Patents by Inventor Benjamin R. Dzikowicz

Benjamin R. Dzikowicz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Spiral sonar
    Patent number: 11187801
    Abstract: An apparatus including a uniplanar sonar head. The uniplanar sonar head includes at least one probe element being configured to output cooperatively a unipolar spiral probe signal. The uniplanar sonar head includes at least one reference element being configured to output a circular reference signal. The uniplanar sonar head includes an acoustic receiver comprising an input channel being configured to receive a reflected unipolar spiral probe signal and a reflected circular reference signal. The apparatus includes a plurality of amplifiers communicating with the at least one probe element, the at least one reference element, and the acoustic receiver. The apparatus includes a processor cooperating with the plurality of amplifiers. The apparatus includes a computer-readable medium storing instructions including a target-detection method, which includes determining an angular position of the target based on the plurality of acoustic echoes received via the input channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Benjamin R. Dzikowicz
  • SPIRAL SONAR
    Publication number: 20190346564
    Abstract: An apparatus including a uniplanar sonar head. The uniplanar sonar head includes at least one probe element being configured to output cooperatively a unipolar spiral probe signal. The uniplanar sonar head includes at least one reference element being configured to output a circular reference signal. The uniplanar sonar head includes an acoustic receiver comprising an input channel being configured to receive a reflected unipolar spiral probe signal and a reflected circular reference signal. The apparatus includes a plurality of amplifiers communicating with the at least one probe element, the at least one reference element, and the acoustic receiver. The apparatus includes a processor cooperating with the plurality of amplifiers. The apparatus includes a computer-readable medium storing instructions including a target-detection method, which includes determining an angular position of the target based on the plurality of acoustic echoes received via the input channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Benjamin R. Dzikowicz