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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
May. 23, 1986
Michel Torregrosa, Portes Les Valence, FR;
Eric Margaillan, Gap, FR;
Crouzet, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method and device are provided for measuring the propagation time of a wave, wherein a wave is transmitted modulated in amplitude by a modulation signal. The wave reflected by an obstacle is received after a propagation time and the amplitude thereof is detected. The average value of the product of the detected signal and a reference signal is calculated and the delay with respect to the modulation signal is controlled so as to cancel out the average value. The modulation signal and the reference signal comprise a succession of elementary signals chosen so as to allow, in a single measurement, a long propagation time to be determined without ambiguity and with high accuracy.