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But Republicans think there are still dozens of unanswered questions about what happened Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya, when heavily armed terrorists poured into an embassy outpost and killed Mr. Stevens, along with three other Americans. They've called for a new probe by a select committee to get to the bottom of the controversy.
As if getting ready to take orders from Hillary after the 2016 presidential election, congressional Democrats are falling in behind her — in lockstep, as usual.
"A Select Committee is nothing more than an attempt to exploit the deaths of four brave Americans to divert attention away from Republicans' own do-nothing record, and throw red meat to the most extreme and conspiracy-obsessed parts of their base," Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said in an email sent to Democrats, according to CQ-Roll Call.
Not one Democrat on Capitol Hill seems the least bit concerned that the White House is stonewalling, refusing to hand over requested documents. In fact, just last week, a government watchdog group, Judicial Watch, published an internal White House email that congressional committees investigating Benghazi had never seen.
Presidential communications adviser Ben Rhodes said in a Sept. 14 email to former U.N. ambassador Susan Rice — who would oddly become the administration's spokesman on the attack — that she should "underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy." But top intelligence and Pentagon officials say they knew almost immediately that the YouTube video had no role in the attack and that known terrorists were there that night.
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Hillary secretly wishes that, too. But the whole story is about to unfold, and that should scare her to her very soul, if she has one.
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If you're unfamiliar with the concept of vertical arching, here's a quick primer. The lettering for player names on most jerseys is radially arched, which means the letters are fanned out to form a crescent. This creates the illusion of curvilinear typography, but in fact none of the letters are curved or slanted -- they've just been rotated a bit. Ah, but with vertically arched lettering (or VAL, as Uni Watch will henceforth refer to it), each individual letter receives its own distinct degree of "uphill" or "downhill" slant, depending on its place within the player's name. Check out this photo of Ryan Langerhans -- see how the "A" near the beginning of his name is different from the "A" towards the end? See how the name holds together as a streamlined, unified whole, instead of spreading out all clunky-like? See how even a really long name can look pretty slick like this, instead of all cluttered like this? That's the beauty of the vertical arch. Teams understand this beauty -- that's why so many of them use VAL on the fronts of their jerseys, as you can see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here, and that's just a small sample. Some NCAA teams even up the aesthetic ante by using VAL for the top word of their jersey insignia and negative arching for the bottom word, like Georgia Tech and North Carolina (although UNC's arching is much more subtle these days than it used to be). So why don't more of these teams use VAL for player names? Because it's a pain in the butt to execute. Each name essentially has to be custom-designed, and you need to keep lots of different versions of each letter on hand. By contrast, with radial arching each letter is the same no matter where it appears in a player's name, so a team's uniforms can all be done with the same basic stock letters (most of which, incidentally, come from this company). But VAL is definitely worth the hassle -- not just aesthetically, but practically. Uni Watch typography consultant Sara Soskolne (a professional typeface designer who recently helped develop most of these) explains why: "A jersey's spatial constraints necessitate ultra-narrow lettering styles and a steep baseline curvature, and that makes radially arched letters pretty dicey. In fact, the steeper the curve and the narrower the letters, the sillier radially arched letters will look, and the less legible and space-efficient they become. Conversely, the utility and grooviness of vertically arched letters actually increase in direct proportion to these same factors." If that all sounds a bit too technical, don't fret. Bill Henderson's "Double-Knit Era Collector's Reference" (an essential purchase for anyone reading this, don'tcha know) includes a great little VAL tutorial, which he's generously allowed Uni Watch to reproduce here. This page explains the basic concept, and this one explains how it's actually done. Henderson also put Uni Watch in touch with Gary Clem, co-owner of Center Star Sports, a Texas company that does lettering for the Houston Rockets, Texans and Comets. None of those teams use VAL, but Clem also did the letters for the San Francisco Giants back in the late '80s, when they were still VAL-clad. "It was very labor-intensive," he recalls. "I created a pattern for each player on the roster, and I had to do it by hand. I used legal file folders as my pattern material. Nowadays, it's all computer-cut. You put the block letters in a machine and program it for, say, 3-inch vertical arch, and it laser-cuts the letters for you." Hmmm, that doesn't sound so hard, at least not compared to the old days. But VAL is much less common today than it was when everything had to be done by hand. Here's a sport-by-sport rundown: MLB: There used to be lots of VAL teams out there on the diamond, including the Royals, Twins, Pirates, Phillies, Padres, Orioles and Giants (thanks yet again to Bill Henderson, who provided the pics). But today, the Braves are the lone VAL holdout -- most of the time, that is. When they call up or acquire a new player, he often starts out with radially arched lettering instead of VAL, presumably because Atlanta's equipment manager doesn't have time to get it done properly. Last May, for example, when the Braves promoted Kelly Johnson from Triple-A , the back of his uni looked like this for his first week or two. But they eventually got him a proper nameplate. (As an aside, Uni Watch notes that the Braves have always used radial arching for their batting practice jerseys -- a troubling inconsistency.) NBA: With most teams using radial arching (except for the Pistons and Raptors, who use straight horizontal lettering), the NBA is VAL-free these days. But it wasn't always that way. Back in the day, the Hawks, Bullets, Braves, Knicks, Sixers, Blazers and Royals, among others, were all in the VAL camp. The ABA had a VAL contingent too, including the Squires, Q's and Floridians (who used VAL on the back of their late-1960s uni but for some reason settled for radial arching on the front). Alas, those days are long gone. NHL: Hockey was VAL-less until 1983, when the Red Wings became the first team to go from straight to arched lettering. Five teams are currently on board: the Avalanche, Panthers, Rangers, Sharks and Red Wings (who, in a move that invariably sends fans into a momentary September panic, use a completely different lettering style during the preseason). All the other teams now use straight lettering, although the Lightning used to use VAL, and for one season the Capitals experimented with a flat-topped vertical arch for their alternate jersey. (Also worth mentioning, although not truly an example of arching: the Islanders' bizarre mid-1990s flirtation with seasickness-inducing typography.) NFL: There's no arching, vertical or otherwise, in the NFL, because the league's nameplates are all straight. In fact, Uni Watch is unaware of any football team, pro or college, that's ever used any sort of arched lettering for player names. (If anybody knows of one, you know what to do.) So there's the sorry reality: 122 pro sports teams, and only six of them are using VAL. Uni Watch is willing to give the NFL a pass, since straight, blocky lettering seems appropriate for the game's broad-shouldered silhouette. And the Yankees and Dodgers get a special dispensation, since their jerseys don't have player names (although according to a note at the very end of this news item, the Dodgers may restore the names in 2007). But that still leaves 90 teams, 84 of which are distressingly VAL-deficient -- and with all those fancy computerized lettering machines just waiting to have the vertical arch code programmed into them! With that in mind, Uni Watch has some characteristically modest proposals: • Any team using VAL on the front of its jersey shall be required to use it for player names on the back. (Waivers shall be granted for NFL teams, however.)
