19results about "Unmanned surface vessels" patented technology

A maritime drone as uncrewed surface vessel is provided. The maritime drone has a control and a monohull. The control is configured such that a movement and / or an operation of the maritime drone is autonomously controlled by the control. The monohull has a casing which encloses an interior volume of the maritime drone. The maritime drone comprises at least one sonar sensor which is coupled to the control and is configured for detecting underwater objects. The at least one sonar sensor is arranged within the maritime drone. The maritime drone has furthermore compact dimensions, namely a maximum length of 200 cm, a maximum width of 60 cm, a maximum height of 60 cm and a maximum weight that the maritime drone can be transported by a single person. The maritime drone comprises a self-righting functionality, which is based at least on a shape of the monohull and a weight distribution of the maritime drone.

A watercraft including a board having a top surface and a bottom surface and a hydrofoil attached to a strut. The strut attaches at the bottom surface of the board. The watercraft includes a movable portion coupled to the top surface of the board such that the movable portion is configured to move relative to a fixed portion of the board.

The invention relates to a method, operator assisting device, computer program and computer program product for assisting an operator during 'autonomous operation of a vessel (V1) as well as to a vessel comprising such an operator assisting device, where the vessel (V1) is controlled to move according to a present control scheme in a present passage along a route in a body of water and the method comprises displaying at least one safety zone (SZ) associated with an entity in or of the body of water, which safety zone the vessel (V1) should not enter, which displaying is related to the present passage of the vessel and triggered by at least one primary display trigger condition associated with the body of water and influencing the operation of the vessel (V1) based on the at least one safety zone.

An autonomous maritime surface vehicle, AMSV (20a-e, fig 1) has a passive remote sensing system 602a and excludes or does not operate any on-board active remote sensing system. The passive remote sens

The present application relates to the water surface unmanned ship hybrid power series propulsion system and switching control method, the propulsion system includes propulsion device and propulsion monitoring system, the propulsion device adopts series arrangement to realize transmission connection, including diesel engine, gear box, motor, thrust bearing, shafting and propeller which are arranged in the order from bow to stern; the propulsion monitoring system includes central monitoring station, control box, power management system. The propulsion system makes the unmanned ship meet the high and low speed requirements, realizes the diesel engine as the power source propulsion in high speed working condition, and realizes the motor as the power source propulsion in low speed working condition, which meets the requirement of long time low speed sailing; the propulsion monitoring system automatically controls the diesel engine, propulsion motor and gear box, realizes the switching of propulsion mode, simplifies the complexity of remote control console control, avoids the adverse effect of communication delay on propulsion mode switching, and improves the efficiency of unmanned ship propulsion mode state switching.

Autonomous maritime surface vehicles (AMSVs) are manoeuvred sideways 682 between first and second positions 684, 672 relative to objects 676 to create a synthetic baseline for the AMSV. Radiation received from the objects is sensed by sensing systems of the AMSVs. A perception algorithm is applied to data representing the radiation to detect objects 676 indicated by the data based on a synthetic disparity resulting from the synthetic baseline for the AMSVs. An orientation, location or speed, control instruction for at least a subset of the AMSVs is determined based upon information determined about the detected objects 676. Fig 6K

Proposed is an underwater drift tracking system based on a maritime positioning platform. The underwater drift tracking system may include a plurality of underwater drifting objects configured to transmit sound wave signals including their own water depth information by using sound wave communication while drifting underwater. The underwater drift tracking system may also include a maritime drift tracker configured to track real-time underwater locations of the underwater drifting objects by moving on the sea under its own power, receiving the transmitted sound wave signals from the plurality of underwater drifting objects, and calculating absolute location information of the plurality of underwater drifting objects using the received sound wave signals.

A life boat 1 is disclosed comprising a hull 5, a propulsion system 2, and a conning system. The hull has an open or openable bow 12, a fore deck 4 and a powered recovery ramp 22 installed in or on the fore deck for deployment forwards of the bow for recovery of a casualty ahead of the bow of the life boat. The life boat 1 may be unmanned and able to draw a survivor up on the recovery ramp and into the relative safety of the rescue deck area of the fore deck without human assistance. The life boat 1 may include a cabin area 6 where the survivor can be given more protection from the environment.

The application provides a water garbage collection and rescue integrated robot, which comprises a shell inner-filled air bag, a power device, an inflatable life buoy and a garbage collection device; the center of the shell inner-filled air bag is connected with the garbage collection device; when in a working state, the shell inner-filled air bag is driven by the power device and autonomously identifies and collects garbage on the sea or lake surface; the inflatable life buoy is connected to the outer surface of the shell inner-filled air bag through a hinge; when not working, the inflatable life buoy is pasted to the lower surface of the shell inner-filled air bag by using magic tape; when working, the inflatable life buoy is inflated by the shell inner-filled air bag and floats up to realize the function of the life buoy. The application has strong practicability, wide application range, good running effect and high intelligent degree, can effectively solve the two difficult problems of water garbage pollution and falling-in-water rescue, and has good research prospect.

