ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,374, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to R3VOX LTD.
"Hyperspectral sonar" was invented by Jens Steenstrup (Birkirkara, Malta), Christopher Tiemann (Austin, Texas), Peter Bilodeau (Austin, Texas), Mark Chun (Austin, Texas) and Kirk Hobart (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sonar survey system and method excites reflectors using a broadband message that excites all frequencies within the band providing for selection and evaluation of frequencies of interest after the survey is completed."
The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/387,873.
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