OPTICAL UNDERWATER DATA TRANSMISSION

    公开(公告)号:US20250070891A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18720796

    申请日:2022-12-14

    Inventor: Mark Edgar Bray

    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus for optical underwater data transmission comprises an optical transmitter configured to generate an optical signal for a short range underwater optical communications channel, wherein the optical transmitter comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation configured to generate an optical signal with a selected wavelength.

    WIRELESS CHARGING METHOD FOR CHARGING UNDERWATER MOVING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20250065743A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18411780

    申请日:2024-01-12

    Abstract: A wireless charging method for charging an underwater moving device is implemented by a charging device. The charging device receives electricity from a cable, and includes a first underwater wireless communication unit, a position holding unit, a first control unit, and a wireless charging transmitter. The underwater moving device includes a second underwater wireless communication unit, a wireless charging receiver, and a rechargeable battery. The first underwater wireless communication unit obtains moving device information by communicating with the second underwater wireless communication unit. The position holding unit holds the underwater moving device at a charging location, and generates a positioning success signal after the underwater moving device is held at the charging location. Upon receiving the positioning success signal, the first control unit controls the wireless charging transmitter to charge the rechargeable battery based on the moving device information.

    COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ESTIMATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240259113A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18561251

    申请日:2021-05-19

    CPC classification number: H04B11/00 H04B13/02

    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus including: a synchronizer configured to perform synchronization processing according to a Doppler shift on a reception signal; and an equalizer configured to perform equalization processing on a reception signal on which the synchronization processing has been performed, in which the synchronizer includes a correlator configured to output a correlation between a reception signal and a known preamble sequence and a correlation between the reception signal and a known postamble sequence, a slide correlator configured to output a sliding correlation based on an output of the correlator, and a Doppler estimator configured to estimate a Doppler shift based on the sliding correlation of the slide correlator

    Underwater acoustic tracking and two way messaging system

    公开(公告)号:US12019154B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US16774866

    申请日:2020-01-28

    CPC classification number: G01S15/66 G01S3/808 G01S5/22 H04B13/02 H04W84/005

    Abstract: A system where a large number of underwater devices can transmit their precise position relative to a fixed underwater beacon, by transmitting two short duration, precisely timed acoustic tones (pings). The arrival time of the pulses at the fixed underwater transceiver beacon will relay the transmitter's precise position relative to that beacon. The two pings code for two numbers; either the range and bearing or an X, Y coordinate of each object with respect to the beacon. Data messages can be sent to and received from the beacon, used for command, control and status. The pulses can be a single frequency and have duration of around a 1 ms and operate one or many frequencies to allow multiple cycles to be overlapped in time. This coding scheme allows many devices to send the data simultaneously in the cycle for group tracking from last position or as independent cycles for unambiguous tracking. The transducers used in the system can be omni-directional hydrophones. The tracking grid size is a function of the acoustic frequency chosen and range from 1000 m for 40 KHz and 6000 m for 8 kHz. The system requires that all nodes in the system keep precise synchronized time.

    TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING THE CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY STATE OF A SUBMERGED WIRELESS DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240090047A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18450360

    申请日:2023-08-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W76/10 H04B13/02

    Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for managing the cellular connectivity state of a submerged wireless device. The wireless device can include sensors that analyze environmental conditions to determine when the wireless device is (or is not) submerged underwater as well as at what depth the wireless device is submerged underwater. The sensors can also determine different types of aquatic activity in which a user of the wireless device is currently engaged, such as swimming, snorkeling, free diving, and scuba diving. In turn, the wireless device can utilize this information to manage its cellular connectivity state in order to avoid wasteful consumptions of energy. In particular, the techniques enable the submerged wireless device to eliminate any existing cellular connection as well as connection reattempts so long as they are unlikely to succeed. Moreover, the techniques enable the wireless device to execute connection reattempts when they are appropriate and likely to succeed.

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