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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Minoru Handa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Iino, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yasushi Nishimori, Nishinomiya, JP;
Akira Okunishi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Minoru Handa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Iino, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yasushi Nishimori, Nishinomiya, JP;
Akira Okunishi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Furuno Electric Company, Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Abstract
A receiving beam is formed using 60 elements arranged in a 90° sector area of a cylindrical receiving array. Receiving beamis formed with elementsdivided into two (front and rear) groups. Specifically, the elementsare divided into rear group 1 (elements) and front group 2 (elements) in the beam direction, and the receiving beam is formed by using sample data obtained from the transducer elementsof group 1 in a current scanning cycle as well as sample data obtained from the transducer elementsof group 2 in a preceding scanning cycle. This approach makes it possible to form the receiving beam such that incoming waves of a short-pulse signal would simultaneously hit the relevant transducer elements of the receiving array and thereby improve directivity and sensitivity of the receiving beam for the reception of short-pulse waves.