US 7,542,376 B1
Vessel-mountable sonar systems
Roger L. Thompson, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Jason L. Seawall, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Scott Thomas Bachelor, Poulsbo, Wash. (US)
Assigned to Blueview Technologies, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/829,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/833875, filed on Jul. 27, 2006.
Int. Cl. G01S 15/89 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 367—104 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vessel-mountable sonar system, comprising:
(a) at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device; and
(b) at least one processing system electronically and removably connected to the at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device and interfacing with a display for displaying sonar imagery;
wherein the sonar data acquisition device provides acoustic data and orientation and/or positioning feedback based on the position of the sonar acquisition device to the processing system and the processing system displays sonar images at an angle with respect to the vessel centerline that corresponds to the angular orientation of the sonar acquisition device with respect to the vessel centerline.