Patent Application: US-93593292-A

Abstract:
a diver navigation system which provides reliable position information to able a diver to locate and when required repair existing underwater devices such as cables , leg moorings and the like . the diver navigation system comprises a synchronous range - range navigation system operating on a repeating timing cycle , which is accurately duplicated in a master transmitter , a slave transmitter and a receiver . within the master and slave transmitter the timing cycle is subdivided into two equal approximately one second subcycles , the first subcycle being for the master transmitter and the second subcycle being for the slave transmitter . the master transmitter sends out a tone burst signal at the beginning of the first subcycle and the slave transmitter sends out a tone burst signal at the beginning of the second subcycle . each tone burst signal , in turn , comprises a 34 kilohertz signal followed by a 32 kilohertz signal each of which has a time period of approximately one millisecond . the tone bursts signals travel through water and arrive at the receiver delayed by a time period which is a function of range , temperature , pressure and the velocity of sound . the detection times for travel of the tone burst signals from the master transmitter and the slave transmitter are converted to range data by the receiver using the velocity of sound . the range - range data is then converted to x and y coordinates by the receiver using a baseline length which is the distance between the master transmitter and the slave transmitter .

Description:
referring to fig1 a diver navigation system 15 comprising a first or master transmitter 16 , a second or slave transmitter 17 and at least one receiver 18 is shown within its system operating area 19 . the system operating area 19 which is the area of coverage for diver navigation system 15 is a square of approximately 3000 feet by 3000 feet which is defined by x and y coordinates . the x coordinate of area 19 is the distance from transmitter 16 to transmitter 17 in feet which is defined as the baseline 21 , while the y coordinate of area 19 is the distance from baseline 21 in feet in a direction perpendicular to baseline 21 . referring to fig1 and 2 , each transmitter 16 and 17 comprises a digital signal processor 23 which has its pa1 input connected through a terminal strip tb1 and a switch 25 to ground . when switch 25 is in the closed position , thereby providing a logic zero to the pa1 input of digital signal processor 23 and the a control input of an analog multiplexer 29 , the circuit of fig2 functions as the master transmitter 16 . in a like manner , when switch 25 is open , thereby providing + 5 vdc through resistor r2 to the pa1 input of processor 23 and the a control input of multiplexer 29 , the circuit of fig2 functions as the slave transmitter 17 . referring to fig2 and 3 , during initialization of diver navigation system 15 , digital signal processor 23 reads its pa1 input and whenever the pa1 input is at the logic zero state , the circuit of fig2 generates a one millisecond sync pulse 30 , fig4 ( a ), which is used to synchronize transmitters 16 and 17 and receiver 18 of diver navigation system 15 . sync pulse 30 passes through multiplexer 29 and the synch in / out terminal of terminal strip tb1 to an external plug 31 . as is best illustrated by fig3 external plug 31 connects transmitter 16 to transmitter 17 and receiver 18 via a cable 33 so as to allow the sync pulse generated by transmitter 16 to pass through cable 33 and the sync in / out terminal of terminal strip tb1 to the x input / output of analog multiplexer 29 . since the a input of analog multiplexer is at the logic one state the synch pulse passes through multiplexer 29 to digital signal processor 23 of transmitter 17 thereby initializing processor 23 of transmitter 17 . referring to fig2 digital signal processor 23 is reset by a voltage regulator 34 which upon turning on power to diver navigation system 15 provides a logic zero to the reset input of processor 23 resetting processor 23 and then transitions to a logic one after processor 21 is reset . the sync pulse 30 of fig4 ( a ) is generated by processor 23 approximately every two seconds after digital signal processor 23 is reset . the sync pulse is then supplied through a nor gate 36 which inverts the sync pulse and a nand gate 38 which again inverts the sync pulse to the synch in / out terminal of terminal strip tb1 . digital signal processor 23 also generates a 2 . 000 megahertz clock signal at its e output which is a free running clock signal that has a frequency one fourth of the frequency the 8 . 000 megahertz clock signal supplied to the extal input of processor 23 by an oscillator 25 through an invertor 37 . the 2 . 000 megahertz clock signal generated by processor 23 is supplied to the clock input of a binary counter 39 . the l2 , l4 and l8 inputs of counter 39 are tied to ground . when digital signal processor 23 provides a logic one , fig5 ( a ), to the te input of binary counter 39 , counter 39 is enabled allowing counter 39 to either divide the 2 . 