Underwater RFID arrangement for optimizing underwater operations
First Claim
1. An underwater operations optimization system comprising:
- a water vessel having a submerged hull surface;
a plurality of radio frequency identification tags positioned along the submerged hull surface, wherein each tag of said plurality of tags has unique identification data related to the positioning of said tag on the hull surface, and wherein each radio frequency identification tag is a passive low frequency tag;
an underwater explorer for travelling along the submerged hull surface, the underwater explorer having a radio frequency identification reader associated therewith, for reading the unique identification data of each said tag when the reader comes within a reading range, wherein the underwater explorer is an underwater vessel, the underwater operations optimization system further comprising;
a host device associated with the underwater vehicle, the host device comprising a host processor and computer-readable medium associated therewith the host processor receives tag, data from the underwater vehicle, and the computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the host processor, cause the host processor to perform the steps of;
matching the received tag data with data on a look-up table; and
based on matched data, associating the tag data with a know location on the hull to determine the vessel location on the hull.
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Abstract
A method and system to optimize underwater operations utilizing a radio frequency identification (RFID) arrangement. The RFID arrangement includes a plurality of RFID tags positioned on an underwater surface, with each of the plurality of tags coded with unique information related to each tag'"'"'s location on the underwater surface. The RFID system also includes an RFID reader/interrogator attached to an underwater explorer. When the underwater explorer is within a reading range of a tag, the reader/interrogator reads the unique tag information. The tag information is used to optimize underwater operations performed by the explorer, which may be a diver or a water vessel.
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18 Claims
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1. An underwater operations optimization system comprising:
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a water vessel having a submerged hull surface; a plurality of radio frequency identification tags positioned along the submerged hull surface, wherein each tag of said plurality of tags has unique identification data related to the positioning of said tag on the hull surface, and wherein each radio frequency identification tag is a passive low frequency tag; an underwater explorer for travelling along the submerged hull surface, the underwater explorer having a radio frequency identification reader associated therewith, for reading the unique identification data of each said tag when the reader comes within a reading range, wherein the underwater explorer is an underwater vessel, the underwater operations optimization system further comprising; a host device associated with the underwater vehicle, the host device comprising a host processor and computer-readable medium associated therewith the host processor receives tag, data from the underwater vehicle, and the computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the host processor, cause the host processor to perform the steps of; matching the received tag data with data on a look-up table; and based on matched data, associating the tag data with a know location on the hull to determine the vessel location on the hull. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17)
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11. An underwater location system comprising:
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a plurality of radio frequency identification tags positioned along an underwater surface, wherein each tag of said plurality of tags has unique identification data related to the positioning of said tag on the surface, and wherein each radio frequency identification tag is a passive low frequency tag; an underwater explorer for travelling in close proximity to the underwater surface, the underwater explorer having a radio frequency identification reader attached thereon, for reading the unique identification data of each said tag when the reader comes within a reading range as the underwater explorer travels in close proximity to the underwater surface, wherein the underwater explorer is an underwater vessel, the underwater location system further comprising; a host device associated with the underwater vehicle, the host device comprising host processor and computer-readable medium associated therewith, the host processor receives unique tag data read transmitted by the radio frequency reader of the underwater vehicle, and the computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the host processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of; matching the received unique identification tag data with data on a look-up table; and based on matched data, associating the unique identification tag data with a known location on the underwater surface thereby determining the location of the underwater vessel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18)
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