Object detecting system using ultrasonic waves
First Claim
1. An object detecting system comprising:
- an ultrasonic transducer element array comprising first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements;
a first means for intermittently supplying burst driving pulses to said ultrasonic transducer elements at different times in each of successive intermittent periods; and
a second means coupled between each of said first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements and said first means for applying said burst driving pulses to said first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements, successively, said second means comprising first to N-th delay circuits which delay applying said burst driving pulses to said ultrasonic transducer elements, said first to N-th delay circuits giving different delay time periods, respectively, so that said delay time periods are successively longer in the order from said first delay circuit to said N-th delay circuit, and each of said ultrasonic transducer elements being supplied with the burst driving pulse through two kinds of said delay circuits connected in parallel in such a manner that M-th number of said ultrasonic transducer elements is coupled with M-th and (N-M+1)-th delay circuits, with M being a number from one to N.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An object detecting system including an ultrasonic transducer element array including first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements, a first means for intermittently supplying burst driving pulses to the ultrasonic transducer elements at different times in each of successive intermittent periods. Also, the object detecting system includes a second means coupled between each of the first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements and the first means for applying the burst driving pulses to the first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements, successively. The second means includes first to N-th delay circuits which delay applying the burst driving pulses to the ultrasonic transducer elements with the first to N-th delay circuits giving different delay time periods, respectively, so that the delay time periods are successively longer in the order from the first delay circuit to the N-th delay circuit and each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is supplied with the burst driving pulse through two kinds of the delay circuits connected in parallel in such a manner that the M-th number of the ultrasonic transducer elements is coupled with the M-th and (N-M+1) th delay circuits, with M being a number from one to N.
-
Citations
5 Claims
-
1. An object detecting system comprising:
-
an ultrasonic transducer element array comprising first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements; a first means for intermittently supplying burst driving pulses to said ultrasonic transducer elements at different times in each of successive intermittent periods; and a second means coupled between each of said first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements and said first means for applying said burst driving pulses to said first to N-th ultrasonic transducer elements, successively, said second means comprising first to N-th delay circuits which delay applying said burst driving pulses to said ultrasonic transducer elements, said first to N-th delay circuits giving different delay time periods, respectively, so that said delay time periods are successively longer in the order from said first delay circuit to said N-th delay circuit, and each of said ultrasonic transducer elements being supplied with the burst driving pulse through two kinds of said delay circuits connected in parallel in such a manner that M-th number of said ultrasonic transducer elements is coupled with M-th and (N-M+1)-th delay circuits, with M being a number from one to N. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
Specification