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JP2003202370A5
JP2003202370A5 JP2001401798A JP2001401798A JP2003202370A5 JP 2003202370 A5 JP2003202370 A5 JP 2003202370A5 JP 2001401798 A JP2001401798 A JP 2001401798A JP 2001401798 A JP2001401798 A JP 2001401798A JP 2003202370 A5 JP2003202370 A5 JP 2003202370A5
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複数の振動子を配列したトランスデューサと、該トランスデューサの複数の振動子を駆動して、横方向または縦方向の複数方向へ超音波の送信ビームを形成する送信ビーム形成手段と、
前記トランスデューサの複数の振動子が受けた信号を制御して、受信ビームを形成する受信ビーム形成手段と、
を備え、前記横方向または縦方向の探知を行う超音波送受信装置において、
前記送信ビーム形成手段が、前記送信ビーム毎に前記振動子の駆動周波数を異ならせて、所定送信周波数の送信ビームを形成し、
前記受信ビーム形成手段が、前記送信ビームの前記送信周波数に対応した周波数成分を受信信号として抽出するようにした超音波送受信装置。
A transducer in which a plurality of transducers are arranged, and a transmission beam forming unit that drives the plurality of transducers of the transducers to form a transmission beam of ultrasonic waves in a plurality of horizontal or vertical directions;
Receiving beam forming means for controlling signals received by a plurality of transducers of the transducer to form a receiving beam;
In the ultrasonic transmitting and receiving apparatus that performs the detection in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction,
The transmission beam forming means forms a transmission beam having a predetermined transmission frequency by varying the driving frequency of the transducer for each transmission beam,
An ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus in which the reception beam forming means extracts a frequency component corresponding to the transmission frequency of the transmission beam as a reception signal.
前記送信ビーム形成手段は、前記送信ビーム毎に異なる周波数信号を同時に送信して送信ビームを形成するようにした請求項1に記載の超音波送受信装置。  The ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission beam forming unit forms a transmission beam by simultaneously transmitting different frequency signals for each of the transmission beams. 前記送信ビーム形成手段は、送信ビームの形成期間中に前記送信ビーム毎に時分割して送信ビームを形成し、前記受信ビーム形成手段は、前記送信ビームの形成期間に続く受信ビーム形成期間に受信信号を抽出するようにした請求項1に記載の超音波送受信装置。  The transmit beam forming means forms a transmit beam by time-sharing for each transmit beam during a transmit beam forming period, and the receive beam forming means receives a receive beam forming period following the transmit beam forming period. The ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a signal is extracted. 前記複数方向への送信ビームは、それぞれティルト角の異なった複数の横方向へ向く送信ビームである請求項1、2または3に記載の超音波送受信装置。  The ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission beams in the plurality of directions are transmission beams directed in a plurality of lateral directions having different tilt angles. 前記複数方向への送信ビームは、横方向へ向く送信ビームと、縦方向へ向く送信ビームである請求項1、2または3に記載の超音波送受信装置。  The ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission beams in the plurality of directions are a transmission beam directed in a horizontal direction and a transmission beam directed in a vertical direction. 前記横方向へ向く送信ビームは、ティルト角の異なる複数の送信ビームである、または、前記縦方向へ向く送信ビームは、方位角の異なる複数の縦方向へ向く送信ビームである、請求項5に記載の超音波送受信装置。  6. The transmission beam directed in the lateral direction is a plurality of transmission beams having different tilt angles, or the transmission beam directed in the vertical direction is a transmission beam directed in a plurality of vertical directions having different azimuth angles. The ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus described. 前記送信ビーム形成手段は、前記振動子に与えるべき駆動信号の波形をパルス幅変調した信号として生成する手段と、該パルス幅変調された信号をアナログ信号に変換するとともに増幅して前記振動子を駆動する手段とから構成し、
前記受信ビーム形成手段は、前記振動子による受信信号を増幅し、ディジタル信号に変換する手段と、前記ディジタル信号に対して、受信ビームの方向を定める位相制御演算を施す手段と、前記送信周波数の成分を抽出するフィルタ演算を施す手段とから構成した、請求項1〜6のいずれかに記載の超音波送受信装置。
The transmission beam forming means includes means for generating a waveform of a drive signal to be given to the vibrator as a pulse width modulated signal, and converts the pulse width modulated signal into an analog signal and amplifies the vibrator to convert the vibrator. And means for driving,
The reception beam forming means includes means for amplifying a signal received by the vibrator and converting it to a digital signal, means for performing a phase control operation for determining the direction of the reception beam on the digital signal, and The ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus comprises: means for performing a filter operation for extracting a component.
