Title:
INTERNET LINKED ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001068447
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An environmental data collection system and method is provided having an internet link for providing an additional level of security for a remotely controlled data collection platform (30) having a security alarm for protecting the platform and the environmental subject of the study. A novel lighter-than-air platform having a novel snorkel for detachably securing, mooring and providing buoyancy control is provided for the collection of data in the form of real time audio and video linked to the internet and subscribers. The novel snorkel is flexible and retractable into the novel airship to provide remote buoyancy control of the airship together with silently operating electrical motors (38) for allowing the novel airship to be remotely controlled and moved at will to track and monitor wildlife and make environmental measurements necessary for the protection of the environment, wildlife and the operation of the novel airship. Detachable securing means provide an anti-tethering feature of the novel airship and allow the collection of data from both, an aerial perspective and a ground perspective, while providing for the collection of data from either the surface of the earth or below the surface of the water while transmitting the data to scientists, environmentalists and subscribers through the internet (70).
Inventors:
SILANSKY EDWARD R
DARLINGTON HARRY IV
BURTON KENNETH E JR
SILANSKY SANDRA
DARLINGTON HARRY IV
BURTON KENNETH E JR
SILANSKY SANDRA
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/007609
Publication Date:
March 28, 2002
Filing Date:
March 09, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SKY CALYPSO INC (US)
International Classes:
B64B1/02; B64B1/06; B64B1/60; B64B1/70; G01W1/08; H04B7/185; (IPC1-7): B64B1/02; B64B1/06; H04B7/185
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