Wfs Technologies Ltd.

Csignum Ltd.

Wireless Fibre Systems

Other

Brendan Peter Hyland

Mark Rhodes

Derek Wolfe

Andrew Jaffrey

Thomas Kurt Nielsen

Alexander Ballantyne

William Luther Porter

Grant MacLean

Mark Volanthen

An underwater data center includes a plurality of data centers positioned in a water environment, powered by one or more sustainable energy sources. One or more data center nodes is coupled to the data center or included in the plurality of data centers. A controller is coupled to the one or more data center nodes. An environmental information is included.

Underwater data centers with environmental information system

An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.

Mobile device underwater communications system and method

A near field compact surveillance system that includes: a power source configured to provide power to the system; a power input coupled to the power source and configured to provide power to the system; one or more sensors configured to measure a measurand; a Loosely Coupled Transformer (LCT) transducer coupled to the one or more sensors and the power source, the LCT configured to receive an external signal and convert the external signal to an electrical signal; a processor in electrical or magnetic communication with the one or more sensors, the processor configured to process the electrical signal, generate information relative to one or more of progress against predictive behaviour of selected from one or more of: corrosion; fatigue; temperature; flow and environment; a modulator for modulating information onto a carrier signal, the modulator coupled to the processor; a radio for transmitting information to a remote receiver, the radio being coupled to the LCT; a remote receiver antenna coupled to the LCT; a power-saving transducer circuit coupled to the LCT; and at least one of the transmitter and the receiver being operable to communicate within near field, the near field of the electromagnetic and magnetic signals corresponding to a region around the LCT where the field strength corresponds to ear where a is a corrected for the medium save in a vacuum is the value of an integer.

Compact surveillance system

An underwater navigation system comprising a transmitter () for transmitting an electromagnetic signal, a receiver () for receiving an electromagnetic signal from the transmitter, and determining means for determining the position of the receiver relative to the transmitter using the received electromagnetic signal. The system determining means may determining the direction of propagation using field strength at three or more receiver locations by determining the direction of propagation by comparison of the field strength received at each antenna, or by comparison of the field strength received at three or more different receiver locations.

Underwater navigation

A flow monitoring system comprising a first temperature sensor located at a reservoir input for measuring input temperature of a fluid in an enhance oil recovery system, a second temperature sensor located at a reservoir output for measuring temperature of output fluid and a processor in communication with the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor wherein the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are operable to measure temperature data and communicate the measured data to the processor. The flow monitoring system further comprises a first flow monitor sensor located at the reservoir input for measuring flow of input fluid and the second flow monitoring sensor located at the reservoir output for measuring output fluid flow wherein the first and second flow monitoring sensors are operable to communicate measured flow data to the processor.

Flow monitoring system

Communications system

An underwater communications network comprising a plurality of communication nodes operable to wirelessly communicate with at least one other node in the network, each node having a transceiver and an observation mechanism wherein the observation mechanism is operable to monitor signals received by the transceiver and upon reception of a first predetermined tone the observation mechanism outputs a signal operable to adjust the node from a passive operation mode to an active operation mode. Each node can be a discreet underwater device.

Underwater power saving mechanism for use in an communication network

Mobile device with an underwater communications system and method

A mobile device with an underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms. The portable device may be wearable.

The present invention provides a system and apparatus for transferring electronic data and/or power from one station to another by means of a transportable pod comprising a solid state memory device and further provided with an inductively linked, electrically insulated connector. The transportable pod comprises a battery which is used to power a remote host docking station, which may be used in an underwater environment for the collection of subsea data. The transportable pod can be transferred alternately from a home docking station, where it is charged up, and where it's stored data is uploaded and to a remote host docking station where is provides power, and where it collects and stores data collected by the remote host docking station.

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Livingston, United Kingdom

Brendan Peter Hyland