Patent ID: 11971478
Assignee: NAVICO, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more sonar transducer elements comprises a plurality of sonar transducer elements, wherein the plurality of sonar transducer elements are configured to operate at a fixed phase shift and vary in frequency so as to beamform multiple sonar return beams between a first range of angles in the fore-to-aft direction and a second range of angles in the fore-to-aft direction, wherein the sonar image is a two-dimensional live sonar image that is formed of sonar return data from each of the multiple sonar return beams, wherein the sonar return data used to form the two-dimensional live sonar image was received at substantially a same time by the plurality of sonar transducer elements.