阅读说明：本技术 水下超音波装置 (Underwater ultrasonic device ) 是由 蒋富升 王俊杰 于 2019-09-30 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种水下超音波装置,包含：弧形超音波换能器；以及多个直线形超音波换能器,相对该弧形超音波换能器设置,该多个直线形超音波换能器之间夹第一角度具有夹角,该弧形超音波换能器与该多个直线形超音波换能器的其中之一用以发射多个超音波讯号,该弧形超音波换能器与该多个直线形超音波换能器的其中另一用以接收该多个超音波讯号的多个反射讯号。本发明的水下超音波装置能够有效扩大量测范围,避免量测死角,提高量测结果的准确性。(The invention provides underwater ultrasonic devices, which include an arc ultrasonic transducer and a plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers arranged opposite to the arc ultrasonic transducer, wherein a -degree included angle is formed between the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers, the arc ultrasonic transducer and of the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are used for emitting a plurality of ultrasonic signals, and the arc ultrasonic transducer and another of the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are used for receiving a plurality of reflected signals of the plurality of ultrasonic signals.)

An underwater ultrasonic device of , comprising:

an arc ultrasonic transducer; and

the ultrasonic transducer assembly comprises a plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers, a plurality of arc ultrasonic transducers and a plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers, wherein the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are arranged opposite to the arc ultrasonic transducers, included angles are formed among the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers, between the arc ultrasonic transducers and the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers is used for emitting a plurality of ultrasonic signals, and between the arc ultrasonic transducers and the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers is used for receiving a plurality of reflected signals of the plurality of ultrasonic signals.

2. The underwater ultrasound apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of linear ultrasound transducers have an ultrasound coverage angle.

3. The underwater ultrasound apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of linear ultrasound transducers are sequentially disposed end-to-end on the same side of the curved ultrasound transducer.

4. The underwater ultrasound apparatus of claim 3 wherein the plurality of linear ultrasound transducers are sequentially connected end to end along the arcuate edges of the arcuate ultrasound transducers.

5. The underwater ultrasonic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are stacked on top of each other on the same side of the curved ultrasonic transducer.

6. The underwater ultrasound apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of linear ultrasound transducers are disposed on opposite sides of the arcuate ultrasound transducer.

7. The underwater ultrasound device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of linear ultrasound transducers comprise:

linear ultrasonic transducer;

a second linear ultrasonic transducer stacked with the linear ultrasonic transducer and disposed on the side of the curved ultrasonic transducer;

a third linear ultrasonic transducer; and

and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer and the third linear ultrasonic transducer are stacked mutually and arranged on the second side of the arc ultrasonic transducer, and the second side and the th side are opposite to each other.

8. The underwater ultrasonic device of claim 7 wherein the degree angle is sandwiched between the th linear ultrasonic transducer and the second linear ultrasonic transducer, the degree angle is sandwiched between the third linear ultrasonic transducer and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer, and the degree angle is a multiple of the ultrasonic coverage angle.

9. The underwater ultrasonic device of claim 8, wherein a second angle is formed between the th linear ultrasonic transducer and the third linear ultrasonic transducer, and the th angle is a multiple of the second angle.

10. The underwater ultrasound apparatus of claim 7 wherein the second and th linear ultrasound transducers are stacked in an X-shape and the fourth and third linear ultrasound transducers are stacked in an X-shape.

11. The underwater ultrasound device of claim 1, wherein the curved ultrasound transducer comprises a plurality of transducer layers, and the transducer layers are juxtaposed to each other along a minor axis.

12, an underwater ultrasonic device, comprising:

an ultrasonic transducer for emitting a plurality of ultrasonic signals;

th linear ultrasonic transducer, and

a degree is formed between the second linear ultrasonic transducer and the linear ultrasonic transducer, the second linear ultrasonic transducer and the linear ultrasonic transducer are both arranged on the side of the ultrasonic transducer, and the linear ultrasonic transducer and the second linear ultrasonic transducer are respectively used for receiving a plurality of reflected signals of a part of the plurality of ultrasonic signals.

13. The underwater ultrasonic device of claim 12, wherein the th linear ultrasonic transducer and the second linear ultrasonic transducer are sequentially disposed end to end on the same side of the ultrasonic transducers.

14. The underwater ultrasound device of claim 13, further comprising:

a third linear ultrasonic transducer; and

a fourth linear ultrasonic transducer, wherein the th, the second, the third and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducers are sequentially connected end to end and disposed on the same side of the ultrasonic transducer, and the th, the second, the third and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducers have receiving ranges containing a plurality of reflected signals of the plurality of ultrasonic signals.

15. The underwater ultrasound apparatus of claim 12 wherein the th linear ultrasound transducer and the second linear ultrasound transducer are stacked on each other, the underwater ultrasound apparatus further comprising:

a third linear ultrasonic transducer; and

and a fourth linear ultrasonic transducer stacked with the third linear ultrasonic transducer and disposed on a second side of the ultrasonic transducer, the second side and the side being opposite to each other.

16. The underwater ultrasound apparatus of claim 15 wherein the third linear ultrasound transducer and the fourth linear ultrasound transducer are at an angle of degrees therebetween.

17. The underwater ultrasound device of claim 12, wherein the ultrasound transducer is flat and has an arcuate leading edge, the arcuate leading edge having a plurality of transmitting units disposed thereon.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of ultrasonic waves, in particular to underwater ultrasonic devices.

Background

The conventional underwater ultrasonic device for angular measurement range (i.e., the angular measurement range is large) is composed of a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, and each ultrasonic transducers independently transmit and receive ultrasonic waves, in other words, the conventional underwater ultrasonic device is composed of angular measurement range of the ultrasonic transducers, however, when the ultrasonic transducers are spliced , a large amount of dead angle is generated between the ultrasonic transducers, so that the accuracy of the measurement result is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the problems in the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide underwater ultrasonic devices, which can effectively expand the measurement range, avoid the measurement dead angle, and improve the accuracy of the measurement result.

In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides underwater ultrasonic devices, which include an arc ultrasonic transducer and a plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers disposed opposite to the arc ultrasonic transducer, wherein the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers have an included angle therebetween, the arc ultrasonic transducer and of the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are configured to emit a plurality of ultrasonic signals, and the arc ultrasonic transducer and another of the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are configured to receive a plurality of reflected signals of the plurality of ultrasonic signals.

Optionally, each of the plurality of linear ultrasound transducers have an ultrasound coverage angle.

Optionally, the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are sequentially arranged on the same side of the arc ultrasonic transducer in a head-to-tail connection manner.

Optionally, the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are sequentially connected end to end along the arc edge of the arc ultrasonic transducer.

Alternatively, the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are stacked on the same side of the arc ultrasonic transducer.

As an optional scheme, the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are arranged on two sides of the arc ultrasonic transducer, which are back to back.

Optionally, the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers comprise th linear ultrasonic transducer, a second linear ultrasonic transducer stacked on th linear ultrasonic transducer and disposed on th side of the curved ultrasonic transducer, a third linear ultrasonic transducer, and a fourth linear ultrasonic transducer stacked on the third linear ultrasonic transducer and disposed on a second side of the curved ultrasonic transducer, the second side and side being opposite to each other.

Optionally, a degree is included between the th linear ultrasonic transducer and the second linear ultrasonic transducer, a degree is included between the third linear ultrasonic transducer and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer, and the degree and the ultrasonic coverage angle are multiples.

Optionally, a second angle is formed between the th linear ultrasonic transducer and the third linear ultrasonic transducer, and the th angle is a multiple of the second angle.

