Biological Sonar Systems: A Bionics Survey
Abstract
The literature on biological sonar systems (bats, birds, marine mammals) was reviewed and past and present investigators were interviewed to ascertain the contributions, present and potential, of work in this field to high resolution sonar technology. It was concluded that there have been no contributions to date. Five areas of research were identified as potentially contributory: passive target ranging by the owl, signal design for target recognition, neural processing for target detection and recognition, the psychophysiology of sound localization, and the mechanics of signal generation by the small whales. The available system(s) and performance data on the bats and small whales are tabulated, and up-to-date bibliographies on each biological order are included.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 05, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0755175
Entities
People
- K. J. Diercks
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin