| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 367135000 | RECEIVER CIRCUITRY | 64 |
| 20080310256 | Adaptive High Frequency Laser Sonar System - An acoustic sensing device includes a housing having an internal cavity filled with a vibration decoupling medium. An acoustic window formed of an acoustically transparent material is mounted in the housing. This mounting can be by antivibration mounts to prevent housing noise from affecting the acoustic window. A scanning laser vibrometer is positioned within the housing and directed to detect vibrations of the acoustic window. Antivibration mounts are joined between said scanning laser vibrometer and said housing. In further embodiments, the scanning laser vibrometer detects vibrations at a plurality of locations on the acoustic window forming a virtual array. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080316863 | DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE OR MICROPHONES FOR POSITION DETERMINATION - Directional microphone or microphones for position determination. One or multiple directional microphones are implemented in various locations to perform acoustic wave capture of acoustic waves associated with object (e.g., a player, a gaming object, a game controller, etc.). The generator of such acoustic waves may be co-located with the object (e.g., integrated into the object if the object is a device such as a gaming object, a game controller, etc., or integrated into clothing worn by a player such as on a hat, a jacket, etc.). The acoustic waves described herein may be generated by any number of means/devices including audio output devices, speakers, pulse wave generators, audio oscillators, etc. Moreover, such acoustic waves may be ultrasonic. A game module and/or processing module processes directional vectors associated with positions of the directional microphones when detecting relative maximum amplitude of an acoustic wave emits by an acoustic wave generator. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090028004 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PERSON | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090245026 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A THREAT ALERT - A system for generating a threat alert in an infrastructure component is provided. The system includes multiple acoustic sensors disposed in a protected zone around the infrastructure component, wherein each of the sensors is configured to detect a signal corresponding to an outcome that causes damage to the infrastructure component. The system also includes a processing circuitry coupled to each of the multiple acoustic sensors. The processing circuitry includes at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to digitize the signal. The processing circuitry also includes a digital signal processor configured to process the acoustic signal in a sequential routine. The sequential routine includes a noise filtering routine configured to filter background noise from the acoustic signal and generate a filtered signal. The sequential routine also includes a source identification routine configured to identify a source generating the acoustic signal based upon the filtered signal. The sequential routine further includes a threat analysis routine configured to detect a threat based upon the source identified and generate a threat level signal. The system also includes a remote monitoring center that receives the threat level signals from the processing circuitry and transmit an alert message to a concerned authority. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090257315 | POSITION TRACING SIGNAL GENERATOR UNIT AND INPUT SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a position tracing signal generator unit and an input system using the same. The position tracing signal generator unit of the present invention generates ultrasonic signals with a constant time interval to allow ultrasonic signals generated from a plurality of ultrasonic signal generator to be overlapped and amplified. It is possible to increase the intensity of the ultrasonic signal and lengthen the range. Due to the structural advantages of the present invention as described above, it is possible to solve a problem of the prior art, i.e., a large thickness of the position tracing signal generator unit caused by a large size of the ultrasonic sensor for increasing the intensity of the ultrasonic signal. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090268555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING NOISE SOURCES - A computer implemented method and apparatus for identifying component breakdown of noise sources. Noise data is received for a noise source from an array of sound sensors. Measurement points of interest, candidate sound source points along an axis, and array aperture angles are identified. Sets of first and second bounding traces are identified from ray traces extending from the candidate noise source points towards the measurement points of interest using the array aperture angles. The bounding ray traces are rotated around the axis to form sets of first and second surfaces. Sets of first and second curves are identified from an intersection of the sets of first and second surfaces with the ground plane. Sound sensors are selected from the array using the curves to form subarrays. The component breakdown of noise generated by the noise source is identified using noise data from sound sensors in the subarrays. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100182876 | MODULATION DEVICE, DEMODULATION DEVICE, AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An object is to provide a modulation device, a demodulation device, and a transmission system and acoustic signal transmission method using them which can carry out a synchronization process for data signals without using a carrier frequency for a synchronization signal. