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| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
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| 141 | Polygon creation for an aquatic geographic information system | US14673344 | 2015-03-30 | US09367565B2 | 2016-06-14 | Michael Lauenstein; Matthew Johnson |
| A method of processing geo-statistical data includes piloting a watercraft with a monitoring system on a water body, taking measurements of a depth of the water body and the position of the watercraft using the monitoring system, and aligning the depth measurements with the position measurements. The method also includes creating a contour map from the depth and position measurements, creating a polygon on the contour map, and analyzing at least one of the depth and position measurements within the polygon. | ||||||
| 142 | Reporting for an aquatic geographic information system | US14673267 | 2015-03-30 | US09361314B2 | 2016-06-07 | Michael Lauenstein; Matthew Johnson |
| A method of reporting geo-statistical data includes piloting a watercraft with a monitoring system on a water body and taking measurements of a water body parameter and of the position of the watercraft. The measurements of the water body parameter and of the position are aligned and a contour map of the water body having a depth ranges is provided. The first water body parameter is correlated to at least one of the depth ranges to create a report. | ||||||
| 143 | Sensor array evaluation tool and method | US13749106 | 2013-01-24 | US09229837B1 | 2016-01-05 | Ryan T. Moore; David J. Blue; Bonnie E. Wardle; Rick H. Charette |
| A method for evaluating a sensor array includes providing software having the sensor array topology, relating array elements to hardware components. Data from the array elements is collected and evaluated to determine operative components. Displays of the determinations are generated allowing a user to diagnose sensor array failures. Other aspects of the invention provide for automatic array failure diagnosis and improvement of sensor array directivity. An additional aspect provides a system for evaluating a sensor array incorporating a computer with a database and a display. | ||||||
| 144 | RUGGEDIZED MODULAR MARINE DISPLAY | US14718365 | 2015-05-21 | US20150341562A1 | 2015-11-26 | Jon David Marshall; Steven Ronald Hanson; Rocky Joseph Holmes |
| An image module comprising: (a) an imaging device that graphically or pictorially captures images of underwater sea life (b) a module housing including one or more components that processing an image generated by the imaging device; wherein the image module is discrete from a marine display and is capable of being connected to the marine display so that the graphic or pictorial images of underwater seal life captured by the imaging device are displayed. | ||||||
| 145 | SONAR TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY | US14676272 | 2015-04-01 | US20150276930A1 | 2015-10-01 | Alan Proctor |
| A sonar transducer assembly configured for imaging of an underwater environment is provided herein. The sonar transducer assembly includes at least one transmit-only transducer element positioned within a housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one transmit-only transducer element is configured to transmit sonar pulses to insonify a first volume. The sonar transducer assembly further includes at least one receive-only transducer element positioned within the housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one receive-only transducer element is configured to receive sonar returns from the sonar pulses within a second volume. The second volume is smaller than the first volume and aimed so as to be wholly contained within the first volume. The housing is mountable to the water craft so as to enable rotation of the transducer elements with respect to the water craft. Corresponding systems and methods are also provided. | ||||||
| 146 | Aquatic geographic information system | US13948904 | 2013-07-23 | US09104697B2 | 2015-08-11 | Michael Lauenstein; Matthew Johnson |
| A method of processing geo-statistical data includes preparing a data log, extracting acoustic data and coordinate data from the data log, and aligning the acoustic data and the coordinate data. The method also includes cleaning and aggregating the coordinate data, validating the coordinate data geospatially, and creating an output. | ||||||
| 147 | ACOUSTIC SONAR IMAGING AND DETECTION SYSTEM FOR FIREFIGHTING APPLICATIONS | US14258624 | 2014-04-22 | US20140321235A1 | 2014-10-30 | Ofodike A. Ezekoye; Mustafa Z. Abbasi; Preston Wilson |
| Techniques for navigating a high temperature low visibility environment are supported. A system may employ appropriate sonar signals to determine and display the location or distance to remote structures that may be obscured in the high temperature low visibility environment. Firefighters, military personnel, and other individuals that must navigate through obscured, high temperature environments may interact with suitable devices, such as a handheld device, to access and display the approximate location or distance of the remote structures or pathways. These devices may facilitate effective navigation of high temperature low visibility environments, thereby minimizing the risk of traumatic or fatal bodily injuries posed by the dangerous conditions. | ||||||
| 148 | SONAR TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY | US13827329 | 2013-03-14 | US20140269192A1 | 2014-09-18 | Alan Proctor |
| A sonar transducer assembly configured for imaging of an underwater environment is provided herein. The sonar transducer assembly includes at least one transmit-only transducer element positioned within a housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one transmit-only transducer element is configured to transmit sonar pulses to insonify a first volume. The sonar transducer assembly further includes at least one receive-only transducer element positioned within the housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one receive-only transducer element is configured to receive sonar returns from the sonar pulses within a second volume. The second volume is smaller than the first volume and aimed so as to be wholly contained within the first volume. The housing is mountable to the water craft so as to enable rotation of the transducer elements with respect to the water craft. Corresponding systems and methods are also provided. | ||||||
