Patent ID: 8625391

Claim:
A sonar transducer network for generating bistatic images of an observed-seabed comprising: a controller to generate a network time datum; a first transducer assembly including a first transducer to generate a ping within the observed seabed at a first ping time according to a first electrical signal; and a first transducer processor to receive a first electrical signal from the first transducer to generate the first transducer data, the first transducer data including a first ping time datum; at least one second transducer assembly, spaced apart from the first transducer assembly, the second transducer assembly including: a second transducer to receive and to convert the ping to a second electrical signal; and a second transducer processor to receive the second electrical signal from the second transducer to generate second transducer data, the second transducer data including a second ping time datum; and a network bus to communicate first transducer data and second transducer data with the controller, the controller to timestamp the first transducer data to include the first ping time according to the network time datum and the second transducer data to include the second ping time according to the network time datum.