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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2009
Joshua Douglas Kenney, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ronald Nelson Mcginnis, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Gregory Charles Willden, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ben Allen Abbott, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ronald Thomas Green, San Antonio, TX (US);
Joshua Douglas Kenney, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ronald Nelson McGinnis, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Gregory Charles Willden, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ben Allen Abbott, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ronald Thomas Green, San Antonio, TX (US);
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for mapping a water pathway. A group of sensors can be employed for detecting one or more features associated with the water pathway in a direction of flow through the water pathway. A buoyant vessel maintains the sensors, and the sensors assist in compiling data indicative of the detected features. The velocity in the direction of flow through the water pathway can be then determined based on data indicative of the detected feature(s). A mapping of the water pathway can be thereafter generated utilizing the velocity with respect to the features detected by the sensors.