of a transition point.
23. The linear array signal processor of claim 22 wherein said first gap is comprised of a dispersive material, a non-dispersive material, or a vacuum.
24. The linear array signal processor of claim 23 wherein said second gap is comprised of a transparent oxide material.
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