Marine waste disposal apparatus using satellite image
AssigneeContec, LLC
InventorSunghee Lee
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Abstract
A marine waste disposal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise a satellite image processing unit that receives satellite images to identify and locate marine waste, and generates a map of marine waste, a waste change reasoning unit for receiving at least one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of tide, temperature, wind direction/speed, seawater flow, and wave height information to reason changes in the marine waste map, a ship control and management units that control general ships and control waste disposal ships based on marine waste maps.
Claims5
A marine waste disposal apparatus comprising:
- a satellite image processing unit configured to receive satellite images to identify and locate marine waste, and generate a map of marine waste;
- a waste change reasoning unit configured to receive at least one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of tide, temperature, wind direction/speed, seawater flow, and wave height information to reason changes in the marine waste map;
- and
- a ship control and management unit configured to control general ships and control waste disposal ships based on marine waste maps,
- wherein the ship control and management unit is further configured to:
- when a marine waste reasoning map that predicts that a waste cluster will be partially separated at a specific time and a specific location due to an influence of ocean currents or winds in a nearby area is generated, select, among the waste disposal ships, a marine waste disposal ship suitable for collection, in consideration of a travel distance and a loading weight;
- schedule one or more of a departure time, a collection capacity, a working time, and a moving time of the selected marine waste disposal ship;
- and
- control the selected marine waste disposal ship by transmitting an alerts to the selected marine waste.
A method of disposing marine waste using satellite image by a marine waste disposal apparatus comprising;
- receiving a satellite image;
- pre-processing the received satellite image;
- generating a map of marine waste by recognizing waste from satellite images;
- generating a marine waste reasoning map by receiving at least one ocean information selected from the group consisting of tide, temperature, wind direction/speed, seawater flow, and wave height information;
- when a marine waste reasoning map that predicts that a waste cluster will be partially separated at a specific time and a specific location due to an influence of ocean currents or winds in a nearby area is generated, selecting, among waste disposal ships, a marine waste disposal ship suitable for collection, in consideration of a travel distance and a loading weight;
- scheduling one or more of a departure time, a collection capacity, a working time, and a moving time of the selected marine waste disposal ship;
- and
- controlling the selected marine waste disposal ship by transmitting an alerts to the selected marine waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.