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US 12,185,679 B2Granted
Control systems for autonomous aquaculture structures
AssigneeTidaIX AI Inc.
InventorsDominico P. Julian, Charles Nordstrom, Jeff Zerger, Joel Fraser Atwater, Benjamin Lundquist Saenz
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media that implement an autonomous or semi-autonomous growth platform used to control live cargo exposures to environmental parameters by changing depth in an offshore environment. For example, the growth platform can be lowered at night so that farmed seaweed can perform luxury uptake of nutrients and raised during the daytime so that the farmed seaweed can capture sunlight.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a submersible structure configured to support live marine algae thereon;
- a propulsion system attached to the submersible structure, the propulsion system configured to propel the submersible structure;
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- a controller configured to;
- receive, from multiple sensors, sensor data associated with the marine algae,
- select a subset of the sensor data based on environmental conditions in a water body,
- determine, based on the selected subset of the sensor data, one or more parameters indicative of growth and health of the marine algae, and
- control the propulsion system to steer the submersible structure within the water body, the controller controlling the propulsion system in accordance with the one or more parameters indicative of growth and health of the live marine algae, the one or more parameters comprising a current, monitored biomass of the live marine algae.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, from multiple sensors, sensor data associated with live marine algae that is supported by a submersible structure;
- selecting a subset of the sensor data based on environmental conditions in a water body;
- determining, based on the selected subset of the sensor data, one or more parameters indicative of growth and health of the live marine algae that is supported by the submersible structure, the one or more parameters comprising a current, monitored biomass of the live marine algae;
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- controlling, by a controller, a propulsion system to steer the submersible structure within the water body, the controller controlling the propulsion system in accordance with the one or more parameters indicative of the growth and health of the live marine algae, and the propulsion system being attached to the submersible structure and being configure to propel the submersible structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.