Echo based detecting apparatus employing signal generator and correlator

摘要

An ultrasonic detecting apparatus which includes a sequence generating means and a transmission signal generating means for generating a transmission signal corresponding to the sequence. The detecting apparatus also includes a transmitting means to transmit waves, which may be ultrasonic waves, to an object and a receiving means for receiving an echo corresponding to the transmission signal. A correlation operation means performs a correlation operation with respect to the echo. In another general aspect, the sequence generating means may generate more than one sequence, some of whose auto-correlation functions produce substantially zero sidelobe in the summed result. In a further general aspect, the sequence generating means generates two or more sequences, with each of the sequences being different from the others and having substantially the same auto-correlation function as the others.