US 11,808,570 B2
Sensor and telemetry unit (STU) adapted for securable coupling to a floating object or buoyant aid to navigation (AtoN) to operate as a selectively deployable ocean data acquisition system (ODAS)
Scott Beatty, Victoria (CA); and Bryce Bocking, Saanichton (CA)
Assigned to MarineLabs Data Systems Inc.
Filed by MarineLabs Data Systems Inc., Victoria (CA)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/152,423.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,326, filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/963,861, filed on Jan. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0223041 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); B63B 22/16 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 13/002 (2013.01) [B63B 22/166 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); B63B 2022/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a self-contained ocean data and acquisition module (SCODAM) comprising:
a sensor array;
a geospatial locating engine;
a wave measurement engine comprising an inertial measurement unit;
a communication engine configured to transmit data collected by the sensor array, wave measurement engine, and geospatial locating engine to at least one remote device;
a passive energy collection module adapted to convert ambient energy inputs into electrical energy;
an energy storage module coupled to the energy collection module and configured to receive the converted electrical energy and to supply operating power to the SCODAM; and,
a hermetically sealed housing,
wherein:
at least some portion of each of the sensor array, the geospatial locating engine, the wave measurement engine, the communication engine, and the energy storage module are disposed within the housing, and at least some portion of the passive energy collection module is configured to be disposed about the housing, and
the SCODAM is a single, self-contained unit configured to mount to a separate floating body when the housing is coupled to the floating body.