Ultrasonic Presence Sensors with Wide Range and High Local Resolution

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 202-211

  Magori, Valentin ^a   Walker, Heinz ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING - ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC PRESENCE SENSORS; WIDE RANGE/HIGH LOCAL RESOLUTION;

SENSORS;

EID: 0023310546     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-UFFC.1987.26933     Document Type: Article

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