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Class Information
Number: 367/105
Name: Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices > Echo systems > Distance or direction finding > With beam steering, scanning, or focussing > Transducer switching or gating
Description: Subject matter in which the directional characteristics are varied by selectively or repetitively opening or closing the electric signal path to the transducer.
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE40456 |
Acoustic wave imaging apparatus and method |
Aug. 12, 2008 |
| 7289390 |
Ultrasonic transmitting/receiving apparatus and scanning sonar employing same |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
| 7280435 |
Switching circuitry for reconfigurable arrays of sensor elements |
Oct. 9, 2007 |
| 7274622 |
Nonlinear techniques for pressure vector acoustic sensor array synthesis |
Sep. 25, 2007 |
| 7257051 |
Integrated interface electronics for reconfigurable sensor array |
Aug. 14, 2007 |
| 6926671 |
Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method |
Aug. 9, 2005 |
| 6836159 |
Integrated high-voltage switching circuit for ultrasound transducer array |
Dec. 28, 2004 |
| 6445646 |
Signal processing method and apparatus, and sonar systems |
Sep. 3, 2002 |
| 6421299 |
Single-transmit, dual-receive sonar |
Jul. 16, 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 |
| 6138513 |
Method and apparatus for fast acquisition of ultrasound images |
Oct. 31, 2000 |
| 6046961 |
Multi-layer tiled array |
Apr. 4, 2000 |
| 5787049 |
Acoustic wave imaging apparatus and method |
Jul. 28, 1998 |
| 5642329 |
Method for doubling the resolving power of a sonar array and a sonar array for implementing the same |
Jun. 24, 1997 |
| 5557583 |
Transducer to generate phase-encoded wavefields |
Sep. 17, 1996 |
| 5548561 |
Ultrasound image enhancement using beam-nulling |
Aug. 20, 1996 |
| 5540098 |
Transfer device |
Jul. 30, 1996 |
| 5537380 |
Sonar system having an interactive sonar viewing apparatus and method of configuring same |
Jul. 16, 1996 |
| 5301168 |
Ultrasonic transducer system |
Apr. 5, 1994 |
| 5268877 |
Digital beamforming and filtering circuit |
Dec. 7, 1993 |
| 5263483 |
Beam former for ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus |
Nov. 23, 1993 |
| 5251186 |
Preprocessor and adaptive beamformer for linear-frequency modulation active signals |
Oct. 5, 1993 |
| 5241515 |
Method and device for determining variations in the position of a movable object by means of ultrasound |
Aug. 31, 1993 |
| 5239515 |
Error-eliminating rapid ultrasonic firing |
Aug. 24, 1993 |
| 5231610 |
Piling and pier inspection apparatus and method |
Jul. 27, 1993 |
| 5177711 |
Object detecting switch device |
Jan. 5, 1993 |
| 5172343 |
Aberration correction using beam data from a phased array ultrasonic scanner |
Dec. 15, 1992 |
| 5140558 |
Focused ultrasound imaging system and method |
Aug. 18, 1992 |
| 5132939 |
Low transient switching system |
Jul. 21, 1992 |
| 5128903 |
Ultrasound apparatus for the virtual diminution of the array division of a connectable transducer array |
Jul. 7, 1992 |
| 5115416 |
Active transducer assembly for a phased array depth sounder |
May. 19, 1992 |
| 5063541 |
Beam forming method and apparatus therefor in ultrasonic imaging system |
Nov. 5, 1991 |
| 5047993 |
Detection and classification for multi-beam sonar systems |
Sep. 10, 1991 |
| 5014712 |
Coded excitation for transmission dynamic focusing of vibratory energy beam |
May. 14, 1991 |
| 5008862 |
Object detecting switch device |
Apr. 16, 1991 |
| 5001678 |
System for detecting surrounding environmental conditions using a multiple number of incoming signals |
Mar. 19, 1991 |
| 4980870 |
Array compensating beamformer |
Dec. 25, 1990 |
| 4951268 |
Method for the sonar classification of underwater objects, notably moored mines |
Aug. 21, 1990 |
| 4937767 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting the intensity profile of an ultrasound beam |
Jun. 26, 1990 |
| 4896304 |
Object detecting system using ultrasonic waves |
Jan. 23, 1990 |
| 4890267 |
Switch matrix |
Dec. 26, 1989 |
| 4887246 |
Ultrasonic apparatus, system and method |
Dec. 12, 1989 |
| 4882714 |
Object detecting system using ultrasonic waves |
Nov. 21, 1989 |
| 4841492 |
Apodization of ultrasound transmission |
Jun. 20, 1989 |
| 4837754 |
Ultrasonic wave phase matching apparatus |
Jun. 6, 1989 |
| 4829491 |
Phased-array equipment |
May. 9, 1989 |
| 4817066 |
Transmitter/receiver for ultrasonic diagnostic system |
Mar. 28, 1989 |
| 4815047 |
Synthetic focus annular array transducer |
Mar. 21, 1989 |
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