Unmanned ocean vehicle

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B63H 21/20 (2006.01) B63G 8/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2534142

An unmanned, autonomous, waterborne vehicle (500) for marine use capable of operating on and below the surface of water, said vehicle (500) including an enclosed hull (501) having a payload bay (506), a hybrid propulsion system having energy collection means (504) in the form of a wing sail (503) covered with photovoltaic cells and energy storage means (511) for utilising at least solar energy and wind energy, a plurality of sensors (508, 514) for detecting predetermined environmental parameters and a communications system (509, 515) for transmitting data from said sensors (508, 515) to and for receiving command signals from one or more remote stations and/or cooperating vehicles.

L'invention concerne un véhicule (500) marin, autonome télépiloté pouvant opérer aussi bien sous que sur la surface de l'eau. Ledit véhicule (500) comporte une coque fermée (501) équipée d'un compartiment de charge utile (506), un système de propulsion hybride doté de moyens de captage d'énergie (504) sous la forme de voile à vent (503) recouverte de cellules photovoltaïques et de moyens de stockage d'énergie (511) permettant d'exploiter au moins l'énergie solaire et l'énergie éolienne, plusieurs capteurs (508, 514) permettant de détecter des paramètres environnementaux prédéterminés et un système de communications (509, 515) permettant de transmettre des données provenant des capteurs (508, 514) à une ou plusieurs stations distantes et/ou des véhicules coopérants et de recevoir de ces capteurs des signaux de commande.

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