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7602329 |
Systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans
The present invention relates to systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of tracking individual assets may...
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7599252 |
Acoustic location of gunshots using combined angle of arrival and time of arrival measurements
A gunshot location system computes candidate gunshot locations [ 314 ] from angle-of-arrival information [ 304, 308 ] and time-of-arrival information [ 312 ] provided by acoustic sensors [ 300, 302...
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7586812 |
Systems and methods of identifying/locating weapon fire including return fire, targeting, laser sighting, and/or guided weapon features
A system and method for detecting, identifying, and fixing the location of the source of an acoustic event. The inventive system includes: a plurality of sensors dispersed at somewhat regular...
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7575371 |
Temperature sensor and extensometer
A thermometer and extensometer for cables and conductors is described. The travel time of one or more acoustic signals along a conductor is used to determine the temperature along the conductor and...
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7558156 |
Acoustic location and enhancement
A method of locating an acoustic source, the method comprising sampling said acoustic source at a plurality of acoustic receivers having different locations, each acoustic receiver time-stamping a...
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7539079 |
System and method for determining positions of towed marine source-array elements
A system comprises a plurality of seismic transmitters, at least one seismic source array, and a processor. Each seismic source array comprises a plurality of seismic source-array elements, mounted...
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7532542 |
System and method for improving the efficiency of an acoustic sensor
The present invention provides a system for identifying and locating an acoustic event. In a preferred embodiment a gunshot detection sensor includes an audio sensor which detects gunshots in...
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7529153 |
Positional information detecting method and device
In a positional information detecting device, a tone-burst signal propagating unit causes a tone-burst signal to propagate through a path. The tone-burst signal is composed of a continuous wave...
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7515506 |
Determination of time-difference of arrival and angle of arrival
The delay between two signals is determined by obtaining zero crossings from each signal, and using each crossing to trigger the sampling of the other signal. Two samples are taken in response to...
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7512036 |
Underwater acoustic positioning system and method
A method for determining the position of an underwater device includes placement of a plurality of station keeping devices on or below the surface of the water in known positions. A device to...
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7495998 |
Biomimetic acoustic detection and localization system
An acoustic detection and localization system includes a signal acquisition stage, a biomimetic processor, and an acoustic feature processor. The system uses multiple acoustic cues including...
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7483336 |
Device for avoiding obstacles for high-speed multi-hulled watercraft
One or more embodiments of the present invention are aimed at a device for ships, in particular for multihull ships and high-speed multihull ships making it possible to avoid obstacles, in...
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7474589 |
Acoustic location of gunshots using combined angle of arrival and time of arrival measurements
A gunshot location system computes candidate gunshot locations [ 314] from angle-of-arrival information [ 304, 308] and time-of-arrival information [ 312] provided by acoustic sensors [ 300,...
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7453771 |
Apparatus and method for reducing noise for moveable target
A noise control system is provided for controlling a noise level around a moveable target. The noise control system has a detecting system configured to detect a location and movement of the...
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7433266 |
Acoustic source localization system and applications of the same
A system for locating an acoustic source from an acoustic event of the acoustic source. In one embodiment, the system includes a sensor network having a plurality of spatially separated sensor...
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7411865 |
System and method for archiving data from a sensor array
A system and method for archiving and retrieving information from an array of remote sensors. In a preferred embodiment the invention is incorporated in a gunshot detection and location system to...
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7408840 |
System and method for disambiguating shooter locations
Systems and methods for determining and disambiguating the location of the shooter of supersonic projectiles based on shockwave-only signals are described. Using several spaced sensors, an initial...
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7406000 |
Positioning system using ultrasonic waves and method for operating the same
Provided is a method for controlling a positioning system using ultrasonic waves. The method installs a plurality of ultrasonic satellites generating ultrasonic signals to position a mobile. The...
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7383053 |
Position estimation of transceivers in communication networks
This invention provides a system and method using wireless communication interfaces coupled with statistical processing of time-of-flight data to locate by position estimation unknown wireless...
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7372772 |
Systems and method for compensation of sensor degradation in shooter detection systems
Systems and methods for compensation of sensor degradation in multi-shooter detection systems are described. In such systems, shooter position and trajectory can be estimated precisely from the...
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7366056 |
Depth sounding by acoustic pingers in a seismic spread
An embodiment of a method for conducting a bathymetric survey across a seismic spread includes the steps of emitting a signal from a pinger positioned within the seismic spread, measuring the...
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7362655 |
Time-synchronous acoustic signal ranging system and method
This is an underwater acoustic ranging system for determining a range to a target object. An acoustic receiver is provided for detecting acoustic energy and determining an angle of arrival of said...
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7362654 |
System and a method for detecting the direction of arrival of a sound signal
The disclosed invention is a highly reliable cost effective sound direction detection system. In the preferred embodiment of the invention the system comprises a device which includes two...
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7362653 |
Underwater geopositioning methods and apparatus
A method and apparatus for determining the geophysical position of an autonomous underwater system utilizing underwater acoustic modems that exchange broadband underwater acoustic signals. The...
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7359285 |
Systems and methods for determining shooter locations with weak muzzle detection
Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles are described. The system uses at least five, preferably seven, spaced acoustic sensors. Sensor signals are detected for...
