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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2018
Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, JP;
Okamoto Glass Co., Ltd.;
Tetsuya Miwa, Yokosuka, JP;
Dhugal Lindsay, Yokosuka, JP;
Masafumi Shimotashiro, Yokosuka, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Kashiwa, JP;
JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Yokosuka, JP;
Okamoto Glass Co., Ltd., Kashiwa, JP;
Abstract
Image recording as long as possible during one activity is required in deep sea exploration. Necessity of multi-directional image recording, optical and chemical observations and probing of mineral resources of seabed are also increased. There is no underwater exploration device enable these requirements. It is disclosed that at least one battery-driven underwater exploration body having three pressure-resistant hollow glass spheres for housing an image capturing device, an illumination device, a recording device, an acoustic communication device and a control device controlling thereof and at least one battery body having an approximately the same shape and structure as the underwater exploration body are connected with each other by a connecting tool to provide the connectedly-formed underwater exploration device.