000 megahertz clock signal by fifteen or sixteen depending upon the value preset into counter 39 by a logic zero supplied to the / ld input of counter 39 . digital signal processor 21 first provides a logic one to the l1 input of counter 39 so as to preset binary counter 39 such that counter 39 will divide the 2 . 000 megahertz clock signal generated by processor 23 by fifteen . sync pulse 30 , fig4 ( a ), which is inverted by nor gate 41 , then loads the 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 respectively at the l1 - l8 inputs of counter 39 into counter 39 . binary counter 39 begins the count and continues to count until an overflow condition is reached , that is the q1 - q8 outputs are at the logic one state . when counter 39 overflows , counter 39 provides at its carry output ( co ) a logic one pulse which is supplied through nor gate 41 to the / ld input of counter 39 . this overflow pulse again loads the binary values at the l1 - l8 inputs of counter 39 into counter 39 . counter 15 will continue to divide the 2 . 000 megahertz clock signal by fifteen which results in a 133 . 333 kilohertz signal , fig5 ( c ) occurring at the q8 output of binary counter 39 . the 133 . 333 kilohertz signal of fig5 ( c ) is supplied to the clock input of a d flip - flop 43 which divides the signal by two which results in the 66 . 666 kilohertz signal of fig5 ( d ) occurring at the q output of d flip - flop 43 . in a like manner , d flip - flop 45 divider the 66 . 666 kilohertz signal of fig5 ( d ) which results in the 33 . 333 kilohertz signal of fig5 ( e ) occurring at the q output of d flip - flop 45 , thereby providing the 33 . 333 kilohertz component of the signal of fig5 ( i ). it should be noted that flip - flops 43 and 45 also shape the signal of fig5 ( e ) so that the signal of fig5 ( e ) has a fifty percent duty cycle . when the signal of fig5 ( b ) transitions from the logic one to the logic zero state , the first overflow pulse which occurs after the transition will load logic zeros into the l1 - l8 inputs of binary counter 39 . this results in binary counter 39 dividing the 2 . 000 megahertz clock signal by sixteen , thereby causing counter 39 to provide at its q8 output a 125 kilohertz signal , fig5 ( f ) which is then supplied to the clock input of d flip - flop 43 . flip - flop 43 , in turn , divides the 128 kilohertz signal by two resulting in the 62 . 5 kilohertz signal of fig5 ( g ) which is then supplied to the clock input of d flip - flop 45 . in a like manner , flip - flop 45 divides the 62 . 5 kilohertz signal by two resulting in the 31 . 25 kilohertz signal of fig5 ( h ) which is the 31 . 25 kilohertz component of the signal of fig5 ( i ). after two milliseconds , the signal of fig5 ( a ) transitions to the logic zero state disabling binary counter 39 and resetting flip - flops 43 and 45 , such that the q outputs of flip - flops 43 and 45 will remain at the logic zero state , until digital signal processor 23 generates another sync pulse 30 . the signal of 5 ( a ) is also supplied to the first inputs of nand gates 47 and , 48 , enabling nand gates 47 and 48 when the signal of fig5 ( a ) is at the logic one state and disabling nand gates 47 and 48 when the signal of fig5 ( a ) is at the logic zero state . it should be noted that the transmitter circuit of fig2 includes a mercury switch 49 which is closed when transmitters 16 and 17 are in a horizontal position and when closed connects the first inputs of nand gates 47 and 48 to ground thereby disabling nand gates 47 and 48 . the signal of fig5 ( i ), which occurs at the q output of flip - flop 45 is supplied to the second input of nand gate 47 which inverts the signal and supplies the signal to an invertor 51 which again inverts and then supplies the signal of fig5 ( i ) to the gate of a field effect transistor 53 . in a like manner , the signal of fig5 ( j ), which occurs at the not q output of flip - flop 45 , is supplied to the second input of nand gate 48 which inverts the signal and supplies the signal to an invertor 55 which again inverts and then supplies the signal of fig5 ( j ) to the gate of a field effect transistor 57 . the drains of field effect transistors 57 and 53 are respectively connected to the first and second terminals of the primary winding of a center tap transformer 59 which functions as a push pull transformer . since the signals of fig5 ( i ) and 5 ( j ) are one hundred eighty degrees out of phase , a logic one is alternatively applied to the gate of transistor 53 and transistor 57 thereby energizing in phase opposition the primary winding 58 of transformer 59 . the secondary side 60 of transformer 59 , which is electrically coupled to a transducer 61 drives transducer 61 by supplying to transducer 61 an approximately nine hundred volt peak to peak sinusoidal signal having the two frequency components of the signal of fig5 ( j ). in response to this sinusoidal signal provided by transformer 59 , transducer 61 transmits acoustically the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ). the tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ), in turn , has a frequency component of approximately 33 . 33 kilohertz , followed by a frequency component of approximately 31 . 