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| RE40456 | Acoustic wave imaging apparatus and method An acoustic imaging apparatus and method that achieves desired delays with coded signals. Linear, curved linear and sector scanning is provided in 1-D arrays and planar, curved planar and sector scanning is provided in 2-D arrays. Composite and non-linear implementa... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7311667 | Multiple pattern transducer array and method of use Transducer with different array configurations and methods of using the transducers are provided. An electrode layer on one side of a transducer device defines a one-dimensional array of elements. An electrode layer on an opposite side of the transducer device defin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7289390 | Ultrasonic transmitting/receiving apparatus and scanning sonar employing same An ultrasonic apparatus is disclosed that includes a transducer having a plurality of transducer elements, a controller operatively connected to the transducer and driving the transducer elements to produce a first ultrasonic transmitting beam having a first frequen... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280435 | Switching circuitry for reconfigurable arrays of sensor elements A device comprising an array of sensors that are reconfigurable by means of a switching network. The sensors may be optical, thermal or pressure sensors or ultrasonic transducers. More specifically, the device comprises: a multiplicity of sensor elements; a pluralit... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274622 | Nonlinear techniques for pressure vector acoustic sensor array synthesis The present invention presents a method for use with an acoustic sensor array comprised of a number of pressure-vector sensors capable of sensing the acoustic scalar field and acoustic vector field of an acoustic wave. The method is a signal processing technique tha... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266043 | Method for directional location and locating system In order to locate electromagnetic or acoustic signal sources of a sensor configuration (1a through 1c) fitted with at least two electric outputs; where the incidence-dependent transfer functions between the acoustic signals incident on t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257051 | Integrated interface electronics for reconfigurable sensor array An integrated switch matrix for reconfiguring subelements of a mosaic sensor array to form elements. The configuration of the switch matrix is fully programmable. The switch matrix includes access switches that connect subelements to bus lines and matrix switches th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7132928 | Threat detection system interface A threat detection system interface that provides translates threat diction information into a tactile signal for a user to indicate the direction and distance of an identified threat relative to an object. The threat detection system interface having applications f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125384 | Ultrasonograph An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is disclosed which can reduce the device amount of a receiving circuit, while obtaining the shape of an excellent received beam. In this ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a plurality of transducer elements are arrayed and used as an... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106213 | Distance detection and display system for use in a vehicle A distance measuring and display system for use on a vehicle having a mirror assembly thereon comprises at least one front distance measuring sensor for measuring the distance to an obstacle in front of the vehicle, at least one rear distance measuring sensor for me... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106657 | Digital sounder module and method for detecting The invention is a digital sounder module and its method for detection. The digital sounder module includes a sonar carrier wave producing means, a band-pass filter, a pre-amplifier for providing a high sensitivity and extending a wide dynamic range, and an analog-t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094723 | Catalysts containing at least one heterocyclic ligand for improving the catalysts' performance of olefin polymerization The present invention provides a non-metallocene catalyst comprising a complex having one or more ligands coordinated a transition metal. The catalyst contains substituents bonded to the transition metal through a heteroatom such as oxygen or sulfur. Furthermore, th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089595 | Device and method for disabling an override hardware pin assertion One embodiment of present invention is a method for preventing the modification of a primary pass-phrase of an electronic system. Access to stored information such as a primary pass-phrase is disabled despite assertion of an override pin of an integrated circuit dev... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7072768 | Method for laterally extrapolating soil property data using soil samples and seismic amplitude data within a seismic coverage area A method for laterally extrapolating shallow soil properties using soil samples and seismic amplitude data within a seismic coverage area entails obtaining seismic amplitude data for the seismic coverage area and obtaining average soil property and soil impedance da... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045768 | Displacement/quantity of light converter A displacement/quantity of light converter in which sensitivity to a micro displacement due to sound of a diaphragm, or the like, can be enhanced easily. In the displacement/quantity of light converter where a light emitting part (2) and a light receiving par... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6956426 | Integrated high-voltage switching circuit for ultrasound transducer array An integrated high-voltage switching circuit includes a switch having ON and OFF states and having a parasitic gate capacitance. The switch consists of a pair of DMOS transistors integrated back to back and having a shared gate terminal, the drains of the DMOS trans... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6950372 | Digital sounder module and method for detecting The invention is a digital sounder module and its method for detection. The digital sounder module includes a sonar carrier wave producing means, a band-pass filter, a pre-amplifier for providing a high sensitivity and extending a wide dynamic range, and an analog-t... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6930957 | Method for directional location and locating system In order to locate electromagnetic or acoustic signal sources of a sensor configuration (1a through 1c) fitted with at least two electric outputs; where the incidence-dependent transfer functions between the acoustic signals incident on t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926671 | Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method combines dynamically focused reception and coded transmission/reception technologies by inexpensive circuitry. A receive aperture is divided into smaller apertures. Correspondingly, a receive beam former is divided into rec... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6836159 | Integrated high-voltage switching circuit for ultrasound transducer array An integrated high-voltage switching circuit includes a switch having ON and OFF states and having a parasitic gate capacitance. The switch consists of a pair of DMOS transistors integrated back to back and having a shared gate terminal, the drains of the DMOS trans... