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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Proactive control of watercraft movement based on water surface features. A method obtains, from a plurality of floating sensors at least partially surrounding a watercraft in a body of water, information about movement of a surface of the body of water, the plurality of floating sensors being arranged in multiple sets, the floating sensors of each set of the multiple sets being interconnected by a respective tether extending from the watercraft. The method builds a surface model of the surface of the body of water based on the obtained information about movement of the surface, the surface model including indications of force and directional movement of features of the surface of the body of water, and determines, based on the surface model, at least one control maneuver for controlling movement of the watercraft.