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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Leo R. Gauthier, Jr., Timonium, MD (US);
John M. Klimek, Catonsville, MD (US);
Angela L. Wesner-barrios, Hanover, MD (US);
Leo R. Gauthier, Jr., Timonium, MD (US);
John M. Klimek, Catonsville, MD (US);
Angela L. Wesner-Barrios, Hanover, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A plurality of energy couplers () receives signals from an energy pulse, each of the energy couplers () having a defined field of view, the field of views of at least some of the energy couplers being overlapping. A transducer () converts the signals received from the energy pulse to voltage or current output signals that are then amplified. A threshold circuit () triggers when the amplitude of a signal caused by the energy pulse exceeds a predetermined level, and signal processing instrumentation () then calculates the source location and/or the intensity and/or the initiation time of the energy pulse based on the timing of the output signals associated with individual energy couplers ().