• As a matter of civic pride and common sense, all non-football teams in St. Louis shall use VAL, the better to evoke the spirit and visage of their city's signature landmark. • All teams using VAL on their game unis shall also use it on their replica jerseys, figurines, bobblehead dolls and so on, in order to avoid unfortunate stuations like this. • A 1 percent payroll tax shall be levied on all NBA, NHL and MLB teams not using VAL (except for the Dodgers, Yankees and other teams that don't use player names). This shall be known as the VALue Added Tax. • In order to promote VAL awareness and appreciation, the NBA, NHL and MLB shall use revenue from the tax to jointly purchase the trademarked term "Arch Deluxe" from McDonald's and use it as the slogan for a VAL publicity campaign. • In the spirit of Peter Puck, the promo campaign will also feature two cartoon characters. The first, known as the Arch Enemy, will be a ne'er-do-well wearing a jersey with non-VAL typography (imagine Snidely Whiplash in a uniform) and will spend his time scheming to subvert the VAL agenda by stealing the Red Wings' jerseys, sabotaging computerized lettering machines and other nefarious misdeeds. But his efforts will be thwarted by the other character, a foxy valkyrie wearing lots of vertically arched typography. She will be known as Valerie the Valkyrie -- Val for short. And there's more where that came from. Messrs. Selig, Stern and Bettman, Uni Watch anxiously awaits your call. Olympics Update


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The invention relates to a control device for imposing a programme of speeds of relative displacement between a workpiece and a tool. Although the invention is applicable to workpieces of any form it is particularly applicable to workpieces in the form of plates. The invention is designed particularly to apply to workpieces made of glass or plastics material, for example lenses or glass panes or plate glass and in particular to the window panes of car windows.
The increase in production rates which are desired makes it necessary to reduce the time of work on each piece and consequently to increase the speed of relative displacement between the tool and the workpiece. Under these conditions it is obviously not possible to use a speed of displacement which is both rapid and uniform since for example the cutting of a very round piece of glass plate can only be carried out slowly while the cutting of a straight or only slightly curved piece can be carried out at a high speed. It is therefore necessary to provide devices by means of which the instantaneous speed of relative displacement between the tool and the workpiece can be varied according to the contour along which the tool is required to work on the workpiece.
The apparatus according to the invention precisely enables the instantaneous speed of relative displacement between a workpiece and its tool to be varied according to a predetermined program which can be suitably adapted to each type of work to be carried out.
The apparatus according to the invention is designed to be used in association with a machine which comprises a tool in relative displacement against the workpiece on which it is required to operate, the function of the apparatus being to impose a program of speeds on this displacement.
The invention provides a control apparatus for a machine operable on a workpiece by means of a tool in relative displacement against the workpiece, which control apparatus is operable to impose a program of speeds on this displacement, the said machine comprising: a tool for operating on the workpiece; means for displacing the workpiece or the tool along a predetermined path; means for keeping the tool and the workpiece in operating contact during the movement along this path; and a motor for producing this displacement; the said apparatus being characterised in that it comprises: a programming element having zones of varying transparency or reflectance; an emitter unit for emitting light beams to the programming element and an associated receptor unit for receiving the light beams which have been transmitted or reflected; means for turning the programming element so that one complete rotation corresponds to one complete movement along the path; an electric circuit connected to the receptor unit and to the motor for controlling the speed of rotation of the motor as a function of the intensity of the signal provided by the receptor unit so that the speed of displacement of the workpiece or of the tool varies during the movement along the path according to the programme defined by the zones of the programming element.
The apparatus according to the invention may be associated with a machine for cutting a workpiece, this machine comprising a horizontal table for supporting the workpiece, a horizontal jig defining a cutting path, a freely displaceable carriage equipped with a cutting tool and a motor adapted to produce the displacement of the carriage along the jig.
