[Mechanisms of determining target locator velocity by dolphins and technical applications in hydrolocation and radiolocation].
Dolphin's (Tursiops truncatus) capacity to discriminate between dynamic characteristics of the object location (the target moving radially) was studied. The dolphin sensitivity thresholds for target velocity (2.6 cm/s) and for target acceleration (0.6 cm/s2) were measured. It has been shown that the animal emits two-pulse probe signal to locate the target moving with constant velocity, or three-pulse probe signal--to locate the accelerated target. New highly efficient technical methods of hydro- and radiolocation were suggested on the basis of these peculiarities.
Zhukovskiĭ
Iu G
IuG
Zaĭtseva
K A
KA
Krivchenko
A I
AI
Korolev
V I
VI
D000162:Acoustics; D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004289:Dolphins / Q000502:physiology*; D004455:Echolocation; D009039:Motion Perception; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology