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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2015
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Habib J. Dagher, Bangor, ME (US);
Neal Pettigrew, Bangor, ME (US);
Anthony M. Viselli, Bangor, ME (US);
Rachael Joyce, Bangor, ME (US);
John Wallinga, Bangor, ME (US);
Patrick Fikes, Bangor, ME (US);
Neil R. Fisher, Bangor, ME (US);
University Of Maine System Board Of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Abstract
A floating buoy includes a buoy hull having a tower that extends outwardly from the hull. A plurality of sensors are mounted either on the buoy hull, within the buoy hull, and/or on the tower. The plurality of sensors includes at least one met-ocean sensor, at least one ecological sensor, and at least one wind speed measurement sensor. The floating buoy further includes an autonomous power system that is configured to provide electrical power to each of the plurality of sensors. The wind speed measurement sensor may be a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) wind speed measurement sensor, a surface level wind speed sensor, an ultrasonic wind speed sensor, or SODAR.