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100195446 | DETERMINING ENCLOSURE BREACH ULTRASONICALLY - A structure intrusion may be determined. For example, a signal may be received corresponding to a wave propagating in the structure. Next, the received signal may be analyzed. Based on the analysis in a “passive mode”, a breach may be determined to have occurred in the structure when the received signal indicates that at least one aspect of the received signal crosses a predetermined threshold. Furthermore, based on the analysis in an “active mode”, a breach may be determined to have occurred in the structure when comparing the received signal to a baseline waveform indicates that at least one aspect of the received signal varies from the baseline waveform by a predetermined amount. The wave propagating in the structure may comprise an elastic wave and may be in an acoustic frequency range or in an ultrasonic frequency range. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100296368 | CHANNEL IMPULSE RESPONSE ESTIMATION - A method of estimating the impulse response of a channel is disclosed. The method includes transmitting an impulse signal to the channel, detecting a received signal from the channel at a receiver, and calculating an estimate of the impulse response of the channel by applying a calculated inverse matrix of the impulse signal to the received signal. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110013488 | SUB-BEAM FORMING RECEIVER CIRCUITRY FOR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Multi-channel receiver circuitry for a sub-beam forming receiver of an ultrasound system in which digital filtering, down-sampling and successive data storage circuitry impose programmable fine and coarse time delays on received digital data signals. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110134725 | ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasonic system including an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver is provided. The ultrasonic transmitter emits a transmission signal, which includes a synchronous burst and multiple data bursts. The ultrasonic receiver receives a synchronous echo, and determines whether the amplitude of the synchronous echo is larger than a first threshold. If the amplitude of the synchronous echo is larger than the first threshold, then the ultrasonic receiver interprets the multiple data echoes corresponding to the data bursts to obtain a digital signal. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110235466 | ULTRASOUND DETECTORS - A method of receiving data coded on an ultrasonic signal comprising: detecting said ultrasonic signal using a microphone ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110273964 | METHOD FOR LISTENING TO ULTRASONIC ANIMAL SOUNDS - A method for listening to ultrasonic animal sound signals comprises: obtaining a plurality of input samples at an input sample rate, the plurality of input samples including at least one sequence of samples corresponding to an instance of an intermittently occurring animal sound signal; receiving a frame including at least two of the plurality of input samples; selecting a fraction of the samples as output samples, the fraction of the samples including a sample containing the at least one sequence of samples corresponding to an instance of an intermittently occurring animal sound signal; and transmitting the output samples at an output sample rate slower than the input sample rate. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120092965 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY FAULTS IN AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An acoustic sensor system is for an electrical distribution system having a number of phases. The acoustic sensor system comprises: a plurality of sets of acoustic sensors structured to detect an electrical conductivity fault of the electrical distribution system. Each of the plurality of sets includes a number of acoustic sensors. Each of the number of acoustic sensors is for a corresponding one of the number of phases of the electrical distribution system. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120099403 | CHANNEL IMPULSE RESPONSE ESTIMATION - A human-machine interface system adapted to track movement of an object in air is disclosed. In one aspect, the human-machine interface includes an acoustic transmitter, an acoustic receiver, and logic configured to apply a calculated inverse matrix of an impulse signal transmitted by the acoustic transmitter to a signal received by the acoustic receiver, wherein movement of the object is used to control the machine. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120140598 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A computing part computes a correlation coefficient representing a level of correlation among acoustic signals for a plurality of channels. A filtering part smoothes a time variation of the correlation coefficient computed. A center component reducer reduces a correlation component that is common in the acoustic signals by using the correlation coefficient. Then, the correlation component extracted by the reducer is reduced from each of the acoustic signals. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120163126 | Ultrasonic/acoustic transducer - A transducer | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120163127 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A VICINITY USING SEVERAL ACOUSTIC SENSORS - A method for monitoring a vicinity using a plurality of acoustic sensors ( | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120163128 | ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION - In apparatus for the acoustic transmission of power or data through a solid barrier such as a ships hull, assembly of an acoustic transducer to the hull is facilitated by bonding it first to an intermediate element by a thin layer of bonding adhesive and then bonding the intermediate element to the barrier using a second bonding layer. Acoustic matching of the transducer to the intermediate element is achieved by the thin layer, and the mechanically more robust base of the intermediate element can be rubbed on the barrier surface to displace or abrade away any unwanted debris or imperfections which might otherwise prevent the achievement of a thin second bonding layer. This makes the mounting and bonding process more tolerant of imperfections in the barrier surface due to either surface defects or particulate contamination. The transmit and receive transducers may be positioned relative to each other so as to suppress or attenuate multiple-transit signals. Thus the intermediate element may be wedge shaped to aid suppression of triple-transit signals. Transmit and receive transducers may have different wedge angles. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120188849 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The ultrasonic sensor includes: a plurality of transmission/reception dual-use elements, first electrode switches connected to the first electrodes of the transmission/reception dual-use elements; second electrode switches connected to the second electrodes of the transmission/reception dual-use elements; a control circuit; a transmitting circuit; a receiving circuit; a common-electrode connection wiring; and serial connection wiring. When an ultrasonic signal is to be transmitted, the control circuit connects the first electrode switches to the transmitting circuit, connects the second electrode switches to the common-electrode connection wiring so that the transmission/reception dual-use elements are connected in parallel to the transmitting circuit and the common electrode. When an ultrasonic signal is to be received, the control circuit connects the first electrode switches and the second electrode switches to the serial connection wiring so that the transmission/reception dual-use elements are serially connected to the receiving circuit. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120269038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DATA RECEPTION ERROR IN ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION IN AUDIBLE FREQUENCY RANGE, AND APPARATUS APPLIED THERETO - Provided is a data reception error reduction system and method in acoustic communication in audible frequency range, and an apparatus applied thereto. The data reception error reduction system in the acoustic communication in audible frequency range may be configured to reduce a data reception error in a receiver by taking into consideration that a sound signal is noisy and is significantly affected by a change in the ambient environment when the acoustic communication is performed in the audio frequency band through modification of an audio signal or adding of a predetermined signal to an audio signal. Accordingly, the data reception error may be reduced in the receiver even in an environment where a sound signal is noisy and is significantly affected by a change in the ambient environment, and reliability of data transmission may increase. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120300588 | RECEIVER COMMUNICATIONS FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - A signal generator generates an electrical signal that is sent to an amplifier, which increases the power of the signal using power from a power source. The amplified signal is fed to a sender transducer to generate ultrasonic waves that can be focused and sent to a receiver. The receiver transducer converts the ultrasonic waves back into electrical energy and stores it in an energy storage device, such as a battery, or uses the electrical energy to power a device. In this way, a device can be remotely charged or powered without having to be tethered to an electrical outlet. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120307596 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO DRIVE REACTIVE LOADS - Systems, methods, and apparatus to drive reactive loads are disclosed. An example apparatus to drive a reactive load includes a reactive component in circuit with the reactive load, a first switching element in circuit with the reactive load to selectively hold the reactive load in a first energy state and to selectively allow the reactive load to change from the first energy state to a second energy state, a second switching element in circuit with the reactive load to selectively hold the reactive load in the second energy state and to selectively allow the reactive load to change from the second energy state to the first energy state, and a controller to detect a current in the reactive load, and to control the first and second switching elements to hold the reactive load in the first or the second energy state when the current traverses a threshold. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130033966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-BODY ULTRASOUND COMMUNICATION - An intra-body ultrasonic signal can be converted into a first electrical signal, a local oscillator signal can be generated in an implantable system. The first electrical signal and the local oscillator signal can be mixed in an implantable system, such as to generate a demodulated signal, processed, such as using a filter. The filtered, demodulated signal can be further processed, such as implantably determining a peak amplitude of the first portion of the demodulated signal received from the filter over a time interval, implantably generating a dynamic tracking threshold that starts at an amplitude proportional the first portion of the demodulated signal and exponentially decays over a time interval, and determining a noise floor in the absence of a received intra-body ultrasonic signal and implantably comparing the peak amplitude and the tracking threshold and generate the digital output based on the difference. