Sonar and radar display
AssigneeNavico Holding AS
InventorBarry Antao
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for causing presentation of sonar or radar image data over environment information. A method may include determining a position and a line of sight of a device. The method may further include determining at least one of sonar image data or radar image data associated with the position and the line of sight. The method may further include causing presentation of an image associated with the at least one of sonar image data or radar image data on a display of the device over environment information indicative of an environment currently viewable by a user through the device. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- determining a position and a line of sight of a device;
- determining, by a processor, at least one of sonar image data or radar image data associated with the position and the line of sight;
- and
- causing presentation of a generated image associated with the at least one of sonar image data or radar image data on a display of the device over unaltered environment information indicative of an environment currently viewable by a user through the display of the device, wherein the generated image is presented over the environment information from the perspective of the user viewing the environment information.
An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:
- determine a position and a line of sight of a device;
- determine at least one of sonar image data or radar image data associated with the position and the line of sight;
- and
- cause presentation of a generated image associated with the at least one of sonar image data or radar image data on a display of the device over unaltered environment information indicative of an environment currently viewable by a user through the display of the device, wherein the generated image is presented over the environment information from the perspective of the user viewing the environment information.
Computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program code portions stored thereon, the program code portions being a computer readable medium and configured when said program product is run on a computer or network device, to:
- determine a position and a line of sight of a device;
- determine at least one of sonar image data or radar image data associated with the position and the line of sight;
- and
- cause presentation of a generated image associated with the at least one of sonar image data or radar image data on a display of the device over unaltered environment information indicative of an environment currently viewable by a user through the display of the device, wherein the generated image is presented over the environment information from the perspective of the user viewing the environment information.
A sonar system for imaging an underwater environment, the sonar system comprising:
- a sonar transducer assembly comprising at least one sonar transducer, wherein the sonar transducer is configured to receive sonar returns from sonar pulses within the underwater environment, wherein the sonar transducer is configured to convert sound energy of the sonar returns into sonar return data;
- a sonar signal processor configured to receive and process the sonar return data to product sonar image data indicative of the underwater environment;
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- a remote device comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the device to:
- determine a position and a line of sight of the device;
- determine sonar image data associated with the position and the line of sight;
- and
- cause presentation of a generated image associated with the at least one of sonar image data or radar image data on a display of the device over unaltered environment information indicative of an environment currently viewable by a user through the display of the device, wherein the generated image is presented over the environment information from the perspective of the user viewing the environment information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.