Sonar with deformable, flexible antenna and associated method of signal processing to form a synthetic antenna
US8085618B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3835
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sonar system includes at least one transmitter and one flexible antenna including a plurality of sections articulated one after the other, each section being provided with at least one acoustic receiver. The system is equipped with positioning elements making it possible to determine the instantaneous position of each of the receivers, and calculation elements making it possible to reconstruct an image of the seabed by taking account of the instantaneous micromovements of each of the receivers.
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