UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES, LOCATIONS OF THEIR DOCKING STATIONS, AND THEIR PROGRAMMED ROUTES

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20160167755A1
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14537486

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A method deploys an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) configured to sense a property of an ice floe includes defining a sector of an ocean region having a potential for an ice floe where the sector has a first predicted path selected from a first plurality of predicted paths as determined by a first probability function. The method also includes placing a docking station for the UUV at a location in the sector where the location is determined to intersect with the first predicted path. The method further includes sending instructions having an estimated location of the ice floe to the UUV at the docking station instructing the UUV to sail to a second predicted path that is selected from a second plurality of predicted paths that are determined by a second probability function using the estimated location.

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CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY600 N DAIRY ASHFORD HOUSTON TX 77079

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BERTA, Dominique P Flower Mound, US 21 54
SOOFI, Khalid A Katy, US 10 27

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