US 12,185,679 B2
Control systems for autonomous aquaculture structures
Dominico P. Julian, Oakland, CA (US); Charles Nordstrom, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US); Jeff Zerger, Pacifica, CA (US); Joel Fraser Atwater, Danville, CA (US); and Benjamin Lundquist Saenz, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to TidaIX AI Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by TidalX AI Inc., San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,275.
Application 17/990,275 is a continuation of application No. 17/232,851, filed on Apr. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,533,861.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329165 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 33/00 (2006.01); A01D 44/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC A01G 33/00 (2013.01) [G05B 13/0265 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); A01D 44/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a submersible structure configured to support live marine algae thereon;
a propulsion system attached to the submersible structure, the propulsion system configured to propel the submersible structure; and
a controller configured to;
receive, from multiple sensors, sensor data associated with the marine algae,
select a subset of the sensor data based on environmental conditions in a water body,
determine, based on the selected subset of the sensor data, one or more parameters indicative of growth and health of the marine algae, and
control the propulsion system to steer the submersible structure within the water body, the controller controlling the propulsion system in accordance with the one or more parameters indicative of growth and health of the live marine algae, the one or more parameters comprising a current, monitored biomass of the live marine algae.