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7583561 Feed detecting system  
A feed detecting system includes a sending element, a receiving element, a filtering-amplifying circuit, a peak-holding circuit, an A/D converter and a processing unit. The receiving element...
7540532 Apparatus for triggering restraint means  
An apparatus for triggering a restraint apparatus, arrangement(s) or structure(s) in which, with a precrash sensor system, the apparatus generates a signal as a function of which the restraint...
7489592 Patch test for 3D sonar data  
A method of automatically performing a patch test for a sonar system is disclosed, where data from a plurality of overlapping 3D sonar scans of a surface as the platform is moved are used to...
7468933 Collision detection device  
A collision detection device for a vehicle includes a first direction signal outputting unit which detects an intensity of heat ray radiated from a detection object which is near or contacts the...
7379389 Apparatus for monitoring surroundings of vehicle and sensor unit  
An apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle includes an imaging apparatus provided at the vehicle, a plurality of ultrasonic sensors provided around the imaging apparatus as a unit with...
7372770 Ultrasonic Doppler sensor for speech-based user interface  
A method and system detect speech activity. An ultrasonic signal is directed at a face of a speaker over time. A Doppler signal of the ultrasonic signal is acquired after reflection by the face....
7280433 Device and method for sonar measurement of a swimming pool  
A device and method for measuring a swimming pool and manufacturing a liner therefor are provided. The device includes a transducer that can be placed in the pool and configured to transmit sonic...
7262573 Medical tele-robotic system with a head worn device  
A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station includes a head worn device worn on the head of a user. The head worn device senses movement of the user's head and...
6935164 Refiner control  
In the present invention a refiner ( 108 ) of a mechanical pulping line is supplied with a controllable acoustic source ( 14 ), arranged for emitting acoustic signals into the pulp fluid. The...
6909668 Ultrasonic displacement sensor using envelope detection  
An apparatus and method is provided for detecting motion or displacement of an object in a monitored zone. The apparatus is disposed between a load and a power source and comprises a transmitter...
6894950 Underwater vehicle thermal boundary detection system  
A thermal sensor system is provided in combination with a maneuverable vehicle, particularly in an underwater application. The system includes a transport pipe having an intake and output for the...
6870791 Acoustic portal detection system  
Airports and other public places require security measures for the screening of human subjects for illicit objects and materials concealed from view beneath clothing. However, at present most of...
6859417 Range finding audio system  
A range finding audio system automatically modifies the audio output of an audio source based on the distance of a listener from the speakers. A speaker in an audio system may include a range...
6690622 Portable remote-controlled fish locating system  
A portable remote-controlled fish finding system for allowing users to scan a wide area of the body of water away from a shore, dock and boat to find fish. The portable remote-controlled fish...
6618323 Optical axis adjusting device for vehicle headlamp  
An optical axis adjusting device for a vehicle headlamp judges an inclined state of the vehicle on the basis of detection of an ultrasonic sensor of a vehicle, and performs an optical axis...
6553296 Vehicular occupant detection arrangements  
An arrangement in a vehicle for determining vehicle occupant position relative to a fixed structure within the vehicle including an array which receives an image of a portion of the passenger...
6459656 Information generating apparatus using elastic waves  
The present invention relates to an information generating apparatus for transmitting and receiving elastic waves through a rail for a train. The information generating apparatus comprises elastic...
6459655 Apparatus and method using controlled emission for sensing an occupant located beyond a predetermined distance  
An apparatus ( 20 ) determines a target (e.g., a vehicle occupant 22 ) beyond a predetermined distance. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus ( 20 ) determines a distant target for use in...
6456567 Remote attitude and position indicating system  
A method and apparatus using ultrasonic sensors for determination of the pointing vector described by two points separated in space in the coordinate frame of the measuring system. For measurement,...
6452870 Methods for controlling deployment of an occupant restraint in a vehicle and determining whether the occupant is a child seat  
Methods for controlling deployment of an occupant restraint device in a vehicle and determining whether an object is a child seat in which one ultrasonic transducer is arranged on a ceiling of the...
RE37260 Method for identifying the presence and orientation of an object in a vehicle  
A method for determining the location of an object in a passenger compartment of a vehicle in which ultrasonic waves are transmitted from a first transducer into the passenger compartment, waves...
6070832 Ultrasonic angular measurement system  
An ultrasonic angular measurement system is disclosed. The system is comprised of three parts, a control box used to collect and process data, an ultrasonic transducer, and a reflector block. The...
6055042 Method and apparatus for detecting obstacles using multiple sensors for range selective detection  
A method and apparatus is disclosed to detect an obstacle in the path of a mobile machine. The present invention scans a field of interest by each of a plurality of obstacle sensor systems, weights...
6031790 Information generator using elastic wave  
The present invention relates to an information generating apparatus for transmitting and receiving elastic waves through a transmission medium and for generating information which is necessary for...
5910929 Audio railway crossing detector  
The present invention, generally speaking, provides an acoustic railway crossing detector. The present invention provides a means of not only detecting the presence of a train, but it can determine...
