We consider the design of kernels for time-frequency distributions through the phase, rather than amplitude, response. While phase kernels do not attenuate troublesome cross-components, they can translate them in the time-frequency plane. In contrast to previous work on phase kernels that concentrated on placing the cross-components on top of the ...

The authors describe the application of an adaptive optimal kernel (AOK) time-frequency representation to the processing of underwater acoustic data. The optimal kernel is a signal-dependent radially Gaussian function. Examples are given which demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach for simulated and real sonar data. The simulations indicate ...

We consider the design of kernels for time-frequency distributions through the phase, rather than amplitude, response. While phase kernels do not attenuate troublesome cross-components, they can translate them in the time-frequency plane. In contrast to previous work on phase kernels that concentrated on placing the cross-components on top of the ...

The notions of time, frequency, and scale are generalized using concepts from unitary operator theory and applied to time-frequency analysis, in particular the wavelet and short-time Fourier transform orthonormal bases and Cohen's class of bilinear time-frequency distributions. The result is an infinite number of new signal analysis and processing ...

Given a unitary operator A representing a physical quantity of interest, we employ concepts from group representation theory to define two natural signal energy densities for A. The first is invariant to A and proves useful when the effect of A is to be ignored; the second is covariant to A and measures the "A" content of signals. The ...