Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sonar apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 声纳仪
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Application No.: US13421215Application Date: 2012-03-15
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Publication No.: US08717847B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Colin Desmond Blake
- Applicant: Colin Desmond Blake
- Applicant Address: GB Ringwood, Hampshire
- Assignee: Echopilot Marine Electronics Limited
- Current Assignee: Echopilot Marine Electronics Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Ringwood, Hampshire
- Main IPC: G01S15/89
- IPC: G01S15/89

Abstract:
Sonar apparatus for the location and display of features on the underwater floor in front of a boat includes port and starboard transducer units each containing transducer arrays. A transducer interface and a visual processor process signals from the transducer arrays to generate image data for a display. The transducer arrays emit sound waves into non-overlapping segments of water, reflected by the underwater floor back to the transducer arrays, which convert them to electrical signals. The electrical signals are processed to calculate a three-dimensional position of each point on the underwater floor. The sonar apparatus performs interpolation using the three-dimensional positions of the reflecting points within the segments to calculate three-dimensional positions of points on the underwater floor between these segments. The three-dimensional positions of the points are then used to generate image data showing the underwater floor in front of the boat.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130242700A1 SONAR APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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