Method for detecting anomalies on a submarine object
US8820261B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63G9/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for detecting anomalies on a submarine object, in particular in the submarine region on a hull of a moored warcraft, which method carries out very reliable sensing of the submarine object by way of an unmanned small submarine vehicle that is equipped with simple sensor equipment, such as an acoustic sensor for measuring distances and a barometric cell for determining depth, and which method obtains a profile of the submarine object by navigating the small submarine vehicle with a constant transversal distance to the submarine object, in which profile an anomaly present on the submarine object becomes is apparent from the profile line.
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