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`United States Patent
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`(10) Patent No.:
`US 8,305,840 B2
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`Maguire
`(45) Date of Patent:
`Nov. 6, 2012
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`(54) DOWNSCAN IMAGING SONAR
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`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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`(75)
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`Inventor: Brian T. Maguire, Broken Arrow, OK
`(US)
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`(73) Ass1gnee: Nav1c0, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
`( * ) Notice:
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 15403) by 284 days.
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`(21) Appl.No.: 12/460,139
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 201 1/0013485 A1
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`Gary Melvin,Yanchao Li, Larry Mayer, andAllan Clay“Commercial
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`
`(Continued)
`.
`.
`.
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`Primary Examznerilsam Alsom1r1
`Assistant Examiner 7 James Hulka
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm 7 Alston & Bird LLP
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A downscan imaging sonar utilizes a linear transducer ele-
`ment to provide improved images of the sea floor and other
`objects 1n the water column beneath a vessel. A transducer
`array may include a plurality of transducer elements and each
`one of the plurality of transducer elements may include a
`substantially rectangular shape configured to produce a sonar
`beam having a beamwidth in a direction parallel to longitu-
`dinal length Of the transducer elements that is Significantly
`less than a beamwidth of the sonar beam in a direction per-
`pendicular to the longitudinal length of the transducer ele-
`ments. The plural1ty of transducer elements may be pos1-
`tioned such that longitudinal lengths of at least two of the
`plurality oftransducer elements are parallel to each other. The
`plurality of transducer elements may also include at least a
`first linear transducer element, a second linear transducer
`element and a third linear transducer element. The first linear
`transducer element may be positioned within the housing to
`ro'ect sonar ulses from a first side of the housin in a
`F.
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`d1rect1on substant1ally perpend1cular to a centerlme of the
`housing. The second linear transducer element may be posi-
`tioned within the housing to lie in a plane with the first linear
`transducer element and project sonar pulses from a second
`side of the housin that is substantial]
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`s1de. The th1rd l1near transducer element may be pos1t1oned
`within the housing to project sonar pulses in a direction sub-
`stantially perpendicular to the plane.
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`73 Claims, 23 Drawing Sheets
`(5 of 23 Drawing Sheet(s) Filed in Color)
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