{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2170173967","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s131115465","title":"Accurate Estimation of Airborne Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight for Overlapping Echoes","display_name":"Accurate Estimation of Airborne Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight for Overlapping Echoes","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-11-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2170173967","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s131115465","mag":"2170173967","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24284774"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/s131115465","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s131115465","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/11/15465/pdf?version=1403338359","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S101949793","display_name":"Sensors","issn_l":"1424-8220","issn":["1424-8220"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sensors","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/11/15465/pdf?version=1403338359","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091911921","display_name":"E.G. Sarabia","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I13134134","display_name":"Universidad de Cantabria","ror":"https://ror.org/046ffzj20","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Esther Sarabia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080852300","display_name":"J.R. Llata","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I13134134","display_name":"Universidad de Cantabria","ror":"https://ror.org/046ffzj20","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jose Llata","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052700441","display_name":"S. Robla","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I13134134","display_name":"Universidad de Cantabria","ror":"https://ror.org/046ffzj20","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sandra Robla","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015327921","display_name":"Carlos Torre\u2010Ferrero","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9194-1572"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I13134134","display_name":"Universidad de Cantabria","ror":"https://ror.org/046ffzj20","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carlos Torre-Ferrero","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084690987","display_name":"J.P. Oria","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I13134134","display_name":"Universidad de Cantabria","ror":"https://ror.org/046ffzj20","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Juan Oria","raw_affiliation_strings":["Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Electronic Technology and Automatic Systems Department, School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n 39005, Santander, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5091911921"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"],"apc_list":{"value":2600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":3137},"apc_paid":{"value":2600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":3137},"fwci":1.6931,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":20,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.84102206,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"13","issue":"11","first_page":"15465","last_page":"15488"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12537","display_name":"Flow Measurement and Analysis","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2211","display_name":"Mechanics of Materials"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12537","display_name":"Flow Measurement and Analysis","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2211","display_name":"Mechanics of Materials"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11778","display_name":"Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography","score":0.987500011920929,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10711","display_name":"Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks","score":0.9850999712944031,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ultrasonic-sensor","display_name":"Ultrasonic sensor","score":0.8302850127220154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/echo","display_name":"Echo (communications protocol)","score":0.7049469947814941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/acoustics","display_name":"Acoustics","score":0.6946486234664917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/time-of-flight","display_name":"Time of flight","score":0.6869062185287476},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transmitter","display_name":"Transmitter","score":0.6539232730865479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transmission","display_name":"Transmission (telecommunications)","score":0.517581582069397},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/attenuation","display_name":"Attenuation","score":0.5153062343597412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5116817951202393},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electronic-engineering","display_name":"Electronic engineering","score":0.36983370780944824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.3106251657009125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.1495893895626068},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optics","display_name":"Optics","score":0.12849360704421997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.1117076575756073}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81288441","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20736125","display_name":"Ultrasonic sensor","level":2,"score":0.8302850127220154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779426996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18389128","display_name":"Echo (communications protocol)","level":2,"score":0.7049469947814941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24890656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82811","display_name":"Acoustics","level":1,"score":0.6946486234664917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98960154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3983322","display_name":"Time of flight","level":2,"score":0.6869062185287476},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47798520","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190157","display_name":"Transmitter","level":3,"score":0.6539232730865479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C761482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118093","display_name":"Transmission (telecommunications)","level":2,"score":0.517581582069397},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184652730","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2357982","display_name":"Attenuation","level":2,"score":0.5153062343597412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5116817951202393},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24326235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126095","display_name":"Electronic engineering","level":1,"score":0.36983370780944824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.3106251657009125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.1495893895626068},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.12849360704421997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.1117076575756073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127162648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16858953","display_name":"Channel (broadcasting)","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":5,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/s131115465","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s131115465","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/11/15465/pdf?version=1403338359","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S101949793","display_name":"Sensors","issn_l":"1424-8220","issn":["1424-8220"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sensors","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:24284774","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24284774","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/4117","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10902/4117","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400398","display_name":"UCrea (University of Cantabria)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I13134134","host_organization_name":"Universidad de Cantabria","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I13134134"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sensors, 2013, 13(11), 15465-15488","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:europepmc.org:2855369","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/3871060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400806","display_name":"Europe PMC (PubMed Central)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1303153112","host_organization_name":"European Bioinformatics Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1303153112"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:f81a211bb6644f7c83cfa901ba228349","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/f81a211bb6644f7c83cfa901ba228349","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Sensors, Vol 13, Iss 11, Pp 15465-15488 (2013)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/s131115465","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s131115465","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/11/15465/pdf?version=1403338359","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S101949793","display_name":"Sensors","issn_l":"1424-8220","issn":["1424-8220"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sensors","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6499999761581421,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","display_name":"Affordable and clean energy"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2170173967.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2170173967.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":12,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W155948647","https://openalex.org/W1967589529","https://openalex.org/W1969068204","https://openalex.org/W1984698342","https://openalex.org/W2035137613","https://openalex.org/W2060134554","https://openalex.org/W2070151367","https://openalex.org/W2102603439","https://openalex.org/W2112704564","https://openalex.org/W2125392179","https://openalex.org/W2138603367","https://openalex.org/W2170638477"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1473737476","https://openalex.org/W2355663289","https://openalex.org/W2062605435","https://openalex.org/W2106913410","https://openalex.org/W4380372336","https://openalex.org/W2380370662","https://openalex.org/W2610976665","https://openalex.org/W2353772996","https://openalex.org/W2349488418","https://openalex.org/W4322731823"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1,22,138,174],"work,":[2],"an":[3,24],"analysis":[4,51],"of":[5,8,36,52,62,92,99,104,106,112,134,147,173,182],"the":[6,34,50,53,68,90,93,96,100,102,107,110,113,116,121,171,185],"transmission":[7],"ultrasonic":[9,25,54],"signals":[10],"generated":[11,58],"by":[12,43,189],"piezoelectric":[13],"sensors":[14,63],"for":[15,30,41,75,143,178],"air":[16],"applications":[17],"is":[18,28,57,72,149,154,187],"presented.":[19],"Based":[20],"on":[21],"analysis,":[23],"response":[26,55],"model":[27,48,86,124,139],"obtained":[29],"its":[31,166],"application":[32],"to":[33,164],"recognition":[35],"objects":[37],"and":[38,115,129,168],"structured":[39],"environments":[40],"navigation":[42],"autonomous":[44],"mobile":[45],"robots.":[46],"This":[47,71,85,123,151],"enables":[49],"that":[56,78],"using":[59,67],"a":[60,81,132,140],"pair":[61],"in":[64,120],"transmitter-receiver":[65],"configuration":[66],"pulse-echo":[69],"technique.":[70],"very":[73],"interesting":[74],"recognizing":[76],"surfaces":[77],"simultaneously":[79],"generate":[80],"multiple":[82,180],"echo":[83,186],"response.":[84],"takes":[87],"into":[88],"account":[89],"effect":[91],"radiation":[94],"pattern,":[95],"resonant":[97],"frequency":[98],"sensor,":[101],"number":[103],"cycles":[105],"excitation":[108],"pulse,":[109],"dynamics":[111],"sensor":[114],"attenuation":[117],"with":[118,156],"distance":[119],"medium.":[122],"has":[125],"been":[126],"developed,":[127],"programmed":[128],"verified":[130],"through":[131],"battery":[133],"experimental":[135],"tests.":[136],"Using":[137],"new":[141,152],"procedure":[142],"obtaining":[144],"accurate":[145],"time":[146],"flight":[148,183],"proposed.":[150],"method":[153,175],"compared":[155],"traditional":[157],"ones,":[158],"such":[159],"as":[160],"threshold":[161],"or":[162],"correlation,":[163],"highlight":[165],"advantages":[167,172],"drawbacks.":[169],"Finally":[170],"are":[176],"demonstrated":[177],"calculating":[179],"times":[181],"when":[184],"formed":[188],"several":[190],"overlapping":[191],"echoes.":[192]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-08-27T14:10:00.468798","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}