A Towed Vehicle System for Object Search and Identification

Author

Spink, Paul G. ; Cavey, Richard R.

Author_Institution

Oceanic Div., Westinghouse Electr. Corp., Annapolis, MD, USA

fYear

1981

fDate

16-18 Sept. 1981

Firstpage

1133

Lastpage

1138

Abstract

This paper describes the Surface Towed Search System, which has been produced for the United States Navy to permit rapid and effective location and optical examination of objects on the ocean floor. The system consists of an unmanned towed vehicle and shipboard equipment which incorporate recent developments in acoustic and optical sensors and in the processing, display and recording of sensor information. It also features a towing system which includes a unique method for the compensation of ship motions produced by ocean waves.

Keywords

acoustic devices; autonomous underwater vehicles; military vehicles; motion compensation; object recognition; ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; optical sensors; ships; sonar imaging; United States Navy; acoustic sensors; object identification; object search; ocean floor; ocean waves; optical sensors; sensor information processing; sensor information recording; ship motion compensation; shipboard equipment; surface towed search system; unmanned towed vehicle system; Cameras; Laser sintering; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Optical films; Optical recording; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Sea surface; Sonar navigation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 81

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1981.1151497

Filename

1151497