25 kilohertz with each component having a time period of approximately one millisecond . transmitter 17 operates in exactly the same manner as transmitter 16 except that the sync pulse 32 , fig4 ( c ), generated by transmitter 17 is delayed by approximately one second , thereby delaying the tone burst signal , fig4 ( d ), generated by transmitter 17 by approximately one second . at this time it should be noted that the digital signal processor 23 is a motorola model mc68hc11a1 8 - bit microcontroller , binary counter 39 is a national semiconductor model m74hc161 synchronous binary counter , analog multiplexer 29 is a national semiconductor model cd4052 dual 4 - channel analog multiplexer / demultiplexer , transformer 59 is a coast magnetics model 30915 transformer and transducer 61 is an international transducer corporation model itc3176 transducer . referring to fig6 there is shown the analog receiver circuit 70 which comprises a transducer / hydrophone 73 adapted to receive the tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) from transmitter 16 and the tone burst signal of fig4 ( d ) from transmitter 17 . the tone burst signal is next converted to an electrical sinusoidal signal having a one millisecond 33 . 33 kilohertz component followed by a one millisecond 31 . 25 kilohertz component as is best illustrated by fig7 ( a ). the signal of fig7 ( a ) is supplied to a transformer 75 which amplifies the signal of fig7 ( a ) by a factor of five . the sinusoidal signal is next supplied to an amplifier circuit 77 which amplifies the signal by a factor of approximately 617 in accordance with the following expression : ## equ1 ## where r f is the value of resistor r2 , r s is the value of resistor r4 and g m is a transconductance of 7 × 10 - 3 for field effect transducer 78 . this , in turn , results in an overall gain of approximately 70 db for the signal of fig7 ( a ). the amplified signal , which occurs at the output of operational amplifier 79 and which is shown in fig7 ( b ), is clipped by diodes 81 and 83 with the voltage range for the signal of fig7 ( c ) being between 0 and 0 . 7 vdc as is best illustrated by fig7 ( c ). the clipped signal of fig7 ( c ) is next supplied to the input of a frequency shift key demodulator 85 . demodulator 85 , in turn , provides a logic one to zero transition , fig7 ( d ), at its ldo output whenever the signal of fig7 ( c ) is within the frequency range of approximately 30 - 35 kilohertz . demodulator 85 also provides at its do output a logic zero to one transition whenever there is a transition from approximately 34 . 1 kilohertz to 32 kilohertz as is best illustrated in fig7 ( f ). the signal of fig7 ( d ) is next supplied to invertor 87 which inverts the signal of fig7 ( d ), thereby providing a lock detect ( lok ) signal , fig7 ( h ), via terminal strip p1 to the digital receiver circuit 91 . the signal of fig7 ( f ) is next supplied to invertor 89 which inverts the signal of fig7 ( f ), thereby providing a frequency shift key ( fsk ) signal , fig7 ( g ), via terminal strip p1 to the digital receiver circuit 91 . referring to fig8 digital receiver circuit 91 includes a microprocessor 93 which processes the tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) provided by master transmitter 16 and the tone burst signal of fig4 ( d ) provided by slave transmitter 17 to determine the x -- y coordinate position of receiver 18 within area 19 , fig1 . the program for the software used by microprocessor 93 is stored in erasable programmable red only memory ( eprom ) 94 . in addition , data and system operating parameters for diver navigation system 15 are stored in a random access memory ( ram ) 95 within the digital receiver circuit 91 of fig8 a , 8b and 8c . a sixteen bit address bus 96 and an eight bit address - data bus 97 are used to transfer addressing from microprocessor 93 to eprom 94 and ram 95 . eight bit address - data bus 97 is also used to transfer data from eprom 94 to microprocessor 93 and to transfer data between microprocessor 93 and ram 94 . the eprom 94 used in receiver circuit 91 is an intel 27128a 16k word × 8 bit erasable prom . the ram used in receiver circuit 91 is a hitachi hm628128 128k × 16 bit cmos static ram . addressing for the 16k word program stored within eprom 94 is provided from the pc0 - pc7 inputs / outputs of microprocessor 93 through an octal d - type latch 98 to the ao - a7 inputs of eprom 94 . when microprocessor 93 provides an address strobe logic one signal to the enable input of latch 98 , the eight bit address at the 1d - 8d inputs of latch 98 are latched to the q1 - q8 outputs of latch 98 . logic ones provided at the p6 and p7 outputs of microprocessor 93 are supplied to the inputs of a nand gate 99 via address bus 96 . nand gate 99 responsive to the logic ones provided to the inputs thereof supplies a logic zero to the chip enable (/ ce ) input of eprom 94 enabling eprom 94 . this , in turn , will allow eprom 94 to retrieve the program instruction at the location in memory addressed by microprocessor 93 when the output enable (/ oe ) input of eprom 94 is brought to the logic zero state . microprocessor 93 also generates a 2 . 