Application of Hilbert–Huang transform to laser Doppler velocimeter

A new method based on Hilbert–Huang transform is proposed to analyze the laser Doppler signal with a large acceleration. The Doppler signal is decomposed into several Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) via empirical mode decomposition (EMD). And the Hilbert transform is used to compute the instantaneous frequency. The vehicle velocity parameter is estimated by taking linear fitting on the instantaneous frequency of the relevant IMF. The simulation results show that the HHT-based method is quite useful for the LDV that offers velocity parameter to the vehicle self-contained navigation system when the vehicle moves at a large acceleration.

► A method based on Hilbert–Huang transform to process the LDV signal is proposed.
► The simulation with HHT-based method is performed for large acceleration.
► Simulation results show that the new method is effective for large acceleration.