Method and Apparatus for Detecting Acoustic Signals from a Plurality of Acoustic Sensors

Abstract

An apparatus and method for detecting acoustic signals from a plurality of acoustic signal sensors. The apparatus comprises a plurality of acoustic signal detection channels. Each channel has an input for receiving acoustic signals from a corresponding acoustic signal sensor and includes circuitry for amplifying the received acoustic signals, removing the D.C. components from the amplified acoustic signals and removing all frequency components from the amplified acoustic signals which are above a predetermined frequency. The apparatus further comprises a circuitry for summing all of the acoustic signals outputted from the acoustic signal detection channels to form a single acoustic signal and for converting the single acoustic signal into a differential signal if at least one acoustic signal sensor senses an acoustic signal and its corresponding acoustic signal detection channel outputs an acoustic signal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 2000
Accession Number
ADD019793

Entities

People

  • Carl R. Foreman

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustic Signals
  • Amplifiers
  • Capacitance
  • Capacitors
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Hydrophones
  • Inventions
  • Low Pass Filters
  • Operational Amplifiers
  • Power Supplies
  • Resistance
  • Signal Detection
  • Signal Processing
  • Variable Resistors

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.