It may also be associated with a machine for grinding the edges of the workpiece, this machine comprising the following parts: an endless conveyor defining a path of displacement for the workpiece; a motor for driving the conveyor and at least one rotary grinding tool placed on one of the sides of the conveyor so as to come into contact with one of the sides of the workpiece during its displacement.
Two applications of the apparatus according to the invention to a machine for cutting plates and to a machine for grinding the edges of a plate of glass as represented above are described hereinafter by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are given purely for illustration and do not in any way limit the embodiments of the invention. In these drawings:
FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of a machine for cutting plates of glass, equipped with a control apparatus according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a view in perspective of a machine for grinding the edges of plates of glass, equipped with a control apparatus according to the invention;
FIG. 3 represents a disc used as programming element in the apparatus according to the invention; and
FIG. 4 is an electric circuit diagram of the apparatus according to the invention.
The machine for cutting plates of glass shown in FIG. 1 comprises a stand 10 and a horizontal table 12 covered with felt on which a plate of glass 14 rests. This plate is placed on the table and removed from it by known means which will not be described here.
The stand 10 also supports two horizontal parallel rods 16 and 18 which define the rolling path of a bridge 20. The bridge 20 consists of two sleeves 22 and 24 free to slide on their respective rods 16 and 18 and rigidly connected to each other by two other rods 26 and 28 which are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the rods 16 and 18 and define a second rolling path on which the carriage 30 is slidable. The carriage 30 is equipped with a motor 32 (shown in broken lines) which rotates a vertical shaft 34 on which an electromagnet 36 and roller 38 are mounted, the said roller 38 rolling against the internal edge 40 of a horizontal metal jig 42. The roller 38 is applied against the internal edge of the electromagnet and its rotation causes the carriage to move in a horizontal plane along the contour defined by the jig.
The carriage 30 is also equipped with a cutting wheel 44 made of steel or tungsten which is applied against the upper surface of the plate 14 by means of a jack 46 so that it cuts the plate of glass according to the contour defined by the jig.
The control apparatus associated with this machine provides the means for varying the speed of rotation of the motor 32 of the carriage and hence also the speed of displacement of the carriage along the contour of the jig.
This control apparatus comprises a disc 48 which has zones of varying transparency or reflection and which is connected to a vertical shaft 50 rotatable in a bracket 52 fixed to the stand. The disc 48 is rotated by means of a horizontal rod 54 one end of which is linked to the carriage 30 by means of a collar 56 loosely mounted on the shaft 34 of the motor of the carriage while the other end slides in a sleeve 58 which is integrally connected to the shaft 50 which drives the disc. The disc is therefore situated above the glass plate and in the central region of the jig.
The bracket 52 also supports an optical scanner 60 which will be described in detail in the course of the description. This scanner is designed to collect the information on the disc and transmit it to the motor 32 so that for each position of the disc, which corresponds to a single position of the carriage, the information scanned will be converted into a signal to control the instantaneous speed of rotation of the motor.
The disc may also carry other information which may be used, for example, for controlling the jack 46. The descent of the cutting wheel before cutting the plate and its return after cutting the plate may thus be controlled automatically.
FIG. 1 shows schematically the functional connection between the scanner 60 and motor 32.
The machine for grinding the edges of the glass plate represented in FIG. 2 comprises two conveyor belts 70 and 72 (shown only partially) driven respectively by two pulleys 74 and 76 mounted on a shaft 78 which is driven by a motor 80 by way of a reduction gearing 82.
The belts 70 and 72 serve to displace a glass plate 84 in the direction indicated by the arrow 86. The means used for placing the glass plate on the belts and the means for removing them after grinding have not been described since they are known per se and therefore do not form part of this invention.
In the course of the displacement of the plate 84, its edges 88 and 90 are ground by two grinding wheels 92 and 94 respectively. The grinding wheel 92 is rotated in the horizontal plane by a motor 96 mounted on the end of an arm 98 the other end of which pivots about a fixed vertical shaft 100. The arm 98 is subjected to the action of a jack 102 which tends to apply the grinding wheel 92 against the edge 88 of the glass plate during the displacement of the latter.
The grinding wheel 94 is applied against the edge 90 of the glass plate by a similar device by way of a jack 104.
The shaft 78 is provided with a clutch mechanism 106 by means of which it can drive a shaft 108 which carries two pulleys 110 and 112 each of which drives one of two loops of band 114 and 116 which carry the zones of varied transparency or reflection. The band 114 is also passed round two other pulleys 118 and 120 and similarly the band 116 around the two pulleys 122 and 124.
The band 114 carries information for controlling the speed of the motor 80 while the band 116 carried information for controlling the jacks 102 and 104.
The apparatus also comprises an optical scanner 126 the operation of which will be described later and an electric switch 128 which is actuated by the passage of a glass plate over it and serves to control the clutch mechanism 106 by means known in the art.
The machine equipped with a control apparatus as described above operates as follows:
In the absence of a plate of glass, the clutch mechanism 106 is disconnected so that the bands 114 and 116 are immobilized in a position such that the information which is contained on the band 114 and read by the scanner 126 corresponds to the maximum speed of the conveyor belts. When a plate of glass arrives on the conveyor belts, it is carried in the direction indicated by the arrow 86 and actuates the switch 128, thereby causing the clutch mechanism 106 to engage. The bands 114 and 116 are then driven and the information contained on them is translated into control of the motor speed on the one hand and control of the jacks on the other. The length of the bands 114 and 116 is preferably equal to that of the path of the glass plate on the belts from the position where the plate actuates the switch 128 to the position where the same plate leaves the grinding zone. When the bands have moved through their whole course, the glass plate has left the grinding zone and the belts have resumed their maximum speed so that they can rapidly remove the plate which has just been operated on and rapidly bring the next plate to the grinding zone. A particular signal which may be carried by one or other of the bands 114 and 116 then causes disconnection of the clutch mechanism 106 until the next action on the switch 128 which again causes engagement of the clutch mechanism 106. The apparatus according to the invention therefore enables the speed of displacement of the plate to be varied but also the force of application of the grinding wheels against the edges of the plate as a function of the particular form of its edges.
Instead of using two separate bands, all the information may be grouped on one band.
In one variation of the apparatus associated with the machine of FIG. 2, a disc comprising zones of varying transparency or reflection similar to that used with the machine of FIG. 1 may be used instead of the two bands 114 and 116. In that case, it is necessary to arrange that the disc, which is then driven by the shaft 108, performs one complete revolution for the corresponding movement of the glass plate in the grinding zone. This can be achieved simply by providing a suitable reduction gear so that one complete rotation of the disc corresponds to the displacement of the glass plate from the position where it actuates the contact 128 to the position where it leaves the grinding zone.
When the edges 88 and 90 of the glass plate 84 have been ground, the plate is carried to another similar machine after a quarter turn so that the two remaining edges are ground.
FIG. 2 shows schematically the functional connections between the optical scanner and the various elements which it controls as well as the connection between the switch 128 and the clutch mechanism 106 and the connection between the optical scanner and the clutch mechanism.
The particular function of the optical scanner will be explained in more detail in the course of the description.
FIG. 3 shows a programming disc of the type used with the machine for cutting the edges of glass shown in FIG. 1. This disc has zones of varying transparency or reflectance formed by sectors of concentric tracks. In the case of FIG. 3, the disc has five concentric tracks 130, 132, 134, 136 and 138. Each track has zones of low transparency or low reflectance (in white on the Figure) and zones of high transparency or high reflectance (in black on the Figure). The information on these zones is designed to be read by a unit of emitters and associated receptors. One emitter of light beams and one photoelectric cell associated with it is provided for each track. In cases where the zones have varied transparency, the emitter and photoelectric cell for each track are arranged one on each side of the track so that if the light beams from the emitter encouter a non-transparent zone the photoelectric cell will not be lit up. If on the other hand the light beams encouter a transparent zone, the photoelectric cell is lit up. In the case of zones of varying reflectance, the light beam emitter and photoelectric cell associated with it are situated both on the same side of the disc so that the light beams from the emitter will be reflected in the direction of the photoelectric cell. Each photoelectric cell therefore responds to zones of varying transparency or reflectance by two different levels of electric output voltage. When the disc rotates, information on each track is detected independently sector for sector. Each cell when it is lit up switches a resistance by means of a relay. In the case of FIG. 3, each of the five cells may therefore independently switch one of the five resistances associated with them.
The photoelectric cells associated with the tracks 130, 132, 134, 136 and 138 switch respectively the resistances which have the values R0, 2R0, 4R0, 8Ro and 16R0. If these five resistances are connected in series, all the multiples of Ro between O and 31 Ro can be obtained. Thirty-two multiple values of Ro are therefore available. Some of these values are indicated in bracket opposite each corresponding sector on FIG. 3.
In the case where a disc with zones of varying transparency are used, that is to say a disc carrying either transparent zones or opaque zones, this can conveniently be obtained in the form of a photographic negative which can easily be reproduced with a simple photographic laboratory material.
If bands of varying transparency are used, these can very conveniently be obtained from photographic films used for black and white photography. The tracks obtained are then parallel.
The bands have the advantage that they can be reproduced with a simple photographic material and moreover they can easily be driven due to the presence of perforations along the lateral edges of the film. In the case of a film, the information is read in portions of parallel tracks.
FIG. 4 shows a disc 140 similar to that shown in FIG. 3 which rotates about a shaft 142 and has five concentric tracks 144, 146, 148, 150 and 152. The information on these five tracks is to be detected by an optical scanner 154 which comprises five light beam emitters 156, 158, 160, 162 and 164 and five photoelectric cells 166, 168, 170, 172 and 174 associated, respectively, with the tracks 144, 146, 148, 150 and 152.
When the photoelectric cells are lit up, they switch the resistance R1, R2, R4, R8 and R16 which have the values R0, 2R0, 4R0, 8Ro and 16R0, respectively, by means of the contacts 176, 178, 180, 182 and 184. These five resistances are connected in parallel along a conductor 186 which is supplied from a source of direct current 188.* The conductor 186 is connected to a continuous current motor 190 by way of the amplifier 194 of a variable speed regulator 196. The motor 192 is in fact the motor for the glass cutting or grinding machine (motor 32 of FIG. 1 or motor 80 of FIG. 2).
The shaft 198 of the motor drives a tachymetric dynamo 200 which is electrically connected to the conductor 186 at the input of the amplifier 194 by a conductor 202 and resistance 204. The shaft 198 of the motor 192 is provided for operational purposes as indicated by the arrow 206.
The speed of the motor is thus controlled by the states of the electric contacts 176, 178, 180, 182 and 184. In the case of the Figure where the number of resistance which can be switched on and off is 5, there are 32 possible multiple values of R0. The speed can then be varied according to discontinuous multiples of a value representing about 3% of the maximum speed of rotation of the motor.
It should be understood that the particular form of electric control circuit is not limited to that described above, particularly as regards the electronic variable speed control.
The apparatus according to the invention effects the switching of resistance which have values proportional to the successive terms of a geometric series of factor 2, the variation in the source of these resistances being used to vary the speed of the motor by suitable means.
The apparatus according to the invention is particularly provided for use in association with machines for working on glass and in particular machines for cutting plates of glass or grinding the edges of plates of glass.
It finds a particular application in the industrial manufacture of window panes for motor vehicles, in which ever increasing production rates are employed.
The apparatus according to the invention may be used for treating various types of car windows, being easily adapted for each type simply by providing it with the appropriate disc or band. Replacement of one disc or band by another can be carried out very quickly and does not require any special skill. Moreover, the disc or band can easily be copied in the case of loss or accidental destruction and can also easily be modified. The program of speeds can be visualized with this disc or band.
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|Jul 4, 1972
|Shatterproof Glass Corp
|Glass cutting apparatus
|Feb 10, 1971
|May 29, 1973
|Altair Scient Inc
|Apparatus for controlled lapping of optical surfaces to correct deviations from desired contours
|Jun 23, 1972
|Sep 4, 1973
|Ppg Industries Inc
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|Mar 10, 1983
|Dec 10, 1985
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|Grumman Aerospace Corporation
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|Aug 20, 1991
|Ppg Industries, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for processing glass sheets
|Jul 30, 2003
|Feb 28, 2012
|Schott Ag
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|Stay-in-place form systems for form-work edges, windows and other building openings
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|Jun 11, 2013
|Cfs Concrete Forming Systems Inc.
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|Jul 27, 2006
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Echolocation signals of wild Atlantic spotted dolphin
(Stenella frontalis)
Whitlow W. L. Aua)
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii,
P.O. Box 1109, Kailua, Hawaii 96734
Denise L. Herzingb)
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton,
Florida 33431
?Received 27 April 2002; accepted for publication 9 September 2002?
An array of four hydrophones arranged in a symmetrical star configuration was used to measure the
echolocation signals of theAtlantic spotted dolphin ?Stenella frontalis? in the Bahamas. The spacing
between the center hydrophone and the other hydrophones was 45.7 cm. A video camera was
attached to the array and a video tape recorder was time synchronized with the computer used to
digitize the acoustic signals. The echolocation signals had bi-modal frequency spectra with a
low-frequency peak between 40 and 50 kHz and a high-frequency peak between 110 and 130 kHz.
The low-frequency peak was dominant when the signal the source level was low and the
high-frequency peak dominated when the source level was high. Peak-to-peak source levels as high
as 210 dB re 1 ?Pa were measured. The source level varied in amplitude approximately as a
function of the one-way transmission loss for signals traveling from the animals to the array. The
characteristics of the signals were similar to those of captive Tursiops truncatus, Delphinapterus
leucas and Pseudorca crassidens measured in open waters under controlled conditions. © 2003
Acoustical Society of America. ?DOI: 10.1121/1.1518980?
PACS numbers: 43.80.Ev, 43.80.Ka, 43.80.Jz ?FD?
The Bahama Islands are an archipelago in the tropical
West Atlantic east of Florida that are surrounded by deep
water while the Bahamas banks are relatively shallow
(?15 m). The banks are thick, submerged platforms of cal-
careous rock providing diverse habitats, including fringe and
patch reefs, atolls, grassy flats, and ledges. Since 1985, a
resident community of approximately 200 spotted and 200
bottlenose dolphins have been identified, sexed, and ob-
served in a variety of behavioral contexts in this area ?see
Fig. 1?. Basic life history and age class categories for the
Atlantic spotted dolphin, S. frontalis, have been described
?Herzing, 1997?. Underwater behavior and correlated sound
?narrow-band frequency ?20 kHz) have also been described
includingsounds correlated
?whistles?, ?2? excitement/distress ?whistle-squawks?, ?3?
pursuit/herding ?buzzes?, ?4? aggression ?burst-pulses?, ?5?
group synchrony ?synch pulses?, ?6? interspecific interactions
?barks, screams, squawks?, ?7? nonvocal sounds ?tail-slaps?,
and ?8? foraging/feeding ?echolocation clicks? ?Herzing,
1996, 2000?. Previous studies on the behavior and sound
production of S. frontalis in captivity also exist ?Wood, 1953;
Caldwell and Caldwell, 1966, 1971; Caldwell et al., 1973?.
The echolocation signals used by S. frontalis in the Ba-
hama banks, measured on a broadband basis, will be consid-
ered in this paper. The echolocation characteristics of del-
phinid species have been studied primarily in captivity ?Au,
1993?. Measurements from stationary dolphins in captivity
have shown that echolocation clicks are emitted in a direc-
tional beam and signals measured off-axis are distorted with
respect to the signals measured along the major axis of the
beam. Therefore, it is very difficult to obtain accurate mea-
surements of free-ranging, fast moving dolphins in the wild.