複数の振動子を配列したトランスデューサと、該トランスデューサの複数の振動子を駆動して、横方向または縦方向の複数方向へ超音波の送信ビームを形成する送信ビーム形成手段と、
前記トランスデューサの複数の振動子が受けた信号を制御して、受信ビームを形成する受信ビーム形成手段と、
を備え、前記横方向または縦方向の探知を行う超音波送受信装置において、
前記トランスデューサは、円筒面上または球面上に前記複数の振動子を配列したものであり、
前記送信ビーム形成手段は、前記振動子に与えるべき駆動信号の波形をパルス幅変調した信号として生成する手段と、該パルス幅変調された信号をアナログ信号に変換するとともに増幅して前記振動子を駆動する手段とからなり、前記送信ビーム毎に前記振動子の駆動周波数を異ならせて、所定送信周波数の送信ビームを形成し、
前記受信ビーム形成手段は、前記振動子による受信信号を増幅し、ディジタル信号に変換する手段と、前記ディジタル信号に対して、受信ビームの方向を定める位相制御演算を施す手段と、前記送信周波数の成分を抽出するフィルタ演算を施す手段とからなり、前記送信ビームの前記送信周波数に対応した周波数成分を受信信号として抽出する超音波送受信装置。
A transducer in which a plurality of transducers are arranged, and a transmission beam forming unit that drives the plurality of transducers of the transducers to form a transmission beam of ultrasonic waves in a plurality of horizontal or vertical directions;
Receiving beam forming means for controlling signals received by a plurality of transducers of the transducer to form a receiving beam;
In the ultrasonic transmitting and receiving apparatus that performs the detection in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction,
The transducer is an array of the plurality of vibrators on a cylindrical surface or a spherical surface,
The transmission beam forming means includes means for generating a waveform of a drive signal to be given to the vibrator as a pulse width modulated signal, and converts the pulse width modulated signal into an analog signal and amplifies the vibrator to convert the vibrator. Comprising a means for driving, and by varying the drive frequency of the transducer for each transmission beam, forming a transmission beam of a predetermined transmission frequency,
The reception beam forming means includes means for amplifying a signal received by the vibrator and converting it to a digital signal, means for performing a phase control operation for determining the direction of the reception beam on the digital signal, and An ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus comprising: means for performing a filter operation for extracting a component, and extracting a frequency component corresponding to the transmission frequency of the transmission beam as a reception signal.
請求項1〜8のいずれかに記載の超音波送受信装置と、該超音波送受信装置の受信ビーム形成手段の制御により、前記送信ビーム内での探知すべき方位を順次走査して、各方位の受信信号から、前記送信ビームが形成する方向の探知画像データを求め、該探知画像データを表示する手段とを備えたスキャニングソナー。  The azimuth to be detected in the transmission beam is sequentially scanned by controlling the ultrasonic transmission / reception device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and the reception beam forming unit of the ultrasonic transmission / reception device. A scanning sonar comprising means for obtaining detection image data in a direction formed by the transmission beam from a received signal and displaying the detection image data. 複数の振動子を配列したトランスデューサと、A transducer in which a plurality of vibrators are arranged;
互いに異なる周波数にそれぞれ対応する前記トランスデューサの複数の振動子を前記互いに異なる周波数の探知信号でもってそれぞれ駆動して、横方向の広範囲探査領域に対しておよび縦方向の広範囲探査領域に対して超音波の送信ビームをそれぞれ形成する送信ビーム形成手段と、  A plurality of transducers of the transducer respectively corresponding to different frequencies are driven by detection signals of the different frequencies, respectively, and ultrasonic waves are applied to the horizontal wide area search area and the vertical wide area search area. Transmission beam forming means for forming the transmission beams of
前記トランスデューサの複数の振動子が受信した信号を制御して、前記横方向および縦方向の広範囲探査領域の互いに異なる方向にそれぞれ複数の受信ビームを形成し前記送信ビームの送信周波数に対応した周波数成分を受信信号として抽出する受信ビーム形成手段と、  A frequency component corresponding to the transmission frequency of the transmission beam by controlling signals received by a plurality of transducers of the transducer to form a plurality of reception beams in different directions in the horizontal and vertical wide range search areas, respectively. Receiving beam forming means for extracting as a received signal;
を備えた超音波送受信装置。  An ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus.
複数の振動子を配列したトランスデューサと、A transducer in which a plurality of vibrators are arranged;
互いに異なる周波数にそれぞれ対応する前記トランスデューサの複数の振動子を前記互いに異なる周波数の探知信号でもってそれぞれ駆動して、互いに異なる二方向の広範囲探査領域に対して超音波の送信ビームをそれぞれ形成する送信ビーム形成手段と、  A plurality of transducers of the transducer corresponding to different frequencies are driven by detection signals of different frequencies, respectively, and transmissions for forming ultrasonic transmission beams in two different wide-range exploration areas are transmitted. Beam forming means;
前記トランスデューサの複数の振動子が受信した信号を制御して、前記二方向の広範囲探査領域の互いに異なる方向にそれぞれ複数の受信ビームを形成し前記送信ビームの送信周波数に対応した周波数成分を受信信号として抽出する受信ビーム形成手段と、  By controlling signals received by a plurality of transducers of the transducer, a plurality of reception beams are formed in different directions in the two-way wide-range search region, and frequency components corresponding to the transmission frequencies of the transmission beams are received signals. Receiving beam forming means for extracting as:
を備えた超音波送受信装置。  An ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus.
複数の振動子を配列したトランスデューサと、A transducer in which a plurality of vibrators are arranged;
該トランスデューサの複数の振動子を駆動して、広範囲探査領域に対して超音波信号を送信する送信手段と、  Transmitting means for driving a plurality of transducers of the transducer to transmit an ultrasonic signal to a wide-range exploration region;
前記トランスデューサの複数の振動子が受信した信号を制御して、複数方向の広範囲探査領域においてそれぞれ互いに異なる方向に複数の受信ビームを形成する受信ビーム形成手段と、  Receiving beam forming means for controlling signals received by a plurality of transducers of the transducer to form a plurality of receiving beams in directions different from each other in a multi-directional wide range search region;
を備えた超音波送受信装置。  An ultrasonic transmission / reception apparatus.
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