Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF WATER TURBIDITY, BATHYMETRY, AND FLOW SPEED
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/230583
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A remote optical sensing device combines multiple water data products into a low-cost sensor system; relaxes durability requirements by remaining above the water surface; and minimizes long term operating expenses. The device measures water turbidity, suspended particle size, flow speed, surface height, and depth using lasers and cameras from above the water. Coplanar collimated laser beams are directed into the water and the beams are imaged with a camera. The beams bloom out as they propagate into the water driven by the particulate scattering phase function. By analyzing the bloom pattern, particle size can be estimated.
Inventors:
JOHNSON WILLIAM (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2023/067513
Publication Date:
April 11, 2024
Filing Date:
May 25, 2023
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Assignee:
MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORP (US)
International Classes:
G01C13/00; G01S7/481; G01S17/58; G01S17/89
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MARQUEZ, Juan Carlos, A. (US)
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