Multiple beam lidar system for wind measurement
First Claim
1. A system for measuring a first axis projection and a second axis projection of a velocity of a distribution of particulate matter, the system comprising:
- at least three first light emitters disposed along the first axis at irregular distances from one another and aimed substantially perpendicular to the first axis for aiming at and illuminating the distribution to cause a first light signal to be reflected from the distribution;
at least three second light emitters disposed along the second axis at irregular distances from one another and aimed substantially perpendicular to the second axis for aiming at and illuminating the distribution to cause a second light signal to be reflected from the distribution;
a detector for receiving the first light signal to produce a first detector signal and for receiving the second light signal to produce a second detector signal;
a controller coupled to the first light emitters, the second light emitters, and the detector, the controller programmed or adapted to calculate the first axis projection and the second axis projection of the velocity of the distribution in response to the first and second detector signals.
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Abstract
A system for measuring components of the velocity of wind along two axes that are transverse to the line of sight of the system includes first and second light emitter arrays disposed along crossed first and second axes, respectively, for illuminating the distribution with light, a detector for receiving light backscattered from the distribution, and a controller to activate the arrays, receive detector signals, and calculate the projections of the velocity of the distribution onto the first and second axes. The light emitters of each array can be positioned at irregular distances and provide the system with the capability of discerning the direction of movement of the distribution along the two axes.
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37 Claims
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1. A system for measuring a first axis projection and a second axis projection of a velocity of a distribution of particulate matter, the system comprising:
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at least three first light emitters disposed along the first axis at irregular distances from one another and aimed substantially perpendicular to the first axis for aiming at and illuminating the distribution to cause a first light signal to be reflected from the distribution;
at least three second light emitters disposed along the second axis at irregular distances from one another and aimed substantially perpendicular to the second axis for aiming at and illuminating the distribution to cause a second light signal to be reflected from the distribution;
a detector for receiving the first light signal to produce a first detector signal and for receiving the second light signal to produce a second detector signal;
a controller coupled to the first light emitters, the second light emitters, and the detector, the controller programmed or adapted to calculate the first axis projection and the second axis projection of the velocity of the distribution in response to the first and second detector signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for measuring the projection of a velocity of a distribution of particulate matter along an axis, the system comprising:
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at least three first light emitters disposed along the axis at irregular distances from one another and aimed substantially perpendicular to the axis for aiming at and illuminating the distribution to cause a light signal to be reflected from the distribution;
a detector for receiving the light signal to produce a detector signal;
a controller coupled to light emitters and to the detector, the controller programmed or adapted to calculate the projection of the velocity of the distribution along the axis in response to the detector signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for measuring a first axis projection and a second axis projection of a velocity of a distribution of particulate matter, the system comprising:
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means for illuminating the distribution with first send pulses, each first send pulse comprising at least three first light beams disposed along the first axis at irregular distances from one another and aimed substantially perpendicular to the first axis for aiming at and illuminating the distribution to cause a first light signal to be reflected from the distribution;
means for illuminating the distribution with second send pulses, each second send pulse comprising at least three second light beams disposed along the second axis at irregular distances from one another and aimed substantially perpendicular to the second axis for aiming at and illuminating the distribution to cause a second light signal to be reflected from the distribution;
means for detecting the first light signal and producing a first detected signal and means for detecting the second light signal and producing a second detected signal;
means for calculating the first axis projection and the second axis projection of the velocity of the distribution in response to the first and second detected signals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of measuring a first axis projection and a second axis projection of a velocity of a distribution of particulate matter, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) repeatedly generating first send pulses, each first send pulse comprising at least three first light beams disposed along the first axis at irregular distances from one another, the first light beams substantially perpendicular to the first axis and aimed at the distribution to repeatedly cause first return pulses to be reflected from the distribution, each first return pulse corresponding to a particular first send pulse;
b) repeatedly receiving the first return pulses with a detector and repeatedly producing first detector signals, each first detector signal representing a particular first return pulse;
c) repeatedly generating second send pulses, each second send pulse comprising at least three second light beams disposed along the second axis at irregular distances from one another, the second light beams substantially perpendicular to the second axis and aimed at the distribution to repeatedly cause second return pulses to be reflected from the distribution, each second return pulse corresponding to a particular second send pulse;
d) repeatedly receiving the second return pulses with the detector and repeatedly producing second detector signals, each second detector signal representing a particular second return pulse; and
e) calculating the first axis projection and the second axis projection of the velocity of the distribution in response to the repeatedly produced first and second detector signals. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
wherein;
F[Sx(t)] represents the Fourier transform of the first detector signal, F[Sy(t)] represents the second detector signal, R represents the ratio of the sum total intensity of the first light beams to the sum total intensity of the second light beams, κ
n,x represents statistical cumulants of the low order moments of the first array, κ
n,y represents statistical cumulants of the low order moments of the second array, cx represents the reciprocal of the apparent velocity of the distribution along the first axis, cy represents the reciprocal of the apparent velocity of the distribution along the second axis, and ω
represents one of the relevant frequencies.
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