公开(公告)号：US20140112104A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-24

申请号：US13656772

申请日：2012-10-22

申请人： SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： Russell E. Calvarese

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S5/22 ,  G01S5/28

摘要： A method and system for ultrasonic locationing using time difference of arrival measurements includes an ultrasonic receiver including three microphones each disposed on a periphery of a housing and a fourth centrally-positioned microphone. A controller establishes only time difference of arrival measurements of an ultrasonic signal at each microphone, assumes an arbitrary flight time for the signal in order to obtain three flight distances of the signal at each of the three microphones, calculates an intersection point of three spheres having radii equal to the three flight distances, calculates a distance from the intersection point to the central microphone, subtracts the distance from a sum of the arbitrary flight time plus the time difference of arrival measurement for the central microphone to establish an test error, and searches different arbitrary flight times along a straight line through the central microphone and intersection point until the test error is less than a threshold, indicating an actual location of the emitter.

摘要翻译： 使用到达时间差测量的超声波定位的方法和系统包括：超声波接收器，包括三个麦克风，每个麦克风设置在壳体的外围和第四中心位置的麦克风。 控制器仅建立每个麦克风的超声波信号的到达时间差值，假设信号的任意飞行时间，以便获得三个麦克风中的每一个信号的三个飞行距离，计算三个球体的交点， 半径等于三个飞行距离，计算从交点到中心麦克风的距离，从任意飞行时间加上中心麦克风的到达时间差的总和加上建立测试错误的距离，并搜索 沿着直线穿过中心麦克风和交叉点的不同的任意飞行时间，直到测试误差小于阈值，指示发射器的实际位置。

公开(公告)号：US08654611B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-18

申请号：US13381212

申请日：2010-06-02

申请人： Laurent Kopp ,  Michel Eyries

发明人： Laurent Kopp ,  Michel Eyries

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S3/8022 ,  G01S3/803

摘要： A method for detecting series of substantially periodic bursts of substantially sinusoidal signals, in particular, but not exclusively, series of bursts of signals transmitted recurrently (by pingers for example), this method making it possible to ensure the quick and reliable detection of such signals in the presence of significant interference noise. This method includes slightly delayed processing of received signals, spectral analysis and time integration, and presentation of the results in the form of a two-dimensional image of the successive recurrences of the bursts according to time slots of the received signals.

摘要翻译： 一种用于检测基本上正弦信号的基本上周期性脉冲串的方法，特别地但不排他地，用于循环传输（例如通过ping）发送的一系列脉冲串，这种方法使得可以确保对这些信号的快速可靠的检测 在存在明显的干扰噪声的情况下。 该方法包括接收信号的稍微延迟的处理，频谱分析和时间积分，以及根据接收到的信号的时隙以脉冲串的连续重复的二维图像的形式呈现结果。

公开(公告)号：US08644113B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-04

申请号：US13250482

申请日：2011-09-30

申请人： Michael Riley Harrell ,  William Hayden Connor ,  Marzban R. Palsetia ,  John Charles Curlander ,  Heinrich Frick ,  Jesse Wright ,  Mark Joseph Barkmeier

发明人： Michael Riley Harrell ,  William Hayden Connor ,  Marzban R. Palsetia ,  John Charles Curlander ,  Heinrich Frick ,  Jesse Wright ,  Mark Joseph Barkmeier

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S5/18 ,  G01S5/26

摘要： A receiving device captures sounds signals (e.g., ultrasonic) from multiple sound signal sources, selects the sound signals satisfying a reliability condition for use in determining an initial position of the receiving device relative to the corresponding sound signal sources, determines the initial position of the receiving device using multilateration of the selected sound signals, and updates the current position of the receiving device as the reliability of individual sound signals varies in the presence of dynamically changing environmental interference, multipathing, and movement between the receiving device and the sound signal sources.

摘要翻译： 接收装置从多个声音信号源捕获声音信号（例如，超声波），选择满足可靠性条件的声音信号，用于确定接收装置相对于相应声音信号源的初始位置，确定接收装置的初始位置 使用所选择的声音信号的多点接收装置，并且随着各种声音信号的可靠性在存在动态变化的环境干扰，多路径以及接收装置和声音信号源之间的移动的情况下变化时，更新接收装置的当前位置。

公开(公告)号：US08638640B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-28

申请号：US13236321

申请日：2011-09-19

申请人： David Alan Brown ,  Boris Aronov ,  Corey Lionel Bachand

发明人： David Alan Brown ,  Boris Aronov ,  Corey Lionel Bachand

IPC分类号： H04B1/02 ,  G01S3/80 ,  H04B13/02

CPC分类号： B06B1/0637 ,  G10K11/008 ,  G10K2200/11

摘要： Methods and transducers for producing acoustical signals having a spiral wavefront with omnidirectional magnitude and a phase that varies with angle and transducers for producing broadband omnidirectional reference signals for underwater navigation and communication.