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7315488 |
Methods and systems for passive range and depth localization
A to method and system provide a range and depth localization of a passive sound generator, e.g., a submarine target. The method and system use an autocorrelation and/or a cross correlation to...
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7305886 |
Noise detecting apparatus
An accurate measure of normally operating noise is required for a useful noise measurement system. A device is needed to make a representative measure of the boat's acoustic power using measured...
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7292501 |
Compact shooter localization system and method
Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles are described. Muzzle blast signals are neither sought nor required. The system uses at least two sensors, with each sensor...
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7289030 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Highly portable system for acoustic event detection
A man wearable acoustic sensor for use with a gunshot detection system. In a preferred embodiment the inventive sensor includes: a housing configured to be man wearable, a microphone; a processor...
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7272073 |
Method and device for generating information relating to the relative position of a set of at least three acoustic transducers
The invention relates to a method and device for generating data about the mutual position of at least three acoustic transducers. The aim of the invention is to make it possible to continuously...
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7269096 |
Identification and location of an object via passive acoustic detection
An object producing an acoustic wave is located and identified by passive detection of the acoustic wave. The acoustic wave is defined by different sensors in an array having a plurality of passive...
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7266045 |
Gunshot detection sensor with display
A system for locating and identifying an acoustic event such as gunfire. The inventive system employs a plurality of man wearable acoustic sensors for detecting gunfire, each acoustic sensor having...
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7233545 |
System and method for determining the location of an acoustic event
A system and method is provided for determining the three dimensional location of an acoustic event using a system of five or more sound sensing elements. The sensing elements are positioned at...
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7190633 |
Self-calibrating shooter estimation
Shockwave-only solutions that estimate shooter position and shot trajectory are extremely sensitive to the quality and precision of the shock time-of-arrival (TOA) measurements as well as the...
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7181356 |
Device and method for analyzing the structure of a material
The invention relates to a device that is used to analyse the structure of a material. The inventive device comprises: probe elements ( 5 ) which are used to (i) emit a wave, in the material, with...
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7170820 |
Determination of time difference of arrival in distributed sensor networks
An object localising system comprises sensor devices at different sites, each sensor device being capable of detecting a signal from an object, and control means for repeatedly responding to the...
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7162043 |
Microphone array sound source location system with imaging overlay
In order to locate and display the source of a sound such as a noise at a factory or the like accurately even when it is outside, a pair of microphones (M 1 , M 3 ) and another pair of microphones...
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7139222 |
System and method for protecting the location of an acoustic event detector
A system and method for protecting sensor positions in an array of acoustic sensors which make up a gunfire locator system. The inventive system includes a purity of sensors and a host computer....
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7126877 |
System and method for disambiguating shooter locations
Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles based on shockwave-only measurements are described. Muzzle blast signals are neither sought nor required. The system uses at...
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7071841 |
Truck acoustic data analyzer system
A passive vehicle acoustic data analyzer system having at least one microphone disposed in the acoustic field of a moving vehicle and a computer in electronic communication the microphone(s). The...
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7062381 |
Method and system for determining relative position of mobile vehicles
A primary transceiver of a primary vehicle transmits a first transmission signal to a first transponder and a second transponder associated with a secondary vehicle. A first transponder antenna and...
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7002876 |
Acoustic-propagation-time measuring apparatus
An acoustic-propagation-time measuring apparatus includes an acoustic transmitting and receiving section having an acoustic element capable of transmitting and receiving acoustic waves, an A/D...
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6965542 |
MILES hand grenade
A simulated grenade for MILES-type simulations generates a unique RF signal and a unique audio signal. A detector utilizes the time between receipt of the RF signal and the slower-traveling audio...
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6891777 |
Subsurface borehole evaluation and downhole tool position determination methods
Methods for processing ultrasonic signal data to evaluate subsurface properties and tool orientation. Acoustic signals are transmitted into a plurality of azimuthal borehole positions. Formation...
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6847587 |
System and method for identifying and locating an acoustic event
A system and method for detecting, identifying, and fixing the location of the source of an acoustic event. The inventive system includes: a plurality of sensors dispersed at somewhat regular...
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6765356 |
Control and motor arrangement for use in model train
A control and motor arrangement for use in a model train includes a control arrangement integrally constructed with a motor. The control arrangement receives rotational speed and positional...
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6721234 |
Temporal and spectral spread submarine locator transmitter, and method and installation using same
The invention concerns a temporal and spectral submarine locating method, characterised in that it includes equipping the systems or mobile objects to be located and/or identified, with acoustic...
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6697300 |
Method and apparatus for determining the positioning of volumetric sensor array lines
Method and apparatus for determining the positioning of volumetric detection array lines. In the case of a sonar array, ultrasonic frequencies are used. Transmitter subsystems including ceramic...
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6690618 |
Method and apparatus for approximating a source position of a sound-causing event for determining an input used in operating an electronic device
A plurality of sound-detecting devices are configured to detect sound from an event of interest. Information about the sound is recorded that is dependent on a distance between the source position...
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6669477 |
System and method for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles
A time-difference process and apparatus for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles, such as military aircraft air-to-ground strafing projectiles fired at a strafe target, by detecting and measuring...
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