Title :
Underwater applications of light emitting diodes
Author :
Fan, Frank H. ; Ishibashi, Shojiro
Author_Institution :
Math. Sci. & Adv. Technol., Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes a conceptual system to assist an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) land on an underwater docking station, and transfer energy to the vehicle to enable underwater battery charging. The system consists of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the docking station, and optical sensors and photovoltaic (PV) cells onboard the vehicle. The combination of sensors onboard the AUV and the docking station LEDs will allow the vehicle to estimate the relative position of the intended docking location. Once the vehicle has landed on the docking station, the combination of the LEDs and the PV cells allows the battery onboard the vehicle to be charged without any physical contact.
Keywords :
autonomous underwater vehicles; battery powered vehicles; light emitting diodes; optical sensors; sea ports; solar cells; AUV; LED; PV cells; autonomous underwater vehicle; battery onboard; light emitting diode; optical sensor; photovoltaic cell; relative position estimation; sensor onboard; transfer energy; underwater applications; underwater battery charging; underwater docking station; Batteries; Lenses; Light emitting diodes; Stimulated emission; Visualization; AUV; LED; charging; photovoltaic;
Conference_Titel :
Underwater Technology (UT), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8299-8
DOI :
10.1109/UT.2015.7108259
