Monitoring buoy system
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorMichael Harper
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Abstract
A buoy system for observing and monitoring the surface of a large predetermined area of water including a flotation device; a waterproof imaging device attached to the exterior of the flotation device, the imaging device operable for obtaining continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water; a waterproof computer partially or wholly disposed within the flotation device, the computer operable for storing the continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water; and one or more communication devices partially or wholly disposed within the flotation device, the one or more communications devices operable for transmitting a signal representing the continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water to an operator at a remote location.
Claims17
A buoy for observing and monitoring the surface of a predetermined area of water, comprising:
- a flotation device;
- a waterproof imaging device attached to the exterior of the flotation device, the imaging device operable for obtaining continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
- a waterproof computer partially or wholly disposed within the flotation device, the computer operable for storing the continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
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- one ore more communications devices partially or wholly disposed within the flotation device, the one or more communications devices operable for transmitting a signal representing the continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water to an operator at a remote location.
A buoy for observing and monitoring the surface of a predetermined area of water, comprising:
- a flotation device;
- an imaging device attached to the exterior of the flotation device, the imaging device operable for obtaining continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
- a computer partially or wholly disposed within the flotation device, the computer operable for storing the continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
- one or more communications devices partially or wholly disposed within the flotation device, the one or more communications devices operable for transmitting a signal representing the continuous real-time images of the surface of the predetermined area of water to an operator at a remote location;
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- a gimbal structure attached to the exterior of the flotation device and to the imaging device, the gimbal structure operable for allowing the imaging device to remain level in the presence of buoy tilting caused by wind and/or water currents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.