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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Jörg Kalwa, Weyhe, DE;
Jörg Kalwa, Weyhe, DE;
Atlas Elektronik GmbH, Bremen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an unmanned underwater vehicle having at least one sensor unit () which can be used to acquire sensor information () relating to objects in the area surrounding the underwater vehicle (). The invention also relates to a method for operating the unmanned underwater vehicle (). In order to sense structures and contours of objects under water as quickly and accurately as possible, the invention provides for the at least one sensor unit () to be arranged such that it can be moved in a tangential direction () of the underwater vehicle, that is to say tangentially with respect to the longitudinal axis () of the underwater vehicle () or an axis running parallel to the longitudinal axis, and can be positioned in the circumferential direction () by a positioning device () to which the sensor information () can be specified.