Buoyant camera device and method
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11554840B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17297400

    申请日:2019-12-12

    申请人: FUGRO N.V.

    发明人: Chad Pastor

    摘要: A buoyant camera device that is mechanically connectable to existing equipment to image underwater objects and underwater processes, and method of using the device to image the underwater objects and the underwater processes.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF A SPATIAL PROPERTY OF A SUBMERGED OBJECT IN A 3D-SPACE

    公开(公告)号:US20210123717A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US16645339

    申请日:2018-09-05

    申请人: FUGRO N.V.

    IPC分类号: G01B11/00 B63G8/00

    摘要: Method for determining a spatial property of a submerged object in a 3D-space, using an underwater moveable platform, that is provided with a camera and with a position and orientation measurement system configured to output a position and orientation of the camera. The method includes receiving user input for visually fitting a bounding volume to the object, and determining the spatial property of the object based on a corresponding spatial property of a bounding volume once the user is satisfied that the bounding volume sufficiently fits the object. The method provides an interactive manner of visually fitting the bounding volume to the object, based on images of the object taken at different positions and/or orientations of the camera relative to the object, as well as on a representation of a position and orientation of the camera in the 3D space at the time each image was captured.

    Marine surveying
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10302790B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15534431

    申请日:2015-12-11

    申请人: Fugro N.V.

    IPC分类号: G01V1/38 G01V1/00

    摘要: A system for surveying the structure beneath the seabed, comprising: a survey vessel; a streamer comprising a cable, a first set of N1 sensor groups positioned at a first end portion of the cable, the sensor groups of the first set being spaced from each other by a group interval, and a second set of N2 sensor groups positioned at a second end portion of the cable, the sensor groups of the second set being spaced from each other by the group interval; a sound source; wherein, when the system is in use, the survey vessel travels at a predetermined speed, towing the streamer and the sound source such that the sound source is positioned adjacent an intermediate portion of the cable between the first and second end portions of the cable; the sound source sends acoustic pulses at a predetermined period between pulses towards the seabed such that reflections are produced towards both the first set of sensor groups and the second set of sensor groups; and the speed of the survey vessel and the predetermined period of the sound source are selected such that the shot point interval of the sound source equals the group interval.

    METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR HAULING A MARINE EQUIPMENT UNIT, A MARINE EQUIPMENT UNIT AND A CARRIER

    公开(公告)号:US20180327057A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-15

    申请号:US15776824

    申请日:2016-11-16

    申请人: Fugro N.V.

    IPC分类号: B63B27/36

    摘要: The present document describes a method of hauling an equipment unit from the water onto a carrier. The carrier comprises a hauling ramp, which is arranged for being extended from a loading area into the water. The carrier further includes a first winch, and a suspension structure arranged for being extended outside the carrier over the water and over the hauling ramp. The suspension structure comprises a second winch. The method comprising the steps of: releasing, by the equipment unit, a hauling buoy. The hauling buoy is connected to a tow line extending from the equipment unit, and to a lift line extending from a lifting point on the unit. The method comprises a further step of recovering the hauling buoy from the water, connecting the tow line to the first winch and connecting the lift line to the second winch. Then, the equipment unit is hauled by towing it onto the hauling ramp using the first winch, while simultaneously guiding the equipment unit using the second winch. The method is in particular useful for hauling of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) during bad weather conditions at sea. The document also describes the equipment unit and a system for hauling that can be installed on a carrier, as well as a carrier comprising such a system.

    Precise GNSS positioning system with improved ambiguity estimation

    公开(公告)号:US10048386B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-14

    申请号:US14854786

    申请日:2015-09-15

    申请人: Fugro N.V.

    发明人: Liu Xianglin

    IPC分类号: G01S19/44 G01S19/24 G01S19/07

    摘要: Method for precise GNSS positioning system with improved ambiguity estimation. The method is based on the realization that, especially during convergence, the estimated float ambiguities are biased when estimated simultaneously with the ionosphere parameters. The “ionosphere-like” biases can be separated from the actual float ambiguities by using the fixed wide-lane (or extra wide-lane) integer ambiguities. The original real-valued ambiguities (e.g., one of L1, L2 and L5 in the GPS case) are corrected using the corresponding biases, resulting in reliable float ambiguities that are taken as input in the next processing step.

    Well intervention device and offshore floating installation

    公开(公告)号:US09611706B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-04

    申请号:US14939131

    申请日:2015-11-12

    申请人: Fugro N.V.

    发明人: Mitchell Pinckard

    摘要: Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) are more susceptible to meteorological conditions such as winds, currents and, most importantly, waves. These meteorological conditions generate a movement of the installation that will inevitably be transferred to some extent to the drilling pipe. A mobile offshore drilling unit can include a rooster box configured to move the rooster box along the height of a derrick to which it is attached. An injector configured to attach to an intervention frame of the rooster box, wherein the injector is configured to be releasably coupled to a conduit The injector configured to be positioned on-axis with the conduit in a first configuration and off-axis with the conduit in a second configuration.