Control system for cables or similar
AssigneeRolls-Royce Marine AS
InventorSverre Rye Torben
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Abstract
System for controlling the loading or unloading a cable [2] or the like onto a drum [3], wherein the drum [3]has a known first rotation axis loading or unloading the cable, the system also comprises an imaging means [1] aimed at the cable [2] from a position at a distance from the drum rotation axis, the imaging means [1] being adapted to measure the direction of the cable [2] relative to the rotational axis of the drum. The imaging means can be constituted by a video camera.
Claims10
System for controlling the loading or unloading a cable or the like onto a drum, wherein the drum has a known first rotation axis loading or unloading the cable, the system also comprises an imaging means aimed at the cable from a position at a distance from the drum rotation axis, the imaging means being adapted to measure the direction of the cable relative to the rotational axis of the drum, and wherein said imaging means is adapted to provide a 3D image, thus being able to provide the direction of the cable in three dimensions.
System according to claim wherein said cable is connected to a seismic streamer cable
System for monitoring position of cable relative to the deck of a vessel comprising 3D imaging means being adapted to detect the position and orientation of the cable in three dimensions.
System according to 9 wherein the said cable is a chain or a steel Wire. System according to 9 used to provide information to a system for stability monitoring of the said vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.