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Patent US8155926 - Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a ... - Google Patents
Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner,...http://www.google.com/patents/US8155926?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8155926 - Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array
Publication number US8155926 B2
Application number US 12/345,432
Also published as CN101438259A, CN101438259B, EP1917533A2, EP1917533A4, EP1917533B1, EP3193512A1, US7472041, US20070050161, US20090234618, WO2007025123A2, WO2007025123A3
Publication number 12345432, 345432, US 8155926 B2, US 8155926B2, US-B2-8155926, US8155926 B2, US8155926B2
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42. The method of claim 33, wherein attenuation is conducted asymmetrically about a selected non-attenuation phase angle difference.
ΔθI=π·ƒ{√{square root over (s 2+4(D 2 +Ds·sin φN))}−√{square root over (s 2+4(D 2 −Ds·sin φN))}}/2c
Δ θ O = π · (  Δ θ I - π  π - Δθ I ·  Δ θ I + π  Δθ I + π ) · sin ( Δθ I 2 )
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U.S. Classification 702/189, 702/190, 702/191, 702/116
International Classification G01C25/00, G03F1/26