US Patent:
20160116563, Apr 28, 2016
Inventors:
- Rockville MD, US
Walter Allensworth - Poolesville MD, US
Conrad Zeglin - Rockville MD, US
James Wiggins - Thurmont MD, US
Peter Owen - Monrovia MD, US
Jeffrey Herdman - Bethesda MD, US
International Classification:
G01S 1/68
B63C 7/26
B63B 22/00
G01S 19/18
G01S 1/72
Abstract:
A method of locating an underwater based system, the method including determining the underwater based system's geo-location, encoding the underwater based system's geo-location for RF transmission, encoding the underwater based system's geo-location for acoustic transmission, and transmitting RF and acoustic signals containing the encoded geo-location to a receiving station. A locator for locating an underwater based system including a buoy, a global positioning system having an antenna and a receiver, an RF transmission system including an antenna and a transmitter, an underwater acoustic transducer, and a locator control unit adapted to determine the underwater based system's geo-location, encode the underwater based system's geo-location for RF transmission, encode the underwater based system's geo-location for acoustic transmission, and transmit RF and underwater acoustic signals containing the encoded geo-location.