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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
George A Gilmour, Severna Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 88 ; 367 97 ;
Abstract
A side-looking sonar system utilizing an extremely long arc transducer for ultra high resolution work. The transducer is made up of a plurality of segments each connected to signal processing apparatus which electronically varies the focus of the transducer as a function of time as well as a function of transducer altitude above a target area. Additional beams, parallel to a center beam, may be formed to give the system multi-beam capability for increased search rates.