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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2017
Sean M. Dehart, Eufaula, AL (US);
David A. Betts, Eufaula, AL (US);
Zachary Thomas Jordan, Abbeville, AL (US);
Jesus Carmona-valdes, Eufaula, AL (US);
Brian Lee Chase, Eufaula, AL (US);
William Mark Gibson, Eufaula, AL (US);
Sean M. DeHart, Eufaula, AL (US);
David A. Betts, Eufaula, AL (US);
Zachary Thomas Jordan, Abbeville, AL (US);
Jesus Carmona-Valdes, Eufaula, AL (US);
Brian Lee Chase, Eufaula, AL (US);
William Mark Gibson, Eufaula, AL (US);
Johnson Outdoors Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A sonar imaging system, that includes a control head with a user interface and a display unit for displaying a sonar-generated image, is provided. A sonar transducer assembly is coupled to the control head and configured to transmit sonar data to the control head. The sonar data is used to generate the sonar-generated image. The sonar transducer assembly includes a first side scan acoustic sonar element that transmits a sonar beam. The sonar transducer assembly further includes a plurality of sonar beam receiving elements. Each receiving element is arranged to receive a portion of the return beam from the first side scan acoustic sonar element. Each of the plurality of sonar beam receiving elements is configured to identify both a depth and a lateral distance of an underwater object relative to the position of the sonar transducer assembly.