A composite material collation machine and associated method for fiber tape placement and consolidation at a relatively high rate are provided. A motion estimation signal is generated for each of the candidate motion vectors and candidate mode information vectors for a macroblock. Accordingly, elongated silica can be employed to attain an equivalent level of reinforcement at a lower level of loading. The sheet member is tilted by applying an electric potential that is substantially equivalent to an electric potential of the electret member to one of the electrodes and applying a ground potential to another one of the electrodes. The mixer branches are connected to the oscillator input port and to the radio frequency input port in such a manner that intermediate signals, which are produced in these mixer branches and correspond to a Doppler shift between the oscillator signal and the radio frequency signal, are processed to the overall output signal.