EP0291041A1 - Seeboje, dienend als doppelgerichtetes Relais zwischen einer Unterwasserkapsel mit Sender-Empfänger für Ultraschallsignale und einer Landstation - Google Patents

Seeboje, dienend als doppelgerichtetes Relais zwischen einer Unterwasserkapsel mit Sender-Empfänger für Ultraschallsignale und einer Landstation Download PDF

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EP0291041A1
EP0291041A1 EP88107602A EP88107602A EP0291041A1 EP 0291041 A1 EP0291041 A1 EP 0291041A1 EP 88107602 A EP88107602 A EP 88107602A EP 88107602 A EP88107602 A EP 88107602A EP 0291041 A1 EP0291041 A1 EP 0291041A1
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Charles N. Murray
Marco M. Weydert
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/004—Mounting transducers, e.g. provided with mechanical moving or orienting device
    • G10K11/006—Transducer mounting in underwater equipment, e.g. sonobuoys

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  • the invention relates to a marine buoy serving as a two-way relay between an underwater capsule transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals and a land base, comprising an acoustic transmitter for transmitting commands to the underwater capsule, hydrophones for receiving acoustic signals from the capsule, amplification and coding means delivering in response to these signals digital signals, a radio transmission / reception system and electrical supply means.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to propose a marine buoy which serves as a relay between an underwater source of ultrasonic signals and a terrestrial center, and which can remain operational without maintenance for years.
  • This buoy must therefore be capable of transmitting - in real time - the results measurement of the submarine capsule to a terrestrial evaluation center which can possibly be more than 5000 km away.
  • a marine buoy as specified above, which is characterized in that the amplification and coding means are associated with a memory making it possible to store the most recent signals or their digital equivalents for a few hours under the control of a computer, that the radio transmission system comprises an omnidirectional antenna for connection with a geostationary satellite and that the supply means comprise accumulators charged by solar panels.
  • This capsule includes an emitter / receiver of ultrasonic signals which communicates with similar organs on a buoy 3, namely ultrasonic transmitters 4 and ultrasonic hydrophones 5.
  • the buoy floats on the surface of the sea and is anchored mechanically.
  • the buoy is equipped with omnidirectional antennas making it possible to send measurement data to a satellite 6 in the microwave range and to communicate directly with a terrestrial base 7 in the short wave range.
  • This buoy comprises a metal tube 8, 5 meters long and 60 centimeters wide, which contains a weight of 1500 kg in its lower part and an apparatus chamber 9 in its upper part.
  • This room houses storage batteries and electronics.
  • the tube 8 is fixed in a float 10 with a diameter of 2 meters and a height of 2 meters, which is filled with polyurethane foam.
  • a pestle 12 4 meters high is erected, which supports yellow warning signs 13, solar panels 14, a radar reflector 15 to warn boats, a light source 16 , an antenna 17 for a passive satellite navigation system, an omnidirectional antenna 18 for transmitting data signals to the satellite 6 and an antenna 19 for direct two-way shortwave communication with the earth base.
  • the instrumentation of the buoy is shown in fig. 3. It is grouped around a computer 20, which supervises the flow of data to a certain number of peripheral units and vice versa, namely a transmission circuit 21 supplying the antenna 19 for connection with the satellite 6, a transmission / reception circuit 22 establishing, through the antenna 18, the bidirectional short-wave link with the earth base 7, - sensors 23 placed directly on the buoy and measuring for example meteorological or geochemical values of the water, a system 24 for transmitting or receiving high frequency or microwave frequency location signals for locating the buoy and for its possible recovery, a memory 25 such as an endless magnetic tape recorder or a disk making it possible to store the most recent signals or their digital equivalents originating from the capsule for a certain time such as a few days or a few weeks, a generator 26 of control signals sending signals by the ultrasonic transmitter 4 to the capsule to transmit control signals to it, amplification and coding means 27 transmitting the signals coming from the hydrophone 5 to the computer 20, - And supply means composed of a storage battery 28 and solar panels 14 for
  • the computer is programmed so that it automatically gathers the data coming from the hydrophone 4 and the sensors 23 and it automatically transmits them to the transmission circuit 21 and the antenna 19.
  • the transmission of a sequence of data incorrectly received at ground base 7 through the satellite triggers a diagnostic program.
  • control signals are sent by the direct shortwave route to the buoy to repeat the data sequence in question. If the error persists, the diagnostic procedure can be extended by the same communication channel to computer 20 and even to capsule 1.
  • the supply means on the buoy include the panels 14 and a storage battery 28 of 12 V / 105 Ah each, which can supply the buoy for more than a month without recharge.
  • the solar panels 14 provide 30 W, which is sufficient to regularly recharge the batteries.
  • Such a buoy can serve as a relay for years between one or more instrumented capsules placed at the bottom of the deep sea, and a distant land base to provide data concerning long-term phenomena in the deep sea and even phenomena in sediments under -seamen, in case the capsule or a part of it has penetrated into these sediments.

