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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Robert W. Healey, Tulsa, OK (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A sonar system, and a digital sonar transducer for use with the inventive system, in which transmitter and receiver circuitry are remote to the sonar display unit. In a preferred embodiment the digital sonar transducer includes: a housing; an acoustic transducer housed within the housing; transmitter circuitry for driving the acoustic transducer; receiver circuitry for conditioning received echos; and a computing device for receiving commands from a display unit, processing received echos, and sending echo information to the display unit. The display unit of the inventive system is configured to receive echo information from the digital sonar transducer and display sonar information to an operator.