摘要翻译： 用于产生具有全向幅度的螺旋波前的声学信号的方法和换能器以及用于产生用于水下导航和通信的宽带全向参考信号的角度和变化的相位的相位。

公开(公告)号：US08630147B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-14

申请号：US12866369

申请日：2009-09-04

申请人： Masakazu Miyachi ,  Tetsuya Yamada ,  Satoshi Tasaki ,  Masaaki Fujita ,  Keiji Ida ,  Naoki Suganuma

发明人： Masakazu Miyachi ,  Tetsuya Yamada ,  Satoshi Tasaki ,  Masaaki Fujita ,  Keiji Ida ,  Naoki Suganuma

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S11/16 ,  G01S5/30

摘要： A position determining method and a work result management device. A position where work is done inside a space surrounded by surfaces is determined, wherein the position where work is done inside the space is a sidewall, wave receivers that receive an acoustic wave signal are placed at three or more points, which are on the same plane substantially parallel to the sidewall but not collinear with one another and whose position coordinates are known. The signal is transmitted from a wave transmitter that transmits an acoustic wave and is placed at the position on the sidewall where work is done, and the respective arrival times of the signal at the three or more wave receivers that are not collinear with one another are measured to determine the position coordinates of the wave transmitter using the arrival times and the position coordinates of the three or more wave receivers.

摘要翻译： 位置确定方法和作业结果管理装置。 确定在由表面包围的空间内进行作业的位置，其中在空间内进行作业的位置是侧壁，接收声波信号的波形接收器被放置在相同的三个或更多个点上 平面基本上平行于侧壁，但彼此不共线并且其位置坐标是已知的。 信号从发送声波的波发送器发送，并被放置在工作完成的侧壁上的位置，并且在三个或更多个波接收器处的信号相应的到达时间彼此不共线是 使用到达时间和三个或更多个波接收器的位置坐标来测量波发射器的位置坐标。

公开(公告)号：US20130107668A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-02

申请号：US13283997

申请日：2011-10-28

申请人： Joel N. Holyoak ,  Joseph Vincent Culotta, JR.

发明人： Joel N. Holyoak ,  Joseph Vincent Culotta, JR.

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S5/22

摘要： A method of locating an acoustic source using a plurality of vehicles is provided. The method includes transferring acoustic input from a plurality of sensors to a plurality of processing modules, determining a location of each of the vehicles using at least one of a global positioning system module and an inertial motion unit module located in each vehicle, processing, at each processing module, the received acoustic input, designating one of the processing modules a master processing module, and sending processed acoustic input received at each processing module to the master processing module, combining the processed acoustic input at the master processing module, and estimating acoustic source location based on combined processed acoustic data. The method may further include determining if the master processing module is functional, and responsive to determining that the master processing module is not functional, designating a different one of the plurality of processing modules as the master processing module.

摘要翻译： 提供了使用多个车辆定位声源的方法。 所述方法包括将来自多个传感器的声音输入传送到多个处理模块，使用位于每个车辆中的全球定位系统模块和惯性运动单元模块中的至少一个来确定每个车辆的位置， 每个处理模块，接收到的声输入，指定处理模块之一的主处理模块，以及在每个处理模块处接收的处理声输入到主处理模块，组合处理模块处理的声输入， 基于组合处理声学数据的源位置。 该方法还可以包括确定主处理模块是否是功能的，并且响应于确定主处理模块不起作用，指定多个处理模块中的不同的处理模块作为主处理模块。

公开(公告)号：US08416642B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-09

申请号：US12765428

申请日：2010-04-22

申请人： JongSuk Choi ,  Munsang Kim ,  Youngin Park ,  Sangmoon Lee

发明人： JongSuk Choi ,  Munsang Kim ,  Youngin Park ,  Sangmoon Lee

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S3/801

摘要： Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus and method for removing a reflected wave generated by a robot platform. The signal processing apparatus includes a transfer function measuring unit for measuring an inter-channel transfer function (IcTF) from signals of a plurality of channels; an impulse response obtaining unit for obtaining an inter-channel impulse response (IcIR) from the IcTF measured by the transfer function measuring unit; and reflected wave removing unit for removing the reflected wave by differentiating a direct wave directly generated by a sound source and the reflected wave with a time delay from the IcIR obtained by the impulse response obtaining unit. The signal processing method of removing a reflected wave includes measuring an IcTF from signals of a plurality of channels; obtaining an IcIR from the measured IcTF; and removing the reflected wave by differentiating a direct wave directly generated by a sound source and a the reflected wave with a time delay from the obtained IcIR.

