|
|
Article: New Hampshire Inventors Develop Transducer Identification System
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 31, 2008
CopyrightCopyright © HT Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 31 -- Andrew M. Sifferman of Bedford, N.H., Frederic S. Boericke, II of Mount Vernon, N.H., and Stephen G. Boucher of Amherst, N.H., have developed an echosounder.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transducer identification system provides transducer characteristic information to an echosounder. The echosounder, in turn, utilizes the transducer characteristic information to alter its functionality or parameters to optimize its performance."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The transducer characteristic information can be any combination of the resonant frequencies of the transducer; the impedances of the ...