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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2003
Alexander M. Raykhman, East Greenwich, RI (US);
David I. Freger, Ashkelon, IL;
Boris Sherman, Cranston, RI (US);
Other;
Abstract
An acoustic method for measuring of a distance between an emitter of acoustic energy and a target object provides for an accurate measurement by having the measurement's outcome invariant to the speed of sound variations along the acoustical path between the emitter and the target. A plurality of emitters and a plurality of receivers are used in the invention. One acoustic emitter and one receiver are located in a spatial region such that the sent and the reflected acoustical energy passes along substantially same vertical line between the emitter and the target. Another acoustic emitter sends the acoustical energy at an angled direction to the same area on the target's reflecting surface as the first emitter does. The corresponding echo travels to another receiver. During the measurement, two specific variables are being monitored such that possible variations of the speed of sound are irrelevant to the result of the distance measurement.