Monitoring buoy system
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorMichael Harper
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Abstract
A fixed-position buoy for observing and monitoring the surface of a predetermined area of water, including a flotation device; an imaging device operable for obtaining images of the surface of the predetermined area of water; memory for storing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water; one or more communications devices operable for transmitting a signal representing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water to a remote location; and a tether and a mooring attached to the flotation device, the tether and the mooring operable for securing the flotation device.
Claims15
A fixed-position buoy for observing and monitoring the surface of a predetermined area of water, comprising:
- a flotation device;
- an imaging device operable for obtaining images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
- memory for storing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
- a communications device operable for transmitting a signal representing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water to a remote location;
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- a tether and a mooring attached to the flotation device, the tether and the mooring operable for securing the flotation device in a fixed position.
A fixed-position buoy for observing and monitoring the surface of a predetermined area of water, comprising:
- a flotation device;
- an imaging device operable for obtaining images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
- a memory for storing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water;
- a communications device operable for transmitting a signal representing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water to a remote location;
- a gimbal structure attached to the imaging device, the gimbal structure operable for allowing the imaging device to remain level in the presence of buoy tilting;
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- a tether and a mooring attached to the flotation device, the tether and the mooring operable for securing the flotation device in a fixed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.