Underwater vehicle guidance
AssigneeWFS Technologies Ltd.
InventorsMark Rhodes, Brendan Hyland
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an underwater guidance system for guiding an underwater apparatus, for example an underwater vehicle, towards a target structure, such as a docking station. The system comprises at least one system for capturing or sensing information on the relative position of the apparatus and the target structure and/or at least one imaging system for capturing an image of the target structure and a transmitter for wireless electromagnetic transmission of data indicative of the position information and/or captured image to the underwater apparatus or an underwater apparatus controller.
Claims26
An underwater guidance system for guiding an underwater apparatus towards a target structure, the system comprising at least one positioning system for capturing information on the relative position of the apparatus and the target structure and at least one imaging system for capturing an image of the target structure wherein each at least one positioning system and at least one imaging system is provided with a transmitter for wireless electromagnetic transmission of data indicative of the position information and/or captured image to the underwater apparatus or an underwater apparatus controller to facilitate guidance of the underwater apparatus towards the target structure and at least one of said at least one positioning system and at least one imaging system is located remote to the underwater apparatus.
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