Interactive mobile aquatic probing and surveillance system
First Claim
1. A system for testing characteristics of a body of water comprising:
- a host including means for transmitting signals to and for receiving signals from an agent; and
an agent, said agent comprising;
a non-submersible body;
means for propelling said body;
at least one water characteristic sensor; and
means for transmitting signals to and for receiving signals from said host.
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Abstract
An Interactive Mobile Aquatic Probing and Surveillance system. The system includes a remote aquatic or amphibious agent which is controlled by a typically land-based computer host. The agent is a field robot in the form of a comparatively small and inexpensive, untethered, self-propelled, aquatic or amphibious, non-submersible vehicle that preferably carries physical and water characteristic sensors, as well as other operational equipment for use on relatively small bodies of water and wetlands. The host interacts with a human operator and provides control commands to and receives data from the agent in real time via a wireless communication between the agent and the host. The control commands include guidance commands including navigational and propulsion commands as well as commands for operating the sensors and various other equipment carried by the agent.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for testing characteristics of a body of water comprising:
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a host including means for transmitting signals to and for receiving signals from an agent; and an agent, said agent comprising; a non-submersible body; means for propelling said body; at least one water characteristic sensor; and means for transmitting signals to and for receiving signals from said host. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A remotely controlled agent for use in a system for testing characteristics of a body of water, said agent comprising:
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a non-submersible body; means for propelling said body; at least one water characteristic sensor; and means for transmitting signals to and for receiving signals from a host.
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31. A host for wirelessly controlling a non-submersible, self-propelled agent having at least one water characteristic sensor for use in a system for testing a body of water, said host comprising:
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a computer; a video receiver in communication with said computer and an agent; a wireless transceiver in communication with said computer and an agent; means in communication with said computer and an agent for controlling propulsion of the agent; and means in communication with said computer and an agent for controlling the at least one water characteristic sensor. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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