ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,839, issued on July 1, was assigned to NAVICO INC. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Sonar system with adjusted beam" was invented by Jayme Caspall (Tulsa, Okla.) and Dustyn P. Pendergraft (Claremore, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sonar systems and related methods are provided. A sonar system includes a transducer array having a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis disposed perpendicularly thereto. A processor is operative to associate signals with a plurality of transducers in the transducer array so as to form a first acoustic beam, which propagates in a beam first direction and has a first beam width in a first transverse plane. The first...