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130077445 | ANALOG BEAMFORMER OF ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An analog beamformer of an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes: a plurality of unit analog beamformers allocated to two or more focal points, respectively, and configured to beamform signals received from the respective focal points through transducer elements and output the beamformed signals; an analog multiplexer configured to sequentially select the output signals of the unit analog beamformers and generate a final output signal; a clock generator configured to provide a clock signal required for the unit analog beamformers; and a processor configured to provide information on sampling time points of channels, and sequentially operate the unit analog beamformers to perform beamforming according to a time-interleaving scheme. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130107670 | ULTRASOUND RECEIVING MODULE, METHOD AND SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107671 | RECEPTION CIRCUIT, ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130188457 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND CONTROL WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSISTOR - In at least some embodiments, an ultrasound system includes an ultrasound transducer and a bi-directional transistor coupled to the ultrasound transducer. The ultrasound system also includes an ultrasound receiver coupled to the bi-directional transistor. The bi-directional transistor operates to selectively connect the ultrasound transducer to ground and to selectively connect the ultrasound transducer to the ultrasound receiver. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130223191 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ELEMENT CHIP, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer element chip includes a substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements and a plate-shaped member. The substrate includes a partition wall section defining a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. A wall thickness of the partition wall section is smaller than a wall height of partition wall section. Each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is provided in each of the openings. The plate-shaped member is fixed on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface of the substrate on which the ultrasonic transducer elements are provided. The plate-shaped member covers at least one of the openings in a plan view seen along a thickness direction of the substrate. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130223192 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER DEVICE, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer device includes a substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, a wiring substrate and a wiring member. The substrate defines a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. Each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is provided in each of the openings on a first surface of the substrate. The wiring substrate is arranged to face a second surface of the substrate that is opposite from the first surface. The wiring substrate includes a first wiring part. The wiring member is connected to the substrate and the wiring substrate. The wiring member includes a second wiring part electrically connecting the ultrasonic transducer elements to the first wiring part. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130242703 | FOOTWEAR SEISMIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A footwear seismic communication unit is provided herein. The unit includes footwear attachable to a foot or feet of a user, including at least one sole portion for placing on a ground and at least one seismic transducer device located within said at least one sole. The unit further includes a processing module, a transmitting interface module, and a receiving interface module. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130258812 | ULTRASONIC RECEIVER FRONT-END - In certain embodiments, systems for receiving one or more echoes are provided. The system comprises a first attenuator, a first amplifier, and a second attenuator. The first attenuator is configured to receive the one or more echo signals, and generate a corresponding set of first attenuated echo signals, respectively, based on a number of signal strengths of the one or more echo signals. The first amplifier is configured to receive and amplify the set of first attenuated echo signals to thereby generate a set of first amplified echo signals corresponding to the one or more first attenuated echo signals, respectively. The second attenuator is configured to receive the set of first amplified echo signals and generate a set of second attenuated echo signals corresponding to the set of first amplified echo signals, respectively, based on a number of signal strengths of the set of first amplified echo signals, respectively. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258813 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPATIALLY SELECTIVE SOUND ACQUISITION BY ACOUSTICTRIANGULATION - An apparatus for capturing audio information from a target location includes first and second beamformers arranged in a recording environment and having first and second recording characteristics, respectively, and a signal generator. The first and second beamformers are configured for recording first and second beamformer audio signals, respectively, when they are directed towards the target location with respect to the first and second recording characteristics. The first and second beamformers are arranged such that first and second virtual straight lines, defined to pass through the first and second beamformers, respectively, and the target location, are not mutually parallel. The signal generator is configured to generate an audio output signal based on the first and second beamformer audio signals so that the audio output signal reflects relatively more audio information from the target location compared to the audio information from the target location in the first and second beamformer audio signals. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130294200 | SIGNAL PROCESSING - The disclosed electronic apparatus comprises:
