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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Rolf Christer Broman, Houston, TX (US);
Dom P. Berta, Katy, TX (US);
Khalid A. Soofi, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rolf Christer Broman, Houston, TX (US);
Dom P. Berta, Katy, TX (US);
Khalid A. Soofi, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) collect and transmit information about ice floes with respect to their areal extent, vertical underwater profile, thickness, density, location, speed, direction and other properties to determine the possible trajectory of the ice floe. This information is used to alert drilling platforms in icy ocean conditions of pending ice floe dangers.