Ultrasonic range finders—laboratory report

Jan Kowalski and John Smith

December 25, 2021

1 Task 1: Analysis of distance measurements and errors

a)

b)

Figure 1: Results of measurements performed by an ultrasonic range finder for an aluminum

post placed at the distance a) 100 cm, b) 200 cm

Explain results.

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2 Task 2: Analysis of direction angle of echo arrival and root
mean squared deviation

a)

b)

Figure 2: Direction angle of echo arrival for an aluminum post placed at the distance a) 100 cm,
b) 200 cm

Explain results.

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3 Task 3: Imaging objects using a simple rangefinder

a)

b)

Figure 3: Diagram of results of an object detection for the distance a) 100 cm, b) 200 cm

Explain results.

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4 Task 4: Imaging objects using distance and DOA

a)

b)

Figure 4: Diagram of results of an object detection for the distance a) 100 cm, b) 200 cm

a)

b)

Figure 5: Diagram of results of an object detection for the restricted set of data [−20◦ , 20◦ ]. The
object is at a distance of a) 100 cm, b) 200 cm

Explain results.

5 Conclusion
Discussion of errors of distance measurements and determination of angles of echo arrival and
so on.