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US 2010/0246330 A1Published application
Vertical Line Hydrophone Array
AssigneeThe Johns Hopkins University
InventorsDavid A. Kitchin, Charles W. Kerechanin, II, Charles B. Cooperman, Juan I. Arvelo, JR., Ronald W. Mitnick
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Abstract
A hydrophone assembly includes at least four hydrophone units for converting an acoustic signal to an electrical signal, the hydrophone units being in a parallel, cylindrically symmetric spaced spatial relationship with each other, and at least one spacer element to maintain the hydrophone units fixed in the spatial relationship to each other, wherein the hydrophone units and spacer element are embedded in an encapsulant to form an elongated, flexible body.
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A hydrophone deployment system, comprising:
- a) a hydrophone assembly, comprising:
- i) at least four hydrophone units for converting an acoustic signal to an electrical signal, said hydrophone units being in a parallel, spaced apart spatial relationship with each other;
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- ii) at least one spacer element to maintain the hydrophone units fixed in the spatial relationship to each other, wherein said hydrophone units and spacer element are embedded in an encapsulant to form an elongated, flexible body;
- b) a container for enclosing the hydrophone assembly body in a coiled configuration;
- c) means for ejecting the hydrophone assembly from the container;
- d) a signal processing module for processing the electrical signals from the hydrophone units;
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- e) a transmitter module for converting said processed electrical signals and transmitting said converted signals to a remote receiver.
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