319 results about "Acoustic radiation" patented technology

A measurement system and method are presented for use for non-invasive measurements in a human body. Acoustic radiation is applied to a certain illuminated region in the body, with at least two different conditions of the applied radiation achievable by varying at least one characteristic of the acoustic radiation. Light scattered from the body part is detected, and measured data indicative of detected photons tagged and untagged by the acoustic radiation is generated. The measured data is analyzed to extract therefrom a data portion corresponding to the tagged photons and being therefore associated with a light response of said certain region, thereby enabling determination of tissue properties of said certain region based on a relation between the measured data portions corresponding to the at least two different operating conditions.

The invention provides a device for controlling the composition and/or volume of a fluid within a reservoir. The device includes a reservoir adapted to contain at least one fluid, a means for monitoring a characteristic of the fluid contained in the reservoir, and a means for introducing additional fluid into the reservoir according to the fluid characteristic monitored by the monitoring means. The device also includes an acoustic generator for generating acoustic radiation. A dispensing means may be provided as well. Other devices and methods that use acoustic radiation to control the composition and/or volume of a fluid within a reservoir are included.

The present invention provides a method making stratified paper by redistributing the pulp suspension inside the headbox nozzle using acoustic radiation waves. Acoustic radiation forces fractionate fibers based on fiber radius. The acoustic radiation waves separate the fibers by pushing the coarse and longer fibers to the inner area while fines and smaller fibers remain in the outer area. This has a similar effect of multi-layer stratification headbox, and provides paper with a smoother surface.

Disclosed is a system for controlling acoustic radiation from an aircraft. The system comprising a plurality of rotor systems (one or more) and a noise controller configured to regulate acoustic radiation from the plurality of rotor systems. The noise controller can be configured to regulate a commanded flight setting from the flight control system and to output a regulated flight setting to the plurality of rotor systems. Based on the regulated flight setting, the plurality of rotor systems are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, acoustic radiation having a target acoustic behavior. The target acoustic behavior may be achieved using beamforming techniques to, for example, change the directionality of acoustic radiation from the plurality of rotor systems, or otherwise tune the acoustic radiation to reduce detectability and/or annoyance.

The present invention achieves the wideband operation of a bolted Langevin-type echo sounder transducer by enabling low frequency operation with securing a sound pressure level above a certain level without changing the external dimensions of the echo sounder transducer. This is an echo sounder transducer includes a Langevin-type vibrator having a front mass and a rear mass, and a cylindrical active vibrator which is sandwiched between the front mass and rear mass, a bend vibrator constituted of a diaphragm arranged in an acoustic radiation surface section of the front mass of the Langevin-type vibrator, and a disc type active vibrator fixed to the diaphragm. This has such structure that a slit, communicating from an outer peripheral side face toward an axial center, is provided on the circumference in the side of the lower portion of the front mass of the Langevin-type vibrator toward the rear mass.

The invention provides a piezoelectric underwater sound transducer acoustic radiation mode measurement method and system based on combination near-field acoustical holography. In the method, the combination near-field acoustical holography is utilized to reestablish sound field, sound pressure and radiation surface vibration velocity; on the basis of an acoustic radiation operator matrix obtained based on measurement data and with the sound field radiation theory being combined, the acoustic radiation power of a piezoelectric underwater sound transducer is expressed to be a positive definite quadric form; and positive definite and conjugate performance of the matrix are utilized to obtained an acoustic radiation mode of the structure. The system comprises a glass water tank, an industrial control computer with PXI bus, a transducer excitation module based on the PXI bus, a sound pressure and vibration velocity acquisition module and a three-dimensional motion platform. The method and system in the invention break the limitation that acoustic radiation mode in the current complex underwater structure can only be solved numerically, provide a new idea for research on the piezoelectric underwater sound transducer, and also provide basis for structure optimization of the piezoelectric underwater sound transducer.

Objects are to make a speaker device smaller than heretofore in size, in profile, and in weight, and to reproduce sound in high quality. The speaker device includes: a diaphragm which has an inner rim connected to a voice coil bobbin and an outer rim connected to a frame through an edge, and is shaped so that a peak portion is formed between the inner rim and the outer rim, which are positioned at an acoustic radiation side in comparison with the peak portion; and an inner magnet type magnetic circuit for driving a voice coil which is arranged on the voice coil bobbin connected to the inner rim of the diaphragm.

A method for treating a medical pathology includes receiving a first set of acoustic radiation scattered by a volume of tissue containing at least a portion of the medical pathology and thereafter, changing a temperature of the volume of tissue. The method also includes thereafter, receiving a second set of acoustic radiation scattered by the volume of tissue and localizing the portion of the medical pathology from the first and second sets of received acoustic radiation. Localizing the portion of the medical pathology comprises identifying the medical pathology from differences in the first and second sets of received acoustic radiation resulting from the change in temperature. The method also includes insonifying the portion of the medical pathology with sufficient energy to damage the portion of the medical pathology.

The invention provides devices and methods for acoustically determining the properties of the contents of one or more reservoirs in a plurality of reservoirs. Each reservoir is adapted to contain a fluid. An acoustic radiation generator can be positioned in acoustic coupling relationship to each of the reservoirs. Acoustic radiation generated by the acoustic radiation generator is transmitted through each reservoir to an analyzer. The analyzer is capable of analyzing a characteristic of the transmitted acoustic radiation and optionally correlating the characteristic to a property of the reservoirs' contents. Properties that may be determined include volume, temperature, and composition. The invention is particularly suited to determining the properties of the contents of a plurality of reservoirs to allow for accuracy and control over the dispensing of fluids therefrom.

The invention discloses a method for calculating the electromagnetic vibration noise of a motor, which comprises the following steps: calculating the distribution of the electromagnetic force densityof the motor according to the operation condition of the motor, and calculating the static deformation and the natural frequency of the motor respectively; according to the distribution of the electromagnetic force density, the electromagnetic resultant force on the stator teeth of the motor is calculated, and the time-space harmonic of the electromagnetic resultant force is calculated. The frequency response function of the motor structure corresponding to each vibration mode is calculated according to the natural frequencies of each vibration mode corresponding to each spatial order of the electromagnetic force, and the transfer function of the motor mechanical structure is calculated according to the static deformation function and the frequency response function. The vibration displacement of the motor surface is calculated according to the time-space harmonics and the transfer function. The modal acoustic radiation efficiency of the motor housing is obtained, and the electromagnetic vibration noise of the motor is calculated according to the modal acoustic radiation efficiency and vibration displacement. In the process of analyzing the vibration and noise of the motor, the invention ensures that the calculation accuracy meets the precision requirement, and reduces the calculation amount to avoid consuming a large amount of calculation resources.