shore-based information centre (SOBIC)

SOBIC is an advanced tertiary acoustic analysis system which provides high speed, interactive processing of SONAR data on a standard PC based platform.

Recorded data is passed to SOBIC for detailed analysis to assist an organisation build a library of information and examples of contacts gained and/or prosecuted to assist with operator training and to expand the knowledge base of contacts of interest.

SOBIC provides the full complement of standard sonar displays, including full colour GRAMs, DEMON and Bearing Time History (BTH) displays as well as advanced means to analyse signals (pulses) from Active Sonar.

SOBIC provides the facility to generate multiple processed displays of data from a single data set.  The same data can be processed using different bandwidths, resolutions, histories, integration levels and normalisation processes.

For Active Signals SOBIC allows for a detailed analysis of the pulse structure. Tools are provided to assist with the measurement of frequency, time and signal excess, as well as Doppler shift Closest Point of Approach (CPA), Lloyds Mirror, interference patterns and harmonic relationship dividers.

SOBIC is under development.

Osprey II (another Sonartech Atlas tertiary acoustic analysis system ) is the preferred tertiary analysis tool of the Australian Joint Acoustic Analysis Centre (AJAAC) and is also used by analysis agencies in Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden.