G01S 7/531
Scan converters
G01S7/531 (Scan converters) appears on 23 US grants and 5 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 5
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 41
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sonar bottom reacquisition systems and methods24 Feb 2026US 12,560,692 B2Raymarine UK Limited
- Imaging system and method using improved modulated excitation15 Oct 2019US 10,444,353 B28517401 Canada Inc.
- Acoustic display generator25 Feb 1992US 5,091,721 AHughes Aircraft Company
- Sonar system with area moving target indicator29 Aug 1989US 4,862,427 AKetema, Inc.
- Displays for information obtained by vector scanning17 May 1988US 4,745,475 AMars, Incorporated
- Acoustic vector sensor tracking system9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314765 A1The Regents of the University of California
- Method of filtering acoustic b-scan signals for passive detection of an object underwater27 Jun 2024US 2024/0210547 A1Wavefront Systems Limited
- Sonar bottom reacquisition systems and methods1 Dec 2022US 2022/0381891 A1FLIR Belgium BVBA
- Ultrasonic image processing apparatus and ultrasonic image processing method30 Aug 2018US 2018/0246194 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Imaging System and Method Using Improved Modulated Excitation31 May 2018US 2018/0149746 A18517401 Canada Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Acoustic display generator59US 5,091,721 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1992
- Real time digital scan converter44US 4,387,365 AAdvanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. · 1983
- Real time digital scan converter40US 4,214,269 AAdvanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. · 1980
- Ultrasound scan conversion and memory system40US 4,449,199 ADiasonics Cardio/Imaging, Inc. · 1984
- Ultrasonic diagnostic multiple-sector image display system34US 4,722,345 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1988