Sector-scanning device
    1.
    发明授权
    Sector-scanning device 有权
    扇区扫描设备

    公开(公告)号:US09459350B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-04

    申请号:US14213106

    申请日:2014-03-14

    摘要: A sector-scanning sonar imaging system with at least one sonar imaging element housed within a transducer housing coupled to a self-reciprocating mechanism, and a drive mechanism housed within a waterproof housing. The oscillating motion of the transducer housing produces a highly-detailed, photo like sector scan sonar image of the bottom and other objects surrounding the boat on which it is mounted. The drive mechanism housing may be rigidly attached to either a boat hull or to a trolling motor. The sonar imaging element housing may be removably attached to the drive mechanism, and shielded by an acoustically transparent shroud to protect the elements from damage. The sector-scanning sonar imaging system connects to a control head with display either directly, or through some other communications protocol, such as a wireless protocol.

    摘要翻译: 具有容纳在耦合到自动往复机构的换能器壳体内的至少一个声纳成像元件的扇形扫描声纳成像系统和容纳在防水壳体内的驱动机构。 换能器壳体的摆动运动产生了一个高度详细的照片像扇形扫描声纳图像的底部和其他物体周围的船在其上安装。 驱动机构壳体可以刚性地附接到船体或拖曳马达。 声纳成像元件壳体可以可移除地附接到驱动机构,并被声透明的罩屏蔽,以保护元件免受损坏。 扇区扫描声纳成像系统通过直接或通过其他通信协议(如无线协议)连接到具有显示器的控制头。

    360 DEGREE IMAGING SONAR AND METHOD
    2.
    发明申请
    360 DEGREE IMAGING SONAR AND METHOD 审中-公开
    360度成像声音和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160259055A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-08

    申请号:US15065073

    申请日:2016-03-09

    摘要: A 360-degree sonar imaging system and method are provided. The system includes a sonar transducer assembly pod with tilted mechanically scanning sonar (MSS) transducers that is deployed into the water below the bottom of the boat. The system provides photo-like imaging of an area surrounding a boat which does not require the boat to be in motion. The pod is deployed by a variety of manual, (trolling motor, transom) or powered mechanical (bow, transom, or fairing block) deployment mechanisms to allow for deployment and retraction of the sonar transducer assembly. In particular embodiments, the MSS system communicates with a side-scan-sonar-imaging-equipped control head unit to display the images generated therefrom. Various speeds and sector scans are provided, as well as a locked side-scan sonar mode. Waypoint navigation and split screen views are also provided.

    摘要翻译: 提供360度声纳成像系统和方法。 该系统包括声纳传感器组件盒,其具有倾斜的机械扫描声纳(MSS)换能器,其被部署到船底部的水中。 该系统提供了不需要船只运动的船周围区域的照相成像。 荚由各种手动(拖曳马达,横梁)或动力机械(弓,横梁或整流罩)部署机构部署,以允许声纳传感器组件的展开和缩回。 在特定实施例中,MSS系统与配备有侧扫扫描声纳成像的控制头单元进行通信,以显示由其产生的图像。 提供了各种速度和扇区扫描,以及锁定的侧扫声纳模式。 还提供了Waypoint导航和分屏幕视图。

    Side scan sonar imaging system with enhancement
    3.
    发明申请
    Side scan sonar imaging system with enhancement 有权
    侧扫声纳成像系统增强

    公开(公告)号:US20090147622A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-11

    申请号:US12319586

    申请日:2009-01-09

    IPC分类号: G01S15/89 G01S15/96

    摘要: A system for use with a boat to provide underwater sonar images, includes a left side scan sonar transducer for transmitting left side scan sonar pulses and for receiving left side scan sonar return signals, a right side scan sonar transducer for transmitting right side scan sonar pulses and for receiving right side scan sonar return signals, and signal processing circuitry for processing the left and right side scan sonar return signals to produce side scan image data. The system further includes a user interface including user inputs and a display and a digital processor for providing signals to the display to show an underwater image based upon the side scan image data, wherein the digital processor, in response to a user command, performs an image enhancement algorithm to enhance the underwater image.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于船舶提供水下声纳图像的系统包括用于传输左侧扫描声纳脉冲和用于接收左侧扫描声纳返回信号的左侧扫描声纳传感器,用于传送右侧扫描声纳脉冲的右侧扫描声纳传感器 并且用于接收右侧扫描声纳返回信号,以及信号处理电路,用于处理左侧和右侧扫描声纳返回信号以产生侧扫图像数据。 该系统还包括用户界面,包括用户输入和显示器以及数字处理器,用于基于侧扫图像数据向显示器提供信号以显示水下图像,其中数字处理器响应于用户命令执行 图像增强算法来增强水下图像。

