公开(公告)号：US20190265378A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-29

申请号：US16282889

申请日：2019-02-22

Applicant: Seabed Geosolutions B.V.

Inventor： Michael Meech ,  Martin John Hartland ,  Nishan Ragoonanan ,  Adam Bialowas

IPC: G01V1/38

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for individually identifying, handling, tracking, deploying, and recovering a plurality of seismic nodes by an underwater vehicle for subsea operations. The deployment and positioning and retrieval of seismic nodes to and from the seabed may be managed automatically by software and/or manually automated by an ROV operator. The disclosed system may be coupled to a ROV navigation system. The node identification system tracks the position of each seismic node (associated with a unique identification number) within each tray or other node holder at all times, whether the tray is located on board a surface vessel, within an ROV, within a subsea basket, or on the seabed. The identification system is configured to track, select, deploy, and recover a particular seismic node by its unique identification number.

公开(公告)号：US11634198B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US16487746

申请日：2018-04-19

Applicant: Seabed Geosolutions B.V.

Inventor： Martin John Hartland ,  Michael Meech

IPC: G01V1/38 ,  B63G8/00 ,  G05D1/04

Abstract: Embodiments, including systems and methods, for remotely controlling underwater vehicles (such as ROVs) and deploying ocean bottom seismic nodes from the underwater vehicles. A direct data connection may be created between an Integrated Navigation System (located on a surface vessel) and a ROV controller/Dynamic Positioning (DP) system (which may be located on the surface vessel and/or the ROV). The INS may be configured to output the ROV target position and ROV position (such as standard 2 or 3 dimensional coordinates) to the DP system. The DP system may be configured to calculate the necessary ROV movements based on directly received data from the INS. Based on a selected ROV target destination or desired ROV action (which may be done automatically or by an operator), the ROV may be automatically positioned and/or controlled based on commands from the DP system based on commands and/or data from the INS.

公开(公告)号：US20200231261A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16487746

申请日：2018-04-19

Applicant: Seabed Geosolutions B.V.

Inventor： Martin John Hartland ,  Michael Meech

IPC: B63G8/00 ,  G05D1/04 ,  G01V1/38

Abstract: Embodiments, including systems and methods, for remotely controlling underwater vehicles (such as ROVs) and deploying ocean bottom seismic nodes from the underwater vehicles. A direct data connection may be created between an Integrated Navigation System (located on a surface vessel) and a ROV controller/Dynamic Positioning (DP) system (which may be located on the surface vessel and/or the ROV). The INS may be configured to output the ROV target position and ROV position (such as standard 2 or 3 dimensional coordinates) to the DP system. The DP system may be configured to calculate the necessary ROV movements based on directly received data from the INS. Based on a selected ROV target destination or desired ROV action (which may be done automatically or by an operator), the ROV may be automatically positioned and/or controlled based on commands from the DP system based on commands and/or data from the INS.