Pose detection and control of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) utilizing an optical detector array

US10183732B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• University of New Hempshire · US

Inventors

• Barbaros Celikkol · Durham, US
• Firat Eren · Durham, US
• Shachak Pe'eri · Silver Spring, US
• Yuri Rzhanov · Durham, US
• M. Robinson Swift · Durham, US
• May-Win Thein · Lee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63G2008/005
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Optical detectors and methods of optical detection for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) are disclosed. The disclosed optical detectors and may be used to dynamically position UUVs in both static-dynamic systems (e.g., a fixed light source as a guiding beacon and a UUV) and dynamic-dynamic systems (e.g., a moving light source mounted on the crest of a leader UUV and a follower UUV).