    Buoy for fish finding method and system
    4.
    发明授权
    Buoy for fish finding method and system 有权
    浮标用于鱼类查找方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06693847B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-17

    申请号:US10228119

    申请日:2002-08-26

    申请人: David A. Betts

    发明人: David A. Betts

    IPC分类号: G01S1596

    摘要: A fishing system buoy has a watertight bulbous shell housing an electronic load and with a center of mass located within a lower half of the shell. The load includes sonar operatively coupled via a microprocessor with a radio transmitter that has an upright antenna located in an upper half of the shell. The shell has a keel with an eyelet for tethering a fishing line to the shell. The buoy functions both as a fishing bobber and communications relay station for obtaining and transmitting images of fish swimming beneath the bobber.

    摘要翻译: 钓鱼系统浮标具有防水的球形壳体,其外壳包含电子负载,质心位于壳体的下半部分内。 负载包括通过微处理器操作地耦合的声纳与无线电发射机,其具有位于壳体的上半部分中的直立天线。 壳体有一个带有孔眼的龙骨,用于将钓鱼线绑在壳上。 浮标既用作钓鱼浮筒又用于通信中继站,用于获取和传送在浮筒下面游泳的鱼的图像。

    360 degree imaging sonar and method
    6.
    发明授权
    360 degree imaging sonar and method 有权
    360度成像声纳和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09322915B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-26

    申请号:US13774143

    申请日:2013-02-22

    IPC分类号: G01S15/89 G01S7/521 G01S7/62

    摘要: A 360-degree sonar imaging system and method are provided. The system includes a sonar transducer assembly pod with tilted mechanically scanning sonar (MSS) transducers that is deployed into the water below the bottom of the boat. The system provides photo-like imaging of an area surrounding a boat which does not require the boat to be in motion. The pod is deployed by a variety of manual, (trolling motor, transom) or powered mechanical (bow, transom, or fairing block) deployment mechanisms to allow for deployment and retraction of the sonar transducer assembly. In particular embodiments, the MSS system communicates with a side-scan-sonar-imaging-equipped control head unit to display the images generated therefrom. Various speeds and sector scans are provided, as well as a locked side-scan sonar mode. Waypoint navigation and split screen views are also provided.

    摘要翻译: 提供360度声纳成像系统和方法。 该系统包括声纳传感器组件盒,其具有倾斜的机械扫描声纳(MSS)换能器,其被部署到船底部的水中。 该系统提供了不需要船只运动的船周围区域的照相成像。 荚由各种手动(拖曳马达,横梁)或动力机械(弓,横梁或整流罩)部署机构部署,以允许声纳传感器组件的展开和缩回。 在特定实施例中,MSS系统与配备有侧扫扫描声纳成像的控制头单元进行通信,以显示由其产生的图像。 提供了各种速度和扇区扫描,以及锁定的侧扫声纳模式。 还提供了航点导航和分屏幕视图。

    Flasher sonar device with light guide
    7.
    发明授权
    Flasher sonar device with light guide 有权
    闪光器声纳装置带导光板

    公开(公告)号:US07948828B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-24

    申请号:US12291280

    申请日:2008-11-07

    IPC分类号: G01S15/96

    CPC分类号: G01S15/96

    摘要: A sonar device includes a light source, a rotatable element, a motor for rotating the rotatable element, and a display. A light guide mounted on the rotatable element has an inlet end aligned with the light source and an outlet end aligned with the display. Light emitted from the light source enters the inlet end of the light guide, is directed from the inlet end to the outlet end in a beam, and is emitted out the outlet end of the light guide.

