Title:
CHARGING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE (AUV) AND METHOD FOR LIFTING AND RECOVERING AUV
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/045103
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A charging system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a charging station having a base positioned in water, a pole extending in the vertical direction, and a charging unit; and an AUV having an underwater vehicle body, a power reception unit, a holding device having a pair of guide parts that guide a contacted pole from the advancing-direction side into a holding position and a holding part that holds the pole guided into the holding position such that the pole is capable of relative rotation, a propulsion generation device that generates propulsion force in the horizontal direction, and a control device that controls the propulsion generation device; the base and the underwater vehicle body being provided, respectively, with a light emitter and a light receiver, and the control device controlling the propulsion generation device so that the light receiver reaches a rotation position, in relation to the pole, at which light emitted from the light emitter is received.
Inventors:
MUKAIDA MINEHIKO
OKAYA NORIYUKI
MATSUI MANABU
HAYASHI TOSHIYA
MASUDA KOSUKE
KASHIWAGI SEIJI
OKADA TAKASHI
TACHINAMI FUMITAKA
OKAYA NORIYUKI
MATSUI MANABU
HAYASHI TOSHIYA
MASUDA KOSUKE
KASHIWAGI SEIJI
OKADA TAKASHI
TACHINAMI FUMITAKA
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/032640
Publication Date:
March 07, 2019
Filing Date:
September 03, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B63C11/00; B63G8/00; B63G8/08
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017061427A1 | 2017-04-13 |
Foreign References:
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Other References:
WIRTZ, MARIUS ET AL.: "Design and Test of a Robust Docking System for Hovering AUVs", OCEANS, October 2012 (2012-10-01), pages 1 - 6, XP032299944, DOI: doi:10.1109/OCEANS.2012.6404975
SINGH, HANUMANT ET AL.: "Docking for an Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network", IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING, vol. 26, no. 4, October 2001 (2001-10-01), pages 498 - 514, XP011042614, ISSN: 0364-9059
SINGH, HANUMANT ET AL.: "Docking for an Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network", IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING, vol. 26, no. 4, October 2001 (2001-10-01), pages 498 - 514, XP011042614, ISSN: 0364-9059
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PATENT CORPORATE BODY ARCO PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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