Vessel-mountable sonar systems
AssigneeBlueview Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRoger L. Thompson, Jason L. Seawall, Scott Thomas Bachelor
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Abstract
A vessel-mountable integrated sonar system is provided. The vessel-mountable integrated sonar system comprises at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device and at least one processing system electronically and removably connected to the at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device, wherein the sonar data acquisition device preferably provides acoustic data to the processing system, producing sonar imageries utilizing the acoustic data, and wherein the system provides digital tilt and azimuth direction feedback for accurate geo-referencing of data to localize targets of interest.
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A vessel-mountable sonar system, comprising:
- (a) at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device;
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- (b) at least one processing system electronically and removably connected to the at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device and interfacing with a display for displaying sonar imagery;
- wherein the sonar data acquisition device provides acoustic data and orientation and/or positioning feedback based on the position of the sonar acquisition device to the processing system and the processing system displays sonar images at an angle with respect to the vessel centerline that corresponds to the angular orientation of the sonar acquisition device with respect to the vessel centerline.
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