Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Echo systems – Side scanning or contour mapping sonar systems
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Lobo, Ian J. (Department: 3662)
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Echo systems
Side scanning or contour mapping sonar systems
C367S087000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07072244
ABSTRACT:
A multi-beam acoustic transducer array system for producing color enhanced, three dimensional, high resolution images of a ship's underwater hull, wherein the acoustic transducers can be mounted in orthogonal pairs, each pair being positioned opposite from another pair within a shipping channel. The array can be utilized either in a stationary configuration within a controlled shipping lane or suspended in the water column from a mobile support vessel, with at least one array being orthogonally mounted and suspended in the water column from the mobile support vessel, wherein the mobile configuration obviates the need for multiple orthogonal arrays, for purposes of performing acquisition and imaging of a ship's hull. Each orthogonal array consists of a first transducer transmitting sonar pulses along a horizontal plane and a second transducer transmitting sonar pulses along a vertical plane, such that the two beaming sonar pulses are orthogonal, thereby providing optimal coverage.
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Hull Underwater Imaging Systems, Inc.
Larson Herbert W.
Larson & Larson, PA
Lobo Ian J.
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