Title :
Electronically steered and focused forward-looking scan sonar
Author :
LeBlanc, Lester R. ; Cuschieri, Joseph M. ; Singer, Matthew R. ; Beaujean, Pierre-Philippe J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ocean Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA
Abstract :
A forward-looking sonar that generates side scan like, two dimensional high-resolution images of the sea floor has been developed and built for use by the new generation of autonomous underwater vehicles under development at Florida Atlantic University. The sonar can be used to locate sea floor and midwater targets
Keywords :
acoustic correlation; hydrophones; marine systems; object detection; sonar imaging; 2D high-resolution images; Florida Atlantic University; acoustic beamforming; autonomous underwater vehicles; cross-correlation; forward-looking scan sonar; hydrophone; signal processing; underwater target detection; Azimuth; Focusing; Image resolution; Oceans; Optical sensors; Sea floor; Sea measurements; Signal resolution; Sonar detection; Synthetic aperture sonar;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, 1996. AUV '96., Proceedings of the 1996 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3185-0
DOI :
10.1109/AUV.1996.532411