Optionally, the second linear ultrasonic transducer and the th linear ultrasonic transducer are stacked in an X-shape, and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer and the third linear ultrasonic transducer are stacked in an X-shape.

Optionally, the curved ultrasonic transducer comprises a plurality of transducer layers, and the transducer layers are arranged side by side along the short axis direction.

The invention also provides an underwater ultrasonic device, comprising an ultrasonic transducer for emitting a plurality of ultrasonic signals, a th linear ultrasonic transducer, and a second linear ultrasonic transducer which forms a th angle with the th linear ultrasonic transducer, wherein the second linear ultrasonic transducer and the th linear ultrasonic transducer are both arranged on the th side of the ultrasonic transducer, and the th linear ultrasonic transducer and the second linear ultrasonic transducer are respectively used for receiving a plurality of reflected signals of a part of the plurality of ultrasonic signals.

Optionally, the th linear ultrasonic transducer and the second linear ultrasonic transducer are sequentially arranged on the same side of the ultrasonic transducer in a head-to-tail connection manner.

Optionally, the underwater ultrasonic device further includes a third linear ultrasonic transducer and a fourth linear ultrasonic transducer, wherein the th linear ultrasonic transducer, the second linear ultrasonic transducer, the third linear ultrasonic transducer and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer are sequentially connected end to end and disposed on the same side of the ultrasonic transducer, and the th linear ultrasonic transducer, the second linear ultrasonic transducer, the third linear ultrasonic transducer and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer have receiving ranges including ranges of a plurality of reflected signals of the plurality of ultrasonic signals.

Optionally, the th and second linear ultrasonic transducers are stacked, the underwater ultrasonic device further includes a third and a fourth linear ultrasonic transducer stacked on the second side of the ultrasonic transducer, the second side and the side are opposite to each other.

Optionally, the third linear ultrasonic transducer and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer are at an angle of degrees therebetween.

Optionally, the ultrasound transducer is flat and has an arcuate leading edge, and the arcuate leading edge is provided with a plurality of transmitting units.

Compared with the prior art, the underwater ultrasonic device can form -degree measurement range by overlapping or coinciding the measurement range (such as transmitting range or receiving range) of the ultrasonic transducer (such as arc ultrasonic transducer) with the measurement range (such as receiving range or transmitting range) of the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers.

The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific examples, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an underwater ultrasound device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the underwater ultrasonic device of FIG. 1 from another view point ;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device of FIG. 1 forming an angle measurement range of degrees;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device of FIG. 2 forming an angle measurement range of degrees;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device of FIG. 5 forming an angle measurement range of degrees;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of an arcuate ultrasound transducer in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device in FIG. 8 forming an angle measurement range of .

Detailed Description

In order to further the objects, structure, features and functions of the present invention , the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments is given.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, fig. 1 is a perspective view of an underwater ultrasonic device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a perspective view of the underwater ultrasonic device 1 in fig. 1 from another view angle , fig. 3 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device 1 in fig. 1 forming an angle measurement range of , and fig. 4 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device 1 in fig. 2 forming an angle measurement range of .

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the underwater ultrasonic device 1 includes an arc ultrasonic transducer 10 and a plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, wherein the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d are disposed opposite to the arc ultrasonic transducer 10 (i.e., the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers are disposed on the arc ultrasonic transducer 10), and the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d have an included angle therebetween. It should be noted that the phased array ultrasonic transducer (phasedarray) also belongs to the linear ultrasonic transducer of the present invention. In addition, the curved ultrasound transducer 10 may be replaced by other ultrasound transducers, depending on the application.

In this embodiment, the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d may include a th linear ultrasonic transducer 12a, a second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b, a third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c and a fourth linear ultrasonic transducer 12d, the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b and the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12a may be stacked on the S1 side (i.e., the second side) of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10, and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer 12d and the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c may be stacked on the S2 side (i.e., the second side) of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10, wherein the S2 and the S side S1 are opposite to each other, in other words, the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d may be disposed on the opposite sides of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 in pairs, wherein the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b are disposed on the S side of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10, the S6348, the S12 c, 12d are disposed on the second side S638, the S638 side and the second ultrasonic transducer 12S 2 is parallel to the second side S638.

