A SUBMARINE OPTICAL POSITIONING BEACON SYSTEM WITH SELF-GENERATING CAPABILITY

Abstract

A submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability, which has an array of underwater beacons. When the underwater rover moves to the vicinity of an certain underwater beacon, the underwater beacon's COMS sensor detects the underwater rover's light and then turns on the LED lamp group. The COMS sensor of the underwater rover analyzes the light species of the LED light group and converts it into digital information. The underwater rover analyzes the digital signal to obtain its location. Each underwater beacon has an independent power generation component, which generates power by utilizing ocean current, greatly increasing the working time of the beacon. The LED lamp group gives positional information feedback through the light, which can reduce the system power consumption and increase the system working duration.

Claims

1. A submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability, wherein the submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability is composed of an array which is composed of a plurality of underwater beacons Ai; the underwater beacon Ai is mainly composed of an LED lamp group, a runner, a generator and a battery; the LED lamp group and a COMS sensor are both fixed on a waterproof casing, the COMS sensor is used to monitor the light emitted by the target that needs to be positioned externally, and is used as a switch for controlling the opening and closing of the LED lamp group, the COMS sensor is in operation after the underwater beacon Ai is turned on until the underwater beacon Ai is turned off; the waterproof casing is internally packaged with a circuit board, the LED lamp group and the COMS sensor pin is soldered to the inner circuit board of the waterproof casing; the waterproof casing is fixedly connected to the top end of a pillar, and a bearing is fixed in the middle of the pillar; a generator and a runner are fixed on the bearing, the rotating core of the generator is connected to the middle shaft of the runner by soldering, and the electric power is generated by the electromagnetic induction generator when the runner rotates; one end of a horizontal bracket is fixed on the opposite side of the bearing position of the generator and the runner, and a deflector is fixed on the other end of the horizontal bracket; the deflector, the horizontal bracket, the generator and the runner are located on the same horizontal line, and the deflector is forced to drive the horizontal bracket, the generator and the runner rotate together to ensure that the runner always faces the ocean current; the pillar is fixed on the base, and the base is internally set with a microprocessor and a battery; the microprocessor generates a PWM wave through the control module to adjust the light species of the LED lamp group to generate different color lights; a cable is connected between the generator and the battery, and the electric energy generated by the generator is stored in the battery through the cable; the surface of the base of the underwater beacon Ai has an ISP interface for downloading the program in the control module; the bottom bracket b and the bottom bracket c are fixed at the bottom of the base to make the underwater beacon Ai smoothly fixed at the sea bottom; the upper ends of the chain a, the chain b are fixedly connected to the waterproof casing and the lower ends are respectively fixedly connected to bottom bracket a, bottom bracket b, bottom bracket c and bottom bracket d to make the underwater beacons Ai uniformly and smoothly fixed at the sea bottom.

2. The submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability according to claim 1, wherein the pillar is a hollow pillar with a cable in the middle; the LED light group and the COMS sensor are powered by the cable.

3. The submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability according to claim 1, wherein the LED lamp group is a high-power LED lamp capable of propagating 1-2 m in a turbid seawater environment and 5-10 m in clear seawater.

Description

DRAWINGS

[0010] FIG. 1a is a front view of a single underwater beacon A.sub.i.

[0011] FIG. 1b is a side view of the middle portion of a single underwater beacon A.sub.i.

[0012] FIG. 2 is a circuit control diagram of a submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability according to the present invention.

[0013] FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram of the movement of the rover 17 in the beacon array 1 during the implementation of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 3b is a schematic diagram of the rover 17 receiving location information from a certain underwater beacon A.sub.i in the specific implementation process of the present invention.

[0015] In the figures: 1 an array of a plurality of underwater beacons A.sub.i; 2 LED light group; 3 COMS sensor; 4 waterproof casing; 5 runner; 6 pillar; 7 cable; 8 chain a; 9 base; 10 generator; 11 battery; 12 bottom bracket a; 13 ISP interface; 14 microprocessor; 15 chain b; 16 deflector; 17 rover; 18 sea bottom; 19 underwater beacon LED lighting area; 20 rover LED lighting area; 21 Bottom bracket b; 22 bottom bracket c; 23 bottom bracket d; 24 horizontal bracket; 25 bearing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The specific embodiments of the present invention are further described below in combination with the technical solutions and the accompanying drawings.

[0017] A circuit connection of a submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability is shown in FIG. 2. The ISP interface 13, the COMS sensor 3, the LED lamp group 2 and the microprocessor 14 are directly connected, and the generator 10 and the battery 11 are directly connected. The electric energy generated by the generator 10 is stored in the battery 11, and then distributed to the COMS sensor 3 and the LED lamp group 2 by the microprocessor 14.

[0018] The working steps of a submarine optical positioning beacon system with self-generating capability are as follows:

[0019] First, the water quality assessment is performed on the active sea area where the target rover is to be located, and the optimal distance between the set beacons is determined accordingly. The program is downloaded by the ISP interface 13 of the underwater beacon A.sub.i, and the microprocessor 14 executes the program command to adjust and generate different PWM waves. Under the action of the PWM wave, the LED lamp group 2 can emit a specific color light, and the LED lamp groups 2 of different underwater beacons A.sub.i emit a specific color light or a specific plurality of color lights that carry positional information corresponding to the underwater beacon A.sub.i.

[0020] As shown in FIG. 3a, when the program download is completed, three underwater beacons A.sub.i are fixed at the sea bottom 18, forming an array 1 of a plurality of underwater beacons A.sub.i. The underwater rover 17 with its own illuminating device and optical sensor moves within the array, and the underwater rover 17 always turns on the illuminating device during the movement. If the COMS sensor 3 of the underwater beacon A.sub.i does not detect the light of the underwater rover 17 (i.e. the underwater rover 17 is not in the vicinity of the underwater beacon A.sub.i), the LED lamp group 2 of the underwater beacon A.sub.i does not emit light.

[0021] As shown in FIG. 3b, when the underwater rover 17 moves to the vicinity of a certain underwater beacon A.sub.i, the COMS sensor 3 of the underwater beacon A.sub.i detects the light of the underwater rover 17 and then sends a command to the microprocessor 14 to turn on the LED light group 2. The optical sensor of the underwater rover 17 analyzes the light species of the LED light group 2 of the underwater beacon A.sub.i and converts it into digital information, and the underwater rover 17 analyzes the digital signal to obtain its position.

[0022] When the underwater rover 17 is away from a certain underwater beacon A.sub.i, the COMS sensor 3 of the underwater beacon A.sub.i turns off the LED light group 2 of the underwater beacon A.sub.i because the LED light of the underwater rover 17 is not detected;

[0023] When the submarine current does not flow from the front surface of the runner 5, the deflector 16 will must be subjected to the thrust of the ocean current to drive the horizontal bracket 24, the generator 10 and the runner 5 to rotate together until the deflector 16 faces the ocean current again, reaching the balance of force and stopping rotating. At this time, the runner 5 will also faces the ocean current, and will rotate under the action of the ocean current. The runner 5 and the rotating core of the generator 10 are directly connected. When the runner 5 rotates, the rotating core of the generator 10 also rotates. The electric energy generated by the rotating core cutting the magnetic induction line is stored in the battery 11 through the cable 7.