System and method for underwater vehicle simulation
NRL
System and method for using forecast ocean currents to improve the prediction of an underwater vessel's trajectory as compared to using a simple dead reckoned path determined by vessel commanded heading and speed through the water. System and method include a motion model specific to underwater gliders that incorporates 4d forecast currents.
Inventors:
Bourgeois, Brian S.; Zambo, Samantha J.
Patent Number:
Technical domain:
Control Systems
FIle Date:
2012-02-22
Grant Date:
2015-01-27
Grant time:
1,070 days
Grant time percentile rank:
19
Claim count percentile rank:
4
Citations percentile rank:
1
'Cited by' percentile rank:
1
Assignee:
US NAVY
