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8184503 Process measurement instrument with target rejection  
A process measurement instrument with target rejection comprises a sensor circuit. The sensor circuit comprises a drive circuit for transmitting a pulse signal at a target of interest and a receive...
8183997 Displaying sound indications on a wearable computing system  
Example methods and systems for displaying one or more indications that indicate (i) the direction of a source of sound and (ii) the intensity level of the sound are disclosed. A method may involve...
8179741 Compensation for depth finders  
System and methods are disclosed for compensating a depth signal for a depth finder of a boat. In one embodiment, a compensation system is implemented between the depth finder and a transducer...
8174931 Apparatus and method for providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using building information  
An apparatus and method for providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using building information. The mobile computer determines the dimensions of a room in a building...
8164982 Ultrasonic sensor with piezoelectric elements and acoustic matching members  
An ultrasonic sensor includes a transmitting device, receiving devices arranged in an array, and a circuit device. One receiving device is configured as a reference receiving device. The circuit...
8164981 Ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor with gap and partition between vibrating surfaces  
An ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor assembly and an ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor thereof are disclosed. The ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor includes at least two piezoelectric...
8151929 Acoustic waveguide vibration damping  
An acoustic waveguide with at least two portions coupled by vibration damping structure. The vibration damping structure may be a conformable material such as closed cell foam. The vibration...
8154438 Registration of latitude/longitude coordinates using range detection sensors and digital nautical charts  
The present invention can find the exact location anywhere in the nautical world (latitude/longitude coordinates) by correlating or matching radar returns with maps produced by a digital nautical...
8144544 Method of processing echo profile, and pulse-echo system for use with the method  
An echo profile in a pulse-echo ranging system is processed by determining the relative slope at points on the profile, determining the relative area of each region of positive slope on the...
8107319 Acoustic fluid height monitoring using dynamic surface perturbations  
A method of determining the volume or height of fluid in a reservoir is provided. A first burst of focused acoustic energy is used to raise temporarily a protuberance on a free surface of the...
8098545 Underwater vehicle guidance  
The present invention relates to an underwater guidance system for guiding an underwater apparatus, for example an underwater vehicle, towards a target structure, such as a docking station. The...
8089826 Ultrasonic device for detecting direction to object  
A ultrasonic device detecting a direction to an object includes: a transmitting element of a ultrasonic wave; first and second receiving elements; a diffraction wave phase detector; an initial...
8077020 Method and apparatus for tactile haptic device to guide user in real-time obstacle avoidance  
An apparatus for providing information about a physical surrounding environment to a user includes an elongate body having first and second opposing ends and a mast, at least one sensor mountably...
8050138 Ballistic-acoustic transducer system  
A ballistic-acoustic transducer system includes a processor and one or more acoustic sensors. The sensors are positioned in a body of water and are in communication with the processor. The system...
8031557 Method of operating an acoustic pulse echo ranging system  
A method of operating an acoustic pulse echo ranging system is provided. A series of acoustic energy pulses of successively increasing or decreasing burst frequencies are transmitted through a...
8031556 Obstacle detection apparatus  
An obstacle detection apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic sensor and a controller. The ultrasonic sensor detects a presence of an obstacle around the vehicle...
8009518 Ultrasonic sensor with piezoelectric elements and vibration isolator  
An ultrasonic sensor includes a transmitting device, receiving devices arranged in an array, and a circuit device. One receiving device is configured as a reference receiving device. The circuit...
8002078 Acoustic waveguide vibration damping  
An acoustic waveguide with at least two portions coupled by vibration damping structure. The vibration damping structure may be a conformable material such as closed cell foam. The vibration...
RE42546 Method and system for target localization  
The present inventions comprise a A method of estimating a minimum range for a target with respect to a first point of interest, independent of actual, range to the target, comprising obtaining...
7973705 Marine bump map display  
A plotting system and method for plotting radar and/or sonar signals on a bump map, with a simulated height of each data point representing a corresponding signal strength. The plotting system may...
RE42430 Dimensioning system and method of dimensioning  
A method and apparatus for dimensioning and, optionally, weighing a cuboidal object. Four distance sensors are employed, one downwardly facing the top of the object, one facing one side thereof and...
7957223 Ultrasonic ranging in the near zone  
An ultrasonic ranging device for ultrasonic ranging in the near zone. The device may include a transducer for generating an ultrasonic signal and for detecting an echo signal. The device may also...
7957224 Human echolocation system  
A human echolocation system emits toward a target a series of sound pulses beginning at a low frequency and progressing stepwise to a high frequency. Echoes of the pulses enable the user to...
7940602 Real-time system and method of underwater depth discrepancy detection, recordation and alarm notification  
An underwater depth discrepancy system and method are provided. A comparator compares an actual underwater depth with a predetermined/prerecorded chart depth corresponding to a current location...
