Patents by Inventor Carlos Alejandro RAMOS CORDOVA

Carlos Alejandro RAMOS CORDOVA 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).

  • System, method, and processing module for detecting one or more objects in the seabed
    Patent number: 11796701
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, to methods, and to a processing module for detecting one or more objects in the seabed, wherein the detection of the one or more objects is based on the scattering of the at least one acoustic signal at the one or more objects. The system comprises an attachment structure (10). The attachment structure is intended to mechanically couple a signal source (20) and a plurality of receivers (30) to a vessel or to a propulsion unit. The system comprises the signal source (20) configured to emit at least one acoustic signal towards the seabed. A wavelength of the acoustic signal is adapted to an expected size of the one or more objects. The system comprises the plurality of receivers (30). A distance between adjacent receivers is at most half the wavelength of the acoustic signal. The plurality of receivers is configured to generate a receiver signal based on a scattering of the at least one acoustic signal at the one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Carlos Alejandro Ramos Cordova, Benedict Preu, Nikolas Stange, Volkhard Spiess, Stefan Wenau, Hanno Keil
  • System, method, and processing module for detecting one or more objects in the seabed
    Publication number: 20220107436
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, to methods, and to a processing module for detecting one or more objects in the seabed, wherein the detection of the one or more objects is based on the scattering of the at least one acoustic signal at the one or more objects. The system comprises an attachment structure (10). The attachment structure is intended to mechanically couple a signal source (20) and a plurality of receivers (30) to a vessel or to a propulsion unit. The system comprises the signal source (20) configured to emit at least one acoustic signal towards the seabed. A wavelength of the acoustic signal is adapted to an expected size of the one or more objects. The system comprises the plurality of receivers (30). A distance between adjacent receivers is at most half the wavelength of the acoustic signal. The plurality of receivers is configured to generate a receiver signal based on a scattering of the at least one acoustic signal at the one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos Alejandro RAMOS CORDOVA, Benedict PREU, Nikolas STANGE, Volkhard SPIESS, Stefan WENAU, Hanno KEIL