Another complicating factor is associated with the broadband
nature of echolocation signals and the possibility that the
center frequency of echolocation clicks tends to vary with
the intensity of the emitted clicks. Au et al. ?1985? found that
higher intensity clicks emitted by a beluga whale ?Delphi-
napterus leucas? in Hawaii had higher frequencies than the
lower intensity clicks used by the same animal in San Diego
Bay. Au et al. ?1995? also found a nearly linear relationship
between the center frequency and source level of a false
killer whale ?Pseudora crassidens?, i.e., the higher the source
level, the higher the center frequency of the emitted clicks.
Therefore, any measurements of the spectra of echolocation
clicks should be accompanied by an estimate of the source
A. Measurement system
A four-hydrophone array with the hudrophones arranged
as a symmetrical star was used to measure the echolocation
signals of S. frontalis. Such a sensor geometry was used
successfully by Aubauer ?1995? in tracking echolocating bats
in the field. The array structure resembled the letter ''Y,''
with each arm being 45.7 cm in length and separated by an
angle of 120 degrees as shown in Fig. 2. The arms of the
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array were constructed out of 1.27-cm o.d. PVC pipe with a
spherical hydrophone connected to the end of each pipe and
the cable running through the center of the pipe. Another
hydrophone was connected at the geometric center of the
''Y.'' The PVC pipes fit into holes drilled into a 2.54-cm-
thick delrin plate. The range of a sound source can be deter-
mined by measuring the time of arrival differences between
the signal at the center and the three other hydrophones. If
the arrival time difference between the center and the other
hydrophones is denoted as ?0i, where i?1, 2, and 3, then the
range, R, of the source can be expressed as ?see Appendix?
where c is the speed of sound, and a is the distance between
the center and the other hydrophones.
An underwater housing connected to the back of the
hydrophone mounting plate contained an amplifier and line-
driver for each of the hydrophones. A CCD video camera in
an underwater housing was mounted next to the center hy-
drophone. A multi-conductor cable, 77 m in length, consist-
ing of five coaxial lines and two d.c. power lines, connected
the array to an adjustable amplifier-filter box containing a
power supply.
Echolocation signals were digitized with two Gage-
1210, 12 bit dual simultaneous sampling data acquisition
boards that were connected to a ''lunch box'' computer via
two EISA slots. The data acquisition system operated at a
sample rate of 500 kHz with a pretrigger capability. When
the computer signaled the Gage-1210 to collect data, four
channels of acoustic signals were simultaneously and con-
tinuously digitized with the results going into separate circu-
lar memories on each Gage-1210 board. When an echoloca-
tion signal was detected by the center hydrophone, it
triggered the data acquisition board. Two hundred pretrig-
gered points and two hundred posttrigger points were col-
lected for each channel and downloaded into the computer. A
total of 80 clicks could be downloaded for each episode be-
fore the data had to be stored on the hard drive. A specially
constructed ISA board was also used to measure the time
interval between the clicks being acquired and to cause a
light-emitting diode to flash, indicating that clicks were be-
ing captured. The interclick interval data was also down-
loaded and stored on the hard drive. The time of capture ?to
the closest 18-ms interval of the computer timing system? of
each click was also saved and stored on the hard drive. The
clock on a portable VCR was synchronized to the computer's
clock so that the video images could be synchronized with
the acoustic data.
B. Acoustic measurements
Measurement of echolocation signals was conducted
from the Wild Dolphin Project's 60-ft power catamaran,
FIG. 1. Map of the study site in the
banks area of the Bahama Island.
FIG. 2. Schematic diagram of the four-hydrophone symmetrical star array
along with a video camera on a pole.
599J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 113, No. 1, January 2003 W. W. L. Au and D. L. Herzing: Atlantic spotted dolphin echolocation
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Stenella. A map of the field site showing the Bahama bank
where the study was conducted is shown in Fig. 1. All the
electronics including the lunch-box computer and video tape
recorder were housed on the deck of the catamaran. The field
work was performed in the summers of 1996 and 1997.
The four-hydrophone array was deployed by two meth-
ods. In the first method, the array was connected to a 1-m
long, 2.54-cm o.d. aluminum pipe with a handle grip at one
end of the pipe. Dolphins were first located by patrolling the
sandbank, an area of approximately 644 km2. When the ani-
mals were located, the speed of the catamaran was reduced,
and the dolphins were encouraged to bow ride for a short
period while swimmers prepared to enter the water. The en-
gine of the catamaran was then placed into idle and swim-
mers entered the water equipped with swim fins and snor-
kels. The array was then handed over to one of the swimmers
who then swam towards the dolphins. At the same time, an
operator controlled the data acquisition sequence by arming
the computer to start the data acquisition process and by
starting the video tape recorder.
The second method involved positioning the catamaran
at night along the edge of the drop-off from the sandbank to
deeper waters. A spotlight was directed into the water next to
the catamaran, attracting various small fishes and squid to
the surface. Spotted dolphins were also attracted by either
the spotlight or the congregation of micronekton. The array
was attached to a 3-m-long aluminum pole and placed in the
water along side the boat close to where the spotlight inter-
sected the water's surface. The center of the array was low-
ered to a depth of 1 to 1.5 m below the surface. Spotted
dolphins often milled about 20–30 m from the boat foraging
on prey, and also made ''runs'' into the lit area towards the
array, continuously echolocating as they did so.
A total of 43 files of echolocation clicks were collected
on three field trips. The quantity of data collected was lim-
ited by periods of equipment malfunction requiring repair.
