Nautical apparatus to conduct reconnaissance missions of a site, particularly bathymetric surveys

Abstract

Nautical apparatus to conduct reconnaissance missions of a site, particularly bathymetric surveys. A nautical apparatus to conduct reconnaissance missions of a site, particularly bathymetric surveys by means of sounding, comprising a floating hull, inside of which motor and directional elements, means of geographic localization of the apparatus, measurement instruments, and means for taking into account each measurement in association with the time of the survey and the geographic situation of the apparatus at the time of the survey. It has a programmable automatic system comprising: a memory which can remember a route covering the site to be sounded, processing means which analyze the route recorded, taking into account the current position of the nautical apparatus, and prerecorded information relative to the site to be sounded, deducing from this piloting commands for the nautical apparatus (1), an interface connected on the one hand with the processing means, on the other hand with the motor and directional elements of the apparatus, which are capable of maneuvering the latter as a function of piloting commands issued from the processing means.

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