美國FarSounder www.farsounder.com
美國FarSounder公司是一個專長于前視導航聲納的研究性企業(yè)。2001年起他們研發(fā)的3D前視聲納被推廣應用到全球市場。在海洋導航領域被
廣泛應用于防止觸礁和擱淺、航道引航、障礙物避繞、科學研究、環(huán)境保護等方面。到目前為止，全球市場已經(jīng)有130多套Farsounder前視聲納得到應用，每年為商用船舶、私人游艇、工程船只等避免了數(shù)以百萬計美元的海難資金損失。為此，F(xiàn)arsounder公司贏得了多項發(fā)明專利和獎勵。FarSounder的產(chǎn)品目前已經(jīng)在中國包括海軍東海艦隊和中國國家海事局等單位和組織得到應用。

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.