Reconfigurable drift measurement tool
AssigneeOcean Lab, LLC
InventorTyler MacCready
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Abstract
A system and method for characterizing fluid flow. A plurality of craft is deployed on the surface of the fluid, each of the craft configured to operate in either a fluid-transiting state or a fluid-tracking state. The craft are further configured, when a spatial arrangement of the craft satisfies a first condition, to execute a regrouping maneuver. The execution of the regrouping maneuver includes a first craft of the plurality of craft transitioning from the fluid-tracking state to the fluid-transiting state; the first craft changing its position; and the first craft transitioning from the fluid-transiting state to the fluid-tracking state.
Claims20
A system for characterizing fluid flow, the system comprising:
- a plurality of craft,
- each craft of the plurality of craft being configured to operate in either a fluid-transiting state or a fluid-tracking state;
- the craft being configured, when a spatial arrangement of the craft satisfies a first condition, to execute a regrouping maneuver,
- the execution of the regrouping maneuver comprising:
- a first craft of the plurality of craft transitioning from the fluid-tracking state to the fluid-transiting state;
- the first craft moving to a different position;
- and
- the first craft transitioning from the fluid-transiting state to the fluid-tracking state.
A method for controlling a system for characterizing fluid flow, the system comprising a plurality of craft, the method comprising:
- when a spatial arrangement of the craft satisfies a first condition, executing a regrouping maneuver comprising:
- transitioning, by a first craft of the plurality of craft, from a fluid-tracking state to a fluid-transiting state;
- moving, by the first craft, to a different position;
- and
- transitioning, by the first craft, from the fluid-transiting state to the fluid-tracking state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.