The invention provides an apparatus (10, 14) for detecting objects that are submerged in a body of water or at least partly buried in a bed of the body of water. According to a first aspect, the apparatus comprises a support structure (16) adapted to be mounted to a remotely operated towed vehicle, ROTV (12),a plurality of acoustic transducers (27.x) mounted to the support structure (16), and at least one magnetic sensor (28.x) mounted to the support structure (16).According to a second aspect, the apparatus comprises a remotely operated towed vehicle, ROTV (12), the ROTV (12) comprising at least one control flap (38.x) operable to control a sub-surface depth of the ROTV (12) when the ROTV (12) is towed in the body of water,a support structure (16) mounted to the ROTV (12), and a plurality of acoustic transducers (27.x) mounted to the support structure (16).The invention further provides a method, a computer system, and a machine-readable medium.


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    Title :

    Detecting objects submerged in a body of water or at least partly buried in a bed of the body of water


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    Publication date :

    2020-08-13


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G01V Geophysik , GEOPHYSICS / B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung



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