Castable sonar devices and operations in a marine environment

US11573566B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Navico Holding AS · NO

Inventors

• Jeremiah Clark · Tulsa, US
• Andrew Corbett · Auckland, NZ
• Mark N. Harnett · Auckland, NZ
• Alan Islas Cital · Tulsa, US
• Thomas E.H. Isaacson · Auckland, NZ
• Matthew Laster · Broken Arrow, US
• William B. Newberry, Jr. · Tulsa, US
• Shauna Reed · Tulsa, US
• Kristopher C. Snyder · Claremore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2023
• Expiry date: May 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2201/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Many different types of systems are utilized and tasks are performed in a marine environment. The present invention provides various configurations of castable devices that can be operated and/or controlled for such systems or tasks. One or more castable devices can be integrated with a transducer assembly, such as a phased array, that emits sonar beams and receives sonar returns from the underwater environment. Processing circuitry may receive the sonar returns, process the sonar returns, generate an image, and transmit the image to a display.