5872743 Method and apparatus for locating the user of a computer system  
A method and apparatus for locating the user of a computer system and adjusting the sound from the system speakers. The computer system includes a computer, two speakers, a microphone, a signal...
5872507 Process for non-contact distance measurement  
In a procedure for non-contact distance measurement, in particular to measure the distance from obstacles in the immediate vicinity of motor vehicles, measurements are made using a first measuring...
5761154 Acoustic exploder  
There is disclosed an exploder for an underwater weapon which periodically adiates an acoustic signal and activates the weapon only when the echo signal has the same phase as the radiated signal....
5687136 User-driven active guidance system  
A user-driven, active guidance system for guiding visually impaired users through obstacle filled routes of travel. The system includes an obstacle detection system, having an array of ultrasonic...
5668777 Torpedo signal processor  
An integrated torpedo sonar signal processor having an integrated analog-digital conversion component is provided. The torpedo sonar signal processor has four groups of low-pass filtered...
5666325 Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling the dispensing of materials onto a substrate  
A dispensing system includes a robot that controls the positional location of a dispenser that dispenses a bead of material, such an adhesive, onto a substrate and wherein a sensor monitors the...
5627510 Vehicular safety distance alarm system  
A vehicular safety distance alarm system for monitoring a travelling distance between a source vehicle and a target vehicle and activating an alarm when a predetermined safety distance defined...
5574426 Obstacle detection system for vehicles moving in reverse  
An electronic obstacle detection system for guiding and warning a motorist of obstacles in the detection area while backing-up. The main components of the system include a pair of sensor clusters...
5573041 Dispenser control with ultrasonic position detection  
A method and apparatus is provided to detect the position of an object, such as a container, within a multidimensional target space above which is a dispensing spigot to dispense water, ice, or...
5533790 Floor milling machines  
A floor milling machine is provided which comprises a chassis structure supported by front and real ground-engaging wheels respectively and a rotatable milling drum mounted on the chassis...
5505067 Non-contact double-block speed controller  
In cumulative wire-drawing machines comprising a plurality of dies for successively reducing a diameter of a wire and blocks downstream of each one of the dies for pulling the wire through the...
5444669 Magnetic relative position measuring system  
A torpedo relative position measuring system, including an active sonar system and a passive magnetic system, is coupled to computing apparatus which operates in response to a set of stored...
5431621 Process and device of an anatomic anomaly by means of elastic waves, with tracking of the target and automatic triggering of the shootings  
A Process and device of location and destruction of an anatomic target includes the periodic emission of a focused treatment beam of elastic waves and an echographic image of the target formed in...
5341344 Obstacle-detection system  
A method and apparatus for detecting objects around a vehicle, comprising a plurality of microwave-transceiver sensors for transmitting microwave signals to reflect off objects around the vehicle....
5309407 Ultrasonic control unit for a travelling cutter  
Apparatus for controlling the cutting depth of a road grooving machine by vertical adjustment of both the front and rear travelling gear on the basis of a cutting depth control signal, which is...
5301170 Ultrasonic sensor mounting device  
A device for mounting an ultrasonic transducer on user equipment for operation in a contaminating, ambient environment. A housing has a forwardly extending, profiled inner surface for promoting...
5295119 Proximity device  
A proximity device for use in determining a distance and an angular displacement between the proximity device and an object or nearest surface of an object whereby alignment can be implemented. The...
5258961 Ultrasonic sensor control unit for a road finishing machine  
An ultrasonic sensor control unit for a road finishing machine for generating a height control signal for a vertically adjustable beam, the ultrasonic sensor control unit including at least three...
H001231 Antiship torpedo defense system  
The detection and localization of an antiship torpedo is accomplished by ustic and optical means. A ship's sonar determines the approximate location of the incoming torpedo and a laser scans this...
5214616 Nuclear reactor vessel inspection system and method with remote transducer positioning  
The inspection head component of a manipulator employed in the inspection of the interior surface of a nuclear reactor vessel is aligned to an optimum orientation when positioned at a local surface...
5187688 Method of counting the number of passers-by  
A passage is periodically scanned by a plurality of ultrasonic transmitters/receivers (sensors) arranged on the ceiling of the passage in two lines to calculate the height of an object to be...
5148410 Sonar detector for exiting passengers  
A sonar detector system for exiting passengers on public conveyances such as buses and trolleys which detects the presence of passengers at unattended exits and opens the exit doors is disclosed....
5138586 Acoustic logic circuits  
An acoustic sensor functioning as a digital logic device comprises a resonant chamber, at least one port establishing a first resonant frequency therein when the port is closed and establishing a...
5084845 Selection control and indication means  
Apparatus for making a selection from between a plurality of different options such as different products vended from a vending machine including a housing structure having an elongated passageway...
5083298 Monitoring apparatus  
A monitoring apparatus is described for the contact-free monitoring of a region adjacent to a service robot of a ring spinning machine. The apparatus includes an electro-acoustic converter for...
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