US 11,867,849 B2
Sonar display for displaying underwater image streams from multiple sonar transducers
Kevin A. Brown, Broken Arrow, OK (US); Nathan R. Memmott, Tulsa, OK (US); Aaron R. Coleman, Broken Arrow, OK (US); and Gregory M. Groener, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US)
Filed by Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,957.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088987 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 7/56 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 15/93 (2020.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/56 (2013.01) [G01S 15/89 (2013.01); G01S 15/93 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sonar display for use with a marine vessel on a body of water, the sonar display comprising:
a processing element configured to:
receive a first sonar electronic signal from a first sonar transducer,
receive a second sonar electronic signal from a second sonar transducer,
generate data for a first underwater image stream from the first sonar electronic signal, and
generate data for a second underwater image stream from the second sonar electronic signal; and
a display, coupled with the processing element, the display configured to show:
at least one of the first underwater image stream and the second underwater image stream on the display, the first underwater image stream having a first view derived from reflections of a first sonar beam, the second underwater image stream having a second view derived from reflections of a second sonar beam, and
an indication showing a position of the first sonar beam relative to the second sonar beam,
wherein the processing element controls the display to present at least one of the first underwater image stream, the second underwater image stream, and the indication.