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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2022
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Nobuo Suzuki, Kobe, JP;
Kohei Kozuki, Kariya, JP;
Takeshi Kawajiri, Takarazuka, JP;
Yuji Ebita, Settsu, JP;
FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED, Nishinomiya, JP;
Abstract
An underwater detection apparatus is provided which includes a transmission transducer, a reception transducer, and a motor. The transmission transducer transmits a transmission wave within a given fan-shaped transmission space, the fan-shaped transmission space having a first transmission width in a given first plane and a second transmission width in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The reception transducer receives, as a reception wave, a reflection wave of the transmission wave within a given fan-shaped reception space, the fan-shaped reception space having a first reception width in the first plane and a second reception width in the second plane, the second reception width being wider than the second transmission width, and in the second plane, the fan-shaped transmission space being within the fan-shaped reception space. The motor rotates the fan-shaped transmission space and the fan-shaped reception space.