Neutrally buoyant sensor apparatus and method for mapping a water pathway
US8165814B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/6163
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for mapping a water pathway. A group of sensors can be employed for detecting one or more features associated with the water pathway in a direction of flow through the water pathway. A buoyant vessel maintains the sensors, and the sensors assist in compiling data indicative of the detected features. The velocity in the direction of flow through the water pathway can be then determined based on data indicative of the detected feature(s). A mapping of the water pathway can be thereafter generated utilizing the velocity with respect to the features detected by the sensors.
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