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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2012
Osamu Kubota, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yumiko Furukawa, Nishnomiya, JP;
Osamu Kubota, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yumiko Furukawa, Nishnomiya, JP;
Furuno Electric Company Limited, Nishinomiya-shi, JP;
Abstract
An underwater detection device for detecting underwater by transmission and reception of an ultrasonic signal is provided. The device includes a transmission module for transmitting the ultrasonic signal underwater, a reception module for receiving an echo signal of the transmitted ultrasonic signal, a bottom detection module for detecting a bottom based on the echo signal from the bottom, a bottom-sediment determination module for calculating probabilities of the bottom sediment on how much the bottom sediment contains each of predetermined bottom sediment types based on the echo signal and a bottom-sediment display module for displaying a texture representing each of the bottom sediment types below the bottom being displayed based on the probabilities.