US 12,082,564 B2
Smart buoyancy in aquaculture
Andrew Craig Sinclair, Southwater (GB); and Christopher Charles Webb, Les Collons (CH)
Assigned to Marine Depth Control Engineering LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Marine Depth Control Engineering LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/169,433.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,816, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244005 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 61/60 (2017.01); A01G 33/00 (2006.01); A01K 61/10 (2017.01); A01K 61/50 (2017.01); A01K 61/54 (2017.01); A01K 61/59 (2017.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 61/60 (2017.01) [A01G 33/00 (2013.01); A01K 61/10 (2017.01); A01K 61/50 (2017.01); A01K 61/54 (2017.01); A01K 61/59 (2017.01); B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); G05D 1/048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory; and
one or more components stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, via a communication link, input data to initiate aquafarming, wherein the input data includes crop data and aquatic structure data, the crop data indicative of a mussel type, and the aquatic structure data indicative of a mussel raft comprising one or more mussel ropes;
determining, using a buoyancy control equipment, to perform a controlled descent to a grow hover depth;
determining to maintain a hover function at a grow depth;
determining, based at least in part on sensor data received from one or more sensors, that an environmental condition meets one or more crop risk conditions;
determining to descend from the grow depth to a safety hover depth, wherein the safety hover depth is based at least in part on the environmental condition and a maximum length of the one or more mussel ropes;
determining, using the buoyancy control equipment, to perform a controlled descent to the safety hover depth; and
determining to return to the grow hover depth after a predetermined time has lapsed.