Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic measuring device and ultrasonic measuring method
- Patent Title (中): 超声波测量装置和超声波测量方法
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Application No.: US12517377Application Date: 2008-09-29
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Publication No.: US08090547B2Publication Date: 2012-01-03
- Inventor: Takehiko Suginouchi , Yong Wang , Masahiko Hashimoto
- Applicant: Takehiko Suginouchi , Yong Wang , Masahiko Hashimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-257865 20071001
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/002710 WO 20080929
- International Announcement: WO2009/044528 WO 20090409
- Main IPC: G01N29/00
- IPC: G01N29/00 ; G06F19/00

Abstract:
An ultrasonic measurement method, including: receiving a plurality of ultrasonic waves that have been spectrum-spread with different codes by first and second wave-receivers; de-spreading the first and second receive signals respectively with a selected code and a non-selected code; obtaining an amplitude ratio between the produced selected de-spread signal and the non-selected de-spread signal; determining a threshold value based on the amplitude ratio; extracting a signal having an amplitude greater than or equal to the threshold value from the non-selected de-spread signal to thereby produce an interfering signal; spreading the interfering signal with a corresponding non-selected code and then removing the interfering signal from the first and second receive signals to thereby produce first and second receive signals from which the interfering signal has been removed; de-spreading the first and second receive signals from which the interfering signal has been removed each with the selected code to thereby obtain first and second de-spread signals from which the interfering signal has been removed; and calculating the propagation distance and the propagation direction of the selected ultrasonic wave based on points in time at which the first and second de-spread signals arrive at the first and second wave-receivers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100049452A1 ULTRASONIC MEASURING DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC MEASURING METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-02-25
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