Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Echo systems – Distance or direction finding
Patent
1995-07-14
1996-07-16
Eldred, J. Woodrow
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Echo systems
Distance or direction finding
367105, 367113, G01S 1500
Patent
active
055373801
ABSTRACT:
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 data representative of the predetermined signal characteristics of each of the transducers. The characterization data can include data representative of the predetermined orientation and predetermined cone angle of each of the transducers. Based upon the graphical representation of the characterization data, the operator can select the specific transducers to be activated. Thus, the operator can selectively reconfigure the sonar system. Alternatively, the interactive sonar viewing apparatus can include a screen display which displays a graphical representation of orientation data representative of a number of display frames. The graphical representation provided by the screen display includes a graphical representation of the predetermined orientations of each of the display frames. Based upon the graphical representation of the orientation data, the operator can select the orientation in which the visual image of the sonar system will be graphically displayed. Accordingly, the operator can selectively orient the resulting visual image of the sonar system.
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McCollum Jeffrey M.
Sprankle, Jr. John W.
Eldred J. Woodrow
Lowrance Electronics, Inc.
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