摘要翻译： 这里公开了一种用于去除由机器人平台产生的反射波的信号处理装置和方法。 信号处理装置包括：传输函数测量单元，用于从多个信道的信号测量信道间传递函数（IcTF）; 脉冲响应获取单元，用于从由传递函数测量单元测量的IcTF获得信道间脉冲响应（IcIR）; 以及反射波去除单元，用于通过从由脉冲响应获得单元获得的IcIR的时间延迟来区分由声源直接产生的直接波和反射波来去除反射波。 去除反射波的信号处理方法包括从多个信道的信号测量IcTF; 从测量的IcTF获得IcIR; 以及通过从所获得的IcIR中区分由声源和反射波直接产生的直接波与时间延迟来去除反射波。

公开(公告)号：US08374055B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-12

申请号：US12487884

申请日：2009-06-19

申请人： Tsih C Yang ,  Altan Turgut

发明人： Tsih C Yang ,  Altan Turgut

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S15/74 ,  G01S5/22 ,  G01V1/001

摘要： A system and method are described for locating and communicating with miners in an underground mine, in which miners carry a battery-powered signal unit with an impact actuator engagable with a wall, floor, or ceiling surface of the mine to transmit acoustic signals through the ground, and actuate controls on the unit to send a predefined message or a specific message via the impact actuator to ground-coupled acoustic receivers coupled with a base station that includes a decoder to determine the message sent by the miner and a location component to determine the miner's location based on the received signals.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种系统和方法，用于定位和与地下矿井中的矿工进行通信，其中矿工携带电池供电的信号单元，其中冲击致动器可与矿井的墙壁，地板或天花板表面接合，以通过 接地并且致动控制单元以经由冲击致动器发送预定义消息或特定消息到与包括解码器的基站耦合的接地耦合声接收机，以确定由矿工发送的消息和位置组件以确定 矿工的位置根据收到的信号。

公开(公告)号：US20130033965A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-07

申请号：US13198757

申请日：2011-08-05

申请人： Thaddeus Gabara

发明人： Thaddeus Gabara

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S5/30 ,  G08B21/0208 ,  G08B21/0272

摘要： An apparatus is described that can monitor the sounds and voices of infants and children in a house by judicially placing nodes in key locations of the home. The network has intelligence and uses voice recognition to enable, disable, reroute, or alter the network. The network uses voice recognition to follow a child from node to node, monitors the children according to activity and uses memory to delay the voices so the adult can hear the individual conversations. An adult that has been assigned privilege can disable all nodes from any node in the network. Another apparatus can locate an individual by voice recognition or sounds they emit including walking, breathing and even a heartbeat. The sound is detected at several microphones that have a specific positional relationship to a room or an enclosement. Triangulations of the time differences of the audio signal detected by the microphones are used to determine the location or position of the audio source in the room. This information can be used to provide an improved audio delivery system to the individual.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种可以通过在家庭的关键位置处司法地放置节点来监视房子中的婴儿和儿童的声音和声音的装置。 该网络具有智能性并使用语音识别来启用，禁用，重新路由或更改网络。 网络使用语音识别来跟踪孩子从节点到节点，根据活动监视孩子，并使用记忆来延迟语音，以便成人可以听到个人对话。 已分配权限的成人可以禁用网络中任何节点的所有节点。 另一种装置可以通过语音识别或声音来定位个体，包括行走，呼吸甚至心跳。 在与房间或附件具有特定位置关系的几个麦克风上检测到声音。 使用由麦克风检测的音频信号的时间差的三角测量来确定音频源在房间中的位置或位置。 该信息可以用于向个人提供改进的音频传送系统。

公开(公告)号：US20120314542A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-13

申请号：US13092252

申请日：2011-04-22

申请人： Akos Ledeczi ,  Peter Volgyesi ,  Janos Sallai

发明人： Akos Ledeczi ,  Peter Volgyesi ,  Janos Sallai

IPC分类号： G01S3/80

CPC分类号： G01S5/22 ,  G01S5/28 ,  G01S13/46 ,  G01S2013/466

摘要： Systems and methods for estimating projectile trajectory and projectile source location are provided. A method for estimating location information associated with a supersonic projectile propelled from a source includes recording sound at a first location using a single microphone during travel of the supersonic projectile to produce an acoustic recording. The method further includes estimating a miss distance between the first location and a trajectory of the projectile based on the shockwave length. Locating a projectile source includes concurrently recording sound at multiple locations and generating data sets associated with the locations, each of the plurality of data sets including a miss distance, a range, a time of arrival of a muzzle blast from the source, and a time of arrival of a shockwave produced by the projectile. Additionally, the method includes calculating an approximate location of the source at each of the locations based on the data sets.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于估计弹丸轨迹和射弹源位置的系统和方法。 用于估计与从源起推进的超音速弹射相关联的位置信息的方法包括在超声射弹的行进期间使用单个麦克风在第一位置记录声音以产生声学记录。 该方法还包括基于冲击波长度来估计第一位置和射弹轨迹之间的未命中距离。 定位射弹源包括同时在多个位置记录声音并产生与所述位置相关联的数据集，所述多个数据集中的每一个包括未知距离，范围，来自所述源的枪口爆炸的到达时间，以及时间 由弹丸产生的冲击波的到达。 另外，该方法包括基于数据集计算每个位置处的源的近似位置。