An ultrasonic obstacle detector based on phase beamforming principles

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Stra̧kowski, Marcin R ^b   Kosmowski, Bogdan B ^a,b,c,d   Kowalik, Ryszard ^b,d   Wierzba, Paweł ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c TUG   (Austria)

^d SPIE ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Array signal processing; Beamforming; Navigation aid; Ultrasonic obstacle detector

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; BEAMFORMING; NAVIGATION AID; ULTRASONIC OBSTACLE DETECTOR;

DETECTORS; MICROPHONES; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

EID: 31144439575     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.856129     Document Type: Article

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