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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Minehiko Mukaida, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Okaya, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Fukui, Akashi, JP;
Fumitaka Tachinami, Kobe, JP;
Yuki Kaga, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A working method using an AUV includes a step of working on a work object with a work device included in the AUV while causing the AUV to sail along the work object, a step of dropping and sinking a transponder to the bottom of water, a step of causing the AUV to sail toward a return destination, and a step of resuming work on the work object by causing the AUV to sail from a return destination to the vicinity of a work suspended position, at which work on the work object is suspended, based on information obtained by acoustic positioning using the transponder that is sunk to the bottom of water.