Autonomous ocean data collection
AssigneeSaildrone, Inc.
InventorsRichard Elliott Jenkins, Dylan Owens
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Abstract
A system for autonomous ocean data collection includes at least one sensor capable of collecting sensor data, at least one transmission device, and at least one computing device comprising one or more hardware processors and memory coupled to the one or more hardware processors, the memory storing one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the at least one computing device to generate data for transmission based on the sensor data collected by the at least one sensor, and cause the at least one transmission device to transmit the data.
Claims19
A system for autonomous ocean data collection comprising;
- at least one autonomous ocean vehicle each comprising:
- a primary hull;
- a payload bay disposed on the primary hull configured to receive a payload unit, the payload unit comprising at least one sensor capable of collecting sensor data;
- at least one outlet to the payload bay, the at least one outlet allowing the at least one sensor of the payload unit to access at least one of air and water;
- at least one sensor capable of collecting sensor data;
- at least one transmission device;
- at least one computing device comprising one or more hardware processors and memory coupled to the one or more hardware processors, the memory storing one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the at least one computing device to:
- generate data for transmission based on the sensor data collected by the at least one sensor, and
- cause the at least one transmission device to transmit the data.
A method for autonomous ocean data collection comprising:
- equipping each of at least one unmanned autonomous vehicle with a payload unit by positioning the payload unit at least partially within a payload bay of each unmanned autonomous vehicle, each payload bay having at least one outlet to allow at least one sensor of the payload unit to access at least one of air and water;
- deploying the at least one unmanned autonomous vehicle in water;
- wherein each unmanned autonomous vehicle is configured to generate outbound data for transmission based on the at least one sensor of each payload unit and transmit the outbound data;
- using one or more processors, receiving a plurality of transmissions from the at least one unmanned autonomous vehicle comprising data generated based on the at least one sensor and processing the data received in the plurality of transmissions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.