Amphibious robot devices
    2.
    发明授权
    Amphibious robot devices 失效
    两栖机器人装置

    公开(公告)号:US07007626B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-07

    申请号:US11170562

    申请日:2005-06-29

    IPC分类号: B63B3/13

    摘要: Devices for navigating in a fluid medium having a solid boundary include a vehicle body and a fin attached to the vehicle body. The fin is configured to oscillate relative to the body such that interaction between the fin and the fluid medium produces propulsive forces that propel the vehicle body in a desired direction in the fluid medium. The fin is also configured to rotate relative to the body along a transverse axis such that engagement between the fin and the solid boundary propels the vehicle body in a desired direction on the solid boundary.

    摘要翻译: 用于在具有固体边界的流体介质中导航的装置包括车体和附接到车体的翅片。 翅片被配置为相对于主体振荡,使得翅片和流体介质之间的相互作用产生推进力,其推动车体在流体介质中沿期望的方向。 翅片还构造成沿着横向轴线相对于主体旋转,使得翅片和固体边界之间的接合将固体边界上的车体推向期望的方向。

    Systems and Methods for Providing Connectivity in an Underwater Environment
    4.
    发明申请
    Systems and Methods for Providing Connectivity in an Underwater Environment 审中-公开
    在水下环境中提供连通性的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070297290A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-27

    申请号:US11566899

    申请日:2006-12-05

    IPC分类号: H04B11/00

    CPC分类号: H04B13/02

    摘要: A system for providing connectivity in an underwater environment includes a linking system, a target and a linking member. The linking system includes a first base and an unmanned, submersible mobile unit. The target is remote from the first base. The linking member is connected to one of the first base and the target. The mobile unit is operative to autonomously convey the linking member through the underwater environment from the first base to the target and/or from the target to the first base to interconnect the first base and the target via the linking member. According to some embodiments, the linking member is a flexible connecting line.

    摘要翻译: 用于在水下环境中提供连接的系统包括链接系统,目标和连接构件。 连接系统包括第一基座和无人潜水移动单元。 目标远离第一个基地。 连接构件连接到第一基座和靶之一。 移动单元可操作以通过水下环境自动地将连接构件从第一基座传送到目标和/或从目标到第一基座,以经由连接构件互连第一基座和目标。 根据一些实施例,连接构件是柔性连接线。

    Devices and methods for orienting and steering in three-dimensional space
    6.
    发明授权
    Devices and methods for orienting and steering in three-dimensional space 失效
    三维空间定向和转向的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06378801B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-30

    申请号:US09371485

    申请日:1999-08-10

    IPC分类号: F41G700

    CPC分类号: G05D1/108

    摘要: A self-orienting device comprises: a housing; a sensor mounted to the housing that is sensitive to a signal field and configured to produce a signal responsive to the signal field; a translation-inducing unit associated with the housing; rotation-inducing unit attached to the housing, wherein the translation-inducing unit and the rotation-inducing unit are configured such that the housing travels along a helical trajectory having an axis and is free to rotate about the axis; and a controller operably associated with the sensor for controlling the output of at least one of the translation-inducing unit and the rotation-inducing unit, wherein the controller is configured such that it receives the signal from the sensor and, responsive to the signal, controls the output of at least one of the translation-inducing unit and said rotation-inducing unit. A device so configured can automatically orient to a signal. In this configuration, orientation is robust—wide variance in the parameters relating &ohgr; to signal intensity are tolerated. In fact, if &ohgr; changes as a function of signal intensity, then orientation to the signal is the only stable outcome. Exemplary signal fields for the device include light, magnetic fields, and gradients of temperature, chemical concentration and depth. The devices can be employed to perform such tasks as locating lost objects, identifying foreign objects, performing transect sampling, guiding munitions, disabling mines, delivering chemical agents, and the like.

    摘要翻译: 自动定向装置包括:壳体; 安装到壳体的传感器,其对信号场敏感并且被配置为产生响应于信号场的信号; 与壳体相关联的翻译感应单元; 附接到壳体的旋转诱导单元,其中,所述平移感应单元和所述旋转感应单元被构造成使得所述壳体沿着具有轴线的螺旋轨迹行进并且围绕所述轴线自由旋转; 以及与所述传感器可操作地相关联的控制器,用于控制所述转换感应单元和所述旋转感应单元中的至少一个的输出,其中所述控制器被配置为使得所述控制器从所述传感器接收所述信号,并且响应于所述信号, 控制转换感应单元和旋转感应单元中的至少一个的输出。 如此配置的设备可以自动地定向到信号。 在这种配置中,相对于信号强度相关参数的方位是稳健的方差。 事实上,如果欧米茄随着信号强度的变化而变化,那么信号的方向是唯一稳定的结果。 器件的示例性信号场包括光,磁场和温度梯度,化学浓度和深度。 可以使用这些装置执行诸如定位丢失的物体,识别异物,执行横断面取样,引导弹药,禁止地雷,输送化学试剂等的任务。

    Sound canceling systems and methods
    7.
    发明授权
    Sound canceling systems and methods 有权
    声音取消系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07835529B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-16

    申请号:US10802388

    申请日:2004-03-17

    IPC分类号: G10K11/16 A61F11/06

    CPC分类号: G10K11/178

    摘要: A system for sound cancellation includes a source microphone for detecting sound and a speaker for broadcasting a canceling sound with respect to a cancellation location. A computational module is in communication with the source microphone and the speaker. The computational module is configured to receive a signal from the source microphone, identify a cancellation signal using a predetermined adaptive filtering function responsive to acoustics of the cancellation location, and transmit a cancellation signal to the speaker.

    摘要翻译: 用于声音消除的系统包括用于检测声音的源麦克风和用于相对于取消位置广播取消声音的扬声器。 计算模块与源麦克风和扬声器通信。 计算模块被配置为从源麦克风接收信号,使用响应于消除位置的声学的预定自适应滤波函数来识别抵消信号,并将消除信号发送到扬声器。