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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Arete Associates, Northridge, CA (US);
Michael Francis Marnon, Longmont, CO (US);
Paul Bryan Lundquist, Longmont, CO (US);
Charles Patterson Forsyth, Longmont, CO (US);
Arete Associates, Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for scanning an optical sensor on a platform required to operate within a medium having a different pressure than the internal pressure of the sensor, including both underwater and high-altitude applications. For the case of underwater platforms, portions of the vehicle may be pulled or driven by propulsive forces through the water, whereas other portions of the vehicle may carry the platform for optical scanning, attached and rotationally controlled with respect to the driven portion of the vehicle. The platform may be rotated with respect to the portion that is pulled or driven through the water or other fluid. In some embodiments, that driven portion remains rotationally fixed with respect to the water. Other embodiments of vehicles in different environments may interface with different fluids or gasses and may be driven through the fluids or gases in similar manners.