000 megahertz clock signal at its e output which is a free running clock signal that has a frequency one fourth of the frequency the 8 . 000 megahertz clock signal supplied to the extal input of microprocessor 93 by an oscillator 100 through an invertor 101 . the two megahertz clock signal is then supplied to the first inputs of nand gates 102 and 103 . when the r / w output of microprocessor 93 transitions to the logic one state indicating that a read operation is to be processed , the next clock pulse of the two megahertz clock signal when supplied to the second input of nand gate 102 causes the output of nand gate 102 to transition to the logic zero state thereby providing a logic zero to the enable input of eprom 94 which enables the q1 - q8 outputs of eprom 94 . this , in turn , allows the eight bit word program instruction stored at the address supplied to the a0 - a7 address inputs of eprom 94 to be read from eprom 94 and supplied to the pc0 - pc7 inputs / outputs of microprocessor 93 for processing thereby . ram 95 is addressed by microprocessor 93 with the least significant bits of each address being first supplied to the a0 - a7 inputs of latch 98 and then being provided by latch 98 to the a0 - a7 inputs of ram 95 whenever latch 98 receives an address strobe signal from microprocessor 93 . the most significant bits of each address are , in turn , supplied by microprocessor 93 directly to the a8 - a15 inputs of ram 95 . whenever microprocessor 93 provides at its read / not write ( r / w ) output a logic zero a write operation is to be performed by ram 95 , that is data , fig9 ( f ), supplied to the q1 - q8 inputs / outputs of ram 95 is to be stored in ram 95 at the address , fig9 ( a ), provided to a0 - a15 inputs . the logic zero provided by microprocessor 93 is supplied to the second input of nand gate 102 disabling nand gate 102 such that a logic one , fig9 ( b ), is provided to the not output enable (/ oe ) input of ram 95 . the logic zero provided by microprocessor 93 is also supplied to a nand gate 104 which inverts the logic zero so as to provide a logic one to the second input of nand gate 103 thereby enabling nand gate 103 . the next clock pulse of the two megahertz clock signal occurring after this logic zero to one transition will result in a logic zero , fig9 ( e ), being supplied to the not write enable (/ we ) input of ram 95 . this , in turn , results in ram 95 writing the eight bit data word , fig9 ( f ), at the q1 - q8 inputs / outputs thereof into the address , fig9 ( a ), supplied to the a0 - a15 inputs of ram 95 . similarly , whenever microprocessor 93 provides at its r / w output a logic one a read operation is to be performed by ram 95 , that is data stored at the address , fig1 ( a ), provided to a0 - a15 inputs of ram 95 is to be read from ram 95 and then supplied to the q1 - q8 inputs / outputs of ram 95 . the logic one provided by microprocessor 93 is supplied to the second input of nand gate 102 enabling nand gate 102 such that the next clock pulse of the two megahertz clock signal occurring after nand gate 102 is enabled results in a logic zero , fig1 ( d ), at the / oe input of ram 95 . this , in turn , allows ram 95 to read the eight bit data word stored at the address , fig1 ( a ), supplied to the a0 - a15 inputs of ram 95 from memory to the q1 - q8 inputs / outputs of ram 95 . referring to fig8 a , 8b and 8c the two megahertz clock signal provided at the e output of microprocessor 93 is supplied through an invertor 108 to the clock input of a jk flip - flop 109 which divides the signal by two resulting in a one megahertz clock signal occurring at the q output of jk flip - flop 109 . the one megahertz clock signal is then supplied to the clock input of a binary counter 110 , the clock input of a binary counter 111 and the clock input of a d flip - flop 112 . the fsk signal of fig7 ( g ) is supplied to the reset input of binary counter 110 enabling counter 110 which begins a binary count in response to the one megahertz clock signal supplied to the clock input of counter 110 . after a binary count of 256 or approximately 250 microseconds a pulse , fig7 ( j ), occurs the q9 output . the pulse of fig7 ( j ) is then supplied to the pa1 input of microprocessor 93 as an interrupt indicating to microprocessor 93 that a valid fsk tone burst signal has been detected by digital receiver circuit 91 . however , when the signal of fig7 ( g ) fails to remain at the logic zero state for at least 250 microseconds counter 110 is reset which results in the q9 output of counter 110 remaining at the logic zero state , thereby indicating to microprocessor 93 that digital receiver circuit 91 has not detected a valid fsk tone burst signal . referring to fig8 a , 8b , 8c and 14 there is shown a lock detect circuit 113 which operates in accordance with the state diagram of fig1 . lock detect circuit 113 , in turn , provides a one microsecond pulse , fig7 ( i ) as an interrupt to the pa2 input of microprocessor 93 indicating to microprocessor 93 that a valid lock detect signal has been detected by digital receiver circuit 91 . as is best illustrated by fig1 , during state s0 lock detect circuit , 113 will remain reset until the logic one signal of fig7 ( h ) is