The application relates to the technical field of unmanned ship application, and discloses an unmanned ship offshore liquid cargo replenishment receiving device and method, which comprises an unmanned ship end equipment and a replenishment ship end equipment. The unmanned ship end equipment comprises a receiving hose for transmitting liquid cargo, a remote control automatic reel, a multi-roller cable guiding device and an unmanned ship central control system; the replenishment ship end equipment comprises a pipeline wear-reducing roller, a liquid cargo receiving hose fixing facility, a pumping device and a wire sweeping device. The liquid cargo replenishment operation on the unmanned ship is divided into the receiving and returning operation of the receiving hose remotely controlled at the unmanned ship end and the docking and releasing operation of the receiving hose at the replenishment ship end; the application fully considers the unmanned receiving and receiving hose pipe-receiving and pipe-releasing requirements of the liquid cargo, proposes a remote control automatic reel scheme, avoids the safety risks of the crew caused by the boarding operation under high sea conditions, and improves the liquid cargo replenishment efficiency of the unmanned ship.

This invention relates to a replaceable marine energy storage system and a control method thereof. The replaceable marine energy storage system of the present invention includes a mobile battery that is replaced with an installed battery on a mobile vessel and used as a power source for the mobile vessel, a mobile charging vessel that moves with the mobile battery on board, and a charging station that floats on the ocean together with the mobile charging vessel and uses generated electricity to charge the mobile battery on board the mobile charging vessel.

A system for remotely operating a watercraft includes a controller, a communication interface, and a communication switch. The controller is disposed on the watercraft and is configured or programmed to control the watercraft, the communication interface is disposed on the watercraft and is configured to perform satellite communication using a satellite and terrestrial communication using a ground base station, and the communication switch is configured to switch a communication method of the communication interface between the satellite communication and the terrestrial communication. When radio waves transmitted from the ground base station are not receivable by the communication interface, the communication switch is configured to switch the communication method of the communication interface from the terrestrial communication to the satellite communication.

The disclosure relates to a power source assembly for powering high current low impedance devices from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (20), AUV, battery pack or an AUV and / or auxiliary battery packs (5,41), comprising: one or more high current low impedance device (10) s, a high current power source (100,110,42), wherein the high current low impedance device is powered by the high current power source (100, 110, 42, 5), one or more AUVs (20), the one or more AUVs comprising an AUV or an AUV and / or auxiliary battery pack (5), and the high current power sources (100,110,42,5) being configurable to provide a high current supply to the high current low impedance devices at one or more predefined current ranges, the high current low impedance device (10) further comprising a high current supply module (15) comprising an electronic circuit adapted to: harvest a current from the AUV battery pack or AUV and / or auxiliary battery pack (5, 41), store the harvested power in the high current power source (100, 110, 42), and supply high current to a connected high current output device (16). The disclosure further relates to a method for maintaining a power source assembly for powering high current low impedance devices from an autonomous underwater vehicle (20) and a system for a powering a high current low impedance devices from an autonomous underwater vehicle (20).

A computing apparatus that is integrated within a flotation module, the system obtaining the energy required to power its computing operations from waves that travel across the surface of a body of water on which the flotation module sets. Additionally, the self-powered computing apparatus employs novel designs to utilize its close proximity to the body of water and / or to strong ocean winds to significantly lower the cost and complexity of cooling their computing circuits.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for controlling navigation of an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) deployed underwater connected to the USV via an umbilical. The method comprises navigating the ROV underwater, navigating the USV, acquiring a current navigation risk level, upon determining the current navigation risk level being above a predetermined risk value, instructing the USV-ROV assembly to switch to a follow-sub mode in which the ROV is autonomously following the USV. Unlocking insights from Geo-Data, the present invention further relates to improvements in sustainability and environmental developments: together we create a safe and liveable world.

A system for operating a plurality of autonomous vessels (101). Communication interfaces (108) enable communication between a remote-control center (110) and the respective autonomous vessels (101). A fleet coordination layer (201) implemented in the remote-control center (110) aggregates information relating to operation of the autonomous vessels (101), performs risk assessment, and issues operational mode transition instructions to the autonomous vessels (101) when appropriate. Aa vessel coordination layer (202) is implemented on the autonomous vessels (101) and controls transitions between operational modes of the autonomous vessels (101). A vessel execution layer (203) implemented on the autonomous vessels (101) includes sensors (301), a perception, planning, and execution module (302) and actuators (303), uses the actuators (303) to control the motion of the autonomous vessel (101) in accordance with a mission description, received sensor data, and operational mode instructions from the operational mode management module (402). A corresponding method is also disclosed.

A floating body apparatus and a floating body system are provided. The apparatus includes a floating body and a detection sensor. The detection sensor for detects information of an obstacle around the floating body, the detection sensor is arranged at a bottom or a side surface of the floating body, so as to be lower than a water surface, a vertical distance H between the detection sensor and the water surface satisfies 0<H≤13 cm, and when a pipe line exists on the water surface at a front end of a movement direction of the floating body, the floating body performs an avoidance action to avoid the pipe line.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for controlling navigation of an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) deployed underwater connected to the USV via an umbilical. The method comprises navigating the ROV underwater, navigating the USV, acquiring a current navigation risk level, upon determining the current navigation risk level being above a predetermined risk value, instructing the USV-ROV assembly to switch to a follow-sub mode in which the ROV is autonomously following the USV. Unlocking insights from Geo-Data, the present invention further relates to improvements in sustainability and environmental developments: together we create a safe and liveable world.