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METHODS AND UNDERWATER BASES FOR USING AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE FOR MARINE SEISMIC SURVEYS

  • US 20150000582A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2013
  • Published: 01/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A recovery underwater base for handling an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) equipped with seismic sensors for recording seismic signals during a marine seismic survey, the recovery underwater base comprising:

  • a storing part configured to store the AUV;

    an inlet part configured to control access to the storing part;

    a control part configured to control the inlet part; and

    a support part configured to support the control part, the storing part and the inlet part and to prevent a burial of the recovery underwater base into the ocean bottom,wherein the control part is further configured to guide the AUV from the ocean bottom to the inlet part.

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