Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Echo systems – Returned signal used for control
Patent
1970-04-30
1991-06-18
Tarcza, Thomas H.
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Echo systems
Returned signal used for control
367104, G01S 1500
Patent
active
050254251
ABSTRACT:
Two submerged rotatable sets of transmitting and receiving transducers are ongitudinally spaced along the side of a river to establish intersecting lateral sonar beams obliquely oriented at opposing 45.degree. angles relative to the primary river current. Each beam can be slewed in opposite directions through 45.degree. to parallel orientation with the current. The outputs of the transducer arrays are passed to respective doppler sonar detection units which produce alarm output signals when the normalized doppler frequency shift within at least one of a plurality of narrow frequency bands in each unit exceeds a predetermined level. The transmitting frequency of each array is varied with rotation of the array. If only one beam detects a target, a control circuit causes the other beam to slew until it acquires the target. With detection by both beams, the position of the target can be computed from the bearing angles of the arrays.
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Bechtel James B.
Pihulic Daniel T.
Tarcza Thomas H.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Tura James V.
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