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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard Ove Nielsen, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting targets. A sound wave within an underwater detection region is transmitted from each of a number of sources. The sound wave transmitted by each of these sources comprises a pulse train of identical pulses. Pulses are received at a receiver within the underwater detection region. Data is generated in response to receiving the pulses. Correlation data for the pulses is generated based on the data generated by the receiver. A determination is made as to whether each of the pulses received at the receiver is received from a target located within the underwater detection region or from one of the number of sources.