| 11-07-2013 |
| 20130301392 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMMUNICATION OF AUDIO TOKENS - An apparatus for transmitting audio tokens includes an acoustic transmitter to generate a range of audio frequencies including an infrasonic range, a sonic range, and an ultrasonic range. An audio token generator assembles the audio tokens, which include a timestamp and an identifier, and modulates the audio token in to the range of audio frequencies. A synchronizer determines the timestamp relative to an input audio stream and a mixer mixes the audio stream and the audio token for presentation by the acoustic transmitter. An apparatus for receiving the audio tokens includes an acoustic receiver to receive the range of audio frequencies. An audio token extractor extracts the audio token including the timestamp and the identifier from the range of audio frequencies. An interpreter determines user information responsive to at least one of the timestamp and the identifier and a user interface element present the user information to a user. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140140178 | Ultrasonic Sensor for Capturing Value Documents and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An ultrasonic sensor and method for using the same are arranged for capturing a value document transported through a capture region of the ultrasonic sensor. The ultrasonic sensor has an ultrasound transmitter arranged for emitting ultrasound into the capture region and an ultrasound receiver arranged for receiving ultrasound from the ultrasound transmitter from the capture region. A control and evaluation circuit is arranged for controlling the ultrasound transmitter and for capturing and evaluating the signals of the ultrasound receiver. A circuit carrier carries the control and evaluation circuit, the ultrasound transmitter, the ultrasound receiver, and conducting paths electrically connecting the control and evaluation circuit to the first and second ultrasonic transducers. The circuit carrier has a U-shaped configuration and two interconnected arm portions, and the ultrasound transmitter is held on one of the two arm portions and the ultrasound receiver on the other of the two arm portions. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140146643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - Disclosed are a method and a system for implementing near field communication (NFC). The method includes: modulating a digital signal to generate an audio signal with a transmitting device by utilizing a binary frequency shift keying modulation scheme; playing the generated audio signal with the transmitting device; receiving the audio signal by a receiving device; sampling the audio signal by the receiving device; and demodulating the sampled audio signal for obtaining the digital signal by the receiving device. The present disclosure is capable of implementing NFC between mobile communication devices not having NFC chips equipped, thereby solving the problems that hardware requirements which utilize schemes of the NFC standard are higher, and current application ranges are narrow. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140211592 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE, ULTRASONIC HEAD UNIT, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE DEVICE - An ultrasonic measurement device includes: an ultrasonic element array that has at least one reception column connected to a reception terminal, and equipped with ultrasonic elements for reception and that has at least one transmission column connected to a transmission terminal, and equipped with ultrasonic elements for transmission; a reception circuit that receives a signal from the reception terminal; and a transmission circuit that outputs a signal to the transmission terminal. The reception column and the transmission column are alternately arranged every column, or any multiple of columns in a scanning direction. The ultrasonic elements for reception and the ultrasonic elements for transmission are arranged along a orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the scanning direction. The reception terminal is arranged at one end of the array in the orthogonal direction, and the transmission terminal is arranged at the other end of the array in that direction. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140219062 | CMOS ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - CMOS Ultrasonic Transducers and processes for making such devices are described. The processes may include forming cavities on a first wafer and bonding the first wafer to a second wafer. The second wafer may be processed to form a membrane for the cavities. Electrical access to the cavities may be provided. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140269203 | Beam Accelerometer - Methods and devices are disclosed for measuring low levels of acceleration caused by low frequency seismic waves. For example, an omnidirectional beam accelerometer configured to measure low frequency waves is disclosed. The omnidirectional beam accelerometer may include three beam acceleration sensors. Each beam acceleration sensor may include a respective mass and a respective beam. Each respective beam may be comprised at least in part of a piezoelectric material. Each beam acceleration sensor may have a ratio of mass density [kg/m | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140269204 | MULTI-FREQUENCY ULTRA WIDE BANDWIDTH TRANSDUCER - Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) arrays and techniques for frequency shaping in pMUT arrays are described, for example to achieve both high frequency and low frequency operation in a same device. The ability to operate at both high and low frequencies may be tuned during use of the device to adaptively adjust for optimal resolution at a particular penetration depth of interest. In embodiments, various sizes of piezoelectric membranes are fabricated for tuning resonance frequency across the membranes. The variously sized piezoelectric membranes are lumped together by two or more separate electrode rails, enabling independent addressing between the two or more subgroups of sized transducer elements. Signal processing of the drive and/or response signals generated and/or received from each of the two or more electrode rails may achieve a variety of operative modes for the device, such as a near field mode, a far field mode, and an ultra wide bandwidth mode. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140369169 | ACOUSTIC WAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RECEIVER - A receiver of the present invention includes a microphone, an unnecessary signal remover, and an FM detector. The microphone receives a transmission signal generated by frequency modulating a signal in a frequency band that is receivable by the microphone, on the basis of transmission data. The unnecessary signal remover removes unnecessary signal components by processing the received signal from the microphone. The FM detector restores transmission data by performing FM detection of the received signal from which unnecessary signal components were removed by the unnecessary signal remover. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150117155 | ELECTRIC ACOUSTIC WINDOWS WITH OPTIONAL SOUND SHIELDING - Provided is an acoustic processing apparatus capable of optional sound shielding that may selectively control a sound entering an acoustically shielded interior of a building or a vehicle and form a pleasant acoustic environment, including an acoustic receiver to obtain at least one external acoustic signal, an acoustic signal processor to process the obtained external acoustic signal, and a player to internally play the processed acoustic signal through at least one speaker. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150289479 | ACOUSTIC TAG HAVING A DIGESTIBLE FUSE - Acoustic tags have been used for years in fisheries research to study survival and behavior of fish in various aquatic environments. The described techniques, devices and systems enhance the ability of researchers to understand the effect on fish (or other animal's) mortality by predators through an acoustic tag that includes a digestible fuse. When the implanted acoustic tag comes in contact with the digestive fluids in a predator's stomach, the fuse coating is dissolved causing the fuse to disintegrate and result in an open circuit. The open circuit in turn signals the electronics in the acoustic tag that the tagged animal has been consumed. In response, the electronics alter the tag transmit signal to indicate that predation has occurred. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150301164 | ACOUSTIC MODULE AND ANTENNA INCORPORATING SAID ACOUSTIC MODULE - An acoustic module is provided for an acoustic antenna for receiving submarine waves, produced in the form of a panel of polychloroprene-based rubber incorporating a plurality of longitudinal tubular ducts extending along the length of the rubber panel and being spaced apart along the width of the rubber panel, the longitudinal ducts receiving columns of hydrophones spaced apart lengthwise, the rubber panel also incorporating at least one transverse duct extending along the width of the rubber panel, the longitudinal and transverse ducts being filled with a fluid and the acoustic panel capable of blocking the ducts in a seal-tight manner, the hardness of the rubber and the thickness of the panel being chosen such that the acoustic module exhibits a first degree of freedom in bending about an axis extending lengthwise and a second degree of freedom in bending about an axis extending widthwise. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150310868 | DATA TRANSFER USING MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention provides a method and system for transmitting data. The system includes an encoder for converting the data into one or more binary sequences using a binary encoding scheme, selecting one or more sets of frequencies from a frequency matrix based on the one or more binary sequences, and prepending a starter frequency to the one or more sets of frequencies. The system further includes an audio generator for generating one or more audio signals based on the one or more sets of frequencies, a storage module and an output module having one or more an electro acoustic transducers for generating an acoustic output based on the one or more audio signals. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312683 | SENDER TRANSDUCER FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - A signal generator generates an electrical signal that is sent to an amplifier, which increases the power of the signal using power from a power source. The amplified signal is fed to a sender transducer to generate ultrasonic waves that can be focused and sent to a receiver. The receiver transducer converts the ultrasonic waves back into electrical energy and stores it in an energy storage device, such as a battery, or uses the electrical energy to power a device. In this way, a device can be remotely charged or powered without having to be tethered to an electrical outlet. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150318874 | PAIRING DEVICES USING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS - Techniques for pairing devices using acoustic signals are described. Disclosed are techniques for receiving an acoustic signal at a microphone coupled to a first device, the acoustic signal being encoded with data representing a first parameter associated with a second device, receiving an electromagnetic signal at an antenna coupled to the first device, the electromagnetic signal being encoded with data representing a second parameter associated with the second device, and determining a match between the first parameter and the second parameter. A pairing may then be generated between the first device and the second device. A pairing may include generating data representing a key, the key being configured to authenticate a pairing of the first device and the second device. A pairing may create a secure connection between the first device and the second device. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150326323 | RECEIVER TRANSDUCER FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - A signal generator generates an electrical signal that is sent to an amplifier, which increases the power of the signal using power from a power source. The amplified signal is fed to a sender transducer to generate ultrasonic waves that can be focused and sent to a receiver. The receiver transducer converts the ultrasonic waves back into electrical energy and stores it in an energy storage device, such as a battery, or uses the electrical energy to power a device. In this way, a device can be remotely charged or powered without having to be tethered to an electrical outlet. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150338511 | ACOUSTIC PROBE WITH COMPONENTS OF ACOUSTIC ELEMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT PITCHES THAN EACH OTHER - An acoustic probe includes a plurality of acoustic array components separated and spaced apart from each other. Each of the acoustic array components includes: an array of acoustic element circuits disposed contiguous to each other at a first pitch; a plurality of pads each corresponding to one of the acoustic element circuits and formed within a circuitry area of the corresponding acoustic element circuit, the pads being disposed at a second pitch; a plurality of interconnection bumps each corresponding to one of the pads and being disposed in electrical connection with the corresponding pad, wherein the interconnection bumps are disposed at a third pitch; and a plurality of acoustic transducer elements on the interconnection bumps. The acoustic transducer elements are disposed at a fourth pitch. At least two of the first, second, third, and fourth pitches are different than each other. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160006520 | ACOUSTIC INFORMATION TRANSFER - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for acoustically transferring information between systems. In a particular embodiment, a method provides identifying information for acoustic transfer and determining an amount of time corresponding to the information. The method further provides acoustically transmitting a signal at a first time and, upon the amount of time elapsing since the first time, acoustically transmitting the signal at a second time. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160054459 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INFRASOUND - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for detecting infrasound. The apparatus for detecting infrasound includes a sound wave detector including a diaphragm dividing an inner space of a first container into a first space and a second space, and a microchannel assembly including a second container having an inner space with one of the spaces divided by the diaphragm and a plurality of microchannels having different resistance values with respect to transmission of a sound wave, and exposing the inner space of the second container to the air through one of the plurality of microchannels. Such an apparatus for detecting infrasound may have various cut-off frequencies according to the number of the microchannels. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160077058 | ULTRASONIC DETECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - Provided is an ultrasonic detection device including: a capacitive electromechanical transducer including a cell that includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to oppose with a space; a voltage source for developing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electric circuit for converting a current, which is caused by a change in electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode due to vibration of the second electrode, into a voltage, in which the capacitive electromechanical transducer provides an output current with a high-pass characteristic having a first cutoff frequency with respect to a frequency, the electric circuit provides an output with a low-pass characteristic having a second cutoff frequency with respect to the frequency, and the second cutoff frequency is smaller than the first cutoff frequency. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160097854 | Sensor device and method for recording at least one contact event on a vehicle - With a sensor device for detecting at least one contact event on a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, with at least one impact sound sensor for detecting at least one impact sound signal, at least one impact sound sensor comprises at least one signal-transferring connection to at least one signal processing means already existing in the vehicle and associated with at least one other sensor means. With this arrangement at least one impact sound sensor comprises an impact-sound-transmitting connection to a section of the outer shell of the vehicle. This allows contact events on the vehicle to be detected. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160139251 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus having: a receiver in which a plurality of receiving elements to receive acoustic signals based on an acoustic wave propagated from an object is disposed on a two-dimensional surface, the plurality of receiving elements being divided into a plurality of receiving element groups including at least one receiving element respectively; a corrector that corrects signals received by the receiver; and a processor that acquires characteristic information in the object using the signals corrected by the corrector, wherein the receiver receives the acoustic signals for each of the plurality of receiving element groups with a time difference, and acquires the received signals, and the corrector corrects a time-based deviation. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160192084 | ULTRASONIC OPERATION OF A MICROELECTROMECHANICAL MICROPHONE - Detection of audible and ultrasonic signals is provided by a microelectromechanical microphone. The detection range of ultrasonic signals can be configurable. In certain embodiments, the microelectromechanical microphone can include a band-pass sigma-delta modulator that can generate a digital signal representative of an ultrasonic signal. In addition or in other embodiments, the microelectromechanical microphone can include an event detector device that can determine that an ultrasonic event has occurred and, in response, can send a control signal to an external device. Detection of ultrasonic signals can be utilized in vehicular applications and/or gesture recognition. | 06-30-2016 |
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| 20100110836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BATS AND THEIR IMPACT ON WIND FACILITIES - The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting bats from a remote location. In one aspect the invention provides a bat detection system comprising an upper detection unit connected to a base computer unit. The upper detection unit can be positioned on a vertical structure, and a second lower detection unit, or additional detection units, can also be positioned on the vertical structure. Each detection unit comprises a housing which is connected to, and contains, an audio detector. The base computer unit is enclosed by a housing and comprises a data processor, a data storage device, and a remote communication interface device. The data processor is operatively connected to the data storage device, remote communication interface device, and the audio detectors of any detection units positioned on the vertical structure. The base computer unit communicates with a remote computer transferring information regarding the bat sounds detected by the detection units. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20120134237 | Unattended Ground Sensors - The present disclosure relates to unattended ground sensors for detecting the presence of a pedestrian or vehicle in a monitored area using seismic sensors. Networks of simple and inexpensive sensors are disclosed that may be rapidly deployed. The networks may be formed from a dense array of low cost ground sensors having low sensitivity. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120300589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BATS AND THEIR IMPACT ON WIND FACILITIES - The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting bats from a remote location. In one aspect the invention provides a bat detection system comprising an upper detection unit connected to a base computer unit. The upper detection unit can be positioned on a vertical structure, and a second lower detection unit, or additional detection units, can also be positioned on the vertical structure. Each detection unit comprises a housing which is connected to, and contains, an audio detector. The base computer unit is enclosed by a housing and comprises a data processor, a data storage device, and a remote communication interface device. The data processor is operatively connected to the data storage device, remote communication interface device, and the audio detectors of any detection units positioned on the vertical structure. The base computer unit communicates with a remote computer transferring information regarding the bat sounds detected by the detection units. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130322215 | Acoustic Sensor With An Acoustic Object Detector For Reducing Power Consumption In Front-End Circuit - An acoustic object detector for detecting presence of an acoustic signal is provided. The acoustic object detector includes a number of bandpass filters. Each bandpass filter is configured to convert an input signal into an analog signal within a frequency band. The acoustic object detector also includes a number of spike generating circuits each coupled to the respective bandpass filter. Each spike generating circuit is configured to generate a series of spike signals based upon an adaptive threshold for the analog signal. The acoustic object detection further includes a decision circuit configured to generate a digital signal at a time-frequency point from the series of spike signals. | 12-05-2013 |
