MIND Technology earns MA-X Technology Patent
MIND Technology said that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for MA-X technology. MA-X was engineered and designed by MIND's Klein Marine Systems unit and is an integrated single beam side scan and gap filler sonar.MA-X provides imaging of the nadir zone, or "gap", with the same interpretive characteristics of side scan sonar reportedly improving survey times by up to 40%. Klein's first product incorporating this technology is the MA-X VIEW 600. This system delivers focused 600kHz imagery (which is comparable to 900kHz resolution) with 100% bottom
3D at Depth Gets Patent for Subsea Structure Monitoring
3D at Depth, a subsea LiDAR laser technology company said Tuesday it had received a new patent 11.249.193, "Systems and Methods for Monitoring Underwater Structures," from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. The patent's claims focus predominantly on leak detection and identifying changes to surfaces and volumes on and around underwater assets via the company's patented active optical measurement device, the company said."3D at Depth collects and processes four-dimensional data in line with client requirements, including millimetric three-dimensional data taken over time
PGS Sues Polarcus in Australia
Offshore geophysical company Polarcus Limited said it is being sued by PGS Australia Pty Ltd for patent claims relating to the acquisition of seismic data on three surveys in Australia and the processing of that data."These proceedings follow three years of intermittent correspondence from PGS in response to which Polarcus, supported by leading patent counsel, has provided overwhelming evidence that Polarcus' activity did not intersect the patent," the company said in an announcement on Friday.Polarcus said it intends to challenge the validity of all relevant aspects of PGS' Australian
ARGUS Enviable Technology, Unlimited Potential
Surveillance) system transmitters. ARGUS is designed to universally interface with a vessel’s existing navigation equipment and autonomously deliver water depths seen by the vessel to a central server. In April, SURVICE and the ARGUS inventors, John and William Hersey, received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office a patent for the ARGUS system. SURVICE, the parent company of the ARGUS effort, provides service to the Department of Defense, among others, performing survivability testing, simulation and modeling. According to John Hersey, the ARGUS service is a natural outgrowth of that business
Texas Research Institute Adds 5 Deep Water Test Chambers
requiring proof-test pressures beyond ocean depths. About SwRI: SwRI is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization with nearly 3,000 employees and an annual research volume of more than $584 million. Southwest Research Institute and SwRI are registered marks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. More information at: www.swri.org
Underwater Survey System Patented
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for the ARGUS™ (Autonomous Remote Global Underwater Surveillance) system. The purpose of ARGUS™, which has been in operation and field testing since 2010, is to automate the acquisition and processing of depth, environmental, and meteorological data from coastal and inland waterways and provide the data to Government, commercial, academic, and other interested organizations. The autonomous onboard system (without the need for any crew intervention) continuously processes and transmits GPS position and single-beam sonar data from a
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