There were also occasions when a dolphin approached the
array only a few degrees from the plane of the array so that
one of the hydrophones would not detect the click because of
the direction of the animal's beam. The number of clicks
collected per file varied considerably from as low as 3 to a
high of 80, the maximum number of clicks that the system
could handle. Only echolocation events in which the ampli-
tude of the signals received by the center hydrophone was
either the highest or within 3 dB of the highest were accepted
for analysis. This criterion was chosen to ensure that a dol-
phin beam was directed at the array. The beam patterns mea-
sured for three different odontocete species ?Au, 1993; Au
et al., 1995? indicate that when the major axis of the beam is
directed to within ?5 degrees of the center hydrophone, the
signal received by the center hydrophone will either have the
highest or will be within 3 dB of the highest amplitude. A
total of 1277 clicks met the appropriate criterion.
Three typical types of clicks are shown in Fig. 3 with the
signal waveforms on the right and the frequency spectra on
the left. These clicks are very brief, generally less than 70 ?s
in duration, with broad frequency spectra. Clicks with bimo-
dal spectra are obvious in the spectra plots. Some of the
bimodal spectra have relatively high peak frequencies
(?80 kHz) whereas some have low peak frequencies
(?40 kHz). The majority (?80%) of the clicks examined
had bimodal spectra. The click waveforms resemble those
used by other odontocetes such as Tursiops truncatus, Del-
phinapterus leucas ?Au, 1993?, Pseudora crassidens ?Au
et al., 1995?, and Lagoringcus albirostris ?Rasmussen et al.,
The peak-to-peak source level as a function of range
between an echolocating dolphin and the array is shown in
Fig. 4. As the dolphin's range to the array decreased, the
source level also decreased. The solid curve in Fig. 4 is a
regression curve represented by the equation
and has an r2value of 0.52, where SL is the source level in
dB re 1 ?Pa and R is the range in meters. The decrease in
FIG. 3. Examples of the some representative waveforms and frequency
spectra emitted by Stenella frontalis in the Bahamas banks.
FIG. 4. Scatter plot of source level as a function of the range between an
echolocating dolphin and the hydrophone array. The solid curve represents
the one-way spherical spreading curve-fitted to the data in a least-square
fashion with r2?0.56.
600J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 113, No. 1, January 2003 W. W. L. Au and D. L. Herzing: Atlantic spotted dolphin echolocation
Page 4
SL corresponded to the decrease in the one-way spherical
spreading loss. Therefore, the amplitude of the echoes return-
ing to the dolphins increased in magnitude as the range de-
creased, suggesting that the dolphins prefer to receive echoes
that have increasing signal-to-noise. The results also suggest
that the dolphins were echolocating on the hydrophone array
and not on some other objects since the source level de-
creased as the range to the array decreased. Also, the inter-
click intervals were always greater than the two-way travel
time from the animals to the array and back, which is con-
sistent with the notion that the dolphins were echolocating on
the array. The fitted curve was constrained to vary as
20logR, however, the ''best-fit'' logarithm's curve would be
very similar to the 20logR fit and the difference in r2would
be in the third decimal place.
The distributions of peak and center frequencies of the
echolocation signals are shown in Fig. 5. Peak frequency is
defined as the frequency at which the frequency spectrum of
a signal has its maximum amplitude. Center frequency is
defined as that frequency which divides the energy in a fre-
quency spectrum into two equal parts; it is defined math-
ematically as
?f?S?f ??2df
??S?f ??2df,
where S(f ) is the Fourier transform of the echolocation sig-
nal and f is the instantaneous frequency. Seventy-six percent
of the signals had center frequencies greater than 50 kHz and
23% had center frequencies greater than 80 kHz. The center
frequency extends to much higher frequencies than the peak
frequency and this property is indicative of signals with bi-
modal spectra. Eighty percent of the echolocation clicks had
bimodal spectra in which the amplitudes of the secondary
peaks were within 50% of the amplitude of the primary peak.
Therefore, center frequency is a more representative measure
of signals with bimodal spectra ?Au et al., 1995?.
The variation of the center frequency as a function of the
source level is shown in Fig. 6. A third order polynomial
regression with an r2value of 0.14 is also shown in the
figure. The regression line suggests that the center frequency
in independent of the source level for levels lower than 200
dB re 1 ?Pa. However, as the source level increases beyond
205 dB, the center frequency also increases. If only signals
with source levels equal to or greater than 205 dB are con-
sidered, the dependence of center frequency on source level
becomes stronger with an r2value of 0.25. The dependence
of the center frequency on source level is weaker than for
Pseudora crassidens ?Au et al., 1995? where a linear regres-
sion line has an r2value of 0.44.
Histograms of the 3-dB bandwidth and the rms band-
width are shown in Fig. 7. The 3-dB bandwidth is the width
of the frequency band between the two points that are 3-dB
lower than the maximum amplitude of a spectrum. The 3-dB
points are also referred to as the half-power points. The rms
bandwidth is a measure of the frequency width about the
FIG. 5. Histograms of peak and center frequencies of echolocation signals.
FIG. 6. Scatter plot of center frequency versus source level. A third-order
polynomial is fitted for all data and has an r2value of 0.14 while a linear
regression curve is shown for source levels greater than and equal to 205 dB
with r2?0.25.
FIG. 7. Histograms of 3-dB and rms bandwidth of echolocation signals.
