In an underwater operation system of the present application, when an exploration operation is started, a processing device: acquires, from an acoustic positioning system, the relative position of an underwater vehicle with respect to a surface vessel; calculates the position of the underwater vehicle on the basis of the acquired relative position; and when there is an overlap between a measurement error region centered on the calculated position of the underwater vehicle, and an expected pipelaying region for a pipeline extending in a prescribed direction, causes the underwater vehicle to move to a position where there is no overlap between the measurement error region and the expected pipelaying region, and then causes the underwater vehicle to perform a crossing detection in which the underwater vehicle detects the presence or absence of a pipeline while crossing the expected pipelaying region.
Underwater operation system
22.06.2023
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen |
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