公开(公告)号：US5894450A

公开(公告)日：1999-04-13

申请号：US843355

申请日：1997-04-15

申请人： Henrik Schmidt ,  James G. Bellingham ,  James W. Bales

发明人： Henrik Schmidt ,  James G. Bellingham ,  James W. Bales

IPC分类号： G01V1/38 ,  H04B13/02 ,  H04B11/00

CPC分类号： H04B13/02 ,  G01V1/3817

摘要： An oceanographic sampling system includes two or more underwater vehicles disposed in an array and an array controller for controlling the array of underwater vehicles as data is acquired. Each underwater vehicle includes a propulsion system for moving the underwater vehicle independently of the other underwater vehicles, a sensor for sensing an ocean parameter and providing sensor data representative of the ocean parameter as the underwater vehicle moves, a navigation subsystem for determining position data representative of the position of the underwater vehicle as the sensor data is acquired and a synchronizing subsystem for time synchronizing the sensor data and the position data acquired by the underwater vehicle with sensor data and position data acquired by other underwater vehicles. The array of underwater vehicles may function as a large aperture phased array, and phased array analysis techniques may be applied to the time-synchronized sensor data and position data.

摘要翻译： 海洋采样系统包括两个或更多个设置在阵列中的水下航行器，以及阵列控制器，用于在获取数据时控制水下航行器阵列。 每个水下航行器包括用于独立于其他水下航行器移动水下航行器的推进系统，用于感测海洋参数的传感器，并且在水下航行器移动时提供表示海洋参数的传感器数据;导航子系统，用于确定表示 获取传感器数据的水下航行器的位置以及用于使传感器数据和由水下航行器获取的位置数据与由其他水下航行器获取的传感器数据和位置数据进行时间同步的同步子系统。 水下航行器阵列可以用作大孔径相控阵，并且相控阵分析技术可以应用于时间同步的传感器数据和位置数据。

公开(公告)号：US5687137A

公开(公告)日：1997-11-11

申请号：US746286

申请日：1996-01-10

申请人： Henrik Schmidt ,  James G. Bellingham

发明人： Henrik Schmidt ,  James G. Bellingham

IPC分类号： H04B11/00

CPC分类号： H04B11/00

摘要： An adaptive oceanographic sampling system includes several stationary acoustic tomography units distributed in an ocean volume, a processing and control system and at least one underwater vehicle movable within the ocean volume. Each of the acoustic tomography units includes an acoustic source for transmitting acoustic energy in the ocean volume, a receiver array for generating acoustic tomography data in response to received acoustic energy and a transmitter for transmitting the acoustic tomography data. The acoustic tomography data represents an ocean characteristic in the ocean volume. The processing and control system analyzes the acoustic tomography data and determines a region of interest within the ocean volume. The processing and control system then directs the underwater vehicle to move to the region of interest. The underwater vehicle includes a sensor for sensing an ocean parameter and providing sensor data representative of the ocean parameter in the region of interest. The underwater vehicle may include an acoustic source for transmitting acoustic energy to the receiver array of at least one of the acoustic tomography units.

摘要翻译： 适应性海洋学采样系统包括分布在海洋体积中的几个固定声学断层摄影单元，处理和控制系统以及在海洋体积内可移动的至少一个水下航行器。 每个声学断层摄影单元包括用于传播海洋体积中的声能的声源，用于响应于接收到的声能产生声学断层摄影数据的接收器阵列和用于发射声学断层摄影数据的发射器。 声学断层扫描数据表示海洋体积中的海洋特征。 处理和控制系统分析声学断层摄影数据并确定海洋体积内的感兴趣区域。 然后，处理和控制系统引导水下航行器移动到感兴趣的区域。 水下航行器包括用于感测海洋参数并提供表示感兴趣区域中的海洋参数的传感器数据的传感器。 水下航行器可以包括用于将声能传递到至少一个声层析成像单元的接收器阵列的声源。

公开(公告)号：US4881037A

公开(公告)日：1989-11-14

申请号：US302420

申请日：1989-01-26

申请人： James G. Bellingham ,  Margaret L. A. MacVicar

发明人： James G. Bellingham ,  Margaret L. A. MacVicar

IPC分类号： G01N17/02

CPC分类号： G01N17/02

摘要： Apparatus for measuring the interfacial impedance in an electrochemical cell having a pair of electrodes in contact with an electrolyte medium that includes circuitry for measuring the interaction current flowing between the electrodes at a series of predetermined external impedance values and an analyzer for determining the interfacial impedance based on the current measurements.

摘要翻译： 用于测量具有与电解质介质接触的一对电极的电化学电池中的界面阻抗的装置，其包括用于测量以一系列预定外部阻抗值在电极之间流动的相互作用电流的电路和用于确定基于界面阻抗的分析仪 对当前的测量。