provided from frequency shift key demodulator 85 through invertor 118 , which inverts the signal of fig7 ( h ) to the k input of flip - flop 114 resulting in logic zeros at the j and k inputs of flip - flop 114 . the logic zero occurring at the output of invertor 118 is also supplied to nor gate 126 thereby enabling nor gate 126 such that nor gate 126 will provide a logic one to the d input of flip - flop 112 which is then clocked to the q output of flip - flop 112 causing the not q output of flip - flop 112 to change to the logic zero state thereby enabling counter 111 . after a binary count of 1024 or approximately 1000 microseconds , counter 111 provides at its q11 output the one microsecond pulse of fig7 ( i ) which is supplied to the first input of nor gate 120 and the j input of flip - flop 114 . since the k input of flip - flop 114 is already at the logic zero state , the q output of flip - flop 114 will transition from the logic zero state to the logic one state , remain at the logic one state for one microsecond in response to the one megahertz clock signal and then return to the logic zero state as shown by the waveform of fig7 ( i ). as is best illustrated by the state diagram of fig1 , lock detect circuit 113 will reset , that is transition from state s1 to state s0 , if lock detect circuit does not detect the logic one of fig7 ( h ) for a time period of at least 1000 microseconds . whenever lock detect circuit 113 detects the logic one signal of fig7 ( h ) for the predetermined time period of approximately 1000 microseconds , lock detect circuit 113 transitions from state s1 to state s2 providing to microprocessor 93 the one microsecond pulse of fig7 ( i ) indicative of a valid lock detect . lock detect circuit 113 next transitions from state s2 to state s0 during which lock detect circuit 113 is reset . digital receiver circuit 91 also includes a line driver 128 which drives light emitting diodes 129 , 130 and 131 . light emitting diode 129 indicates the presence of a valid fsk signal , fig7 ( j ), light emitting diode 130 indicates the presence of a valid lock detect signal fig7 ( i ) and light emitting diode 131 which is electrically coupled to the not q output of d flip - flop 116 indicates that the lock detect circuit 113 is processing the state s0 - s1 - s2 cycle illustrated in fig1 . referring to fig6 a , 8b , and 8c an external battery 74 is used to provide power to the digital and analog components of circuits 70 and 91 . battery 74 is connected to oscillator 100 supplying power to oscillator 100 and a dc / dc converter power supply 76 which converts 12 vdc to + 5 vdc and then supplies the + 5 vdc to the digital components of digital receiver circuit 91 . the + 5 vdc is also supplied to a dc / dc convertor 78 which provides + 12 vdc and - 12 vdc to the analog components of analog receiver circuit 70 and a voltage reference integerated circuit 80 which supplies a dc reference voltage to the analog to digital converter circuitry of microprocessor 93 . analog receiver circuit 70 includes a battery 82 which supplies a voltage of approximately 3 . 8 vdc to a voltage detector 84 . voltage detector 84 , in turn , monitors the + 5 vdc supplied to ram 95 by voltage regulator 76 and whenever this voltage drops below a predetermined detection voltage of approximately 4 vdc battery 82 is used to supply power to ram 95 and thereby preserve stored data . referring to fig8 data provided to receiver 18 from an external computer , not shown , is supplied serially through a terminal strip j3 and the serial data in line to the r1 input of a transmitter / receiver 132 which converts the data from the rs - 232 industry standard protocol to ttl / cmos compatible digital data . the digital data is then supplied to serial data input pd0 of microprocessor 93 for processing thereby . similarly , serial data which is ttl / cmos compatible is provided from microprocessor 93 to the t1 input of transmitter / receiver 132 for conversion to the rs - 232 protocol . the rs - 232 compatible data is next supplied serially to the d2 input / output of an analog switch 133 for transmission to the external computer . the d2 input / output of switch 133 is electrically connected to the s2 input / output of switch 133 when the wr input is at the logic zero state and microprocessor 93 provides a logic one to the a2 address input of switch 133 allowing the serial data to be transmitted from microprocessor 93 to the external computer . during initialization of diver navigation system 15 the sync pulses of fig4 ( a ) are supplied from master transmitter 16 through cable 33 to terminal strip j3 of digital receiver circuit 91 . when microprocessor 93 provides logic zeros to the a and b control inputs of analog multiplexer 107 , multiplexer 107 electrically connects its x0 input / output to its x input / output allowing the sync pulses 30 of fig4 ( a ) to pass through multiplexer 107 to the pa0 input of microprocessor 93 so as to effect the initialization of diver navigation system 15 . in a similar manner , during initialization of diver navigation system 15 the tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) is provided from master transmitter 16 through