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Cavitating body sonar system and process

US7453769B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 2007
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S15/88
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a cavitating body sonar system and method. The method may include, in an exemplary embodiment: applying a receiving-while-transmitting sonar signal processing to at least one cavitating body, over an entire range of achievable sonar operating frequencies; applying transmit wave-form shaping to a RWT sonar system employed on the cavitating body; applying heterodyne filter frequency rejection to the RWT sonar system employed on the cavitating body; applying detection processing techniques to the RWT sonar system employed on the cavitating body; employing at least one transducer as an acoustical transmitter near a scattering body comprising the cavitating body, wherein the at least one transducer is strategically located with respect to said cavitating body, at least one target, and a receiver, wherein the receiver lies in a shadow zone of the body, but the at least one target does not; and, employing at least one transducer as an acoustical transmitter near a scattering body comprising the cavitating body, wherein the at least one transducer is strategically located with respect to a cavity, at least one target, and a recei…

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