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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:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bobby L Ulich, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Kaman Aerospace Corporation, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364516 ; 356-5 ; 358 95 ;
Abstract
An imaging lidar system for underwater applications is Presented which is well suited for imaging and detecting underwater targets suspended above and on the bottom in shallow and coastal water. The present invention provides the capability for rapid and reliable search, detection, classification and localization of objects in the surf zone which may present hazards to navigation and utilization of coastal areas as well as undesirable effluents and biological fouling of underwater objects. The present invention employs an improved bottom tracker for accurately measuring the distance between the imaging lidar system and the bottom.