公开(公告)号：US20150253178A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-10

申请号：US14643953

申请日：2015-03-10

Applicant: OneSubsea IP UK Limited

Inventor： Patrice Ligneul ,  Jason Milne ,  Lenny Sutherland

IPC: G01F23/296 ,  B63B51/00 ,  B63B22/28

CPC classification number: G01F23/296 ,  B63B22/20 ,  B63B2201/14 ,  E21B17/012 ,  G01F23/0076 ,  G01F23/2968

Abstract: An apparatus to acoustically monitor a container includes a first acoustic transducer mountable to an exterior of the container to send a first acoustic signal into an interior of the container and a second acoustic transducer mountable to the exterior of the container to send a second acoustic signal into the interior of the container. The apparatus further includes a data processing unit to process a first acoustic response signal related to the first acoustic signal and a second acoustic response signal related to the second acoustic signal to determine contents within the interior of the container at locations of the first acoustic transducer and the second acoustic transducer.

Abstract translation: 用于声学监测容器的装置包括可安装到容器外部的第一声学换能器，以将第一声信号发送到容器的内部，以及可安装到容器外部的第二声学换能器，以将第二声信号发送到 容器的内部。 该装置还包括数据处理单元，用于处理与第一声信号相关的第一声响应信号和与第二声信号有关的第二声响应信号，以便在第一声换能器的位置处确定容器内部的内容物; 第二声换能器。