    摘要翻译: 声纳装置包括光源,可旋转元件,用于旋转可旋转元件的电动机和显示器。 安装在可旋转元件上的光导具有与光源对准的入口端和与显示器对准的出口端。 从光源发射的光进入光导入口端,以入射端从出射端指向光束,并从光导的出口端射出。

    Side scan sonar imaging system with associated GPS data
    8.
    发明授权
    Side scan sonar imaging system with associated GPS data 失效
    侧扫声纳成像系统具有相关的GPS数据

    公开(公告)号:US07729203B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-01

    申请号:US12319604

    申请日:2009-01-09

    IPC分类号: G01S15/89 G01S15/87

    摘要: A system for use with a boat to provide underwater sonar images includes a GPS receiver for providing GPS position data, a left side scan sonar transducer for transmitting left side scan sonar pulses and for receiving left side scan sonar return signals, and a right side scan sonar transducer for transmitting right side scan sonar pulses and for receiving right side scan sonar return signals. The system further includes signal processing circuitry for processing the left and right side scan sonar return signals to produce side scan image data and a digital processor for causing a display to display an underwater image based upon the side scan image data, wherein the digital processor associates GPS position and side scan image data.

    摘要翻译: 用于船舶提供水下声纳图像的系统包括用于提供GPS位置数据的GPS接收器,用于发射左侧扫描声纳脉冲的左侧扫描声纳传感器和用于接收左侧扫描声纳返回信号的右侧扫描 用于传输右侧扫描声纳脉冲和用于接收右侧扫描声纳返回信号的声纳传感器。 该系统还包括用于处理左侧和右侧扫描声纳返回信号以产生侧扫图像数据的信号处理电路和用于使显示器基于侧扫图像数据显示水下图像的数字处理器,其中数字处理器关联 GPS位置和侧扫图像数据。

    Sonar imaging system for mounting to watercraft
    9.
    发明授权
    Sonar imaging system for mounting to watercraft 有权
    声纳成像系统用于安装在船舶上

    公开(公告)号:US07652952B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-26

    申请号:US11195107

    申请日:2005-08-02

    IPC分类号: G01S15/88 G01S15/89

    摘要: A sonar imaging system for a watercraft is disclosed. The sonar imaging system comprises a transducer coupled to the watercraft and having at least one side scanning element and at least one bottom scanning element, an electronic control head unit coupled to the transducer and configured to display sonar images. The downward acoustic elements may be circular and the side scan acoustic elements may be rectangular. A software filter may be provided to remove noise generated by a spark plug or other operation of a motor for the watercraft.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于船舶的声纳成像系统。 所述声纳成像系统包括耦合到所述船只的传感器,并具有至少一个侧面扫描元件和至少一个底部扫描元件,耦合到所述换能器并配置成显示声呐图像的电子控制头单元。 向下的声学元件可以是圆形的,并且侧扫描声学元件可以是矩形的。 可以提供软件滤波器以去除由火花塞产生的噪音或用于船舶的电动机的其它操作。

    Flasher sonar device with interleaved zoom
    10.
    发明申请
    Flasher sonar device with interleaved zoom 有权
    闪光器声纳装置具有交错变焦

    公开(公告)号:US20090141590A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-04

    申请号:US12291289

    申请日:2008-11-07

    IPC分类号: G01S15/96

    CPC分类号: G01S15/96

    摘要: A flasher sonar device includes a flasher that produces light output pulses along a flasher ring display based upon sonar returns. A user interface selects between a normal mode and a zoom mode. When the normal mode is selected, a controller drives the flasher to display a normal range. When the zoom mode is selected, the controller divides the normal range into a first range and a second range, compresses the first range into a compressed range, enlarges the second range into an enlarged range, and drives the flasher to display the enlarged range interleaved with the compressed range.

    摘要翻译: 闪烁的声纳装置包括闪光器,其基于声纳返回产生沿着闪光灯环显示器的光输出脉冲。 用户界面在正常模式和变焦模式之间进行选择。 当选择正常模式时,控制器驱动闪光灯显示正常范围。 当选择变焦模式时,控制器将正常范围划分为第一范围和第二范围,将第一范围压缩到压缩范围,将第二范围扩大到放大范围,并驱动闪光灯显示放大范围交错 压缩范围。