Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a low-loss underwater detection robot system, which greatly reduces the transmission power on an umbilical cable by distinguishing the working state characteristics of underwater robots and dynamically optimizing the power supply mode, and has the advantages of reducing the system cost and improving the system availability.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a low-loss underwater detection robot system comprising an above-water power supply, an underwater robot, the underwater robot comprising: a control module, a power path management circuit, a battery pack, a power module and a signal processing module,
the power supply path management circuit is electrically connected with the above-water power supply and is used for charging the battery pack, respectively supplying power to the power module and the signal processing module and transmitting control signals with the signal processing module;
the battery pack is used for receiving the charging of the power supply path management circuit or supplying power to the power supply path management circuit;
the power module is used for receiving power supply of the power path management circuit and driving the underwater robot to act;
the signal processing module is used for receiving the power supply of the power supply path management circuit, processing the control signal and transmitting the control signal with the signal processing module,
the control module is used for controlling the signal processing module, the power supply path management circuit and the power module.
Preferably, the above-water power supply is a 48V/2A power supply.
The invention also provides a power supply method of the underwater detection robot system, when the underwater robot is in a static observation mode, only the signal processing control circuit with low power consumption is in a working state, the underwater robot is powered by the above-water power supply, the power supply path circuit cuts off the battery discharging loop, turns on the battery charging loop, supplies power to the signal processing circuit and charges the battery; when the underwater robot needs to start the power module and generates high power consumption, the control module sends a starting command to the power path management circuit through the digital interface, and the power path circuit starts a power supply path between the battery and the power module and uses the battery to supply power to the power module.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to different characteristics of two types of power loads of underwater equipment, the method of combining water power supply and battery power supply inside the underwater equipment is adopted, and a mode of combining a power path management circuit and a microcontroller program is used for reducing the power grade and the working voltage of the power supply equipment above the water surface and the umbilical cable diameter, so that the optimization effects of reducing the system cost and improving the product usability are achieved.
Detailed Description
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, embodiments accompanying the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. This application is capable of embodiments in many different forms than those described herein and that modifications may be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the application and it is therefore not intended to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "transverse," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and to simplify the description, but are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be interconnected within two elements or in a relationship where two elements interact with each other unless otherwise specifically limited. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.
In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.
As shown in fig. 1, the low-loss underwater detection robot system includes an above-water power supply, an underwater robot, and the underwater robot includes: the device comprises a control module, a power supply path management circuit, a battery pack, a power module and a signal processing module.
The power supply path management circuit is electrically connected with the above-water power supply and is used for charging the battery pack, respectively supplying power to the power module and the signal processing module and transmitting control signals with the signal processing module; the battery pack is used for receiving the charging of the power path management circuit or supplying power to the power path management circuit; the power module is used for receiving power supply of the power path management circuit and driving the underwater robot to act; the signal processing module is used for receiving power supply of the power supply path management circuit, processing a control signal and transmitting the control signal with the signal processing module, and the control module is used for controlling the signal processing module, the power supply path management circuit and the power module. The above-water power supply is a power supply of 48V/2A.
According to the power supply method of the underwater detection robot system, when the underwater robot is in a static observation mode, only the signal processing control circuit with low power consumption is in a working state, the underwater robot is powered by the above-water power supply, the power supply path circuit cuts off the battery discharging loop, opens the battery charging loop, supplies power to the signal processing circuit and charges the battery; when the underwater robot needs to start the power module and generates high power consumption, the control module sends a starting command to the power path management circuit through the digital interface, and the power path circuit starts a power supply path between the battery and the power module and uses the battery to supply power to the power module.
The power supply scheme of combining the power supply on the water surface with the battery in the machine and the circuit design of dynamic power supply path management are adopted, so that the power supply on the water surface supports the low-power work of the underwater robot signal circuit for a long time, the power supply path is automatically switched when the underwater robot power module starts to work, and the battery supplies power to the power module. Therefore, the power supply scheme of the system is greatly optimized, and the system cost is reduced.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical ideas and features of the present invention, and the purpose thereof is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention, and not to limit the protection scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.