7924653 System and method of range estimation  
A system and method of range estimation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting beams through a medium towards a surface, receiving reflected signals from the surface,...
7925606 Monitoring physical locations using rules and events processing  
A monitoring system is provided. The monitoring system comprises a first storage queue containing rules ready for processing, an event storage containing events, and a plurality of first processor...
7911881 Method and apparatus for ultrasonic sensing  
A distance and temperature sensing unit is used on paving vehicles. The unit has a first set of range sensors of a first diameter and a second set of range sensors of a second diameter. The unit...
7902968 Obstacle detection device  
An obstacle detection device has an ultrasonic sensor fixed to a first side of a mount member. The ultrasonic sensor sends/receives ultrasonic wave toward/from a second side of the mount member,...
7894304 Project calculator with integral distance measurement sensor  
A project calculator, including a housing, a circuit board mounted within the housing and including a processor, an input device connected to the circuit board and interfacing with the processor,...
7869305 Ground vehicle collision prevention systems and methods  
The present invention comprises systems and methods for preventing collisions between aircraft and ground vehicles. In one embodiment, a system includes a proximity detection unit and a transducer...
7855674 Method and radar system for coherent detection of moving objects  
The present invention provides a coherent radar system based on a modification of standard non-coherent radar without Moving Target Indication. Typical radars in this class are Navigation radars...
7845847 Temperature sensor and extensometer for electrical power cables  
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...
7845848 Temperature sensor and extensometer for electrical power cables  
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...
7843767 Object detection apparatus and method  
A reflection-point estimation section constituting an object detection apparatus first calculates a rotational correction angle for each estimated reflection point Pn by using the following...
7826309 Filling level measurement device and filling level measurement and monitoring method  
A method for measuring a fill level of a fill substance in a container and for monitoring at least one predetermined fill level (LMIN, LMAX), using a fill level measuring device working according...
7766298 Apparatus for positioning an image measuring platform  
An apparatus for positioning an image measuring platform, the apparatus includes a horizontal base (11); a measuring platform (21) movable on the horizontal base; a support arm (12) extending in...
7764840 System, method and apparatus for clustering features using an expansion shape  
A computer-implemented method, system, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for identifying a boundary of a cluster in a bitmap, the bitmap having at least one initially set bit, for applying an...
7746220 Moving object detection apparatus  
A moving object detection apparatus comprises a transmitter, a receiver, a detection portion, a binary conversion portion and a judgment portion. The transmitter emits energy waves with a first...
7724609 Sonic cup gun  
A paint spray gun and range finder for positioning the gun with respect to a target surface to be sprayed. The range finder provides a user of the gun with information about the distance between...
7712368 Ultrasonic sensor having transmission device and reception device of ultrasonic wave  
An ultrasonic sensor for detecting an object includes: a substrate; a transmission device for transmitting an ultrasonic wave; a plurality of reception devices for receiving the ultrasonic wave;...
7715275 Start assist system for motor vehicles  
A start assist system for motor vehicles, including a long-range locating system for determining the location of vehicles traveling ahead and a starting regulator for initiating and controlling a...
7710824 Location monitoring and sonar determination of presence  
A system is provided for location monitoring. The system includes an event sensor and a sonar sensor in communication with the event sensor. The event sensor detects an event at a location. The...
7693007 Ultrasonic sensor with separate sending device and receiving device  
An ultrasonic sensor includes a sending device and a receiving device. The sending device has a sending surface for sending an ultrasonic wave into a sending area. The receiving device has a...
7688678 Room volume and room dimension estimation  
One embodiment of the invention includes a processing subsystem (30) responsive to the detection of sound coming from a room (26) to establish an acoustic impulse response for the room (26), and...
7688677 System and method for determining properties of tubular cavity  
A method for determining the distance of a transceiver located within a lumen from the center of the lumen and for determining the radius of the lumen, the lumen cross-section being substantially...
7679562 Target detection apparatus and system  
A target detection apparatus that includes a transmission/reception device for generating a transmission signal for detection of a target, and extracting distance information about the target from...
7679996 Methods and device for ultrasonic range sensing  
A system and method for sensing proximity of an object includes a signal generator, which generates a plurality of signals. A transducer is in communication with the signal generator to receive the...
7660205 Method for determining the depth of a parking space using ultrasonic sensors and associated system  
A method for determining the depth of a parking space using at least one ultrasonic vehicle sensor. According to the method, the following steps are carried out as the vehicle drives longitudinally...
7656750 Echo detection  
An echo detection circuit that detects an echo by detecting the magnitude of a digitally mixed representation of the received acoustic signal and reference sine and cosine signals. That magnitude...
7650208 Navigational aid for diver  
A diver unit computes the direction and distance to a specified target. When the target is obstructed, the diver unit receives navigation assistance data from another diver unit. The navigation...
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