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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Andrew N. Acker, Honolulu, HI (US);
Michael J. Deweert, Kailua, HI (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A system and method thereof identifies and locates a submarine or other similar object located in the ocean. The thermocline in the water column is utilized to identify objects based on signals carried by the internal wave (IW) in a mixed layer (ML) of water established between a less-dense and/or warmer upper layer of water and a more-dense and/or cooler lower layer of water. The system can detect objects moving in the ML. Additionally, the system detects non-moving objects in the ML based on shadowing and/or scattering effects established by naturally occurring waves contacting the object.