As shown in FIG. 1, the th linear ultrasonic transducer 12a and the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b are positioned at an angle θ 1 of degrees, such that the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b and the th linear ultrasonic transducer 12a are stacked in an X-shape, and as shown in FIG. 2, the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer 12d are positioned at an angle θ 1 of degrees, such that the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer 12d and the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c are stacked in an X-shape.

In the present invention, the st angle θ 1 is an angle along a fixed direction (e.g., clockwise or counterclockwise), in this embodiment, the fixed direction is clockwise (as shown in fig. 1), i.e., the angle from the th linear ultrasonic transducer 12a to the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b along the clockwise direction is the th angle θ 1, and the angle from the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c to the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer 12d along the clockwise direction is the rd angle θ 1. in this embodiment, the arcuate ultrasonic transducer and one of the linear ultrasonic transducers may be used to transmit a plurality of linear ultrasonic signals, and the arcuate ultrasonic transducer and another of the linear ultrasonic transducers may be used to receive a plurality of reflected signals of a plurality of ultrasonic signals, for example, in the embodiment, the arcuate ultrasonic transducer 10 may be used to transmit a plurality of ultrasonic signals, and each of linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d may be used to receive a portion of a plurality of linear ultrasonic signals, so that a plurality of linear ultrasonic reflected ultrasonic signals may be received by overlapping the arcuate ultrasonic transducer 12a, 12c, 12d, 12c, 12d may be used to form a plurality of overlapping ultrasonic range for clear ultrasonic range or a plurality of ultrasonic range for receiving ultrasonic range, a plurality of linear ultrasonic range, a range for receiving ultrasonic range, a range for receiving a range, a range for receiving a plurality of ultrasonic range for receiving a range, a range for receiving a plurality of ultrasonic range, a plurality of ultrasonic range for receiving ultrasonic range, a plurality of ultrasonic range of ultrasonic.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the measurement range R of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 has an ultrasonic coverage angle α, the measurement range R1 of the th linear ultrasonic transducer 12a has an ultrasonic coverage angle , the measurement range R2 of the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b has an ultrasonic coverage angle , the measurement range R3 of the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c has an ultrasonic coverage angle α, and the measurement range R4 of the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer 12d has an ultrasonic coverage angle α. it should be noted that when the measurement range R is the transmission range, the measurement ranges R1, R2, R3 are reception ranges, whereas when the measurement range R is the reception range, the measurement ranges R3, R3 are transmission ranges, for example, the ultrasonic angle 3 of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 may be 120 degrees, and the ultrasonic coverage ranges R72 a, R12 b, R12 c, R72 d, R3 d, R3 b may be overlapped with the ultrasonic coverage ranges 3, 3 a plurality of ultrasonic coverage ranges 3, 3R 72, 3 a, 3 b, 3 a, 3 b, and a plurality of ultrasonic coverage ranges may be formed by the present invention.

In this embodiment, the -degree angle θ 1 is a multiple of the ultrasonic coverage angles α 1, α 02, α 13, α 4, and the α 2-degree linear ultrasonic transducer 12a and the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c sandwich the second angle θ 2, wherein the -degree angle θ 1 is a multiple of the second angle θ 2, for example, each ultrasonic coverage angles α 1, α 2, α 3, α 4 may be 30 degrees, the -degree angle θ 1 may be 60 degrees, and the second angle θ 2 may be 30 degrees, so that the measurement ranges R1, R2, R3, R4 of the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d are staggered as shown in fig. 3 and 4, and further cooperate with the measurement range R of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 to form a α 3-degree angle measurement range of 120 degrees.

