Techniques for optimizing object detection for autonomous maritime surface vehicles

Abstract

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