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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Wilby, Warwick, RI (US);
William Gilmour, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignees:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 7/524 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/524 (2013.01); G01S 15/8922 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method uses an underwater vehicle travelling along an underwater surface projecting high frequency sound at the underwater surface to produce an image of the underwater surface with sufficient along track and cross track resolution to be able to identify cracks or other irregularities in the underwater surface.