An Underwater Measurement Device

Abstract

An underwater measurement device includes a housing for disposition on a sea bed surface, an opening defined by the housing, a buoy for disposition in the opening and buoyant so as to be floatable out of the opening, a cable interconnecting the housing and the buoy, and a winch in the buoy to pay out and take in the cable to permit the buoy to rise toward the sea surface and be drawn into the housing opening. A sensor is fixed to the buoy. Disposed in the device are communication circuitry for relaying to a remote station signals detected by the sensor, and operative circuitry for receiving instructions from the remote station and in response thereto operating the winch and the sensor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 1997
Accession Number
ADD018642

Entities

People

  • Harold T. Vincent Ii
  • Robert A. Connerney

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustic Signals
  • Assembly
  • Composite Materials
  • Connectors
  • Construction
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Fluids
  • High Pressure
  • Instructions
  • Instrumentation
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Patents

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Oceanography.