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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Electronics Co., Ltd., Toyohashi-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Kokubo, Toyohashi, JP;
Shigeo Yamamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Oiwa-Cho, Toyohashi-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/42 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 15/96 (2006.01); G01S 7/521 (2006.01); G01S 7/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/42 (2013.01); G01S 7/521 (2013.01); G01S 7/6218 (2013.01); G01S 15/89 (2013.01); G01S 15/96 (2013.01);
Abstract
A searchlight sonar is installed on a ship () and searches under water around the ship () while changing the transmitting direction of an ultrasonic beam (TB) at a predetermined split rotation (Mn) in the circumferential direction around the ship (). The split rotation (Mn) is set to increase as the depression angle of the transmitting direction of the ultrasonic beam (TB) is increased.