601 J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 113, No. 1, January 2003W. W. L. Au and D. L. Herzing: Atlantic spotted dolphin echolocation
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center frequency. It is defined as ?Rihaczek, 1969?
??f?fo?2?S?f ??2df
??S?f ??2df
where fois the center frequency given in Eq. ?3?. The 3-dB
bandwidth for bimodal spectra can often provide a misrepre-
sentation of the width of the signal since the bandwidth
might cover only the frequency range about the peak fre-
quency. The rms bandwidth is probably a better measure of
the width of signals with bimodal spectra. The histograms
clearly show higher values for the rms bandwidth than the
3-dB bandwidth.
A scatter plot of rms bandwidth as a function of center
frequency along with a linear regression line is shown in Fig.
8. The linear regression has a relatively high r2value of
0.44, indicating a strong relationship between rms bandwith
and center frequency. As the frequency increased, the band-
width also increased almost linearly. The range or temporal
resolution of a signal is related to the inverse of the band-
width so that the wider the bandwidth, the smaller the tem-
poral resolution capability of the signal ?Burdic, 1969?.
Atlantic spotted dolphin ?Stenella frontalis? project
broadband, short duration echolocation signals similar to
those of other odontocetes. Most of the signals have a bimo-
dal frequency distribution, which also contributes to the
broadband nature of the signals. The broad bandwidth of the
echolocation signal provides a good range resolution capa-
bility ?Au, 1993? that should enable Stenella frontalis to be
able to perform fine target discrimination in a shallow water
environment where bottom reverberation can be trouble-
some. Spotted dolphin also project relatively high-amplitude
signals with maximum source level measured about 223 dB
re 1 ?Pa, although most of the source levels were between
200 and 210 dB re 1 ?Pa.
The peak-to-peak source levels measured for Stenella
frontalis are comparable to those measured for Tursiops trun-
catus in open-water captive echolocation experiments ?Au,
1980, 1993?, for comparable target ranges. For target ranges
between 6 and 20 m, Tursiops source levels varied from
about 204 to 216 dB re 1 ?Pa, which are similar to that of
Stenella frontalis. However, there is a large difference be-
tween the target strengths of targets used in the echolocation
experiments for Tursiops and the target strength of the array
assembly used to measure signals in the field. Although the
target strength of the array was not measured, the theoretical
target strength of an aluminum pipe, connected to a flat
plexiglass container mounted on a flat delrin plate along with
a camera holder, should be approximately 15–20 dB greater
than the small cylinders and spheres used in the Tursiops
experiments ?Au, 1980, 1993?. This comparison suggests the
importance of range on the source levels utilized by dol-
phins. Despite the higher target strength of the array, the
spotted dolphins emitted similar levels of echolocation sig-
nals as Tursiops echolocating on much weaker targets at
similar ranges.
The variation of source level as a function of the one-
way transmission loss is similar to that of the white beaked
dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris ?Rasmussen et al.,
2002? and killer whales, Orcinus orca ?Au et al., 2001?. This
type of variation in source levels is also similar to variations
found with captive dolphins. If the data shown in Fig. 7.14 of
Au ?1993? are rearranged into a plot of source level versus
range, the variation with range will also be a function of the
one-way transmission loss.
Our results suggest that several basic signal parameters
are interrelated in a complex relationship. Source level is
dependent on target range, center frequency is dependent on
source level ?at least for source levels greater than 205 dB?,
and rms bandwidth is dependent on center frequency. How-
ever, it seems that the most basic parameter in this interrela-
tionship is target range. Therefore, it is important to be able
to ascertain the range of echolocating dolphins when mea-
suring echolocation signals, even for on-axis signals.
The results of this study also clearly demonstrate the
utility of using a multi-hydrophone array to measure echolo-
cation signals of dolphins in the wild. The symmetrical star
array used in this study is relatively compact and easy to
handle, and can provide information on whether a specific
received echolocation signal originated in the vicinity of the
major axis of the animal's transmission beam. Time of ar-
rival differences between hydrophones were easily ascer-
tained because of the rapid onset of the echolocation signals.
Our results suggest that it is very difficult to obtain reliable
data on echolocation signals without the use of some kind of
Grateful thanks are given to the crew and staff of the
Wild Dolphin Project. Special thanks to Lisa Harrod, Alice
and Ed Crawford, Randy and Michelle Wells, Will Engleby,
and Tim Barrett. The senior author thanks Dr. Roland
Aubauer for his suggestion of using a symmetrical star ge-
ometry and for various discussions associated with his re-
search on detection flying bats. The assistance of Michiel
Schotten in testing and calibrating the array is also appreci-
ated. This work was conducted under Bahamas Department
of Fisheries Research Permit No. MAF/FIS 12 and funded
by the Office of Naval Research, Dr. Robert Gisiner, pro-
gram manager. This is HIMB Contribution No. 1136.
FIG. 8. Scatter plot of rms bandwidth versus center frequency. The linear
regression line has an r2of 0.44.
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Home / Arts and Culture / Photography / Bar Refaeli in ELLE Russia March 2011
Bar Refaeli truly flaunts in the all new March 2011 ELLE Russia edition. Not only she covers the magazine, there's also an amazing spread inside. Check it out!
Holland based entrepreneur Tom Canters has been in the field of consumer electronics for a while. But his passion for fashion took over a few years ago when Tom headed in another direction: he and his partners launched a mobile accessories design outfit named Mujjo.