Unmanned ocean vehicle

A vehicle, marine technology, used in the field of self-control, unattended, water vehicles

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-09-06
日光水手有限公司
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traditional unmanned surface vehicles, at least when operating in semi-autonomous mode

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[0037] figure 1 A hybrid propulsion system 100 is depicted for an embodiment of a UOV of the present invention. The propulsion system includes an array of photovoltaic cell assemblies 101 that may be mounted on or integrated with a surface of the vehicle capable of collecting solar energy 102 . These collection surfaces include the surface 103 of a wing sail (not shown) which can be selectively placed for solar energy collection as described below. Photovoltaic cell assembly 101 provides power to a storage cell assembly, such as battery 104 . The battery in turn provides DC power to the vehicle's hotel load 105 and an electric motor / generator 106 that drives propellers 107 in "motor" mode.

[0038] When the wingsails affixed to the vehicle are erected, they can use the available wind energy to propel the vehicle, putting the vehicle in a "sailing" 108 . The thrusters 106 may also be configured to harvest energy from the flow of water relative to the vehicle, i.e. from passi...

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An unmanned, autonomous, waterborne vehicle (500) for marine use capable of operating on and below the surface of water, said vehicle (500) including an enclosed hull (501) having a payload bay (506), a hybrid propulsion system having energy collection means (504) in the form of a wing sail (503) covered with photovoltaic cells and energy storage means (511) for utilising at least solar energy and wind energy, a plurality of sensors (508, 514) for detecting predetermined environmental parameters and a communications system (509, 515) for transmitting data from said sensors (508, 515) to and for receiving command signals from one or more remote stations and/or cooperating vehicles.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to unmanned, autonomous, waterborne vehicles for marine use, referred to herein as unmanned marine vehicles (UOV). More particularly, but not exhaustively, the present invention relates to an unmanned marine vehicle utilizing renewable energy that enables extended periods of operation, such as in remote ocean surface monitoring. Background technique [0002] In maritime warfare, exploration, scientific research, and surveillance applications, UOVs have numerous military, political, and commercial applications. Traditional platforms such as ships and buoys (buoys) are limited in their ability to collect data and information in these aforementioned applications, especially when compared to the vastness of the world's oceans. Ships are expensive to build, labor and operate. Fixed or floating buoys usually only cover a very small area. While some additional data can now be collected remotely by satellites, these satellites ...

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IPC IPC(8): B63H21/20B63G8/00
CPCY02T90/38Y02T10/7083Y02T90/40
Inventor 罗伯特·A·达内爱德华·佩恩·基尔伯恩
Owner 日光水手有限公司
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