Abstract:
A wideband sonar receiver is provided that includes: a selectable bandpass filter adapted to filter a received sonar signal to produce a filtered signal and a correlator adapted to correlate the baseband samples with baseband replica samples to provide a correlated signal. In addition, the wideband sonar receiver may include a shaping filter to shape unshaped received pulses. Finally, a variety of sonar processing algorithms are described with regard to reducing clutter and interference, target detection, and bottom detection.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus (100) for detecting an erroneous measurement of a range of a target object 20 from a subject object 5. A transmitter transmits a signal (111S) having a first frequency from the subject object (5) to the target object (20). A detector (113) detects a portion of the signal (113S) reflected from the target object (20) back to the subject object (5); a controller is configured to determine the range (202) of the target object (20) from the subject object (5) by reference to a time of flight of the portion of the signal (111S), (113S) from the transmitter (111) to the detector (113); determine the rate of change of the range (203) by reference to a difference between the first frequency and an apparent frequency of the reflected portion of the signal (113S) detected by the detector; and provide an indication (206) that an erroneous measurement of range has been made if the range (202) increases while the rate of change of range (203) is negative.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Bestimmen einer aus dem Doppler-Effekt resultierenden Doppler-Frequenzverschiebung 30 zwischen einem Sendesignal 4 und einem aus diesem Sendesignal 4 resultierenden Empfangssignal 20. Dazu wird eine Mehrzahl von relativen Frequenzverschiebungen um jeweils einen reellen Frequenzverschiebungswert durchgeführt, indem entweder wenigstens ein verschobenes diskretes Amplitudenspektrum 8 des Sendesignals 4 und wenigstens ein verschobenes diskretes Amplitudenspektrum 22 des Empfangssignals 20 oder jeweils eine Mehrzahl von verschobenen Amplitudenspektren des Sendesignals 4 oder des Empfangssignals 20 erzeugt werden. Zu diesen Frequenzverschiebungen werden Qualitätsmaße ermittelt, welche die Qualität der Übereinstimmung der verschobenen Signale angeben. Dasjenige Qualitätsmaß, welches der höchsten Qualität der Übereinstimmung entspricht, wird ermittelt und der zu diesem Qualitätsmaß zugehörige Frequenzverschiebungswert wird der zu bestimmenden Doppler-Frequenzverschiebung 30 gleichgesetzt. Ferner betrifft die Erfindung eine Vorrichtung zum Ausführen des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Bestimmen einer Geschwindigkeit eines Objekts mit: einer Empfangseinrichtung (6) zum Empfangen eines von einem Objekt ausgesandten oder reflektierten Pulses, der eine charakteristische Signalfolge aufweist; einer Signalverarbeitungseinrichtung (16) zum Bereitstellen von transformierten Signalfolgen für verschiedene Geschwindigkeiten, die aus der charakteristischen Signalfolge durch Transformieren deren Zeitachse gemäß einer Dopplerverschiebung für die Geschwindigkeit ermittelt werden; einer Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (17) zum Bestimmen der Geschwindigkeit des Objekts basierend auf einer Korrelation des empfangenen Pulses und den transformierten Signalfolgen.
Abstract:
A novel method and apparatus are presented for use in analyzing and presenting Doppler data in a Doppler ultrasound system. At least one distance range from an ultrasound transducer along an ultrasound beam is controlled. This at least one distance range includes a plurality of successive locations between a first distance along the ultrasound beam and a second distance along the ultrasound beam. A Doppler signal spectrum representative of the plurality of locations within said at least one distance range is displayed in at least one display window, respectively.
Abstract:
A doppler ultrasonic flowmeter 10A includes: a Udflow unit 13 for calculating the speed of a great number of reflectors 25 contained in a fluid 12 to be measured; a flow-speed distribution calculating element 70 for calculating the flow-speed distribution of the fluid 12 to be measured within a fluid tube 11 by performing computation processing for the flow-speed data of the reflectors 25 received from the Udflow unit 13; a center position detecting element 71 for detecting the center position of the fluid tube 11; a flow-speed distribution calculating member 67 having an area selecting element 72 which allows the user to select a division area within the fluid tube 11 in units of the division area; the flow-speed distribution being calculated for the selected division area using the reflectors 25; and a flow calculating member 68 for measuring the flow by further performing computation processing for the flow-speed distribution of the fluid 12 to be measured. Furthermore, the doppler ultrasonic flowmeter 10A includes a display monitor 39 for displaying the calculation results output from at least one of the flow-speed distribution calculating member 67 and the flow calculating member 68. The present invention having such a configuration provides a doppler ultrasonic flowmeter, a flow measurement method, and a flow measurement program, having the advantage of enabling measurement of the flow-speed distribution and measurement of the flow, regardless of irregularities in the measurement results of the flow-speed distribution.
Abstract:
A doppler ultrasonic flowmeter 10A includes: a Udflow unit 13 for calculating the speed of a great number of reflectors 25 contained in a fluid 12 to be measured; a flow-speed distribution calculating element 70 for calculating the flow-speed distribution of the fluid 12 to be measured within a fluid tube 11 by performing computation processing for the flow-speed data of the reflectors 25 received from the Udflow unit 13; a center position detecting element 71 for detecting the center position of the fluid tube 11; a flow-speed distribution calculating member 67 having an area selecting element 72 which allows the user to select a division area within the fluid tube 11 in units of the division area; the flow-speed distribution being calculated for the selected division area using the reflectors 25; and a flow calculating member 68 for measuring the flow by further performing computation processing for the flow-speed distribution of the fluid 12 to be measured. Furthermore, the doppler ultrasonic flowmeter 10A includes a display monitor 39 for displaying the calculation results output from at least one of the flow-speed distribution calculating member 67 and the flow calculating member 68. The present invention having such a configuration provides a doppler ultrasonic flowmeter, a flow measurement method, and a flow measurement program, having the advantage of enabling measurement of the flow-speed distribution and measurement of the flow, regardless of irregularities in the measurement results of the flow-speed distribution.