Correlation sonar system
US5315562A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 24, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/60
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a correlation device, a system and method for measuring velocities using a single coded pulse generator. The correlation device may also include maximum likelihood estimation techniques for processing the echo signals received from a plurality of transducers. The presently preferred embodiment of the device is as a current profiler having a bottom tracking capability for providing vessel velocity.
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