cable 33 and terminal strip j3 to the s1 input / output of switch 133 . a logic zero provided by microprocessor 93 which is inverted to a logic one by invertor 134 electrically connects the s1 input / output of switch 133 to the d1 input / output of switch 133 allowing the signal of fig4 ( b ) to pass through switch 133 and inverters 134 and 135 to the input of a frequency shift key demodulator 85 for processing by demodulator 85 . it should be noted that during initialization of diver navigation system 15 the signals of fig4 ( c ) and 4 ( d ) provided by slave transmitter 17 are processed in exactly the same manner by receiver 18 as the signals of fig4 ( a ) and 4 ( b ). it should also be noted that the analog multiplexer 107 used in circuit 91 is a national semiconductor model cd4040 dual 4 - channel analog multiplexer / demultiplexer and that the analog switch 133 used in circuit 91 is an analog devices model ad7590d1 analog switch . it should further be noted that demodulator 85 is an exar model xr - 2211 fsk demodulator / tone decoder which is a phase - locked loop system consisting of a phase - locked loop for tracking an input signal , a quarature phase detector which provides carrier detection and an fsk voltage comparator which provides fsk demodulation . referring to fig2 and 12 , during program step 151 , diver navigation system 15 is in the configuration illustrated in fig3 allowing for the initialization of slave transmitter 17 and receiver 18 . when switch 25 is in the closed position , thereby providing a logic zero to the pa1 input of digital signal processor 23 and the a control input of an analog multiplexer 29 , the circuit of fig2 is master transmitter 16 ( program steps 143 ). during program step 144 master transmitter 16 generates the synch pulses 30 of fig4 ( a ) and the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) which are used to synchronize diver navigation system 15 . when switch 25 is open , the circuit of fig2 is slave transmitter 17 . transmitter 17 then waits for the signal of fig4 ( a ) and upon receiving the signal of fig4 ( a ) initializes internal timers within microprocessor 23 and begins to generate the synch pulses 32 of fig4 ( c ) and the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( d ) which are also used to synchronize diver navigation system 15 ( program steps 145 - 147 ). referring to fig8 a , 8b , 8c , 11 , 13a and 13b during program step 151 microprocessor 93 initializes internal timers and sets up arrays to collect data and performs a system check . microprocessor 93 then provides a &# 34 ; ucas &# 34 ; ( underwater coordinate acquisition system ) message in digital format to a liquid crystal display 115 for display thereby ( program step 153 ). liquid crystal display 115 , in turn , comprises four liquid crystal display elements 117 , 119 , 121 and 122 and three liquid crystal display drivers 123 , 125 and 127 . liquid crystal display element 117 is electrically connected to liquid crystal display driver 123 ; liquid crystal display element 119 is electrically connected to liquid crystal display driver 125 and liquid crystal display elements 121 and 122 are electrically connected to liquid crystal display driver 127 . after a warm - up of approximately five minutes which allows diver navigation system 15 to stabilize including oscillators 35 and 100 , the diver navigation systems 15 is then configured as shown in fig3 . during program step 155 receiver 18 is in a &# 34 ; sync &# 34 ; mode , that is receiver 18 is waiting for sync pulse 30 , fig4 ( a ), from the master transmitter 16 which is transmitted through cable 33 and an analog multiplexer 107 to the pa0 input of microprocessor 93 . when microprocessor 93 receives the first sync pulse 30 ( program step 157 ) from master transmitter 16 , microprocessor 93 resets internal timers within ram 95 ( program step 159 ) which is an integral step of the synchronization of diver navigation system 15 . it should be noted that when synchronization of diver navigation system 15 is complete master transmitter 16 , slave transmitter 17 and receiver 18 are at time which is defined as time equal to zero . during program step 161 , microprocessor 93 calculates offsets for the master transmitter 17 and the slave transmitter 18 . when the master transmitter 17 , the slave transmitter 18 and the receiver 19 are configured as shown in fig3 there is , for example , a delay or offset which occurs between the synch pulses of fig4 ( a ) and 4 ( c ) ( illustrated by the waveform of fig7 ( k ) and the generation of the lock detect signal of fig7 ( i ) which may be for example 1040 microseconds . there is also a delay or offset which occurs between the synch pulses of fig4 ( a ) and 4 ( c ) and the generation of the fsk detect signal of fig7 ( j ) which may be for example 290 microseconds . the delay is primarily due to detector 85 filtering parameters . it should be noted that five samples are used to calculate the offsets which are averaged for the five samples . if the offsets are determined to be within acceptable limits ( program step 163 ) than liquid crystal display 115 displays the message &# 34 ; good sp &# 34 ; ( good sync pulse ) indicative of completion of the synchronization process for diver navigation system 15 ( program step 165 ). the offsets are stored in ram 95 and diver navigation system 15 is placed in the baseline mode of operation ( program step 167 ). during the baseline mode of operation for diver navigation system 15 the master transmitter 16 and the slave transmitter 17 are placed a predetermined distance apart which may be up to 3000 feet as is best illustrated by fig1 . liquid crystal display 115 displays the message &# 34 ; do bl &# 34 ; ( do baseline ), the baseline is calculated by receiver 18 and followed by liquid crystal display 115 displaying the message &# 34 ; good bl &# 34 ; which indicates that the baseline is within acceptable limits ( program steps 169 - 177 ). during the baseline mode of operation a diver electrically connects the receiver 18 to either the master transmitter 16 or the slave transmitter 17 via a short cable approximately one foot , not shown . the action of plugging in the one foot cable by the diver signals the receiver microprocessor 93 that baseline calculations should commence ( program step 171 ). the receiver 18 then calculates the acoustic transmission time from the master transmitter 16 to receiver 18 and in a like manner from the slave transmitter 17 to receiver 18 . it should be noted that for the purpose of establishing the baseline signal ( program step 171 ), the tone burst fsk signal is provided electrically from the output of nor gate 63 through terminal strip tb1 of the transmitter 16 to terminal strip j2 of digital receiver circuit 91 . it should also be noted that the baseline calculation is determined by a statistical average ( approximately ten calculations ) with a standard deviation not to exceed two feet for three consecutive readings . once the baseline is established ( program step 177 ) receiver 18 is placed in the x -- y coordinate mode of operation ( program step 179 ). in the x -- y mode of operation , receiver 18 is electrically disconnected from either master transmitter 16 or slave transmitter 17 . during program step 181 microprocessor 93 checks for a priority interrupt from an external computer to either transmit data such as the measurement data set forth in appendix b to the external computer or to receive data from the external computer . if , for example , the command provided is a dump command microprocessor 93 will transfer the data of appendix a from ram 93 to the external computer ( program steps 205 - 207 ). during program step 183 microprocessor 93 determines whether a new cycle ( consisting of two one second subcycles ) is to be processed , that is microprocessor 93 determines when the time interval for reception of the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) by receiver 18 from master transmitter 16 and the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( d ) by receiver 18 from slave transmitter 17 ( program step 183 ) is complete . microprocessor 93 then process the fsk tone burst signals from master transmitter 16 and slave transmitter 17 to determine the range of receiver 18 from master transmitter 16 and slave transmitter 17 . during program step 185 microprocessor 93 calculates for each cycle the temperature of the water based upon data provided by a temperature probe 186 , fig6 the depth at which diver navigation system 15 is positioned based upon data provided by a pressure probe 188 , fig6 and the velocity of sound in seawater which is computed from temperature and depth . during program step 187 , microprocessor 93 determines whether or not receiver 18 has processed a range for both the master transmitter 16 and the slave transmitter 17 . range for master transmitter 16 is , for example , determined by the time of flight of the tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) from transmitter 16 to receiver 18 divided by the velocity of sound in seawater . in a like manner , range for slave transmitter 17 is determined by the time of flight of the tone burst signal of fig4 ( d ) from transmitter 17 to receiver 18 divided by the velocity of sound in seawater . when a range is provided for both master transmitter 16 and slave transmitter 17 , microprocessor 93 calculates the x coordinate and the y coordinate position for receiver 18 ( program step 193 ). during program step 195 , the x coordinate position of receiver 18 is displayed by liquid crystal display element 119 , the y coordinate position of receiver 18 is displayed by liquid crystal display element 117 , the depth of receiver 18 is displayed by element 121 , a fixed number is displayed by liquid crystal display element 122 and quality indicators are displayed by light emitting diodes d1 , d2 and d3 . range may be determined for master transmitter 16 when microprocessor 93 , for example , receives only a lock detect pulse , fig7 ( i ), from lock detect circuit 113 . this is defined by the software of for microprocessor 93 as a &# 34 ; type two &# 34 ; range detection . in a like manner , range may be determined for master transmitter 16 when microprocessor 93 receives only a fsk detect pulse , fig7 ( j ) from counter 110 . this is defined by the software of for microprocessor 93 