Presentation 2018-05-14
Closely Spaced Multiple Target Tracking with Super-Resolution DoA Estimation using Multiple Hypothesis
Masanari Nakamura, Tetsutaro Yamada, Yasushi Obata, Hiroshi Kameda,
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Abstract(in English) In this paper, we propose multiple target tracking algorithm for dense targets which move toward the radar. When FBSSP-MUSIC is utilized for the estimation of the direction of arrival, the measurements could be unresolved randomly, since echoes of the dense targets are strongly correlated. In target tracking, the unresolved measurements degrade multiple target tracking performance, due to multiple tracks updated using the same unresolved measurement. The proposed method employs EM algorithm to resolve the measurement only when the measurement is unresolved. In EM algorithm, we use the mean values of the targets’ predictive distribution as the initial value. Therefore, the proposed method can improve tracking performance since each target is updated by the resolved measurement. Through the experiment which simulates two closely spaced targets moving toward the radar, we confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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Keyword(in English) Radar / Multiple Target Tracking / Super-resolution Direction-of-Arrival / Unresolved Measurement / Expectation Maximization algorithm
Paper # SANE2018-6
Date of Issue 2018-05-07 (SANE)

Conference Information
Committee SANE
Conference Date 2018/5/14(1days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Radar, EW and general
Chair Sonosuke Fukushima(ENRI)
Vice Chair Toshifumi Moriyama(Nagasaki Univ.) / Akitsugu Nadai(NICT)
Secretary Toshifumi Moriyama(Mitsubishi Electric) / Akitsugu Nadai(ENRI)
Assistant Manabu Akita(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Ryo Natsuaki(Univ. of Tokyo)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Space, Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Closely Spaced Multiple Target Tracking with Super-Resolution DoA Estimation using Multiple Hypothesis
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Radar
Keyword(2) Multiple Target Tracking
Keyword(3) Super-resolution Direction-of-Arrival
Keyword(4) Unresolved Measurement
Keyword(5) Expectation Maximization algorithm
1st Author's Name Masanari Nakamura
1st Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)
2nd Author's Name Tetsutaro Yamada
2nd Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)
3rd Author's Name Yasushi Obata
3rd Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)
4th Author's Name Hiroshi Kameda
4th Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)
Date 2018-05-14
Paper # SANE2018-6
Volume (vol) vol.118
Number (no) SANE-28
Page pp.pp.29-34(SANE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2018-05-07 (SANE)