/sonar_simulation

Imaging sonar simulation for real-time underwater applications

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Imaging sonar simulator

This repository presents the imaging sonar simulator + partly data as presented in the following publications:

Types of simulated sonar devices:

  • Mechanical scanning imaging sonar (MSIS)
  • Forward-looking sonar (FLS)

Packages

The imaging sonar simulation is split into five main packages, as follows:

How to install

The following steps are tested correctly on

OS OpenCV Ruby Test Last test
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS OpenCV 3.2.x Ruby 2.5.1 OK 25 Feb 2022
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS OpenCV 2.4.x Ruby 2.3.1 OK 18 Feb 2020
$ sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev
$ mkdir sonar_simulation
$ cd sonar_simulation
$ wget http://raw.githubusercontent.com/romulogcerqueira/sonar_simulation-buildconf/master/bootstrap.sh
$ sh bootstrap.sh

Using docker for this repository (optional)

Optionally, you may choose to build this repository using Docker, for convenience. Follow the instructions here.

How to run the examples

Checkout and build the packages:

$ aup
$ amake

Go to examples directory:

$ acd simulation/examples/

To simulate the FLS device operation:

$ ruby sonar_multibeam-run.rb

To simulate the MSIS device operation:

$ ruby sonar_scanning-run.rb

Citation

Please consider citing our publications if you find this code useful for your research:

@article{CERQUEIRA2020,
    title = {A rasterized ray-tracer pipeline for real-time, multi-device sonar simulation},
    author = {Cerqueira, R{\^o}mulo and Trocoli, Tiago and Albiez, Jan and Oliveira, Luciano},
    journal = {Graphical Models},
    volume = {111},
    year = {2020},
    issn = {1524-0703},
    doi = {http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gmod.2020.101086},
    url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1524070320300278}
}
@phdthesis{CERQUEIRA2019,
    title = {A multi-device sonar simulator for real-time underwater applications},
    author = {Cerqueira, R{\^o}mulo},
    year = {2019},
    school = {Federal University of Bahia}
}
@article{CERQUEIRA2017,
    title = {A novel GPU-based sonar simulator for real-time applications},
    author = {Cerqueira, R{\^o}mulo and Trocoli, Tiago and Neves, Gustavo and Joyeux, Sylvain and Albiez, Jan and Oliveira, Luciano},
    journal = {Computers & Graphics},
    volume = {68},
    number = {Supplement C},
    pages = {66--76},
    year = {2017},
    issn = {0097-8493},
    doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2017.08.008},
    url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0097849317301371}
}
@inproceedings{CERQUEIRA2016,
    title = {Custom Shader and 3D Rendering for computationally efficient Sonar Simulation},
    author = {Cerqueira, R{\^o}mulo and Trocoli, Tiago and Neves, Gustavo and Oliveira, Luciano and Joyeux, Sylvain and Albiez, Jan},
    booktitle = {XIX Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)},
    booksubtitle = {Workshop on Working In Progress (WIP)},
    year = {2016},
    pages = {1--6}
}

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