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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Christopher D. Pearce, Hook, GB;
Christopher D. Pearce, Hook, GB;
Sonardyne International Limited, Yately, GB;
Abstract
A data collection systemfor estimating a corrected sound speed between a first point and a second point comprises a subsea acoustic transponder beacon () disposed at a fixed position relative to a seabed (), and an acoustic transceiver () immersed below a sea surface () and above the acoustic beacon (). A processing resource () is also operably coupled to the acoustic transponder (), the acoustic transceiver () being arranged to traverse a path above the acoustic beacon () and communicate with the acoustic beacon (). The processing resource () is also arranged to collect time-of-flight data associated with the communication between the acoustic transceiver () and the acoustic beacon ().