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EP19880107602 1987-05-13 1988-05-11 Seeboje, dienend als doppelgerichtetes Relais zwischen einer Unterwasserkapsel mit Sender-Empfänger für Ultraschallsignale und einer Landstation Expired - Lifetime EP0291041B1 (de)

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LU86877A LU86877A1 (fr) 1987-05-13 1987-05-13 Bouee marine servant de relais bidirectionnel entre une capsule sous-marine emettrice-receptrice de signaux ultrasonores et une base terrestre
LU86877 1987-05-13

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EP0408179A2 (de) * 1989-07-14 1991-01-16 General Atomics Integriertes automatisches System zur Kennzeichnung von Abfallagerung
FR2674338A1 (fr) * 1991-03-19 1992-09-25 Orca Instrumentation Sarl Dispositif maritime concentrateur de poissons instrumente, systeme de peche comprenant de tels dispositifs, et station receptrice d'un tel systeme.
ES2239493A1 (es) * 2003-01-23 2005-09-16 Fundacion Internacional Para La Proteccion Y Difusion Del Arte Sistema de control y vigilancia de restos arqueologicos subacuaticos y calidad de las aguas.
US7387012B2 (en) 2006-07-14 2008-06-17 Veyance Technologies, Inc. Leak detection sensor system and method for double carcass hose
US7509841B2 (en) * 2006-07-14 2009-03-31 Veyance Technologies, Inc. Flexible leak detection system and method for double carcass hose
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CN111204411A (zh) * 2020-01-18 2020-05-29 张晓环 一种自稳定式卫星信号放大浮标

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US3191202A (en) * 1963-07-31 1965-06-29 Eugene H Handler Minimum motion moored buoy system
FR1415710A (fr) * 1964-09-12 1965-10-29 Centre Nat Rech Scient Dispositif d'exploration océanographique
US3570437A (en) * 1969-02-11 1971-03-16 Texas Instruments Inc Multi-cycle ocean data gathering system
US3674225A (en) * 1970-07-09 1972-07-04 Us Army Buoy
US4070671A (en) * 1975-09-18 1978-01-24 Rockwell International Corporation Navigation reference system
US4622557A (en) * 1984-10-31 1986-11-11 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Transdigitizer for relaying signals from global positioning system (GPS) satellites

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0408179A2 (de) * 1989-07-14 1991-01-16 General Atomics Integriertes automatisches System zur Kennzeichnung von Abfallagerung
EP0408179A3 (en) * 1989-07-14 1991-05-29 General Atomics Integrated automated system for waste site characterization
FR2674338A1 (fr) * 1991-03-19 1992-09-25 Orca Instrumentation Sarl Dispositif maritime concentrateur de poissons instrumente, systeme de peche comprenant de tels dispositifs, et station receptrice d'un tel systeme.
ES2239493A1 (es) * 2003-01-23 2005-09-16 Fundacion Internacional Para La Proteccion Y Difusion Del Arte Sistema de control y vigilancia de restos arqueologicos subacuaticos y calidad de las aguas.
ES2239493B1 (es) * 2003-01-23 2006-11-16 Fundacion Internacional Para La Proteccion Y Difusion Del Arte Sistema de control y vigilancia de restos arqueologicos subacuaticos y calidad de las aguas.
US7387012B2 (en) 2006-07-14 2008-06-17 Veyance Technologies, Inc. Leak detection sensor system and method for double carcass hose
US7509841B2 (en) * 2006-07-14 2009-03-31 Veyance Technologies, Inc. Flexible leak detection system and method for double carcass hose
WO2012079559A3 (de) * 2010-12-07 2013-04-04 L-3 Communications Elac Nautik Gmbh Übertragungsvorrichtung
RU2492508C1 (ru) * 2012-03-14 2013-09-10 Федеральное государственное военное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования Военная академия Ракетных войск стратегического назначения имени Петра Великого МО РФ Устройство гидроакустического обнаружения
CN111204411A (zh) * 2020-01-18 2020-05-29 张晓环 一种自稳定式卫星信号放大浮标

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DK248088D0 (da) 1988-05-06
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