as a &# 34 ; type three &# 34 ; range detection . when microprocessor 93 receives both the lock detect pulse fig7 ( i ), and the fsk detect pulse , fig7 ( j ) a &# 34 ; type one &# 34 ; range detection is being processed by microprocessor 93 . &# 34 ; type four &# 34 ; range detection is defined by the use of range replacement data when microprocessor 93 fails to receive the lock detect pulse , fig7 ( i ) and fsk detect pulse , fig7 ( j ). &# 34 ; type five &# 34 ; range detection is defined by the loss of the lock detect pulse , fig7 ( i ) and fsk detect pulse , fig7 ( j ) for at least five cycles . activation of diode d1 indicates a &# 34 ; type one &# 34 ; range detection , activation of diode d2 indicates a &# 34 ; type two &# 34 ; or three range detection and activation of diode d3 indicates a &# 34 ; type four &# 34 ; range detection . when receiver 18 fails to detect either the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) from master transmitter 16 or the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( d ) from slave transmitter 17 , microprocessor 93 will calculate the range for the transmitter 16 or 17 providing the detectable fsk tone burst signal ( program step 189 ) and then display the range ( program step 191 ). thus , for example , if receiver 18 can detect only the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( b ) resulting in microprocessor 93 being able to process only the signal of fig4 ( b ) ( program step 189 ), liquid crystal display element 119 will display the range for only master transmitter 16 ( program step 191 ). similarly , if receiver 18 can detect only the fsk tone burst signal of fig4 ( d ) resulting in microprocessor 93 being able to process only the signal of fig4 ( d ) ( program step 189 ), liquid crystal display element 117 will display the range for only slave transmitter 16 ( program step 191 ). during program step 197 the diver can enter a fix number / position into microprocessor 93 by closing switch 196 so as to provide a logic one signal via the fix req line to the pd3 input of microprocessor 93 . during program step 199 , the data for each fix number as illustrated in appendix a is logged into a fixed array within ram 95 . the data for a fix file includes the fix number , x coordinate of receiver 18 , y coordinate of receiver 18 , depth , temperature , cycle count which is the number of timing cycles since synchronization and a detection quality flag set forth as type in appendix a . thus , for example , for fix number 35 in appendix a the x coordinate is 2020 feet , the y coordinate is 385 feet , the depth is 21 feet , the temperature is 58 degrees , the cycle is 1172 and the type is 15 . type 15 , in turn , is defined as a &# 34 ; type one &# 34 ; range detection for master transmitter 16 and a &# 34 ; type five &# 34 ; range detection for slave transmitter 17 . during program steps 201 - 203 a periodic file is logged into ram 95 . the periodic file includes the master transmitter 16 fsk detection time , master transmitter 16 pulse length detection time , slave transmitter 17 fsk detection time , slave transmitter 17 pulse length detection time , cycle count , temperature , pressure and baseline 21 length . from the foregoing , it may readily be seen that the subject invention comprises a new , unique , and exceeding useful diver navigation system which constitutes a considerable improvement over the known prior art . obviously , many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings . it is , therefore , to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims that the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described . ______________________________________appendix afix x y type depth temp cycle______________________________________18 2077 5063 54 14 62 115521 2058 5051 54 21 60 115822 2057 5049 54 22 59 115923 2057 5047 14 22 59 116024 2058 5046 34 22 59 116125 2058 5044 14 22 59 116226 2057 5044 14 22 59 116327 2057 5043 14 21 59 116428 2057 5043 34 22 59 116529 2056 5043 14 21 58 116630 2057 5043 24 21 58 116731 2057 5042 14 21 58 116832 2056 5042 14 21 58 116933 2057 5042 14 21 58 117034 2063 5042 24 21 58 117135 2020 385 15 21 58 117236 2056 5041 14 21 58 117337 2018 390 15 21 58 117438 2017 390 35 22 58 117539 2021 378 11 21 58 117640 2018 389 31 22 58 117741 2019 385 11 22 58 117842 2018 388 11 21 58 117943 2017 391 11 21 58 118044 2018 388 11 21 58 118145 2057 5042 24 22 58 118246 2025 367 31 22 58 118347 2021 381 11 22 58 118449 2020 384 13 22 58 118650 2057 247 33 22 58 118751 2019 385 13 22 58 118852 2023 376 21 21 58 118953 2025 367 21 22 58 119054 5042 1198 41 21 58 119155 2055 5042 14 21 58 119256 2065 5042 24 22 58 119357 2018 386 13 21 58 119458 2054 5041 34 22 58 119559 2018 386 13 22 58 119660 2054 5041 14 22 58 119761 2055 5041 14 21 58 119862 2054 5041 34 21 58 119963 2018 387 11 22 58 120064 2019 384 11 21 58 120165 2054 5041 14 21 58 120266 2022 373 11 21 58 120367 2018 387 12 21 58 120468 2056 5041 14 22 58 120569 2054 5041 14 22 58 120670 2018 388 13 21 58 120771 2021 379 13 21 58 120872 2017 392 13 21 58 120973 2055 5041 14 21 58 121074 2056 5041 14 21 58 121175 2019 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