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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (US);
Inventors:
Barbaros Celikkol, Durham, NH (US);
Firat Eren, Durham, NH (US);
Shachak Pe'eri, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Yuri Rzhanov, Nottingham, NH (US);
M. Robinson Swift, Durham, NH (US);
May-Win Thein, Lee, NH (US);
Assignee:
University of New Hamphire, Durham, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 3/784 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01S 3/781 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01S 3/781 (2013.01); G01S 3/784 (2013.01); G05D 1/0875 (2013.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01); B63G 2008/005 (2013.01);
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).