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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Applicant:
Osvaldo Buccafusca, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Osvaldo Buccafusca, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01F 23/296 (2006.01); G01N 29/38 (2006.01); G01F 23/284 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); G01S 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01F 23/2962 (2013.01); G01N 29/38 (2013.01); G01F 23/284 (2013.01); G01N 29/4454 (2013.01); G01S 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of estimating the time and flight of an acoustic signal transmitted by a transmit acoustic transducer determines a difference in time between receiving the transmitted acoustic signal and receiving an electromagnetic wave transmitted by the transmit acoustic transducer coincident with transmitting the acoustic signal.