Integrated Cable Navigation and Control System.

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Abstract:

A system for accurate guidance of a vessel and precise deployment of undersea cable or pipe includes cable control sensors for monitoring cable length, payout rate, and cable tension navigation sensors for monitoring vessel position, heading, and speed and environmental sensors for monitoring the water depth and current profile. A cable navigation control processor uses data collected by the cable control sensors, navigation sensors, and environmental sensors and compares this data with a predetermined cable payout plan to compute the ideal vessel heading and speed and the appropriate cable payout rate.

Author(s):
Racette, Russell A., Iii
Author Organization(s):
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Patent Application, Filed 8 Sep 95,
Pagination:
0021

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
PAT-APPL-525 803
Monitor Series:
NAVEXOS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1_Force Support
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*DEPLOYMENT, *PATENT APPLICATIONS, *UNDERWATER CABLES, *SURFACE NAVIGATION, INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, CONTROL SYSTEMS, MONITORING, RATES, ACCURACY, PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, DEPTH, PROFILES, LENGTH, PRECISION, TENSION, GUIDANCE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Underwater and Marine Navigation and Guidance
Keyword(s):
*MARINE NAVIGATION
Report Date:
1995 Sep 08