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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Graham Hawkes, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Charles Chiau, Milpitas, CA (US);
Adam Wright, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Graham Hawkes, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Charles Chiau, Milpitas, CA (US);
Adam Wright, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Bluefin Robotics Corporation, Quincy, MA (US);
Abstract
A cable containing an optical fiber is used to transmit data between an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and a support vessel floating on the surface of the water. The ROV stores the cable on a spool and releases the cable into the water as the ROV dives away from the support vessel. The ROV detects the tension in the cable and the rate that the cable is released from the ROV is proportional to the detected tension in the cable. After the ROV has completed the dive and retrieved by the support vessel, the cable can be retrieved from the water and rewound onto the spool in the ROV.
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