Abstract:
Location of a firearm firing projectiles is accomplished by using an acoustic detection antenna that includes at least three microphones spaced apart from one another to detect and record signals and time offsets of the signals which are representative of the muzzle noise of the firearm and/or the soundwave emitted by the mach cone generated by a projectile that has supersonic muzzle velocity, and processing the signals and their time offsets in such a manner as to determine at least the direction in which the firearm is located.
Abstract:
A method of detecting and locating noise sources each emitting respective signals Sj with j=1 to M, detection being provided by a sound wave or vibration sensors each delivering a respective time-varying electrical signal si with i in the range 1 to N, wherein the method steps include: (a) taking the time-varying electrical signals delivered by the sensors, each signal si(t) delivered by a sensor being the sum of the signals Sj emitted by the noise sources; (b) amplifying and filtering the time-varying electrical signals as taken; (c) digitizing the electrical signals; (d) calculating a functional; and (e) minimizing the functional relative to the vectors nj for j=1 to M so as to determine the directions of vector nj of the noise sources.
Abstract translation:一种检测和定位噪声源的方法,每个噪声源发射j = 1至M的各个信号S j,检测由声波或振动传感器提供,每个声波或振动传感器传送各自的时变电信号S SUB i i在1到N的范围内,其中方法步骤包括:(a)获取由传感器传递的时变电信号,每个信号s(t) 由传感器传送的是由噪声源发射的信号S SUB的总和; (b)放大和滤波随时间变化的电信号; (c)数字化电信号; (d)计算功能; 以及(e)对于j = 1至M,使相对于向量n N j的功能最小化,以便确定噪声源的向量n N j的方向。
Abstract:
An acoustic measurement installation including acoustic measurement instrumentation, in particular an acoustic measurement antenna fitted with at least one microphone; a positioning system for positioning the antenna by ultrasound and including at least one ultrasound emitter mounted on the antenna at a known distance relative to the microphone and an ultrasound receiver base for receiving the signals emitted by each emitter and adapted to determine the position of each emitter; and a control unit for controlling the positioning system for positioning the antenna and the acoustic measurement instrumentation. The control system is adapted during a first stage to cause each emitter to emit in succession in order to determine the position of the antenna, and during a second stage to cause the microphones to perform acquisition in order to implement acoustic measurement using the measurement instrumentation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of detecting and locating noise sources each emitting respective signals Sj with j=1 to M, detection being provided by means of sound wave or vibration sensors each delivering a respective time-varying electrical signal si with i in the range 1 to N. According to the invention, the method consists: in taking the time-varying electrical signals delivered by the sensors, each signal si(t) delivered by a sensor being the sum of the signals Sj emitted by the noise sources; in amplifying and filtering the time-varying electrical signals as taken; in digitizing the electrical signals; in calculating a functional; and in minimizing the functional relative to the vectors nj for j=1 to M so as to determine the directions vector nj of the noise sources.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及一种检测和定位噪声源的方法,每个噪声源发射j = 1至M的各个信号,其中检测是通过声波或振动传感器提供的,每个声波或振动传感器提供相应的时变 电信号i i在i到1到N的范围内。根据本发明,该方法包括:在获取传感器传送的时变电信号时,每个信号s i < (t)由传感器传送的噪声源发射的信号S SUB的总和; 放大和滤波随时间变化的电信号; 数字化电信号; 在计算功能; 并且在j = 1至M中相对于向量n N j的功能最小化,以便确定噪声源的方向向量n SUB。
Abstract:
According to the invention, the method of detecting and locating sources of noise each emitting respective signals Sj with j=1 to M, detection being performed using sensors each delivering a respective time-varying electrical signal si with i varying from 1 to N, consists in taking the time-varying electrical signals delivered by the sensors, each signal si(t) delivered by a sensor being the sum of the signals Sj emitted by the noise sources, in amplifying and filtering the time-varying electrical signals as taken, in digitizing the electrical signals, in calculating the functional f ( n 1 , … , n j , … , n N ) = ∑ k ≠ 1 R k1 with coefficients Rkl being a function of the vectors nj giving the directions of the noise sources, and in minimizing the functional f in such a manner as to determine the directions nj of the noise sources.
Abstract:
A mechanical magnitude sensor integrated on silicon, and a method of manufacture. The sensor comprises a bendably deformable conductive blade (4) whose free end (43) constitutes the first plate of a variable capacitor whose fixed second plate (24) is constituted by a conductive zone formed on the silicon substrate. A JFET type structure is formed in the vicinity of the anchor point (41) of the blade (4) with a gate zone (21) situated beneath the anchor portion (41) and with drain and source zones (22, 23) being provided on either side of the gate zone (21) in order to amplify a signal representative of variations in the position of the flexible blade (4). The sensor may be used as an accelerometer or as a pressure sensor.