Patent ID: 10495719

Abstract:
Methods and systems for determining the direction to at least one source contributing to a wave field. A wave field partial wave expansion (PWE) model is comprised of wave field partial wave functions (PWFs) and unknown PWE coefficients corresponding to the wave field PWFs. A source PWE model is comprised of source PWFs and source PWE coefficients corresponding to the source PWFs, the source PWE coefficients being expressed in terms of source PWFs of the directional coordinates of the source. A processor, using: the output signals from at least one sensor outputting signals consistent with Nyquist criteria representative of the wave field; a library of PWFs to determine at least one of the unknown PWE coefficients; and the source PWE model, determines directional coordinates of the source (wherein the number of floating point operations are reduced) and outputs the directional coordinates to a reporter configured for reporting information to humans.