In the present invention, the second angle θ 2 is an angle along a fixed direction (e.g. clockwise or counterclockwise), and in this embodiment, the fixed direction is clockwise (as shown in fig. 1), i.e. the angle from the th linear ultrasound transducer 12a to the third linear ultrasound transducer 12c along the clockwise direction is the second angle θ 2.

In another embodiment, the underwater ultrasonic device 1 of the present invention may further include a displacement mechanism (not shown) coupled to the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 and/or the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, and capable of adjusting the positions of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 and/or the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d to change the displacement between the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 and the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, when the displacement changes, the overlapping ranges of the measurement ranges R1, R2, R3, R4 of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 and the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d will change accordingly.

In another embodiment, the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers may be stacked on the same side of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10. for example, the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a and 12b may be stacked on the -th side S1 of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10, and the linear ultrasonic transducers 12c and 12d may be removed from the -th side S2 of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 to meet the requirements of different measurement ranges.

In another embodiment, the present invention can also dispose the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12c on the opposite sides of the curved ultrasonic transducers, and remove the linear ultrasonic transducers 12b, 12d to meet the requirements of different measurement ranges.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, fig. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the underwater ultrasonic device 1 of the present invention, and fig. 6 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device 1 in fig. 5 forming an angle measurement range of , in this embodiment, each ultrasonic coverage angles α 1, α 2, α 3 and α 4 may be 30 degrees, the angle θ 1 may be 30 degrees, and the second angle θ 2 may be 60 degrees, as shown in fig. 5, therefore, the measurement ranges R1, R2, R3 and R4 of the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c and 12d may be sequentially arranged as shown in fig. 6, and further form an angle measurement range of of 120 degrees in cooperation with the measurement range R of the arc ultrasonic transducer 10.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a perspective view of another exemplary embodiment of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10' of the present invention, which is different from the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 described above mainly in that the curved ultrasonic transducer 10' includes a plurality of transducer layers 100a, 100b, and the transducer layers 100a, 100b are arranged side by side (i.e., overlapped) with each other along the minor axis direction D, as shown in fig. 7, in the exemplary embodiment, the minor axis direction D is perpendicular to the side s1 of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 '.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, fig. 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the underwater ultrasonic device 1 'of the present invention, fig. 9 is a schematic view of the underwater ultrasonic device 1' in fig. 8 forming an angle measurement range . the main difference between the underwater ultrasonic device 1 'and the underwater ultrasonic device 1 is that a plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d of the underwater ultrasonic device 1' are sequentially disposed end to end on the same side of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, in this embodiment, a first angle θ 1 is sandwiched between a second linear ultrasonic transducer 12a and the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b, a second angle θ 1 is sandwiched between the second linear ultrasonic transducer 12b and the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c, a fourth angle θ 1 is sandwiched between the third linear ultrasonic transducer 12c and the fourth linear ultrasonic transducer 12d, a plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d are sequentially disposed along the arc faces of the ultrasonic transducers 12R, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, a, 12c, a, 12c, 12d, a 5 a, 12c, a 5 a, b, a 5 b, a 3 c, b, a 5 b, a, b, a 5 b, a, b, a 3 c, a, b, a, b, a plurality of ultrasonic signal is sequentially disposed along the arc shaped arc faces, a curved face b, a curved face b.

Therefore, according to the underwater ultrasonic device 1, 1', the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d may be selectively stacked on opposite sides of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10, or the linear ultrasonic transducers 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d may be sequentially disposed on the same side of the curved ultrasonic transducer 10 in an end-to-end manner.

In summary, the present invention can form an angle measurement range by overlapping or coinciding the measurement range (e.g., transmission range or reception range) of the ultrasonic transducers (e.g., arc ultrasonic transducers) with the measurement range (e.g., reception range or transmission range) of the plurality of linear ultrasonic transducers.

Rather, the scope of the present invention is intended to be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, since various modifications and equivalent arrangements are possible within the scope of the claims.