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Class Information
Number: 367/103
Name: Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices > Echo systems > Distance or direction finding > With beam steering, scanning, or focussing
Description: Subject matter in which directional characteristics of a transmitter or receiver are controlled so that the pattern of transmitted or received acoustic wave energy is varied or caused to converge.
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Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7289390 |
Ultrasonic transmitting/receiving apparatus and scanning sonar employing same |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
| 7289389 |
Resolving directional information in sonar arrays |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
| 7248962 |
System for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle |
Jul. 24, 2007 |
| 7239263 |
Platform shake compensation method in synthetic aperture processing system |
Jul. 3, 2007 |
| 7187320 |
Matched maneuver detector |
Mar. 6, 2007 |
| 7173879 |
High resolution obstacle avoidance and bottom mapping array processing technique |
Feb. 6, 2007 |
| 7151714 |
Apparatus for measuring the instantaneous distance between the stern of a vessel and a fixed structure such as quay, a jetty or a landing stage |
Dec. 19, 2006 |
| 7133326 |
Method and system for synthetic aperture sonar |
Nov. 7, 2006 |
| 7123546 |
Processing technique for forward looking sonar |
Oct. 17, 2006 |
| 7109918 |
Nonlinear beam forming and beam shaping aperture system |
Sep. 19, 2006 |
| 7046582 |
Method and system for synthetic aperture sonar |
May. 16, 2006 |
| 6999378 |
Parallel GCS structure for adaptive beamforming under equalization constraints |
Feb. 14, 2006 |
| 6926671 |
Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method |
Aug. 9, 2005 |
| 6901802 |
Acoustic sensors using microstructures tunable with energy other than acoustic energy |
Jun. 7, 2005 |
| 6870793 |
Automatically tracking scanning sonar |
Mar. 22, 2005 |
| 6868042 |
Data-based signal definition for frequency domain adaptive beamforming algorithms |
Mar. 15, 2005 |
| 6868043 |
Beam broadening with maximum power in array transducers |
Mar. 15, 2005 |
| 6856577 |
Method and apparatus for forming a reception beam |
Feb. 15, 2005 |
| 6839303 |
Matched filter, receiving beam-forming apparatus and sonar system |
Jan. 4, 2005 |
| 6822928 |
Adaptive sonar signal processing method and system |
Nov. 23, 2004 |
| 6778468 |
Automatically tracking scanning sonar |
Aug. 17, 2004 |
| 6721235 |
Steerable beamforming system |
Apr. 13, 2004 |
| 6695783 |
Multiline ultrasound beamformers |
Feb. 24, 2004 |
| 6678210 |
Frequency division beamforming for sonar arrays |
Jan. 13, 2004 |
| 6660001 |
Myocardial revascularization-optical reflectance catheter and method |
Dec. 9, 2003 |
| 6651504 |
Acoustic sensors using microstructures tunable with energy other than acoustic energy |
Nov. 25, 2003 |
| 6643588 |
Geometric based path prediction method using moving and stop objects |
Nov. 4, 2003 |
| 6622562 |
Multi pre-focused annular array for high resolution ultrasound imaging |
Sep. 23, 2003 |
| 6549487 |
Steered beam ultrasonic sensor for object location and classification |
Apr. 15, 2003 |
| 6445647 |
Wideband-to-narrowband conversion method and apparatus |
Sep. 3, 2002 |
| 6445646 |
Signal processing method and apparatus, and sonar systems |
Sep. 3, 2002 |
| 6366895 |
Method and apparatus for determining and forming delayed waveforms for forming transmitting or receiving beams for a sonar system array of transmitting or receiving elements |
Apr. 2, 2002 |
| 6349791 |
Submarine bow dome acoustic sensor assembly |
Feb. 26, 2002 |
| 6310831 |
Method and system for aperture adjustment in steered phased array transducer systems |
Oct. 30, 2001 |
| 6285628 |
Swept transit beam bathymetric sonar |
Sep. 4, 2001 |
| 6181643 |
Interferometer with a single projector array and a single receiver array |
Jan. 30, 2001 |
| 6178140 |
Method for three-dimensional beam forming in direction finding systems |
Jan. 23, 2001 |
| 6157293 |
Device for detecting the intrusion of a body in a predetermined space |
Dec. 5, 2000 |
| 6108275 |
Phased beam transducer |
Aug. 22, 2000 |
| 6104672 |
General fluctuation sensitive filter |
Aug. 15, 2000 |
| 6088295 |
Feature imaging and adaptive focusing for synthetic aperture processor |
Jul. 11, 2000 |
| 6084827 |
Dual-head multibeam sonar apparatus and method for tracking objects underwater |
Jul. 4, 2000 |
| 6058075 |
System for canceling interferers from broadband active sonar signals using adaptive beamforming methods |
May. 2, 2000 |
| 6046961 |
Multi-layer tiled array |
Apr. 4, 2000 |
| 6021096 |
Method for the formation of radiated beams in direction finder systems |
Feb. 1, 2000 |
| 6009045 |
Advanced vertical array beamformer |
Dec. 28, 1999 |
| 5964822 |
Automatic sensor azimuth alignment |
Oct. 12, 1999 |
| 5966169 |
Three dimensional beamformed television |
Oct. 12, 1999 |
| 5925822 |
Microelectromechanical cantilever acoustic sensor |
Jul. 20, 1999 |
| 5923617 |
Frequency-steered acoustic beam forming system and process |
Jul. 13, 1999 |
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