美國(guó)FarSounder www.farsounder.com
美國(guó)FarSounder公司是一個(gè)專(zhuān)長(zhǎng)于前視導(dǎo)航聲納的研究性企業(yè)。2001年起他們研發(fā)的3D前視聲納被推廣應(yīng)用到全球市場(chǎng)。在海洋導(dǎo)航領(lǐng)域被
廣泛應(yīng)用于防止觸礁和擱淺、航道引航、障礙物避繞、科學(xué)研究、環(huán)境保護(hù)等方面。到目前為止，全球市場(chǎng)已經(jīng)有130多套Farsounder前視聲納得到應(yīng)用，每年為商用船舶、私人游艇、工程船只等避免了數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)美元的海難資金損失。為此，F(xiàn)arsounder公司贏(yíng)得了多項(xiàng)發(fā)明專(zhuān)利和獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。FarSounder的產(chǎn)品目前已經(jīng)在中國(guó)包括海軍東海艦隊(duì)和中國(guó)國(guó)家海事局等單位和組織得到應(yīng)用。

FarSounder is a developer and manufacturer of advanced 3D sonar systems for marine navigation, obstacle avoidance and security applications. The privately held company was incorporated in 2001 and has patented technology with four patents issued.
The first commercial product line was launched in 2004 with FarSounder's forward looking sonar technology delivering critical information by giving mariners the ability to "see-ahead," underwater, in true 3-D: with simultaneous range, bearing and depth information. The company has a worldwide distribution network with sales and installations globally. Markets sold to include passenger vessels, large yachts and commercial and government organizations. The company has won awards including the 2005 International ISTIA Award for best new technology for the Superyacht market.
Over the past several years, FarSounder has become known worldwide as the leader and innovator of marine sonar technologies. One facet of the company vision is to seek out opportunities across a broad range of market sectors. Unlike many marine electronics companies which limit their markets to one sector, the uniqueness of the FarSounder technology transcends the commercial, military and recreational markets.
The growing use and application of FarSounder's real-time 3D sonar technology may have a larger effect on the marine industry than even radar and GPS. This disruptive technology enables marine vessel operators to avoid costly and environmentally damaging collisions and groundings.
FarSounder has lead the way for such development through the use of new processing algorithms and innovative hardware configurations which overcome the significant limitations of traditional sonars that cannot provide range, bearing and depth to in-water obstacles for an entire 3D field-of-view, cannot operate well in shallow water environments, nor can they provide obstacle avoidance capability at navigationally significant ranges.