Patents Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as represented by Secretary of the Army
  • Patent number: 5995451
    Abstract: The invention is a processor based analysis system with appropriate interface that includes multiple fish surrogates that each have a plurality of piezoelectric and triaxial accelerometer sensors for emulating sensory organs of a particular fish. The multiple fish surrogate array is immersed in flowing water intakes of a hydraulic structures such as intakes, intake bypasses, and diversion structures, and natural geological formation such as riffles, shoal areas, and pools. The invention is an interface system for data acquisition analysis and perspective display of acoustic and fluid dynamic data in or near these hydraulic structures and/or natural formations. To accomplish this, multiple sensors in each of the fish-shaped surrogate physical enclosures that form the array are deployed at the same time to describe a fish's aquatic environment at the hydraulic structure location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as represented by Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: James G. Evans, Falih H. Ahmad, Richard Wayne Haskins, John M. Nestler