| 149 | Mounting System for a Fish Finding Device | US13678263 | 2012-11-15 | US20140133278A1 | 2014-05-15 | Alexander J. Caldwell; Wade G. Van Pelt |
| There is provided a mounting system for a fish finding device to a watercraft which has a support for supporting a fish finding device on a watercraft. The support has a top, a bottom and a peripheral side wall which form a receptacle housing for a battery. Mounting means are positioned at the top of the support to receive a fish finder. Securing means are provided on the bottom of the support for mounting the support to a surface on a watercraft. Mounting means are provided for detachably securing a transducer to a watercraft. | ||||||
| 150 | TARGET OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING ECHO DATA IN THE TARGET OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | US13973892 | 2013-08-22 | US20140064025A1 | 2014-03-06 | Jun Nakamichi; Yu Goto; Masaaki Matsubara; Norihiro Nishimoto |
| A target object detection device is provided. The device includes a signal processor, a display unit, and a controller. The signal processor receives a reception signal generated based on an echo of an ultrasonic wave from a target object and generates echo data corresponding to a distance from a transmission source of the ultrasonic wave to the target object every time the ultrasonic wave is transmitted. The display unit has a display screen with a first side and a second side that is turnable in an axial direction perpendicular to the display screen, and displays an image on the display screen based on the echo data. The controller sets a range with respect to time at which the ultrasonic wave is transmitted, and outputs the echo data corresponding to the ultrasonic wave within the time range according to turning of the display screen. | ||||||
| 151 | DOWNSCAN IMAGING SONAR | US14072519 | 2013-11-05 | US20140064024A1 | 2014-03-06 | Brian T. Maguire |
| A downscan imaging sonar utilizes a linear transducer element to provide improved images of the sea floor and other objects in the water column beneath a vessel. A transducer array may include a plurality of transducer elements and each one of the plurality of transducer elements may include a substantially rectangular shape configured to produce a sonar beam having a beamwidth in a direction parallel to longitudinal length of the transducer elements that is significantly less than a beamwidth of the sonar beam in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the transducer elements. The plurality of transducer elements may be positioned such that longitudinal lengths of at least two of the plurality of transducer elements are parallel to each other. The plurality of transducer elements may also include at least a first linear transducer element, a second linear transducer element and a third linear transducer element. | ||||||
| 152 | Portable Sonar Imaging System and Method | US13935459 | 2013-07-03 | US20140010043A1 | 2014-01-09 | Stanley Jerome Pawlik; Matthew Ryan Berberich |
| A portable sonar imaging system includes a portable electronic device, a sonic transducer, and a portable sonar data preprocessing device. The portable sonar data preprocessing device includes a transducer adapter for connecting to a sonic transducer and further includes a portable sonar data preprocessing device interface for communicating with the portable electronic device. The portable sonar data preprocessing device receives analog sonar data from the sonic transducer, converts the analog sonar data to digital sonar data, and provides the digital sonar data to a portable electronic device interface of the portable electronic device through the portable sonar data preprocessing device interface. In turn, the portable electronic device generates a graphical image based on the digital sonar data and displays the graphical image on a display screen of the portable electronic device. In further embodiments, a historical fish locator system including the portable sonar imaging system generates a fish event database. | ||||||
| 153 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ELEMENT CHIP, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE | US13804689 | 2013-03-14 | US20130258802A1 | 2013-10-03 | Tomoaki NAKAMURA; Jiro TSURUNO; Kanechika KIYOSE |
| An ultrasonic transducer element chip includes a substrate, ultrasonic transducer elements and a reinforcing member. The substrate defines openings arranged in an array pattern. The ultrasonic transducer elements are respectively disposed at the openings on a first surface of the substrate. The reinforcing member is fixed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface of the substrate. The reinforcing member includes linear groove parts formed on a surface of the reinforcing member fixed on the substrate so that internal spaces of the openings and an external space of the substrate are in communication with each other via the linear groove parts. The linear groove parts extend along a plane of the surface of the reinforcing member, and they are arranged at an interval in a first direction smaller than a width of each opening on the second surface of the substrate in the first direction. | ||||||
| 154 | Downscan imaging sonar for reduced interference | US13301957 | 2011-11-22 | US08514658B2 | 2013-08-20 | Brian T. Maguire |
| A sonar transducer assembly for mounting to a surface watercraft includes a rectangular first transducer configured to produce a first beam defining a fan-shape and extending generally in a first plane. The assembly further includes a rectangular second transducer configured to produce a second beam defining a fan-shape and extending generally in a second plane. The first transducer and the second transducer are oriented such that the respective first and second beams insonify different first and second areas each extending laterally with respect to a running direction of the surface watercraft, and such that the first beam is outside of the second plane of the second beam, the resulting planar separation of the first and second planes of the first and second beams reducing interference between the first and second transducers. | ||||||
| 155 | Downscan imaging sonar | US12460139 | 2009-07-14 | US08305840B2 | 2012-11-06 | Brian T. Maguire |
