公开(公告)号：US20050016430A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-27

申请号：US10923999

申请日：2004-08-23

申请人： Miguel Cardoza ,  Sarah Benedict ,  Anne Mayoral ,  Matthew Bennett ,  J. Clark Hughes ,  Donald Tucker

发明人： Miguel Cardoza ,  Sarah Benedict ,  Anne Mayoral ,  Matthew Bennett ,  J. Clark Hughes ,  Donald Tucker

IPC分类号： B63B35/00 ,  B63C11/42 ,  B63H21/21

CPC分类号： B63B22/18 ,  B63B35/00 ,  B63B2035/007 ,  B63C11/42

摘要： An autonomous surface watercraft is disclosed. The watercraft may include a control module, a communications module, a power management module, a differential thrust propulsion system, and a navigation module. One or more sensors may be provided internal to the watercraft and/or coupled to a sensor module coupling point on the watercraft. An operator may provide the watercraft with mission parameters such as but not limited to station point(s), a sensing location or area, a sensing duration, and/or a sensing time. The watercraft may determine a course heading to reach a station point or sensing area. The control module may control the propulsion system to reach the station point and for station keeping. The watercraft may gather sensor data. The sensor data may be analyzed, filtered, stored in memory and/or transmitted to a control center. The control center may receive real-time data from a plurality of such watercraft.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种自主表面船只。 船舶可以包括控制模块，通信模块，电源管理模块，差分推力推进系统和导航模块。 一个或多个传感器可以设置在船舶内部和/或耦合到船舶上的传感器模块联接点。 操作员可以向船舶提供任务参数，例如但不限于站点，感测位置或区域，感测持续时间和/或感测时间。 船只可以确定到达站点或感测区域的航向。 控制模块可以控制推进系统到达站点和站保持。 船只可能会收集传感器数据。 传感器数据可以被分析，过滤，存储在存储器中和/或传送到控制中心。 控制中心可以从多个这样的船舶接收实时数据。

公开(公告)号：US06854406B2

公开(公告)日：2005-02-15

申请号：US10411071

申请日：2003-04-10

申请人： Miguel A. Cardoza ,  Sarah Benedict ,  Anne Mayoral ,  Matthew Bennett ,  J. Clark Hughes ,  Donald Tucker

发明人： Miguel A. Cardoza ,  Sarah Benedict ,  Anne Mayoral ,  Matthew Bennett ,  J. Clark Hughes ,  Donald Tucker

IPC分类号： B63B35/00 ,  B63C11/42 ,  B63H25/00

CPC分类号： B63B22/18 ,  B63B35/00 ,  B63B2035/007 ,  B63C11/42

摘要： An autonomous surface watercraft is disclosed. The watercraft may include a control module, a communications module, a power management module, a differential thrust propulsion system, and a navigation module. One or more sensors may be provided internal to the watercraft and/or coupled to a sensor module coupling point on the watercraft. An operator may provide the watercraft with mission parameters such as but not limited to station point(s), a sensing location or area, a sensing duration, and/or a sensing time. The watercraft may determine a course heading to reach a station point or sensing area. The control module may control the propulsion system to reach the station point and for station keeping. The watercraft may gather sensor data. The sensor data may be analyzed, filtered, stored in memory and/or transmitted to a control center. The control center may receive real-time data from a plurality of such watercraft.