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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Jean-rené Larocque, Peterborough, CA;
Derek Yee, Hamilton, CA;
Inventors:
Jean-René Larocque, Peterborough, CA;
Derek Yee, Hamilton, CA;
Assignee:
Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments, Inc., Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Pulse echo signals containing false echoes are processed by forming tracks of multiple received echoes and monitoring these tracks by a recursive filter such as a Kalman filter. A track velocity is estimated for each track, and the position of each the next echo on the track is predicted.