| A downscan imaging sonar utilizes a linear transducer element to provide improved images of the sea floor and other objects in the water column beneath a vessel. A transducer array may include a plurality of transducer elements and each one of the plurality of transducer elements may include a substantially rectangular shape configured to produce a sonar beam having a beamwidth in a direction parallel to longitudinal length of the transducer elements that is significantly less than a beamwidth of the sonar beam in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the transducer elements. The plurality of transducer elements may be positioned such that longitudinal lengths of at least two of the plurality of transducer elements are parallel to each other. The plurality of transducer elements may also include at least a first linear transducer element, a second linear transducer element and a third linear transducer element. The first linear transducer element may be positioned within the housing to project sonar pulses from a first side of the housing in a direction substantially perpendicular to a centerline of the housing. The second linear transducer element may be positioned within the housing to lie in a plane with the first linear transducer element and project sonar pulses from a second side of the housing that is substantially opposite of the first side. The third linear transducer element may be positioned within the housing to project sonar pulses in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane. | ||||||
| 156 | SONAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | US12537887 | 2009-08-07 | US20120014220A1 | 2012-01-19 | Louis DePasqua |
| A method for pre-determining an underwater objects GPS position using a forward scan sonar unit linked to a boat trolling motor, magnetic compass and GPS receiver. This system determines the underwater objects GPS position using the objects distance, compass heading and a GPS receiver/sonar on a boat. This system will provide real time longitude and latitude positions of underwater objects seen with sonar at a distance from a boat, and will allow for precise autopilot navigation or fixed position fishing. The system can also be used to correct for GPS errors when using previously stored waypoints positions of an object. The computer determines an objects underwater GPS position using a forward scan sonar transducer and compass mounted on a 360 degree movable mechanism such as a trolling motor unit, and formulates the objects position based on the distance and heading of the object in relation to the boats current GPS position. | ||||||
| 157 | System and Method for Automatic Detection of a Sonar Contact | US12176764 | 2008-07-21 | US20100014387A1 | 2010-01-21 | Ernest T. Bick |
| Systems and methods are provided for automatically detecting sonar contacts. The system comprises a data analyzer that integrates the raw data from a plurality of sonar detectors over a predetermined period of time, thereby providing integrated data characterizing a sonar image on a sonar display. A Hough transform module is configured to employ a Hough transform algorithm that transforms at least a portion of the integrated data to detect a substantially straight line in the sonar image. | ||||||
| 158 | Underwater recognition system including speech output signal | US11903198 | 2007-09-19 | US07646675B1 | 2010-01-12 | Ralph McGonegal |
| An underwater recognition device, system and method is provided. The system includes an underwater information collection sub-system for collecting sensor signals for underwater recognition. An underwater information processing sub-system is also provided, having at least one input port coupled to the underwater information collection sub-system and creating numerical or graphical representations of underwater information. In order to facilitate presentation of the information to a user, a speech signal processing sub-system integrated with the underwater information processing sub-system or coupled to an output port of the underwater information processing sub-system is provided. The speech signal sub-system processes numerical or graphical representations of underwater information into speech output signals. | ||||||
| 159 | System and method for extending GPS to divers and underwater vehicles | US11182894 | 2005-07-15 | US07272074B2 | 2007-09-18 | Albert R. Basilico |
| A navigation system extends satellite navigation to divers. The navigation system comprises a surface unit and a plurality of sub-surface beacon units. The surface unit includes a receiver to receive navigation signals from earth-orbiting satellites, processing circuits to communicate with to sub-surface beacon units and to transmit location information to said sub-surface beacon units, and a sonar transmitter to transmit location information to the sub-surface beacon units. The beacon units include a processing circuits to determine the location of the beacon unit based on location information received from the surface unit, and a sonar transceiver to receive location information from the surface unit while the surface unit is floating on the surface; and to transmit location information to a diver unit to provide navigation assistance to the diver unit. | ||||||
| 160 | System and method for extending GPS to divers and underwater vehicles | US11182894 | 2005-07-15 | US20070014189A1 | 2007-01-18 | Albert Basilico |
| A navigation system extends satellite navigation to divers. The navigation system comprises a surface unit and a plurality of sub-surface beacon units. The surface unit includes a receiver to receive navigation signals from earth-orbiting satellites, processing circuits to communicate with to sub-surface beacon units and to transmit location information to said sub-surface beacon units, and a sonar transmitter to transmit location information to the sub-surface beacon units. The beacon units include a processing circuits to determine the location of the beacon unit based on location information received from the surface unit, and a sonar transceiver to receive location information from the surface unit while the surface unit is floating on the surface; and to transmit location information to a diver unit to provide navigation assistance to the diver unit. | ||||||
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