Acoustic transit time measuring system
CA 2335841 A1 · Owner: Van Schaik, Wilhelm Henricus Jurriaan · Inventors: Van Schaik, Wilhelm Henricus Jurriaan
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A method to determine a physical quantity within a measuring space by means of acoustic transit time measurement uses an acoustic transducer as a transmitter and an acoustic transducer as a receiver. The two functions can also be combined in a single transducer. The acoustic transit time measurement involves a time-dependent comparison between the shape of an acoustic transmitted signal selected at least partly on the basis of the type of signal processing to be used and at least two points in an acoustic received signal and/or a signal derived from that received signal again selected at least partly on the basis of the type of processing to be used. An apparatus for this method …
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- Filed June 23, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 23, 2019.
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