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6445646 | Signal processing method and apparatus, and sonar systems Signals entered from receiving transducer elements of 160 channels are multiplexed into 10 signal lines by 10 multiplexers. Each of 10 A/D converters converts the signals of 16 channels from analog from into digital form. The multiplexers are switched wit... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6421299 | Single-transmit, dual-receive sonar An apparatus and method for scanning a body of water for fish and other underwater articles with a sonar depth finder of a type having a transducer that can transmit an acoustic wave and receive sonar returns on both a narrow acoustic wave beam mode and o... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6310831 | Method and system for aperture adjustment in steered phased array transducer systems A method and system for compensating for steering anomalies by adjusting aperture in steered phased array transducer systems adjusts the aperture of a transducer array to effectively compensate for the steering anomalies. The aperture of the transducer ar... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6285628 | Swept transit beam bathymetric sonar The invention pertains a bathymetric sonar system involving a single swept transmit beam projector system which compensates for ship attitude and positioning changes. A sonar transducer array has a matrix of acoustic projector elements arranged in a plura... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6181643 | Interferometer with a single projector array and a single receiver array The interferometer, which is preferably in the form of a sonar, can have a single projector array and a single receiver array. The projector array comprises a first subset of projector elements that function as a first pseudo projector and a second subset... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6138513 | Method and apparatus for fast acquisition of ultrasound images New apodization functions providing an effective rejection of side lobe amplitude level within wide range of beam steering angles are described in this invention. A central amplitude apodization function (13) reduces amplitudes for the central section of ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6046961 | Multi-layer tiled array A sonar sensor array having a multi-layer tiling arrangement for the indiual elements that increases surface area available for each element while maintaining the inter-element spacing required to avoid spatial aliasing when the received signals are comb... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5787049 | Acoustic wave imaging apparatus and method An acoustic imaging apparatus and method that achieves desired delays with coded signals. Linear, curved linear and sector scanning is provided in 1-D arrays and planar, curved planar and sector scanning is provided in 2-D arrays. Composite and non-linear... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5642329 | Method for doubling the resolving power of a sonar array and a sonar array for implementing the same A sonar array which has a resolving power which is double that of convental sonar arrays includes an array of hydrophones each having an acoustic center, a first projector positioned proximate a first endmost one of the hydrophones for launching a first ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5557583 | Transducer to generate phase-encoded wavefields A transducer capable of generating a phase-encoded wavefield is described. The encoded phase is related to the angular co-ordinates of direction of transmission. By decoding the phase values of the received wavefield, a direction can be obtained. Therefor... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5548561 | Ultrasound image enhancement using beam-nulling In a digital ultrasound imaging system, artifacts due to spurious ultrasound reflections from a highly reflective object outside the region of interest are reduced in magnitude by apparatus included in the beamforming system of the digital imaging system.... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5540098 | Transfer device A transfer device an ultrasonic sensor having an oscillating section for oscillating an ultrasonic beam toward wafers which are horizontally arranged in a carrier and a receiving section for receiving a reflected ultrasonic wave, and driving mechanism for... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537380 | Sonar system having an interactive sonar viewing apparatus and method of configuring same A sonar system includes an interactive sonar viewing apparatus for facilitating operator selection of a variety of features. The interactive sonar viewing apparatus can include a screen display for displaying a graphical representation of characterization... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5301168 | Ultrasonic transducer system An ultrasonic transducer is provided which has multiple apertures in at least the elevation direction, and preferably in both the elevation and azimuth direction. Each aperture has a selected focal length, with the focal length increasing with the size of... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5268877 | Digital beamforming and filtering circuit A beamformer system is disclosed which includes an array of sensors such as ydrophones which produce signals from which information relating to a target is to be determined. The beamformer system includes a channel for each sensor, the channel including a ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5263483 | Beam former for ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus A beam former for a ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is arranged to have low-bit analog-to-digital converters and enables to obtain an excellent echo signal from blood flow. The beam former further includes a sample and hold circuit for sampling an echo si... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5251186 | Preprocessor and adaptive beamformer for linear-frequency modulation active signals A device is provided for processing an echo received by an array of N receiving elements from a target at range R ensonified by an LFM signal of bandwidth B transmitted for a duration T. The device receives each elements output fn (t) over the ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5241515 | Method and device for determining variations in the position of a movable object by means of ultrasound Variations in the position of a part of a living object within the measurement space of magnetic resonance apparatus are determined by an ultrasound device in which bursts of ultrasonic waves having a frequency FUS are transmitted towards the o... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239515 | Error-eliminating rapid ultrasonic firing A system for producing reliable navigation data for a mobile vehicle, such as a robot, combines multiple range samples to increase the "confidence" of the algorithm in the existence of an obstacle. At higher vehicle speed, it is crucial to sample each sen... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5231610 | Piling and pier inspection apparatus and method The objects of the present invention are achieved by temporarily suspending sonar beam transducer means at a first underwater location within sonar beam range of said scoured area; scanning a first portion of said scoured area with said sonar beam in a fi... | 07/27/1993 |
